sevenrd
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Detailed this 2007 MazdaSpeed3 yesterday. I thought this was going to be a simple wash, possible clay, AIO and seal. The car is only about 3 weeks old and had yet to be washed, so I didn't think there'd be too much going on with the paint. And apologies in advance for limited full-shot afters. it was completely dark when I finished...
Here are some befores. The car was very dirty.
After the wash, I checked the finish...the car was covered in swirls. I couldn't believe a car delivered from the dealership looked this bad. The pics here are representative of the entire car. I realized my simple detail was no longer going to be so simple...
The finish was actually very smooth, so I skipped claying. I may clay the next time I detail this car. For now I just wanted to concentrate on getting rid of the swirls.
I initially started by using OP on a yellow Propel pad via PC at 6. This didn't seem to have enough cut, so I tried some Meg's 83 with the yellow Propel, also at speed 6. This seemed to do the trick. Here's the area above after one pass...
And some before/after comparisons...
Before...
After...
Before...
After...
After doing a pass of 83, I did a pass of 80 with a white pad. After applying some AIO, the sun was beginning to get low, so I snapped off some pictures of the car. These are the only afters I have. I probably got the car about 90%. There were some areas that needed more attention than I had time for. Not the best pics, but I was still working on the car, so I just didn't take the time for better ones.
After these pics were taken I applied UPP, then topped with Souveran paste and dressed the tires, cleaned the windows...basically wrapped things up. It was completely dark when I was done, so no pics. I hate these short days of winter.
Here are some befores. The car was very dirty.
After the wash, I checked the finish...the car was covered in swirls. I couldn't believe a car delivered from the dealership looked this bad. The pics here are representative of the entire car. I realized my simple detail was no longer going to be so simple...
The finish was actually very smooth, so I skipped claying. I may clay the next time I detail this car. For now I just wanted to concentrate on getting rid of the swirls.
I initially started by using OP on a yellow Propel pad via PC at 6. This didn't seem to have enough cut, so I tried some Meg's 83 with the yellow Propel, also at speed 6. This seemed to do the trick. Here's the area above after one pass...
And some before/after comparisons...
Before...
After...
Before...
After...
After doing a pass of 83, I did a pass of 80 with a white pad. After applying some AIO, the sun was beginning to get low, so I snapped off some pictures of the car. These are the only afters I have. I probably got the car about 90%. There were some areas that needed more attention than I had time for. Not the best pics, but I was still working on the car, so I just didn't take the time for better ones.
After these pics were taken I applied UPP, then topped with Souveran paste and dressed the tires, cleaned the windows...basically wrapped things up. It was completely dark when I was done, so no pics. I hate these short days of winter.
