It was my mother's 86th birthday yesterday. She has a ten year old Cadillac Seville. It is a beautiful candy apple red, except for years of oxidation and tunnel wash micro scratches. The oxidation was so bad you couldn't see the scratches. I thought that I would give her car a quick clean up before dinner and cake. I got one before and after shot. This was taken post wash and clay so you can only image what it looked like before the clay step.
1. Wipe down with wet microfiber
2. Clay with mequires medium clay and chemical guys clay lubber, I love the clay luber!
3. AIO HD Speed with orange pad using my Flex 3401, should have used my Rupes 21 and UHS, the car has acres of large flat surfaces.
Photo: Left side was after wipe down clay and four slow passes with HD Speed an orange pad and the flex 3401 on speed 6. The right side was after a quick wipe down and clay.
I ended up up going back over the horizontal surfaces, trunk, roof and hood, a couple of times. Slow hand movement, letting the pad and product do the work. Make a note, be patient, slow hand movement, give the tools, chemicals and lads time to work. Too many people want to swing the polisher back and forth like they are in a ping pong match!
The results were amazing. I wish that I would have had another hour or two of sunlight. I didn't get a chance to really get all of the "detail" stuff done. I will keep an eye on longevity. She keeps the car in the garage and it is rarely driven. I left my phone in the house after the initial photo was taken of the trunk lid, but you get the idea. I could have used all of my rupes chemicals and pads and the results would have been fantastic, however, given my time constraints, I was extremely pleased with the finished product using the HD Speed!
Phil in La Jolla
during our 1 1/2 hour ride home my wife suggested that in between detailing cars for all of our friends and family (all for free) that I take care of a few honey-do projects around the house. She wasn't too subtle and she didn't seem all that happy.......however when I stopped in san Clemente to get a diet Dr Pepper at 7/11, her recently detailed Land Rover LR3 in Tonga Green looked stunning under the parking lot lights! ��
She he does acknowledge that detailing is a nice form of relaxation for me, and it lots more fun than getting ready for trial.
I just used HD Speed my first time yesterday. I combined my Rupes 21 with the Uro Fiber pads and HD Speed on my Black Sapphire Metallic BMW...it will be my go to combo for most work.
Good video. I would like to have seen him jump to the side he did with speed and hit those remaining scratches with the griots product. As we know,all scratches are not equal,maybe the speed side scratches were a little worse. I do my work outside so I am partial to speed for its ease of use in sunlight.
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Originally Posted by Jeremy1976
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