Volvo V70 GLT straight from Satan's Den

G35stilez

G35stilez

Ari Gold
This vehicle belongs to my girlfriend's mother and has haunted me since day 1. I can honestly say that I've lost sleep over this car.

They purchased it about 2 years ago with around 70k on the clock. It has 103k now and still looks like hell. The previous owner's beat the piss out of the thing. Swirls were an understatement on top of the pellet shooting practice the front end took plus R.I.D.S. all over, haze, bad-repaint, sanding marks...I could go on.

Anyways, this is the 3rd time I've worked on it since they picked it up. My girlfriend's father (god bless him) is VERY environmentally friendly. He uses the minimal amount of water to rinse, about 1/4 ounce of soap per 3 gallons of bucket water, an old chamois to wash/dry, and thats it. I've tried educating, but no luck. Other times, it visits the cheapest swirl-o-matic in town. I pretty much try to just keep the swirls under control.

Today, I did just that, try to keep everything under control. I was not concerned about full-anything fixes as I know the clearcoat is getting low. My finals were:

-Meguiar's Hyper Wash
-TOL tire cleaner cut 50/50 on tires/wells
-Meguiar's Wheel Brightener cut 3:1 on wheels
-Optimum Clay with Hyper Wash lube

-Hi-Temp Extreme Cut via rotary and LC Cutting Pad @ 1500 rpm on hood
-Menzerna FPII via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm on hood
-Zaino Z5 via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 600 rpm on entire car
-Zaino Z6 to touch-up

-Meguiar's All Season Dressing on trim/tires
-Meguiar's Extreme Shine Dressing in wells


Before
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After
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Before
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After (those are scratches; smears from my towel were cleaned up after pic)
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This car is not perfect, nor will it ever be. I did what I could with what I was given.


Questions/Comments, fire away.
 
Looks a lot better now! I just never understood why people won't take care of their vehicles.
 
LMFAO -Great title and intro. Can I get your future father-in-laws e-mail address?

:rofl

Hi-Temp extreme cut is a step away from wet-sanding, right? The Volvo looks like a different car. You definitely exfoliated the paint :)
 
Sean if you to come to California to detail my car, I'll provide supplies and pay your plant ticket! Seriously though, great work as always!

James
 
Good Lord! How/why do people do that? I don't understand why anyone would WANT to have a car that scratched, must less allow it to get that way.

Great job.
 
Hi Temp is a product that I never have used. It appears that used with discerning hands that it works very well. Is Hi Temp Extreme cut likened to Poorboy's SSR 3 or even more abbrassive?

Excellent post with pictures. Nice results!!
 
cwcad: Hi-Temp Extreme Cut is a 10 out of 10 compound (cut wise). Then again, it doesn't feel as grainy as SSR3. It also finishes cleaner. I like it compared to Powergloss because the dust is minimal.
 
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