APAD: 04 Mazda 3 BLACK - full detail (pics=lots)

[m4gician]

Hi everyone,



Long time since my last S&S, but with my new P&S camera, I'll be posting a hell of a lot of pictures from every job I do from now on as a reference.



Background: This car was a referral from an online community board. This car was severely oxidized, contaminated, and had swirls galore. In fact form a far, you thought this car was attacked by spiderman with all the deep swirling and webbing. 2004 Mazda 3, just over 110,000km so definitely still great looking. But hey, black cars like this are my

- FAVOURITE (no joke, I love working on these cars), and hope to get more in the future.



I'll post the pictures in sections Before/After. Enjoy, and thanks for taking the time, sorry for my amateur camera skills.



Products Used:

Wash

- DP Xtreme Foam Shampooo

- Pinnacle Autobody Shampoo + ONR in wash water

- AG microfibre mitt

- grit guards w/ two bucket method

- Special Wheel Well/Tire Degrease foam

- Special Wheel/Rim gel liquid cleaner

- Ricardo Yellow Clay w/ ONR lube

Polish

- Menz SIP

- Blue Magic Metal Polish (exhaust tip only)

Wax

- DP Max Wax

Interior

- Megs APC 9:1

Tires/Trim

- 303 Aerospace

- Back to Black

- Aerosol Dressing



Before

Looks fun eh? I started with the wheels and tires before wash and clay. I used my special formula and it seemed to work well

After the wheels and tires were taken care of somewhat, I gave the car a foam bath, rinse, wash and clay.

Time to look at what we have here:

Swirls:

 

[m4gician]

....my plan of attack? Going to try this combo out, hopefully it works and finishes somewhat LSP ready because this looks like it's going to be a long and pronfanity filled war.

Long story short, did that the whole car, here's a 50/50:

Exhaust Tip:

AFTER SHOTS



Exhaust Tip

Interior



We didn't agree on a carpet shampoo, I would've gladly done it but I was running low on time to be able to do it, so please forgive the salt stain. I did get rid of all the debris and gave it athat new car smell. All surfaces were wiped down with Megs APC 9:1 and 303 Aerospace. I will always shampoo the carpets from now on.

Exterior (finally, thanks for waiting)



The car was coated in DP Max Wax, tires in 303, trim in Back to Black, Exhaust tip in Blue Magic Metal Cream, Windows with Stoners (afterwards)

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO LOOK

 

[kaotikdt]

NIce job! but need to get a better camera.

 

[AGAuto]

great job on the turn around!! but I do agree with the previous poster...a lot of the pictures had too much sun and were too blurry to actually see the full effect of your work

 

[Labster]

Agreed with the above poster. Also, you might want to be careful being that close to the paint with a pressure washer. High PSI water can do a lot of damage if you're not careful.

 

[Phillyz]

Finally, a write up on a black mica mazda 3. I have been waiting for one for decades, and it has finally come. Good work. How was it, I have a black mica mazda 3 and its paint stinks!!