Hey everyone, here's my first click & brag. Just got my PC last week, and decided to polish my Accord. Wow, I didn't know what I was getting myself into, haha. Here's what I did:
2 bucket wash with deep crystal soap and a sheepskin mitt
clayed with clay magic kit
polished with Hi-Temp Medium Cut on a 6.5" white CCS pad (PC set on 4.5 to 5)
sealed with Mother's FX SynWax (the liquid...like water, more on that later)
wheels polished with Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish
tires dressed with Meguiar's Hot Shine foam
It was cloudy when I started, but cleared up after a little while, so the "before" pictures may not be quite fair. Anyway, here it goes.
Before:
After washing (you can see the swirls better here):
Here's how much polish I used on 1/2 of my trunk, is this too much? (After a while, I was using 1/2 to 2/3 this much, and ended up switching pads about halfway through)
Before/after polishing (different sides of the trunk):
After everything is done:
I'll try and get an after shot of the hood in full sunlight tomorrow for comparison, if the weather cooperates. After all was said and done, this ended up taking me about 9 hours. Doesn't seem too bad to me, considering this is the first time I had picked up a DA buffer in my life. As I said before, the synwax was extremely runny, but aside from that, I'm very happy with it so far. I'm thinking I need to either step up to something a little more aggressive, or maybe just spend some more time on it, because there are still some swirls left that seem like they should have came out, given what I used. Only one problem now: I need something to un-stain my black trim (mainly the stuff up on the roof). I'm thinking Back to Black, as I've heard good things about it. Please give comments/suggestions/criticism, as I'm new at this, and looking to improve my detailing skills. Thanks for looking!
UPDATE: I got a few more pictures in after I washed the car this morning. Here's one after picture of the hood (looks worse in reality, but the camera had to play with the exposure due to the brightness of the sun), and one pic of the stained trim on the roof.
2 bucket wash with deep crystal soap and a sheepskin mitt
clayed with clay magic kit
polished with Hi-Temp Medium Cut on a 6.5" white CCS pad (PC set on 4.5 to 5)
sealed with Mother's FX SynWax (the liquid...like water, more on that later)
wheels polished with Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish
tires dressed with Meguiar's Hot Shine foam
It was cloudy when I started, but cleared up after a little while, so the "before" pictures may not be quite fair. Anyway, here it goes.
Before:
After washing (you can see the swirls better here):
Here's how much polish I used on 1/2 of my trunk, is this too much? (After a while, I was using 1/2 to 2/3 this much, and ended up switching pads about halfway through)
Before/after polishing (different sides of the trunk):
After everything is done:
I'll try and get an after shot of the hood in full sunlight tomorrow for comparison, if the weather cooperates. After all was said and done, this ended up taking me about 9 hours. Doesn't seem too bad to me, considering this is the first time I had picked up a DA buffer in my life. As I said before, the synwax was extremely runny, but aside from that, I'm very happy with it so far. I'm thinking I need to either step up to something a little more aggressive, or maybe just spend some more time on it, because there are still some swirls left that seem like they should have came out, given what I used. Only one problem now: I need something to un-stain my black trim (mainly the stuff up on the roof). I'm thinking Back to Black, as I've heard good things about it. Please give comments/suggestions/criticism, as I'm new at this, and looking to improve my detailing skills. Thanks for looking!
UPDATE: I got a few more pictures in after I washed the car this morning. Here's one after picture of the hood (looks worse in reality, but the camera had to play with the exposure due to the brightness of the sun), and one pic of the stained trim on the roof.
