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Old 07-01-09, 10:00   #3 (permalink)
Scottwax
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Re: 2 black Escalades, metallic yellow S2000

2004 Honda S2000. I had detailed the owner's M5 about 6-8 months ago and he mentioned he wanted to get his wife's S2000 detailed. It was her birthday this week so he called me out to take care of it as a present to her. ONR wash and Meguiars white clay got the car ready for polishing. The trunk lid, hood and front fenders were pretty swirled up, the rest of the car, not so much.

Started with #205/Meg's yellow via rotary but the swirls were too deep. I thought Honda paint was supposed to be soft! Bumped it up to #105 using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad and 1000-1400 rpms. That did the trick while leaving some light holograms behind. I followed with #205/Meg's yellow at 1400 rpms, finishing with light pressure at 1000 rpms. Paint looked flawless even after baking out in upper 90s temps for an hour. Still, I like to be sure, so 3M Ultrafine and the blue pad at 1000-1800-1000 rpms was the final step.

Here are some before and afters comparisons (not waxed in the afters).













The top was cleaned with BioKleen's Traffic Lane Cleaner followed by a wet MF wipe down and a damp MF wipe down. Car was waxed with Carnauba Moose.























Woolite and water to clean the vinyl and leather, BioKleen's TLC on the carpets. Vinyl dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus and leather with Leather Master's Leather Vital.



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