Honda Civic got Gloss coated
I did this detail last year
A friend of mine bought this beautiful grey-ish 2015 Honda Civic.
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At the time he asked me to detail and protect it, so I did it with a smile on my face. We planed the detail for a few weeks, just enough time for me to buy some stuff and get ready.
The car was if fairly good condition with only some light swirls and a few light RIDS (nothing major).
Light swirls on black paint (common wash and dry damage)
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Bird drop etchings
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More swirls
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My friend did however notify me on a few spots that were of concern to him. I believe they were chemical etchings but Im not sure. They were located on the spoiler and did damage the black gloss paint.
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I had two days to get the job done so I started right away. The process was:
Wheels, arches and tyres:
- cleaned with Meguairs Super degreaser
- Iron removed with Carshinefactory Iron off
- Hand polished with Serious performance paint cleanser
- Sealed with Serious performance nano sealant
- Tires dressed with Serious performance tire & trim dressing
Engine bay, outside plastics and rubber seals
- cleaned with Carshinefactory citrus APC
- protected with Wolfs chemicals blackout
Paint:
- cleaned with ONR
- De-tared with Carshinefactory glue&tar remover
- De-ironed with Carshinefactory iron off
- clayed with clay towel and ONR
- polished with Optimum hyper polish + white hex logic pad for the most part and orange for some RIDS (also used a bit of Meguiars ultimate compound)
- wet sanded those chemical etches with 2500 and 3000 grit and polished
- polished with AF Tripple on some hand only reachable places and protected with Infinity wax dark
Protection:
- paint wiped with Optimum paint prep
- a coat of Optimum gloss coat
- after 1h a coat of Optimum Opti-seal to give the coating time to cure and protect it in the meantime
Interior:
- vaccumed
- all plastics wiped with ONR or Carshinefactory A to Z
- plastics protected with Carshinefactory dressing milk
Glass:
- cleaned with ONR
- polished with Poorboy's professional polish
- sealed with Angelwax h2go
and final results
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Thanks for watching
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Very nice work! I wish they'd bring that civic to the states!
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Thanks for the feedback guys...much appreciated!
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good thing you coated it, one thing about honda's that i don't like is the crappy paint.. btw, nice job and love that color...
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dobra komsija nem da fali svaka cast.. nice
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Nice work and write up!!!