I recieved an IM from a troubled new car buyer a couple weeks ago. He picked up his new TL and he said he hasn't been happy with the finish on it since he purchased it (5k miles now). I told him about my products/processes, showed him some of my work on similar colors, and scheduled the appointment.
I showed up this morning around 9am to a rather clean (or so I thought!) Acura TL. He mentioned again how the surface felt gritty when he put his hand in a plastic bag (had him do that to test contamination) and it really lacked the metallic 'pop'. I went over a couple quick things with him and he took off. I attacked the interior first. It was in very nice shape, so nothing too crazy. My finals were:
-Folex to clean leather, rubber, vinyl, and plastic
-Kids & Pets on carpets, pedals, and rubber mats
-Poorboy's Trim Restorer to protect everything
-Meguiar's NXT Glass Cleaner on glass
-FK1 #425 on wood, aluminum trim, and in jams
Before
After
The exterior certainly needed some more TLC. I washed and clayed, then surveyed the damage. The whole car was covered in rotary trails and acid rain damage
. Since the car had already been buffed pretty hard and only had 5000 miles on it, I chose to not go 'insane' on the deep water spots, but rather abolish the swirls and bring out the depth of the blue. My finals for the exterior were:
-TOL Bubble Bath wash with FK1 Ultimate Cleaner cut 10:1 as a presoak
-Optimum Clay with TOL Bubble Bath as lube
-TOL Tire Cleaner cut 50/50 for tires and wells (agitated with bug scrubber)
-Meguiar's Wheel Brightener on wheels (agitated with bug scrubber)
-Power washed clean and WW MF dried
-Optimum Polish via rotary and LC Polishing Pad @ 1200 rpm
-Menzerna PO 85RD via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm
-Zaino Z5 x 3 (ZFX'd) on paint, wheels, and windows
-FK1 #425
-Flitz on exhaust
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing cut 3:1 in wells
-Wolfgang Tire Gel on tires
-CD2 Engine Detailer on lower black grilles on front bumper
Before
After
Before
After
I showed up this morning around 9am to a rather clean (or so I thought!) Acura TL. He mentioned again how the surface felt gritty when he put his hand in a plastic bag (had him do that to test contamination) and it really lacked the metallic 'pop'. I went over a couple quick things with him and he took off. I attacked the interior first. It was in very nice shape, so nothing too crazy. My finals were:
-Folex to clean leather, rubber, vinyl, and plastic
-Kids & Pets on carpets, pedals, and rubber mats
-Poorboy's Trim Restorer to protect everything
-Meguiar's NXT Glass Cleaner on glass
-FK1 #425 on wood, aluminum trim, and in jams
Before
After
The exterior certainly needed some more TLC. I washed and clayed, then surveyed the damage. The whole car was covered in rotary trails and acid rain damage
. Since the car had already been buffed pretty hard and only had 5000 miles on it, I chose to not go 'insane' on the deep water spots, but rather abolish the swirls and bring out the depth of the blue. My finals for the exterior were:-TOL Bubble Bath wash with FK1 Ultimate Cleaner cut 10:1 as a presoak
-Optimum Clay with TOL Bubble Bath as lube
-TOL Tire Cleaner cut 50/50 for tires and wells (agitated with bug scrubber)
-Meguiar's Wheel Brightener on wheels (agitated with bug scrubber)
-Power washed clean and WW MF dried
-Optimum Polish via rotary and LC Polishing Pad @ 1200 rpm
-Menzerna PO 85RD via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm
-Zaino Z5 x 3 (ZFX'd) on paint, wheels, and windows
-FK1 #425
-Flitz on exhaust
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing cut 3:1 in wells
-Wolfgang Tire Gel on tires
-CD2 Engine Detailer on lower black grilles on front bumper
Before
After
Before
After
