Contaminated White Toyota Celica w/ Product Comparasions, 56K Warning

[imported_artikxscout]

Well I just did a Toyota Celica, one of my friends. Took about 9 hours, but learned a lot. Got used to the rotary a bit since I got my sitting trolly that rolls around, it's much easier to do the bottom now. But here was the process:



Exterior:

Wash w/ ONR (Had to get to a shade since it was noon)

Clay with automagic clay w/ ONR lube

Wash again with Gold Class

HTEC/OP 50/50 mix, w/ Megs Burgandy Pad, 1800RPM

Menzerna PO106FF w/ White LC Pad then Later switched to Megs Tan Pad, 1500RPM

Klasse AIO, PC 4, White LC Pad

Megs #26 yellow wax, PC 4, Megs tan pad.

Megs Hot Shine on tires (not shown here)



Interior:

303 Aerospace protectant

Lexol Leather Cleaner on Steering Wheel and E-Brake

Vacuum



Befores:

Contaminated:

Rear Quarter Panel Itself:

Wings Itself:

After Clay:

Swirls:

While Polishing

After:

Scratches Gone:

The Trolly:

Are the pictures too big? I think it's easier to see the details when it's bigger, after all we are "Detailers"

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Full sun shots are going to be taken tomorrow, I ended late. Overall 9 hours for this WHITE car... , 2 hours went to claying.

 

[Scottwax]

That turned out really wet!



I take it the paint was single stage?

 

[SpoiledMan]

Cant wait for the sun shots. You really had your work cut out for you!

 

[imported_artikxscout]

That turned out really wet!



I take it the paint was single stage?

Actually I don't know, I've heard Celicas had single stage paints, but this one didn't transfer onto my pads, so probably not. (Phew). Yeah, I can't wait for the full sunshots either!

 

[93AccordLXwhite]

Whoa Dude Gross!!:soscared: Man white can REALLY look ugly if owners let it go like that. You probably just added 5 years onto that car's life, it was looking pretty trashy before. Did you charge him for it?? I hope so:grinno Was that the end of your claybar's usefulness as well? Those wheels came out nice too, definite improvement, good job.

 

[fdizzle]

sam . . . . nice work man . . . how did the onr lube fair with the automagic clay . . .



that toyo looks baller. !

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Whoa Dude Gross!!:soscared: Man white can REALLY look ugly if owners let it go like that. You probably just added 5 years onto that car's life, it was looking pretty trashy before. Did you charge him for it?? I hope so:grinno Was that the end of your claybar's usefulness as well? Those wheels came out nice too, definite improvement, good job.

Yeah, I charged him for it, 9 hours is a bit to let go. The end of the claybar wasn't as useful as if it was rounded (freshly folded) if you know what I mean. That car probably used up about 60 grams of claybar itself. It was horrible. Thanks



Frank~ONR lube worked well, but I like the smell of the Meg's QD still. It was weird smelling the ONR. Did you get your SIP yet?

 

[gmblack3]

The Celica was so much in need of your special care. Looks worlds apart now from the before shots!

 

[RTexasF]

What a difference! I wonder what year it was when it was washed last?

 

[Accumulator]

artikxscout- Not only did that turn out great, but I bet you gained a lot of familiarity with the rotary. Good job :xyxthumbs

 

[PursuitSE]

Wow, this is a night and day difference !

I bet the owner was amazed by the results !

 

[imported_artikxscout]

RTexasF~ He told me he never touched it ever since he bought it, probably like a year ago. YIKES! Plus he lives next to a railroad too so there were a bunch of rust that I picked up with the clay, that's why it's somewhat brown.



Accum~ Yeah, I felt confortable using the rotary too, the only problem is that it took longer than if i used a PC. I don't know if I'm working it longer than needed (Still doing it like a PC). How many passes (times over a spot) do you normally go per panel or per application of polish?

 

[Danspeed1]

I HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!!



Excellent work, that is some transformation and not something that I would tackle! Looks like your hard work paid off; for you friend

 

[Accumulator]

Accum~ Yeah, I felt confortable using the rotary too, the only problem is that it took longer than if i used a PC...

Nah, I bet it just *seems* like it takes longer because you're doing more thorough correction

I don't know if I'm working it longer than needed (Still doing it like a PC)...

Just do it until the marring is either gone or diminished to your satisfaction/comfort level.

How many passes (times over a spot) do you normally go per panel or per application of polish?

It depends on the paint (hard/soft) as I only go so aggressive with my pad/product combos (gotta try wool pads some time). Two examples I'm dealing with currently:



I just did some spot-correction on the S8, and I went over each mild scratch about four-eight times with the rotary/4" Cyclo green/3M PI-III RC 05933. That got the marring out/diminished but did, of course, require a follow-up with final polishes.



On the M3, I'm using the rotary/6.5" orange or yellow cutting pads/H-T EC and I'm doing at *least* that many passes to get the scratches out (one or two is enough for the minor swirls/etc.).



But FWIW if I did stuff like that to my MPV I'd be down to bare metal in no time!