Hello friends
A very good Thursday from Mauritius
This detailing job took over 5 days, from decontamination to coating, loads of defects removal and paint leveling.
Upon arrival:
Wash:
2BM method using mf wash mitt
Local car shampoo and APC mix
To the wheels
Washed already
close-up of contaminants
Decontamination with Sonax full effect + Clay
in- process
Ready to be coated and protected
To the paintwork
Clay
Assessing the work to be done
Not easy to be noticed. On this color, it’s as if the defects have got “shyness DNA”
From previous respray job, rubber trims damaged! I was very sad for the friend who brought his Honda to me. Little or nothing I could do for that.
NEW paint defect (at least for a newbie like me, doing detailing as a passion)
More familiar
light scratches and RIDS, full of swirls but the metallic flakes just make it difficult to be captured.
The headlights
wait, not yet over
the lower sections
subsurface defect
Look
close-up
same on both sides of the rear bumper
Paint correction:
The paint has sanding marks and scratches beaneath the clear-coat. I had to proceed with extreme caution and to add, Hondas are the champion of soft paints.
Tools: Makita rotary, Flex 3401
Polishes: Menz FG 400, 203S, PO85rd
Pads: Carpro denim pads, LC white, LC HT Crimson, LC white
Glass: DP Glass restorer with glass polishing pads, Opti-sealed
Wipe down : IPA mix
Coating: Opticoat with supplied applicator, wiped with suede mf towels (better than normal mf towel IMO)
Trims & tyres: CG new look trim
After correction
a spot or 2 remain, would have needed more clear coat removal
A very good Thursday from Mauritius
This detailing job took over 5 days, from decontamination to coating, loads of defects removal and paint leveling.
Upon arrival:
Wash:
2BM method using mf wash mitt
Local car shampoo and APC mix
To the wheels
Washed already
close-up of contaminants
Decontamination with Sonax full effect + Clay
in- process
Ready to be coated and protected
To the paintwork
Clay
Assessing the work to be done
Not easy to be noticed. On this color, it’s as if the defects have got “shyness DNA”
From previous respray job, rubber trims damaged! I was very sad for the friend who brought his Honda to me. Little or nothing I could do for that.
NEW paint defect (at least for a newbie like me, doing detailing as a passion)
More familiar
light scratches and RIDS, full of swirls but the metallic flakes just make it difficult to be captured.
The headlights
wait, not yet over
the lower sections
subsurface defect
Look
close-up
same on both sides of the rear bumper
Paint correction:
The paint has sanding marks and scratches beaneath the clear-coat. I had to proceed with extreme caution and to add, Hondas are the champion of soft paints.
Tools: Makita rotary, Flex 3401
Polishes: Menz FG 400, 203S, PO85rd
Pads: Carpro denim pads, LC white, LC HT Crimson, LC white
Glass: DP Glass restorer with glass polishing pads, Opti-sealed
Wipe down : IPA mix
Coating: Opticoat with supplied applicator, wiped with suede mf towels (better than normal mf towel IMO)
Trims & tyres: CG new look trim
After correction
a spot or 2 remain, would have needed more clear coat removal
