Rasky's Auto Detailing: Black 2007 Cadillac DTS

RaskyR1 · 09-08-09, 06:39

2007 Cadillac DTS 48,XXX miles...my sisters car

She bought the car used so the neglect in the paint is not all from her. She only wanted the interior cleaned but since I had the car all weekend I thought I'd be a nice guy and 2-step the exterior...baaaad idea!

This car has had several panels repainted, and they did not appear to all be done to the same time, based on paint texture. She also has an unlimited wash package at a locus full service wash, which she uses at least once a week. She has never waxed the car before but after washing it there was evidence of some sort of protection....whatever it was it made buffing a PITA (some rainX crap she said the offer with the upgraded wash)! The car was also covered in fine black over spray, and the roof had some larger gray specs too.

Please keep in mind I was only getting paid to do the interior on this one so some of the extra things I do on a full detail may have been skipped

Process was as follows...

Wash - Megs Gold Class 2BM
Tires - ARO and Megs Hyper Dressing
Wheels - Separate wash mitt and bucket, Mothers chrome
Wheel wells - APC+ and Megs Hyper Dressing
Tar - Tarminator
Clay - Megs clay and Last Touch as lube followed by 2 IPA wipe downs
Correction - M105/Flex 3401/Orange LC Classic, followed by Menz 106ff,rotary,W9207 pad followed with another wash
LSP - Blackfire Wet-Diamond x2

Carpets - LGM with Folex solution
Vinyl and dash - 1Z Premium Cockpit Cleaner
Leather - Zaino Z9/Z10
Glass - Megs D120
Jambs - Wiped with Last Touch

Before

new clay

after half hood!

Gray specs on roof were scraped off with plastic razor blade and then clayed

One of the repainted panels had a texture that did not match the rest of the car and looked pretty bad, I gave it a quick wet sand to better match the factory finish. Megs 1500 followed by 3000.

After sanding

Bad marring/cob webbing

50/50 after 1 pass of M105

After M105 and 106ff

RaskyR1 · 09-08-09, 06:41

After pics

Sun was too low in the sky by the time I was done to get sun shots...sorry guys

I had a lot of issues buffing on this one for a few reasons...The repainted panels acted differently and paint was micro marring of some of them, My M105 seemed to have gone bad and had become very runny. I had lots of issues with it gumming up which could be a result of the M105, or whatever paint protection crap that was still on the paint from the local car wash.

(before anyone asks, I'm on my 3rd gallon of M105 and I know what the consistency is supposed to be like. This was the DA version and had about a half gallon left. It was fine two weeks ago)

Thanks for looking,
Rasky

bufferbarry · 09-08-09, 07:05

Such a nice brother you are. wow that fender needed help. great detail rasky. looks very nice.

RaskyR1 · 09-08-09, 07:17

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Originally Posted by bufferbarry

Such a nice brother you are. wow that fender needed help. great detail rasky. looks very nice.

Thanks Barry

I know!

She only gave me an extra $60 too!

That panel did look pretty bad. Her b/f was the used car manager at a local GM dealership and he bought it at the auction for her without really looking it over. There was a tape line around the window trim of one of the doors too and the clear was lifting a little.

Shaun Carollo · 09-08-09, 07:22

Nice lookin DTS!

RaskyR1 · 09-09-09, 07:57

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Originally Posted by Shaun Carollo

Nice lookin DTS!

Thank you!

Got_Leather · 09-09-09, 08:50

Looking good my brother! Those cars have a a lot of paint.

RaskyR1 · 09-09-09, 12:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got_Leather

Looking good my brother! Those cars have a a lot of paint.

No joke! I was second guessing my decision about half way thru the first step!

dsms · 09-09-09, 01:00

This is top notch work! Great correction and big props on the interior work, so few people here even post the interior work of a detail, to me its super important.

BTW Megs LT on the door jambs is my favorite, great choice!

RaskyR1 · 09-09-09, 01:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by dsms

This is top notch work! Great correction and big props on the interior work, so few people here even post the interior work of a detail, to me its super important.

BTW Megs LT on the door jambs is my favorite, great choice!

Thank you!

I agree, you don't see a lot of interior work posted...probably because we all hate doing it.

RaskyR1 · 09-09-09, 01:42

Do my pics seem dark to anyone? On my home PC they seemed fine but at work they seem dark to me...I had the camera on auto ISO and auto WB.

Bigpoppa3346 · 09-09-09, 02:27

Lookin' good!

I think it's interesting your sister drives that vehicle, between the grill, wheels, and the overall car itself (boatish black Caddy), I could never imagine a female driving such a car. Hey, if she likes it, more power to her!