Detailer's Domain: 12 Lexus GS350 FSport - New Car Prep with Wolf's Hard Body

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Subject: 12 Lexus GS350 F Sport

Requirement: New Car Prep -- > Remove all imperfections caused by dealer prep and ready the car for Wolf's Hard Body

Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with 1Z einszett W99

- Auto Finesse Iron Out

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Compound - Menzerna FG400

- Final Polish - Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish

- Last step - Wolf's Hard Body

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Auto Finesse Iron Out

Auto Finesse Oblitarate

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Menzerna FG400

Sonax Nano Polish 3/6

Wolf's Hard Body

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Adam's Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Prep: Pre Soak, Decon, Autoscrub, Wheels, Tires, Wheel Wells

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Wheels were cleaned up

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After the prep this is what we found on the paint

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Masking the car prior to correction

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Various 50/50 shots

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The rear bumper was in bad shape

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50/50 shot of the rear bumper - lots of progress

Under a halogen

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Under an LED

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Dan buffing off polish to find a mirror shine

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After Menzerna FG400 and Sonax Nano Polish we were able to achieve some nice results

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After Wolf's Hard Body

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