1990 Cadillac Elorado Biarritz, 2006 Dodge Charger, 2004 Infiniti G35

Scottwax · 12-03-06, 04:18

1990 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, only 35,000 miles on it. Stunning what Cadillac served up as luxury 16 years ago. Even more stunning is that anyone went for it. Regardless, it needed to be detailed. The customer got it from his mother, who decided she was too old to drive. He wanted it cleaned up to give to his 17-year-old son to drive.

The interior was a mess. Spills everywhere, plus that shag carpeting Cadillac used to use clogs up brushes like mad. This shot is pretty typical of the whole car:

After cleaning with Woolite/water.

A couple more interior shots. No dressing at this point (I later applied Optimum's Protectant Plus).

The front end had been repainted-pretty good job too, and no rotary swirls! However, the trunk lid had a lot of scratches, probably used as a shelf for purses, groceries, etc. I used Optimum Compound and orange Cyclo pads on it, got out most of the scratches, then the whole car got Optimum Polish using green Propel Cyclo pads and finished with Optimum Poli-seal using my PC and white LC polishing pads.

Only two shots, my customer was trying to get out of the office early to beat traffic-btw, the red Beetle next to the Caddy is one I used Poli-Seal on about 8 weeks ago.

Scottwax · 12-03-06, 04:28

2006 Dodge Charger. Was a weekly wash customer until he moved to the downtown Dallas area. Just too far to take care of regularly at a price he is willing to pay. It had been in an accident and the front end repainted. The body shop left rotary swirls in the paint. I tried to capture them as best I could in the parking garage it was in.

This is after using Optimum Compound and orange Cyclo cutting pad and Optimum Polish using green Propel lite cut Cyclo pads.

Same process on the trunk lid too, had a lot of halo swirls there-oddly enough though, the rest of the car was pretty much swirl free.

After taking care of the trunk lid and hood, I went over the whole car using Poli-seal and a white LC polishing pad via PC. Knowing he needed to leave the instant I was done, I took this pic in the parking garage:

After he came down, he said he could spare a couple minutes for me to take a couple outside shots before he had to leave.

This detail worked out even better in the end, another of my customers had moved to this same building and came down to the parking garage while I was there and asked when I could detail his Harley, so we made an appointment a week from that day. I mentioned to the Charger owner that I had set the appointment for the Harley and he said if I had time, I could detail his Harley too.

john1c · 12-03-06, 04:30

nice work scott! what happened to the g35?

Scottwax · 12-03-06, 04:39

2004 Infiniti G35. I wash/wax this one about every 2-3 months. He brings it to me because there really isn't anywhere to work on it in downtown Dallas were he lives. He had me wash it and polish the hood and trunk last weekend because he noticed some light marring on both when washing it himself. I used Poli-seal with a white LC polishing pad to clean those two areas up. Anyway, we got light ice and snow on Thursday and in the Dallas area, they put down this chemical mixed with sand on the bridges and overpasses that leaves a sticky film on the cars, feels similar to sap when washing. The owner normally washes his own car between wax jobs but decided he wanted to me to wash it to get all that slime off of it.

Starting point, good test for the power of Optimum No Rinse Wash and the single bucket method. I used a microfiber covered foam pad (not sure of the brand, got it from my Optimum distributor) to wash and a Meguiars Supreme Terry and Excel Detail yellow MF to dry.

Half washed (wheels and fenderwells done first and dressed so any dressing overspray gets washed off) in this shot:

All washed:

ONR water after the wash:

The car was last fully polished and waxed (RMG/106FF and #16) in mid September and he planned on having it rewaxed in January but since his schedule will have him travel all that month, he told me to go ahead and wax it after washing it. I used my 80/20 Meguiars #16/FK's Pink Wax blend.

paradigm · 12-03-06, 04:43

the g35 looks stunning...super wet black!!!!

Scottwax · 12-03-06, 04:44

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Originally Posted by john1c

nice work scott! what happened to the g35?

Takes time to do the write-ups!

DieselMDX · 12-03-06, 04:49

love that 16 mix you are using!

SilverLexus · 12-03-06, 04:49

Nice work Scott. I drove my dad's old Biarritz for a while in the 80s so that brought back some memories of the ole pimpmobile. The Infiniti looks incredibly wet.

P1et · 12-03-06, 05:27

That G35 looks amazingly incredible! Such great work, constantly!

ZaneO · 12-03-06, 05:33

Always great work, Scott

cwcad · 12-03-06, 06:03

Nice work as always!!

The Infiniti looks very wet as Lee alludes to. My question is the footprint above the left rear wheel. It looks odd. Like someone with an electronic boot was all over it. Maybe it is just me. Does any one else see this footprint.?

It apparently is a reflection of an alley between two buildings with a truck parked there but it reminds me of a boot print.

jp2175 · 12-03-06, 06:26

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Originally Posted by VaSuperShine

world class work as always scott, youre definitely a good bar to have on autopia.

Amen! ...and thanks for putting in all that time to do the writeups.