Nizmo
New member
Just got in my new Griot's Garage 6" DA and have been itching to try it out. I'm still very new to this, so you'll have to bear with me. Also learning how to capture defects, but I think I got it to where you can see.
This is my 2008 Chevy Equinox. Bought it for a deal (Less that 15K with 50K miles on it) a couple months ago. Has almost every option on it. However, its never seen a polish, or even clay for that matter. Seems as if its only been washed through the swirl-o-tunnel. This vehicle gets driven less that 6K a year, and is mainly a roadtrip/grocery getter vehicle. Total correction is not on my list at this time, but I wanted to correct the water spotting problem.
This was only a test to see what I can achieve. Only did the hood and fenders.
Used:
Foamed with Deep Crystal Wash
Washed with Meguiars Hyper Wash (love this stuff)
Clayed with XMT's Speed Clay (used their brand lubricant)
Poorboy's SSR2.5 with LC CCS Orange
Poorboy's SSR1 with LC CCS White
We start with the dirty car. Hasn't been washed in a while :notme:
Obligatory foam shot...
Clean?
This is after claying the hood. Some odd reason it was pretty clean, it must have been garaged most of its life.
Waterspots (I need to play around with my camera to get better angles, but you get the jest of it)
Gone
Passenger fender, swirly.
Not anymore ( up by the tape it's only a smudge, not a scratch :lol
Drivers fender, more water spotted than anything else.
Done.
Went out this morning in the sun to see what it looks like. 90% of the swirls are gone and all of the water spots are gone. There are still some deep scratches from the neighborhood cats, not gonna fix that at this time. There's a little bit of grime on it, made a run into the "city" for the weekly grocery run.
Before:
After:
And here's a fender shot done in the sun. Came out well for my first time.
Like I said, I'm a serious noob at this, but with a little practice I'll get there. Could have tried on an easier fender, the curves were killing me. If anybody has suggestions (picture taking too!) I'm all ears. That's why I'm here.
This is my 2008 Chevy Equinox. Bought it for a deal (Less that 15K with 50K miles on it) a couple months ago. Has almost every option on it. However, its never seen a polish, or even clay for that matter. Seems as if its only been washed through the swirl-o-tunnel. This vehicle gets driven less that 6K a year, and is mainly a roadtrip/grocery getter vehicle. Total correction is not on my list at this time, but I wanted to correct the water spotting problem.
This was only a test to see what I can achieve. Only did the hood and fenders.
Used:
Foamed with Deep Crystal Wash
Washed with Meguiars Hyper Wash (love this stuff)
Clayed with XMT's Speed Clay (used their brand lubricant)
Poorboy's SSR2.5 with LC CCS Orange
Poorboy's SSR1 with LC CCS White
We start with the dirty car. Hasn't been washed in a while :notme:
Obligatory foam shot...
Clean?
This is after claying the hood. Some odd reason it was pretty clean, it must have been garaged most of its life.
Waterspots (I need to play around with my camera to get better angles, but you get the jest of it)
Gone
Passenger fender, swirly.
Not anymore ( up by the tape it's only a smudge, not a scratch :lol
Drivers fender, more water spotted than anything else.
Done.
Went out this morning in the sun to see what it looks like. 90% of the swirls are gone and all of the water spots are gone. There are still some deep scratches from the neighborhood cats, not gonna fix that at this time. There's a little bit of grime on it, made a run into the "city" for the weekly grocery run.
Before:
After:
And here's a fender shot done in the sun. Came out well for my first time.
Like I said, I'm a serious noob at this, but with a little practice I'll get there. Could have tried on an easier fender, the curves were killing me. If anybody has suggestions (picture taking too!) I'm all ears. That's why I'm here.
. Good choice with the Griot's machine. Wish I would have gotten that machine instead of my Porter Cable. I got to try out the Griot's and it has a lot more power and torque. Additionally is feels like a well built machine and operates much smoother. I'll be getting one soon and demoting the PC to LSP application.
