2009 Honda Civic WHITE - The works! (70+ pics)

m4gician

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Hey everyone,



I've finally gotten around to using the new camera to photograph detailing jobs that I've been doing. Sorry for going crazy with the pictures, I'll be marking spots on the ground from now on where I should take the pictures, and I'll be documenting where and when so I can do a proper write-up in terms of what the problem was, what solution was provided, what the result was.



I just got excited taking the pictures of the car that I forgot that basic principle to keep the write-up clean and efficient. Anyways, I went camera happy and I took a lot of pictures of the car, but I did document some things and I'll explain them throughout the write-up. Please bear with me, I was dealing with on and off thunder storms the entire day, so some pictures were shot inside.



The Car



A 2007 White Honda Civic Sedan, bought new by the owner who looked me up on a forum I'm part of based on past work I've done for a lot of those members there. Based on pictures of his car that he sent me, I offered a wash, clay and vacuum, he opted for the whole shebang including the polishing and sealant application. Since I love doing this kind of work, I agreed.



The car was covered in a greasy, grimy film that only shows on white paint because the owner admitted he hasn't taken the time to wash the car at all since the winter time, and that while he did clay it himself, he noticed a lot of the orange rail dust/industrial fall out, cling on dirt that sticks to white paint a lot. Also the car was dented on the rear driver side door and there was a lot of paint rub off. However, because the car had been babied for a bit, there wasn't heavy swirling, so I could use a lighter polish to remove it.



Wash​


- Foamed with DP Extreme Foam

- Washed with Poorboys SSS

Clay

- Riccardo Yellow Clay Bar

- ONR Based Clay Lube

Polish

- Menzerna 106ff on a white pad

- Paint clean-up with XMT360

LSP

- Klasse High Gloss Sealant Glaze (sometihng we all have and dread using, :))

Interior

- Wiped down and disinfected with Megs APC 10:1

- Dressed and Protected with 303

- Odor Gon Applied





BEFORE:





Like I said before, these pictures will try to show you the following: Paint imperfections, grease/dirt, things that need to be clayed, and bug splatter and whatever. Enjoy!



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Notice the paint transfer on this pic:

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some close ups:

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Close ups of areas that need claying buy are very obvious:



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Interior:



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ENGINE



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DURING



Tires, look at the grime that just rolls off the tires and wheels.

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Car being foamed:



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For those who two bucket wash, here is my WATER bucket after washing the entire car once, a lot of that greasy grime seems to turn my water black.... and i know because my grit guard in this bucket is BLUE :):



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CLAYING:



Here is a quick set of pictures of detailing clay at work fixing the: paint transfer, orange spots, and in general the whole car:



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And... after the whole car:

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AFTER:



Here are a lot of after shots showing the areas I showed in the before section after they had been clayed, polished and LSP'ed. Enjoy guys!



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unclejud49348 said:
Looks very very nice. Hondas clean up quite well don't they?



How long did it take you to do the paint correction?



The entire process started about 8am finsihed just after 2pm. I had a helper, made things easier.
 
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