Vanity Detailing - 2000 Honda Civic EX - (beyond hammered... piledrivered?)

VanityDetailing · 07-31-09, 03:36

What's a better word for beyond hammered... piledrivered?

Process:
Wash with Meguiar's NXT Car Wash
Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Aggressive Claybar
Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Mild Claybar
Meguiar's M85 Diamond Cut Compound, Meguiar's W4000 wool polishing pad, Makita 9227C @ 2000rpms
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, Meguiar's W7000 foam cutting pad, Makita 9227C @ 1500rpms
Meguiar's SwirlX, Meguiar's W8006 foam polishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 6
Meguiar's M7 Show Car Glaze, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 4
Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax 2.0, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 3
Meguiar's Flagship Marine Wax, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 2
Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Wax
Meguiar's Endurance High Gloss Tire Shine Gel
Simple Green (diluted 2:1) to clean wheel wells and engine bay
WD-40 to dress wheel wells and engine bay
Meguiar's NXT Glass Cleaner
Meguiar's Natural Shine Low Gloss Protectant
Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer

Full album is here...

Before pictures...

Note that there's a LOT of swirling, spiderwebbing, scratches, holograms, and paint defects. This is just after washing and claybarring.

And, almost 11 hours of paint correction later...

Apollo_Auto · 07-31-09, 03:52

Nice, but no full pics?

VanityDetailing · 07-31-09, 04:32

99blackSE · 07-31-09, 04:47

Pretty common to see the older ones in that shape, especially with people who aren't extremely meticulous with them, never mind don't realize how soft the paint is. Nice work!

sus195 · 07-31-09, 05:17

"WD-40 to dress wheel wells and engine bay"

what kind of finish would this have? would't this method attract dust and dirt? the WD for water displacement is meant to repel water with a film of oil...

ccking85 · 07-31-09, 05:43

wow what a turn around. Looks great

rwisejr · 07-31-09, 06:25

Definitely a great save !!!

jswhitley · 07-31-09, 06:31

looks alot better, but wont the cleaners in nxt 2.0 take the glaze off?

VanityDetailing · 08-01-09, 08:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by sus195

"WD-40 to dress wheel wells and engine bay"

what kind of finish would this have? would't this method attract dust and dirt? the WD for water displacement is meant to repel water with a film of oil...

It's one of those things that I picked up from a guy in his 70's, that had been detailing for decades. It gives the same finish as any of the other high gloss dressings, but doesn't evaporate away 2 days later, and surprisingly doesn't attract dirt/dust.

It's probably not the "Autopia approved" way, but it works, and works well.

VanityDetailing · 08-01-09, 08:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by jswhitley

looks alot better, but wont the cleaners in nxt 2.0 take the glaze off?

When I got off the phone with Meguiar's Customer Service when I asked them about what I should use for another client's car, the CSR said that NXT 2.0 or Gold Class would be the next recommended step after M7.

96Lude · 08-01-09, 01:53

Car looks good, however it's almost as if you're trying to hide the sun hitting the paint with half of the car in the shade.

Nothing wrong with showing pics of the paint that are not perfect, sometimes it's not safe to remove too much paint especially on a daily driven car, I just find that your pics are a little odd.

I don't mean any disrespect though, so please don't take it that way.

MuttGrunt · 08-01-09, 02:11

way to bring her back to life - completely ready to sell / drive for 100k more miles!