Green Volvo, perhaps they buffed it with an angle grinder?56K*LOL!!*

[EBPcivicsi]

Detailed this Volvo on Saturday, my task was to bring it back to life.



The paint had severe buffer swirls in it from another shop (won’t name names) that needed to be removed. The interior also needed a bit of freshening up. J



For the paint the process was:



Wash



Clay with Meguiars aggressive clay bar



Apply optimum compound with a polishing pad via rotary polisher with a polishing @1400 RPM’s



Apply Meguiars #80 speed glaze with the porter cable 7424 with a polishing pad on speed 5



Apply two thin coats of Meguiars #21 polymer sealant



Tires were dressed with Meguiars high endurance (original formula)



Glass cleaned with NXT glass cleaner



For the interior the process was:



Thoroughly vacuum



Clean carpets with Costco APC 10:1, extract with hot water using LGCM.



I then used the APC and a small brush to detail every crack and crevice. I alos used a steamer (the Costco one) to blast out the grime on the door panels.



I dressed the leather with Lexol



The engine was:



Degreased with a citrus-based degreaser



Agitated with old mitts and an assortment of brushes



Pressure washed



Blown dry, then dress with eagle one pro water based dressing cut 1:1.



Before on the paint, is this a buffer swirl? LOL

Full car

 

[EBPcivicsi]

After washing the paint, I was left with this:

scratches on trunk

Heavy brake dust on the wheels:

 

[EBPcivicsi]

Interior before:

 

[EBPcivicsi]

Before on the engine:

Now for the afters—the sun peaked through for about two minutes and these are close as I could get to full sun shots. The detail took around 7.5 hours to complete.

 

[EBPcivicsi]

scratches on trunk came out about 90%

 

[EBPcivicsi]

Interior after:

I polished all the wood with klasse All In One

Excuse the foot print on the pedal, I wiped the back down before delivery.

 

[EBPcivicsi]

 

[SouthFlaGT]

Nice :work:



Dan

 

[EBPcivicsi]

Nice :work:



Dan

You don't see them?

 

[edlab03]

they're up now. he must of caught it inbetween posts.



oh and did i mention great job.

 

[ZaneO]

That's an outstanding improvement.

 

[SouthFlaGT]

Yeah, when the page reloaded after i posted they came up, Nice job.



Dan

 

[imported_mrecktid]

Swirls......... :sign



:2thumbs:



-Mark

 

[Acura_RL]

Excellent work!

 

[Porkanbeans]

Great work! How in the good Lord's name did you get those wheels so clean, even on the insides? Wheel acid? Any agitation?

 

[Thomas Dekany]

What was the owners first reaction? Looks beautiful!

 

[imported_hadboosttroy]

i hope you charged an arm and a leg, that was in terrible shape!!

 

[gmblack3]

Owner must of thought he was on one of those shows where they take the car and make all kinds of changes to it. In this case it looks like a repaint and new interior. :xyxthumbs

 

[SilverLexus]

That's not a detail. That's an automotive reconditioning. A+ work.

 

[EBPcivicsi]

Great work! How in the good Lord's name did you get those wheels so clean, even on the insides? Wheel acid? Any agitation?

Yeah, they were a "mini project" in and of themselves. I first pressure washed them, then used an acid based cleaner on them, waited about 20 seconds, the pressure washed, I then used an alkeline wheels cleaner, agitated, then washed with car wash and a MF mitt, then pressure washed again.