Detailer's Domain: Fixes a Hammered Honda Civic - Opti Coat applied

[DetailersDomain]

Subject: 2000 Honda Civic
Requirements - Remove heavy swirls and scratches, and protect with Opti Coat

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Wetsanding
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad - Griots Orbital
- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System
Menzerna SF4000
Opti Coat
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before














Prep - Wash, Wheels, Tires, NanoSkin



Headlight restoration

Before shots of the lights.




Various stages of wet sanding required to clean up the headlights



Compound and Polish



After shots of the headlights - Opti Coat installed





D300 with Griots


50/50 shots of correction




Before trim


After


After shots

[Thomas Dekany]

Awesome Phil! Never would have thought I'd see a 2000 honda done by DB.

How dd this detail happen?

[DetailersDomain]

Awesome Phil! Never would have thought I'd see a 2000 honda done by DB.

How dd this detail happen?

when the customer loves their car you can't turn them away as well he paid the same as my higher end guys.

paint is paint ; )

[C. Charles Hahn]

I'm honestly shocked there wasn't any checking on the horizontal surfaces with as neglected as that was... seems pretty common with Hondas of that vintage.

Nice recovery!

[DetailersDomain]

thanks I appreciate the comments.

[Darkstar752]

I'm surprised there was enough paint to work with. Was it thin? Also, how well do those gloves work with cutting down vibrations? Are they just mechanics gloves?

[DetailersDomain]

I'm surprised there was enough paint to work with. Was it thin? Also, how well do those gloves work with cutting down vibrations? Are they just mechanics gloves?

yup enough paint to work with.

as far as the gloves they are reducing some vibration but I have some nasty eczema and I'm protecting my hands from everything.

[A.M.Detailing]

Wow, great work! Im sure your customer was VERY pleased with the turn-out. Of all things, im curious what sandpaper grit steps you used on the headlights. And did you compound and polish them with the Meg's M105 and d300?

[DetailersDomain]

Wow, great work! Im sure your customer was VERY pleased with the turn-out. Of all things, im curious what sandpaper grit steps you used on the headlights. And did you compound and polish them with the Meg's M105 and d300?

sure it should be 1500->M105 -->Menzerna SF4000