With only 30k miles, it needed some love.
Products used:
Exterior:
Z7 car wash with foam lance.
Z18 claybar.
Z6 as lube for clay.
P21S wheel cleaning gel.
AM 777 APC to clean tires and wells.
Defelsko Positest DFT Combo
3M Extra Cut Compound (ECC)
Presta 1500 polish
3M Ultrafina polish
Edge Yellow wool
Edge Green wool
3M 8" blue foam polishing pad.
3M 6" blue foam polishing pad.
Metabo Rotary
Z5pro Sealant
Z2pro Sealant
Z8 Spray Sealant
Zaino All in one (ZAIO)
Z-16 Perfect Tire Gloss
Deep Finish Chrome
Interior:
Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil
Leatherique Prestine Clean
1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium
Stoner Invisible Glass
Mytee HP60 Spyder carpet extractor
Ridgid vac
I started by give the seats a vac, always be sure to get down in all of the seams.
I then applied Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil to each seat. I sprayed it on thick and worked it in by hand, paying attention to the seams.
I was going to have this car for 3-4 days, so I would let the Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil soak into the seats for the entire time. I placed a large bin liner over the drivers seat so that I could move the car around.
I took the car out and rinsed it down w/ the pressure washer. I applied P21s wheel cleaning gel to the wheels and foamed down the car with Zaino Z7 carwash and my foam lance via the pressure washer. These pics where taken 3-5 mins after the car was foamed.
I used AM777 APC at 1:6 to clean the tires and wheel wells.
I rinsed off the paint via pressure washer and foamed it again, I then washed the painted areas via 2 bucket method and a sheepskin mitt.
The P21S wheel cleaning gel had sat for about an hour so I then cleaned the wheels with various brushes.
I then sheeted the water off of the car with my hose on low pressure. I brought the car back inside. While it was still wet I used Zaino Z6 as a lube and clayed the painted surfaces and glass with Zaino Z18 claybar.
I then dried the car off with a new and washed pakshak WW drying towel.
I then used my Defelsko Positest DFT Combo to check the thickness of the paint prior to polishing.
Here are the defects that I would be dealing with:
I started out by using a green edge wool pad/P1500/Metabo 1500. I followed with Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1500. This combo did not remove all of the defects.
So I stepped up to Edge yellow wool/Presta 1500/Metabo 1500. Followed again with Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1500 -This removed the defects on my test panel:
A few areas had deeper RIDS so I used:
Edge yellow wool/3M ECC/Metabo 1600
Edge green wool/P1500/Metabo 1500
Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1500
This area on the right rear fender had some very deep RIDS:
After rechecking the area with my Defelsko Positest DFT Combo, I determined that it was safe for some wetsanding:
I wetsanded with 2000 paper, let the area dry and could still see a few RIDS thru the wetsanding. So I repeated the process.
I then polished the area with:
Edge yellow wool/3M ECC/Metabo 1600
Edge green wool/P1500/Metabo 1500
Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1700
I was able to remove all of the RIDS. I took a few pics of the area but was having a hard time getting a good shot:
I final polished the remainder of the car and took a few pics outside to check for holograms:
Took this one inside to show the quality of finish that 3M Ultrafina gave me:
I then took the car outside, refoam it with Z7 carwash and did a 2 bucket method wash w/ sheepskin mitt to remove any polishing oils. This ensures that Z5pro will have a clean base to bond to. I dried off the car with a fresh Pakshack WW drying towel.
I applied ZAIO to the wheels.
I applied 3x of ZFX'd Z5pro to the paint and glass, then took some pics before the sun went down:
Products used:
Exterior:
Z7 car wash with foam lance.
Z18 claybar.
Z6 as lube for clay.
P21S wheel cleaning gel.
AM 777 APC to clean tires and wells.
Defelsko Positest DFT Combo
3M Extra Cut Compound (ECC)
Presta 1500 polish
3M Ultrafina polish
Edge Yellow wool
Edge Green wool
3M 8" blue foam polishing pad.
3M 6" blue foam polishing pad.
Metabo Rotary
Z5pro Sealant
Z2pro Sealant
Z8 Spray Sealant
Zaino All in one (ZAIO)
Z-16 Perfect Tire Gloss
Deep Finish Chrome
Interior:
Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil
Leatherique Prestine Clean
1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium
Stoner Invisible Glass
Mytee HP60 Spyder carpet extractor
Ridgid vac
I started by give the seats a vac, always be sure to get down in all of the seams.
I then applied Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil to each seat. I sprayed it on thick and worked it in by hand, paying attention to the seams.
I was going to have this car for 3-4 days, so I would let the Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil soak into the seats for the entire time. I placed a large bin liner over the drivers seat so that I could move the car around.
I took the car out and rinsed it down w/ the pressure washer. I applied P21s wheel cleaning gel to the wheels and foamed down the car with Zaino Z7 carwash and my foam lance via the pressure washer. These pics where taken 3-5 mins after the car was foamed.
I used AM777 APC at 1:6 to clean the tires and wheel wells.
I rinsed off the paint via pressure washer and foamed it again, I then washed the painted areas via 2 bucket method and a sheepskin mitt.
The P21S wheel cleaning gel had sat for about an hour so I then cleaned the wheels with various brushes.
I then sheeted the water off of the car with my hose on low pressure. I brought the car back inside. While it was still wet I used Zaino Z6 as a lube and clayed the painted surfaces and glass with Zaino Z18 claybar.
I then dried the car off with a new and washed pakshak WW drying towel.
I then used my Defelsko Positest DFT Combo to check the thickness of the paint prior to polishing.
Here are the defects that I would be dealing with:
I started out by using a green edge wool pad/P1500/Metabo 1500. I followed with Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1500. This combo did not remove all of the defects.
So I stepped up to Edge yellow wool/Presta 1500/Metabo 1500. Followed again with Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1500 -This removed the defects on my test panel:
A few areas had deeper RIDS so I used:
Edge yellow wool/3M ECC/Metabo 1600
Edge green wool/P1500/Metabo 1500
Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1500
This area on the right rear fender had some very deep RIDS:
After rechecking the area with my Defelsko Positest DFT Combo, I determined that it was safe for some wetsanding:
I wetsanded with 2000 paper, let the area dry and could still see a few RIDS thru the wetsanding. So I repeated the process.
I then polished the area with:
Edge yellow wool/3M ECC/Metabo 1600
Edge green wool/P1500/Metabo 1500
Blue 3M foam/Ultrafina/Metabo 1700
I was able to remove all of the RIDS. I took a few pics of the area but was having a hard time getting a good shot:
I final polished the remainder of the car and took a few pics outside to check for holograms:
Took this one inside to show the quality of finish that 3M Ultrafina gave me:
I then took the car outside, refoam it with Z7 carwash and did a 2 bucket method wash w/ sheepskin mitt to remove any polishing oils. This ensures that Z5pro will have a clean base to bond to. I dried off the car with a fresh Pakshack WW drying towel.
I applied ZAIO to the wheels.
I applied 3x of ZFX'd Z5pro to the paint and glass, then took some pics before the sun went down:
