Truly such an incredible colour. When it's dirty, ehhh, but when it's detailed, wow. The colour takes on so many different aspects of what a great paint should look like. In the sun, an explosion of tangerine metallic flake; in the shade, deep/dark/wet; and even if lightly marred, the not dark but not light colour helps hide the minor stuff pretty well.
I worked on this one back in late October. Fast forward 7+ months, protection was dead. This was pretty well expected as it is daily driven, parked outside, and mostly washed by the automatics. The good thing is that the swirling wasn't as bad as when I worked on it last time. I'd say moderate swirling and paint contamination, quite a few RIDS, and just general soil levels.
Interior
- Steam and BioKleen Bac Out to clean (Thanks, Grouse, this stuff is amazing)
- Hi-Temp Tire Cleaner cut 1:1 to clean rubber mats
- CG VRP cut 2:1 to protect rubber mats (then wiped down with dry MF)
- Zaino Z10 to treat leather, vinyl, rubber, plastic
- Stoner's Invisible Glass on glass, chrome, NAV, wood
- Zaino Z8 in jams
Exterior
- Dawn Wash
- Zaino Z18 Clay
- Hi-Temp Tire Cleaner cut 1:1 on tires, wells, plastic trim
- P21s Wheel Cleaner on wheels
- Hi-Temp Extreme Cut via rotary and LC Yellow CCS Cutting Pad @ 1500rpm to remove RIDS
- Zaino Z-PC + Meguiar's 105 (70/30) via rotary and LC Blue CCS Final Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm -> 800 rpm
- Zaino Z-AIO and #0000 Steel Wool on exhaust tips
- IPA wipedown on all plastic trim
- Zaino Z6 wipedown on paint, glass
- CG VRP cut 2:1 on wells, plastic trim (then wiped down after 20 mins)
- Zaino Z16 x 2 on tires
- Zaino Z5 Pro (ZFX'd) on paint, chrome, glass
- Zaino Z-CS on wheels
- Zaino Z8 final wipedown
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Cheers.
I worked on this one back in late October. Fast forward 7+ months, protection was dead. This was pretty well expected as it is daily driven, parked outside, and mostly washed by the automatics. The good thing is that the swirling wasn't as bad as when I worked on it last time. I'd say moderate swirling and paint contamination, quite a few RIDS, and just general soil levels.
Interior
- Steam and BioKleen Bac Out to clean (Thanks, Grouse, this stuff is amazing)
- Hi-Temp Tire Cleaner cut 1:1 to clean rubber mats
- CG VRP cut 2:1 to protect rubber mats (then wiped down with dry MF)
- Zaino Z10 to treat leather, vinyl, rubber, plastic
- Stoner's Invisible Glass on glass, chrome, NAV, wood
- Zaino Z8 in jams
Exterior
- Dawn Wash
- Zaino Z18 Clay
- Hi-Temp Tire Cleaner cut 1:1 on tires, wells, plastic trim
- P21s Wheel Cleaner on wheels
- Hi-Temp Extreme Cut via rotary and LC Yellow CCS Cutting Pad @ 1500rpm to remove RIDS
- Zaino Z-PC + Meguiar's 105 (70/30) via rotary and LC Blue CCS Final Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm -> 800 rpm
- Zaino Z-AIO and #0000 Steel Wool on exhaust tips
- IPA wipedown on all plastic trim
- Zaino Z6 wipedown on paint, glass
- CG VRP cut 2:1 on wells, plastic trim (then wiped down after 20 mins)
- Zaino Z16 x 2 on tires
- Zaino Z5 Pro (ZFX'd) on paint, chrome, glass
- Zaino Z-CS on wheels
- Zaino Z8 final wipedown
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Cheers.
