A Complete 180: 1996? Accord Wagon- From disgusting to acceptable.

Wow. I did this a while back, and to this day, it is the dirtiest vehicle I have ever cleaned exterior wise, which I doubt I'd ever do again. Each day for all of its 200,000+ mi, the car is driven down a dirt 1.5mi driveway, hitting branches ect. IT truly looked asthough it was washed with a steel brush. The turnaround was AMAZING, this vehicle truly transformed, wowing the owner to the fullest extent. They really were in shock. Well, still sore 2 months later, here is the painstaking process-



Wash/Wheels/Tires/Wells-Undoubtebly, the longest part of the whole process.



- Powerwash, Powerwash, and then some Powerwashing.

- Purple Power 1:1 SOAKED in wells

- TOL Tire Clean FS on tires.

- Megs APC 5:1 on wheels



- Foamed with PP, Gold Class, and a bit of DP Extreme in the Glimour.

- Powerwash

- 2 Buckets with GC, Black Shmitt

- Megs Clay

- WW Dry



I then let it sit overnight.



Polishing-Went pretty agressive, but it finished very nicely!



-HiTemp Extreme Cut on Purple Foamed Wool on the Metabo at 2000

-OC on an Orange LC CCS on the Metabo at 1700

-OP on a White LC CCS on the Metabo at 1500



Seal/Protectant/Glass-



-DuraGloss 105 TPP of course!

-Tires got Meg's Endurance HiGloss x4

-Wells got HyperDressing 3:1

-Trim got PB Trim Restore

-Glass with DuraGloss 921 Marine Quick Detailier



Interior- EEW! What a mess! This thing had more dirt and dust than the Mojave!



-Vacuum x2387409823475

-Clean cloth with BlueCoral Dri-Clean

-Carpets with Folex and Natures Miracle, extracted.

-Plastic/Vinyl with DP Total Interior Prot



Befores

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The mud after PW'ing:


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The rock that was IN THE WHEEL WELL!!!

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I thought the engine was color coded to the car...Brown. Looks like you dug that car up from underground. That's more than a 180, closer to a 360! Amazing turnaround!
 
Great work on that car.

I used too see cars like these pretty regularly, and often far worse, but thankfully no more.
 
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