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Continued...
While Jeff and I tackled the hood and trunk lid, Robert, Adam, Jeff and Louie used Porter Cables, Griot's Garage and Meguiar's DA Polishers with Hydro-Tech Tangerine Pads to tackle the rest of the car. After the rotary buffer steps done to the hood and trunk lid, we re-polished using the same Tangerine Hydro-Tech pads on DA Polishers to ensure there were no swirls left by the rotary buffers.
Jeff and Robert on the passenger side, not the gloss starting to show up...
Robert using the Griot's...
Louie on a B-Pillar...
Jeff with a Griot's...
Adam knock out the front bumper facia...
Louie on the driver's door...
Here I'm using my finger to both point to the dull plastic mirror and also to help the camera to focus as I get the before shot. Note the dull paint on the A-Piller, Robert will fix this too...
Robert hammering on the black plastic housing. The pad looks like it's stopped but hes on the 6 setting...
Now look at both the A-Pillar and the mirror housing... Robert is a top notch detailer in Palm City and if you can get him to squeeze you into his schedule you're lucky.
Here's Louie cleaning his pad on the fly using a terry cloth towel...
Rub rub rub...
And back to work, it's a fast cleaning process to get you back to what's important and that's keeping that pad buffing on the paint...
Jeff working the paint on the trunk lid. Jeff owns St. Lucie Auto Spa and is an incredibly talented detailer like Robert and offers mobile detailing for the St. Lucie, Stuart and Palm Beach areas...
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Somehow we didn't get any pictures of machine applying the Duragloss 111 but we did this with DA Polishers and the Crimson Hydro-Tech Pads and then let the D111 dry for about 15-20 minutes and then used the very soft and plush, rolled edge green microfiber towels to remove it. It wipes off really easy...
More to come...
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Nice turnaround! I hope she's very happy with the new look.
Cool 50-50 cutting the fluorescent light in half. And nice shot of someone cleaning a pad on the fly.
What had caused the scratches in the side mirror mount? Did he use the 501 on that, too?
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Re: Pictures & Videos: 2003 Honda Civic Extreme Makover - Duragloss
Originally Posted by rdf
Nice turnaround! I hope she's very happy with the new look.
Cool 50-50 cutting the fluorescent light in half. And nice shot of someone cleaning a pad on the fly.
What had caused the scratches in the side mirror mount? Did he use the 501 on that, too?
Yes and I used it on the passenger side headlight, remember it was hazy and yellowed. WE also applied the Duragloss 111 over the headlamps and mirror housings.
I don't know how the scratches were put into the black plastic mirror housing, looks like someone drove the car through sticker bushes as they are mostly in straight lines and pretty deep, they don't look like car wash scratches at all.
The pictures of Louie cleaning his pad on the fly were to show people that cleaning your pad on the fly is supposed to be quick, you clean off "most" of the gunk and then get back to work, that's the on the fly part.
How to clean your foam pad on the fly
And "yes" Coral was ecstatic!
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Nice work, Mike!
Richy, our own tireless promoter of DG501 should be proud. You have certainly demonstrated that in capable hands 501 is some awesome stuff. 501's ability to achieve the results you've shown without compromising the finish thickness should earn it a spot on the shelf of any detailer who deals in the realities of DD work. It certainly has become one of my go-to products!
Bill
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Mike any reason why you did not use 105 but 111 instead? Wanted a sealant only as 105 still has some cleaners/abrasives?
Glad to see DG products get some showtime, really underated product line IMO.
Before pics paint almost looks like a matte finish. Not too impressed with whoever painted it, collision repair I assume.
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I notice that the buffer was run right over the pin striping. Is this usually safe to do?
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