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Saturday I had to administer automotive CPR to a neglected white GSR. 
The car just needed a little TLC in order to be resurrected from its’ current state.
I spent around eight hours with this car, the majority of that was on the interior.
The process was:
Wash
Clay with Meguiars aggressive clay bar�this took about one hour to complete. The paint was full of bonded contaminants and the clay quickly “chewed� through them.
I then rewashed the car and rinsed
Before I could begin the paint correction process I needed to address a long scratch that traveled the length of the passenger side. After viewing the scratch with my halogen I decided that wet sanding it with Meguiars unigrit paper would be the best option. I soaked one sheet of 3000 grade unigrit paper in Meguiars #00 for about 30 minutes, then wet sanded the scratch.
I then buffed the car with Optimum compound via the rotary polisher and a Meguiars polishing pad @1400 RPM’s
I then applied Meguiars #80 via the porter cable with a SM Arnold light cut polishing pad @speed 5
Finally I applied two thin coats of Meguiars #21 by hand.
All products removed with microfiber towels
The tires were dressed with Meguiars all-season dressing
The glass was deep polished with 1grand glass polish via rotary polisher and 4� foam polishing pad
All trim was cleaned and polished with Klasse all-in-one
The exterior lower trim and mud guards were dressed with Hi-Temp trim restorer
For the interior:
I first vacuumed all of the loose debris, then used Costco all purpose cleaner 10:1 on all carpets. I applied the APC, brushed, allow to dwell for a few minutes, then extracted with hot water.
I then moved to cleaning the vinyl. I used the same APC�sprayed onto panel, agitate with denture brush, then used my steamer to steam the panel. The steamer emulsified the “gunk� and blasted away years of built up dirt, I would then wipe dry with MF towel. I had to change my towels quite often as they turned black very quickly.
After systematically cleaning each panel and seat (same APC mixture on the leahter, but no steamer), I dressed the interior with Meguiars hyper dressing cut 1:1. I dressed the leather with lexol.
I also polished the door jams with klasee all-in-one, and sealed them Meguiars #21.
The engine (no pics as it was in good shape) was degreased, rinsed, and dressed.
Here are the befores:
Here’s the scratch, this went all the way down the passenger side. It was hard to capture, but you can see it just above the molding
Dealer installed wax build up.
Full car:
Interior before:
The car just needed a little TLC in order to be resurrected from its’ current state.I spent around eight hours with this car, the majority of that was on the interior.
The process was:
Wash
Clay with Meguiars aggressive clay bar�this took about one hour to complete. The paint was full of bonded contaminants and the clay quickly “chewed� through them.
I then rewashed the car and rinsed
Before I could begin the paint correction process I needed to address a long scratch that traveled the length of the passenger side. After viewing the scratch with my halogen I decided that wet sanding it with Meguiars unigrit paper would be the best option. I soaked one sheet of 3000 grade unigrit paper in Meguiars #00 for about 30 minutes, then wet sanded the scratch.
I then buffed the car with Optimum compound via the rotary polisher and a Meguiars polishing pad @1400 RPM’s
I then applied Meguiars #80 via the porter cable with a SM Arnold light cut polishing pad @speed 5
Finally I applied two thin coats of Meguiars #21 by hand.
All products removed with microfiber towels
The tires were dressed with Meguiars all-season dressing
The glass was deep polished with 1grand glass polish via rotary polisher and 4� foam polishing pad
All trim was cleaned and polished with Klasse all-in-one
The exterior lower trim and mud guards were dressed with Hi-Temp trim restorer
For the interior:
I first vacuumed all of the loose debris, then used Costco all purpose cleaner 10:1 on all carpets. I applied the APC, brushed, allow to dwell for a few minutes, then extracted with hot water.
I then moved to cleaning the vinyl. I used the same APC�sprayed onto panel, agitate with denture brush, then used my steamer to steam the panel. The steamer emulsified the “gunk� and blasted away years of built up dirt, I would then wipe dry with MF towel. I had to change my towels quite often as they turned black very quickly.
After systematically cleaning each panel and seat (same APC mixture on the leahter, but no steamer), I dressed the interior with Meguiars hyper dressing cut 1:1. I dressed the leather with lexol.
I also polished the door jams with klasee all-in-one, and sealed them Meguiars #21.
The engine (no pics as it was in good shape) was degreased, rinsed, and dressed.
Here are the befores:
Here’s the scratch, this went all the way down the passenger side. It was hard to capture, but you can see it just above the molding
Dealer installed wax build up.
Full car:
Interior before:
