JohnKleven
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Yup, it's a Datsun. It is getting shipped down to a concourse event, and will be judged with the white gloves, and graded out of 300 points. Although this car come to us fairly clean, a good amount of work was needed to get it looking perfect.
I started by nibbing a few dirts out from underneath the hood, and sanded the paint down flat. For this I used a d.a. sander with 1000 grit sandpaper, and finished with 2000 grit.
The entire underhood was then polish using a mini buffer with 4" pads, starting with purple foamed wool using Menzerna Power Gloss to cut the sanding scratches, followed by Menzerna SIP with orange CCS pad, finished with Menzerna 85rd with a white CCS pad.
A Trizact 3000 grit damp sand with a d.a. was then performed to remove any scratches, and provide a beautiful leveled finish, followed by a 3 stage polish with purple wool and Power Gloss, SIP and Orange CCS, then finished with 85rd and White CCS. I then cleaned with HD Cleanse, and topped with Vintage wax.
Car goes up in the air for complete underside detailing.
Back side of wheels were pretty dirty.
Steam cleaned.
Sealed with Nanoskin Brake Dust.
Underside cleaned.
Exhaust cleaned and polished using Collinite Metal Wax.
All the buttons, switches and things were pretty grimy on inside. Cleaned with 1Z Deep Plastic, and protected with 1Z Plastic Protectant.
I spent roughly 10 hours just detailing the engine compartment.
Thanks for looking.
John
I started by nibbing a few dirts out from underneath the hood, and sanded the paint down flat. For this I used a d.a. sander with 1000 grit sandpaper, and finished with 2000 grit.
The entire underhood was then polish using a mini buffer with 4" pads, starting with purple foamed wool using Menzerna Power Gloss to cut the sanding scratches, followed by Menzerna SIP with orange CCS pad, finished with Menzerna 85rd with a white CCS pad.
A Trizact 3000 grit damp sand with a d.a. was then performed to remove any scratches, and provide a beautiful leveled finish, followed by a 3 stage polish with purple wool and Power Gloss, SIP and Orange CCS, then finished with 85rd and White CCS. I then cleaned with HD Cleanse, and topped with Vintage wax.
Car goes up in the air for complete underside detailing.
Back side of wheels were pretty dirty.
Steam cleaned.
Sealed with Nanoskin Brake Dust.
Underside cleaned.
Exhaust cleaned and polished using Collinite Metal Wax.
All the buttons, switches and things were pretty grimy on inside. Cleaned with 1Z Deep Plastic, and protected with 1Z Plastic Protectant.
I spent roughly 10 hours just detailing the engine compartment.
Thanks for looking.
John
I've never actually seen an *under*hood sanding and polish job like that, let alone all with small pads. Must've been hard work! 
