2006 Jetta, 2006 330ci, 2006 Accord, 2004 Carrera, 2000 Yukon XL

Scottwax · 12-18-06, 06:18

2006 BMW 330ci. Regular customer, lightly polished with Optimum Poli-Seal and sealed with Werkstat's AJ-Trigger about 2 months ago. Just an Optimum No Rinse Wash and Optimum Car Wax this time....OCW topping is a thank-you to my regulars this time of year. Least I can do for people who pay me to keep their cars clean all year long.

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2004 Porsche Carrera. Very regular customer, has me detail it every 4 to 6 weeks. I had planned on only double sealing it since I polished it the first week of November but the dealer washed his car when it was in for servicing and marred the hood. Poli-Seal using a white LC polishing pad did the trick though and I finished it off with Natty's Blue-a very wet combo!

Scottwax · 12-18-06, 06:29

2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Owner just bought it used (around 16,000 miles on it) and while it had been detailed before he bought it (engine and interior looked pretty good) it was obvious all the exterior got was a wax...which is good that there were no rotary holograms but the spider swirls weren't addressed at all. Plus the owner said the paint just didn't have good depth.

I started off with Optimum Compound (original forumula) using green Cyclo polishing pads and it was slow go. I bumped it up to Optimum Hyper Compound (new formula) and yellow Cyclo cutting pads and while that did a great job on the swirls, it as leaving some marring behind. Seems the new OHC is better suited for a rotary than a Cyclo or PC (another reason to quickly make the jump to rotary for heavy polishing

), so I backed down a bit, using Meguiars DACP and orange Cyclo cutting pads. Probably would have worked just as well with OC, but no clean orange pads to use with it. I followed with Poli-Seal and a white LC polishing pad via PC and topped with Natty's Blue. The sun was well on its way down when I took the pics...too bad too, beautiful burgandy metallic paint. Anyway, the owner was very pleased with the level of depth I was able to achieve.

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2006 Honda Accord. Regular customer but I normally clean his Titan at his office. I was happy to the see the Accord though, I can finish it a lot more quickly! Just did an ONR wash and remembered I still had some Detailer's Pride Premium Surface Shield (original version) in with my plethora of LSPs. I've always liked how it looked on silver, very much like UPP, so that is what the Accord got. No need to polish, he's been really careful with this car.

Scottwax · 12-18-06, 06:36

2000 GMC Yukon XL. I see this one about once a year, pretty well maintained overall. The paint was actually in really good shape aside from a few light paint transfers. Very minimal swirling. Optimum Poli-Seal via PC and a white LC polishing pad really worked out well. Spread it around with the speed on 5 and bumped it to 6 and worked it in until it disappeared.

This is after Poli-Seal only:

Since the polymer in Poli-Seal is an amino-function resin, I used Poorboy's EX-P on top, as it is also an amino-function resin. Ought to be quite compatible. Definitely looked really good.

And yes, before anyone comments, I did clean the raised white letters but the lighting doesn't make it obvious.

jdoria · 12-18-06, 06:38

Scottwax - Do you post pics of every car you do or just a select few?

Scottwax · 12-18-06, 06:50

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Originally Posted by jsatek

Scottwax - Do you post pics of every car you do or just a select few?

Only new (to me) cars or if I did something different, like extra polishing, different LSPs, etc. I average close to 20 vehicles a week (washes, details, exterior only details) and maybe post 5 of those vehicles a week on average.

jdoria · 12-18-06, 06:58

I was going to ask how you had time to do anything else. Detailing, running a business, and answering 100 questions per day on the internet has to keep you busy enough..

Your pics made me buy some Poli-seal. I cant wait to try it on my Grey Q7.

David703 · 12-18-06, 08:41

When I look at your posts I feel that I should keep a dictionary handy so I stop using the same words.."amazing, fantastic, excellent, " I didn't know a VW's paint could look like that from the factory!

Your work is "awe-inspiring, astonishing, astounding, .... I'll look up words beginning with "b" next time!!!

Heikes · 12-18-06, 09:24

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Originally Posted by David703

When I look at your posts I feel that I should keep a dictionary handy so I stop using the same words.."amazing, fantastic, excellent, " I didn't know a VW's paint could look like that from the factory!

Your work is "awe-inspiring, astonishing, astounding, .... I'll look up words beginning with "b" next time!!!

try a thesaurus.

amazing, astounding, bewildering, breathtaking, extraordinary, impressive, marvelous, miraculous, spectacular, staggering, startling, striking, stunning, stupefying, stupendous, wonderful, wondrous

klnyc · 12-18-06, 09:56

Im using the "F" word....No no no not that "F" word

Thats Fablious, Fantastic, Funky

silvergray · 12-18-06, 10:33

Thats probably the cleanest Jetta I've seen to date.

Every post by Scott is equally impressive. Beautiful details, yet again!

john1c · 12-18-06, 11:02

what would you recommend 106ff or poli-seal?

Scottwax · 12-18-06, 11:12

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Originally Posted by john1c

what would you recommend 106ff or poli-seal?

Depends on what your goals are. If you are going for the ultimate show car finish, I'd probably go with 106FF and follow with Poli-Seal and a carnauba. For a daily driver, I'd skip 106FF. Quite honestly, Poli-Seal finishes down so close to 106FF and has better depth, I may end up not buying more 106FF.