Sweaty Northeast Details v. My car, Galant GTZ, BlaX5, & more!

G35stilez

G35stilez

Ari Gold
This past week has been hell for detailing. Although I'm not complaining about the temperature as I'd choose it any day over the cold, but the humidity is horrendous. 90% + every day for the past week which has made for some very sweaty conditions. Plus you wake up and the cars are all soaked from dew, so it's hard to keep everything clean.

Anyways, here go the details so far this week...



2004 Toyota Sienna

Did VM/EX-P 2 weeks ago and it rained the sameday, so when she called me back to wash it, I threw in a free coat of EX-P. So this one is VM/EX-P x 2.

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1997 Jeep Wrangler

Same client as above, WG Polish, WG Sealant 1.5 weeks ago. Washed it up and applied WAUD as directed. Came out pretty nice and it's a very clean vehicle for a 97.

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1996 Acura Integra

My car...I've been having the rims fixed after they were bent at a construction site. It's back in action with EX x 3 on the paint, PwC on the wheels, and Bold 'N Bright on the tires. Currently layering Natty's, so stay tuned.

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Next up...

1999 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ

Did this for a good friend of mine. As you can see in the before pics, it is very swirled which left for a very dull appearance. I did an exterior only job and it took me 5 hours total. Final processes were:

-Mother's Gold Wash
-Wolfgang Clay
-#80 w/ Cutting Pad on Horizontal Surfaces
-#80 w/ Polishing Pad on All Surfaces
-VM w/ Finishing Pad on All Surfaces
-EX by hand

*VM on rims and lighting
*Rain-X on glass
*Bold 'N Bright on tires


Before

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After polishing out tail end

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After everything

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Lastly, but not least...

2004 BMW X5


Did this one today (Wednesday) and today was by far the worst as far as heat/humidity. Temp and humidity were in the 90's. Anyways, this thing was a WRECK! Swirled and DIRTY!!! It took me 5.5 hours and I was in a wife beater (A-shirt) after the 1st 1/2 hour. By the end I was soaked.

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First up, interior. It was a mess, but no before pics. I did my Oxy Mix on the carpets/mats, Water:Woolite on everything else, 303 on dash and doors, Lexol Conditioner on the seats. BTW: BMW mats are soo plus, I like...a LOT :)

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Today was the true day for products to shine. I couldn't get full shade all day so working in the hot heat was a must. The two victorious products of the day were VM and EX-P. The rest of everything I used had problems.


This paint was weird. I'll try to explain. The swirls were medium, I'd say. I had to get quite aggressive with the rotary, boosting it up to 1750rpm with the polishing pad and #80 to get all of the swirls out, so I figured hard clear coat. Then, I slow down the speed to 1500 on the second pass and around 1000 on the final pass, lightening up on pressure with each pass as well. The whole thing was covered in buffer swirls and I was pissed. I figured I'd give it a shot and it came out amazing...VM w/ Polishing Pad @ 1000rpm took out ALL the buffer marks and made for a wet appearance. I was verrry happy :D


Swirls before
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#80 on left, VM over #80 on right (big difference eh?)
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And of course, the sun has to go down as I finish up. I did my best on the final pics to catch some sun. My final exterior processes were:

-Mother's Gold Wash
-Wolfgang Clay
-#80 w/ Polishing Pad on all painted surfaces
-VM w/ Polishing Pad on all painted surfaces
-EX-P by hand on all painted surfaces

*TOL's Wheel Wash to clean up rims/tires/wells
*Armor All on tires, in wells, and on all plastic trim
*VM on lighting

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Enjoy!
 
Great Job !!!

Very impressive work !!! The Black Galant looks incredible !!! The wheels on that car are really sweet !!! When black is cleaned, prepped and sealed properly, nothing compliments it better than nice wheels !!!


I was a sweaty mess myself today after detailing a 01 Black Chevy Malibu. It was a fleet car and had never been detailed ever !!! The paint was atrocious. It was so humid in NJ, I think I lost about 5 lbs. of water weight. I'll have to consume a couple extra Bud Lites this weekend to gain it back !!!



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Thanks Dean...

Yeah I receieved countless compliments on that car from passerbyers, family, and friends. Too bad there are 5 or 6 repainted (at separate times) panels on that car leaving for a non-uniform paint color, texture to it. Came out sweet though :)

I drank soo much water today, at least 4 liters when doing the Bimmer. Hopefully after this storm tomorrow it'll all go back to normal.

Did you grab any pics of the Malibu?
 
Sorry no pics...

My Sony DSC-707 is out of commision and I will wait to see how much $$$ to fix, before deciding if it is time for a new digi.

The car was a fleet car for an engineering firm. It was filthy, smoked in, and filled with dog hair on the inside. The black exterior was about as neglected a finish as I have ever seen.

GSRstilez: I am very impressed with your work, and your website is great !!!

Overall I must say DC is really becoming a place for real dedicated professionals and enthusiasts alike. I am impressed daily by the quality of work being displayed on this site daily !!!
 
Thanks Dean...I try :)


Have you ever heard/dealt with anything like the experience I had with the X5 and it's paint?
 
Nice work and I know what you are talkingabout with the heat and humidity.........it's like that 10 months out of the year here is South Texas!

Anthony
 
Anyone want my 7 year old 1st gen camera? it has 12 megapixels... i mean 1.2.... ugh. Groe got any recommendations for a good camera?

Check ur PM btw! :D
 
GSRstilez said:
This past week has been hell for detailing. Although I'm not complaining about the temperature as I'd choose it any day over the cold, but the humidity is horrendous. 90% + every day for the past week which has made for some very sweaty conditions. Plus you wake up and the cars are all soaked from dew, so it's hard to keep everything clean.
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now you know what us people in hawaii have to go through ever week!!!!

nice jobs. how long did it take you to do the X5?
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words. They do mean a lot.


jason rawls : Thanks, I do too :D

zesty-man: 5.5 hours on the X5.
 
Yea bro it was humid as hell out the past few days. You could work up a crazy sweat workin on the inside of a black car. or any car for that matter. Its better then the rain we have been getting but still its just to damn humid , sticky and muggy. Good job on the cars though im impressed. I like integra . i had a electric blue 99 civic si , and an s2000 . i love the vtec sound when it opens up , especially if you got an intake on um. Good looks on those cars . must be the east coast .
 
Hey Sean,

Great work there! Hard to believe that Jeep is a '97!

BTW...I LOVE the rims on your Acura. They look awesome!
 
GSRstilez said:
Thanks everyone :D


Natty: I appreciate it...They are the love em or hate em rims :)
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Well I for one love them! I like the contrast between the polished lip and the deep red spokes. I think it's unique and tastefully done. As a matter of fact, I'll be replacing the OE rims on my Mazda6 with a set of ADR wheel that have a polished lip and a hyperblack center section.

:mohawk
 
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