I told the dealership NOT to touch the car when it arrived because they don't give a **** and will scrub the rail dust right into the paint/clearcoat. Most people don't realize clay barring a brand new car is vital to having seamless paint. I decided to take matters into my own hands. I picked...
All the products I used are in the pictures below. It was a very long day.
First: washed car w dawn oxi then did a quick clay bar w meguiars clay
Second: Meguiars 105 cut w white LC pad
Third: Meguiars 205 cut w gray LC pad
Fourth: Meguiars show car glaze
Last: S100 Caranauba wax -- love...
Welp, I finally got around to cleaning the daily. Ive had the car for about a year, and Ive finally become sick of the orange-peel gleaming back at me every time I approach the car. The car was previously owned by a lawyer, and he really must have pissed some people off to get the car the way it...
Im wet-sanding my daily driver this weekend. This is the first time I have ever wet-sanded.
I am using Meguiars uni-grit 2500, and 3000.
Afterwards I use the KB method with
Orange/Grey-Meguiars 105
White/grey-Meguiars 205
NXT wax
The car is a 2002 Electric Blue Acura TL Type -S...
First of all just want to say I know my pictures werent fantastic and I didnt really spend as much time on covering pictures before/after etc etc... I was on a pretty big time crunch with these, especially on the Lincoln, so I didnt spend too much time on taking good quality before/after...
My Dads new whip. He told the dealer not to touch it, but I dont think they listened. There was some severe micro-marring on a few panels and the hood. Due to the color of the paint it didnt really show up well in the pictures..... The halogen lights didnt really do justice on showing the...
My Dads new whip. He told the dealer not to touch it, but I dont think they listened. There was some severe micro-marring on a few panels and the hood. Due to the color of the paint it didnt really show up well in the pictures..... The halogen lights didnt really do justice on showing the...
My Dads new whip. He told the dealer not to touch it, but I dont think they listened. There was some severe micro-marring on a few panels and the hood. Due to the color of the paint it didnt really show up well in the pictures..... The halogen lights didnt really do justice on showing the...
Hey guys..
When I detail black cars I usually end up with micromarring. I think its because I dont really work the paint enough and that I am using to soft of a pad with the finishing polish and glaze..
heres my usual procedure with black
Proper washing
Claybar
White lake...