08 Acura TL Barry Theal Presidentail Details Perfected

bufferbarry · 06-14-09, 02:11

This customer conatacted me and said he bought the car back in November and wanted it cleaned up for summer. After discussing several packages we choose my refinement package. THe car itself came in a little dirty with no major paint issues at all. This car had very few swirls and was just a great car to detail. THe owner said he is look for a perfectionist detailer and found me threw a referral. After taking two weeks off for some Relaxtion and shop improvements I was real eager to get right back at it!

Decontamination

Ardex Purple Rush Degreaser 2:1 on wheels,tires,door jams, motor
The paint was rinsed with Ardex fall out remover.
No clay bar needed.

Preperation

Debadging of rear emblems
taped with 3m masking tape

Compounding

Dewalt Rotory- M205 on edge green light foam pad 6 inch
ipa wipedown

Polish

Dewalt Rotory- 3m Ultrafina 3m Blue foam pad
ipa wipedown

LSP

Blackfire wet over ice

Interior

Meg. apc 5:1

Tires were dressed with Meg Hot shine and wheels were polished with m205 and topped with colanite 845

Here are a few befores pictures.

Here are a few of debadging

Here I was getting some taping done

Here are two shots after all Polishing was done. These are pre LSP

Here are few finished interior pics

bufferbarry · 06-14-09, 02:20

Here are some final shots. The sun was with me today on this one..

Here it waiting to be picked up!

TSC17 · 06-14-09, 02:26

It looks really good Barry! As a TL (S) owner myself...I give it my stamp of approval.

Apollo_Auto · 06-14-09, 02:50

Top notch, as expected Barry! Do you rent that shop??

MuttGrunt · 06-14-09, 02:51

^ always a good job from Barry! looks great, and I'm a big fan of debadging just about any car - i think it leaves a beautiful simplistic look

Legacy99 · 06-14-09, 03:31

Super job. I like your choice of products used except for the Meg's hot shine. LOL!

barrym · 06-14-09, 03:35

Looks really sweet!

What did you use on the leather seats? APC?

ccking85 · 06-14-09, 03:43

Look great.

bufferbarry · 06-14-09, 03:50

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Originally Posted by TSC17

It looks really good Barry! As a TL (S) owner myself...I give it my stamp of approval.

thanks todd. this was a very nice car. i was really impressed with this it was fully loaded with nav back up cam. it was just sexy everywhere! good choice you made. thanks for the words bud!

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Originally Posted by Apollo_Auto

Top notch, as expected Barry! Do you rent that shop??

Jesse the shop where i work is attached to my house. we got the house out of a forclosure and the guy before me had a body shop attached to it. the shop in my after pictures is actually a body shop behind my house that another guy has. i take my after pictures out there because its open with more sun! thanks bud

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuttGrunt

^ always a good job from Barry! looks great, and I'm a big fan of debadging just about any car - i think it leaves a beautiful simplistic look

Thanks mutt for the kind words. yeah the debadging cleaned it up in the back.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legacy99

Super job. I like your choice of products used except for the Meg's hot shine. LOL!

lol yeah i just renovated my shop a little and i had all my chemicals in a side room lol when i put everything back i couldn't find my normal dressing lol hot shine was on sale at my local advance. lmaothank you

Quote:

Originally Posted by barrym

Looks really sweet!

What did you use on the leather seats? APC?

yeah apc diluted then a leather conditioner.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccking85

Look great.

thanks man!

TS_Detailing · 06-14-09, 04:31

That looks awesome Barry, I own a TSX myself and I love how Acura's metallic flakes really pop when polished correctly. Did you polish those wheels by hand?

Bigpoppa3346 · 06-14-09, 04:32

Looks pretty much perfect from the pics.

The owner made a good choice with debadging, the TL is definitely a car that benefits from it.

bufferbarry · 06-14-09, 05:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by TS_Detailing

That looks awesome Barry, I own a TSX myself and I love how Acura's metallic flakes really pop when polished correctly. Did you polish those wheels by hand?

well i applied the m205 by hand then buffed off with a 3 inch rotary pad. then applied colanites by hand. then removed by microfiber

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigpoppa3346

Looks pretty much perfect from the pics.

The owner made a good choice with debadging, the TL is definitely a car that benefits from it.

thanks man! i thought it looked nicer also.