Horror House vs. 9x Honda Civic

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ScubaStevo

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I've been very busy all weekend with details, (4 to be exact), and I am very upset at myself for not getting any picutures of the first 3. But I finally remembered to take some before and afters of a nice honda.



Exterior:



-Wash with Turtle Wax "Platnium Edition"

-Clay with mothers claybar (took nearly 3/4!)

-Start off with Poorboys SSR2.5 x2 on a LC Cutting Pad

-SSR 2 on polishing pad ( which blew up in my face) x1

-Noticed a little bit of hazing, so I used some SSR 1 on anouther polishing pad ( which also blew up)

-Topped with NXT on a finishing pad



Interior:



-Vaccuum up slight mess

-Scrub with Sears brand industrial carpet cleaner

-Degrease interior using orange clean. (It was dressing greasy) :(

-Wipe down door jams

-Dress the interior and leather with Lexol

-Clean glass with No Touch Glass Cleaner



I'll post befores first:



FrontBefore1.jpg


BackBefore1.jpg


WAS THIS PAINTED WITH A BRUSH!?!?

SideBefore1.jpg


WheelBefore1.jpg


InteriorHoodbefore.jpg


interiormatbefore1.jpg


InteriorBefore.jpg


SeatBefore.jpg




Afters are comin up, just need to upload them :)
 
After's:



Sorry about the darkness, but it started to rain when I was doing the detail, so I didn't want to screw everything up.



Frontafter.jpg


Products037.jpg


Products042.jpg


Sideafter.jpg


BumperAfter.jpg


FlakeAfter.jpg


Hoodafter.pg


InteriorAfter.jpg


wheelafter.jpg
 
nice job with the detail the paint looks good.from the b4 pics i thought the car was black but i guess it was green from the after pics.great job
 
Thanks everyone. Total detail time was about 5.5 hours. Took a while, wish i could have gotten every swirl out, but I just couldn't do it.
 
The paint is definitely improved :up: How do you like using the PC instead of working by hand?



Those heads and tails...:nervous:
 
BTW, I bet the owner goes through clutches like toilet paper, based on the wear you can see on the clutch pedal compared two the brake and accelerator. Looks like he/she rides the clutch big-time.
 
Scottwax said:
BTW, I bet the owner goes through clutches like toilet paper, based on the wear you can see on the clutch pedal compared two the brake and accelerator. Looks like he/she rides the clutch big-time.
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Agreed, I tried about 3 times to get the car up the driveway, it kept stalling because it wouldn't take up the clutch. :eek:
 
Nice work! You gave that car some life.



The pedal wear is very common/typical of Honda/Acura cars. It comes from slipping your foot off the side of the pedal instead of lifting is straight off. My Integra with 26k miles has the same kind of wear and the clutch still grabs just fine.
 
InteriorAfter.jpg






I hope he's able to hang on that steering wheel! :eek:



LOL, great job. I wouldn't have even attempted to tackle that one and you pulled through just nicely. :up
 
Buick_guy1----



Can you please list your process and products, I always get inspired by the befores and afters..

Thanx alot.
 
mystickid said:
Buick_guy1----



Can you please list your process and products, I always get inspired by the befores and afters..

Thanx alot.
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Cough, Cough. Top of the first page, cough. ;)



Also, I didn't even dress the steering wheel. It was like that even after I degreased it. :nixweiss
 
Buick_guy1 said:
Also, I didn't even dress the steering wheel. It was like that even after I degreased it. :nixweiss
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Wow, that's one shiny steering wheel. It reminded me of my old 84' Ford F150 that had a vinyl bench seat and rubber floors. At 17 and not knowing any better is sprayed the whole thing down with ArmorAll and it was like holding on for dear life around every turn! :shocked
 
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