Hi all, have been learning alot from this forum and this is my 1st post in this section. Hope to learn more as i decided to go full time in detailing before i start school next year.
This Mitsu Lancer was covered with swirls,watermarks and quite a fair bit of RIDS.
Plan was to correct as much as possible with a 2 step detail. Only the exterior was done.
Wash
2 Bucket wash method
Grit Guard inserts
Lake Country Grout Sponge
Meguiars NXT carwash (Switching to ONR soon)
Wheels
Meguiars Wheel Brightner (4:1)
Meguiars APC (4:1) for tires and wheel wells
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Assorted brushes
Polish
Doors/Fenders/Bumpers/Bonnet
Meguiars M105 + Lake Country 5.5 Yellow Pad via PC 7424XP
Meguiars M205 + Lake Country 5.5 White Pad via PC 7424XP
Roof/Boot
Meguiars M105 + Lake Country 6.5 Purple Foam Wool via Rotary
Meguiars M205 + Lake Country 5.5 White Pad via PC 7424XP
LSP/Wax/Sealent
Blackfire Wet Diamond (Cure 24 hours)
Collinite 915 Marque D Elegance
Before
Test panel (rear passenger fender)
HD Uno was used and try out its cutting power as an AIO.
Combined with an LC Yellow Cutting pad and PC, it clear like 98% of the swirls in one pass.
But there was alot alot of difficulty removing the excess, was reading through Autopia and realised i am not the only, overworking the product was usually the culprit.
50/50 with HD uno followed by M205
Decided to stick with the trusty M105/M205 combo.
Fender
Before
After
The rest of the car excluding the roof and boot went through this combo with not much surprise.
The carbon bonnet also had its fair share of RIDS/swirls
Cleared up except the weird but uniform pittings the bonnet had.
The worst part was the boot.
Befores, under both halogen/Fenix L2D
Fenix
Halogens
50/50 with 1 pass of M105 + PFW via Makita
Left with some deep RIDS
Roof was also bad, covered with water marks and swirls with some deep and long RIDS
Before
After - After M105/M205 cleared about 80% of the defects
Overview of the reflection of the roof. =/
Tail lamps before
Afters
Some afters, but before the Collinite 915 application, will have pics updated soon as the sky was dark when the Collinite was applied. Its on Blackfire Wet Diamond in the following pictures.
Thats all for now. Didnt have time for pictures after the 915 application as the owner was busy after that.
Cheers!
This Mitsu Lancer was covered with swirls,watermarks and quite a fair bit of RIDS.
Plan was to correct as much as possible with a 2 step detail. Only the exterior was done.
Wash
2 Bucket wash method
Grit Guard inserts
Lake Country Grout Sponge
Meguiars NXT carwash (Switching to ONR soon)
Wheels
Meguiars Wheel Brightner (4:1)
Meguiars APC (4:1) for tires and wheel wells
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Assorted brushes
Polish
Doors/Fenders/Bumpers/Bonnet
Meguiars M105 + Lake Country 5.5 Yellow Pad via PC 7424XP
Meguiars M205 + Lake Country 5.5 White Pad via PC 7424XP
Roof/Boot
Meguiars M105 + Lake Country 6.5 Purple Foam Wool via Rotary
Meguiars M205 + Lake Country 5.5 White Pad via PC 7424XP
LSP/Wax/Sealent
Blackfire Wet Diamond (Cure 24 hours)
Collinite 915 Marque D Elegance
Before
Test panel (rear passenger fender)
HD Uno was used and try out its cutting power as an AIO.
Combined with an LC Yellow Cutting pad and PC, it clear like 98% of the swirls in one pass.
But there was alot alot of difficulty removing the excess, was reading through Autopia and realised i am not the only, overworking the product was usually the culprit.
50/50 with HD uno followed by M205
Decided to stick with the trusty M105/M205 combo.
Fender
Before
After
The rest of the car excluding the roof and boot went through this combo with not much surprise.
The carbon bonnet also had its fair share of RIDS/swirls
Cleared up except the weird but uniform pittings the bonnet had.
The worst part was the boot.
Befores, under both halogen/Fenix L2D
Fenix
Halogens
50/50 with 1 pass of M105 + PFW via Makita
Left with some deep RIDS
Roof was also bad, covered with water marks and swirls with some deep and long RIDS
Before
After - After M105/M205 cleared about 80% of the defects
Overview of the reflection of the roof. =/
Tail lamps before
Afters
Some afters, but before the Collinite 915 application, will have pics updated soon as the sky was dark when the Collinite was applied. Its on Blackfire Wet Diamond in the following pictures.
Thats all for now. Didnt have time for pictures after the 915 application as the owner was busy after that.
Cheers!