Is this a good detail or not?

[BradUF]

I did not have use of a PC. There were just some things on the car I could not remove with out a PC and a Polish. Everything was done by hand, mostly.



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[BradUF]

Before, Before, After, After, After, Before, Before



After. I failed to remove the Bugs, I tried everything. The splats are over a year old.

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[gtbaka]

Good job. That takes effort by hand. What`s your process?



If you didn`t already, might as well use a glaze to hide some of the things you can`t get out by hand.

[BradUF]

Well First I washed it with dawn because it was so dirty and to strip off any wax if there was any left. Then after that I went to work on the hood. I tried Tarminator to remove all the unknow stuff, then I used Vroom APC. Then a claybar and that got most of it off. I did the same for the front gril but with a bug cloth. I used a paint cleaner on the hoodd. After that I washed the rest of the car again with NXT and clayed the roof and trunk. I used Bleach White on the tires 3 times but the tires were stained. Then I used Magic Eraser on the rims. Then I used Black Magic, because it was the only thing I had at the time, on the tires to cover the stains I failed to get of with Bleach white. For up uner the tires and the trim near there I used Vroom APC to really cut the dirt, repeated twice. Then wiped off. Oh yeah, there is not glaze because I did not want to waste AIO on this car, I save it for my Camaro SS. There is NXT Wax because I heard its good at hiding stuff.



This car was not only dirty but had just about every hard to remove substance know. This car was a *****. Also it showed me what not taking care of a car over a few years really does. There are chips in the paint and on the rims and the trim is ruined but hopefully I can do something with Poor boys Trim Restore.



I want to get into detailing and I was doing this project for my website. Before and after but not really sure if this the car I should use. I mean yes its a ton cleaner then before but there are annoying defects I was unable to remove, mostly the bug stains and messed up trim. Do you think I should use it anyways? I feel its kinda pointless to take a super clean car and detail it. Then use it on my website. I wanted to show what I could do to a car thats been abused.

[Ben Kenobi]

A very nice job Brad. It`s beyond me how people can let a car get this bad, especially a nice Mitsubishi Eclipse! You have done a remarkable turnaround without using a PC. I`d suggest you borrow one and go over the car again. You`ll be amazed at how much better it`ll look. Keep us up to date on your progress. :bigups

[Accumulator]

BradUF- Sure that`s a good detail :xyxthumbs



If you`re gonna work by hand, you might look into more aggressive polishes that are still user-friendly even without a PC. 1Z comes to mind. Things like those etched-in bug marks are gonna take the same approach as nasty scratches, so it`s good to have a suitable product on hand.

[BradUF]

Do you think I should go with Sonus hand polish or is there something better?



http://www.autopia-carcare.com/sonhandpol.html



Also whats a good paint cleaner, I used Megauriers Deep Crystal Paint cleaner and I am looking for something stronger and easy to apply by hand. Thanks everyone, I am just making sure my work is up to par before I start detailing other peoples cars.

[Accumulator]

I can`t comment on the Sonus as I haven`t used it. IMO you oughta look for something with abrasives that a) cut pretty well and b) break down when used by hand. That`s why the 1Z stuff came to mind.



The DC#1 is a good cleaner, but that`s all it does- chemically clean the paint. FWIW, I hardly *ever* use paint cleaners, seems like I just reach for clay or a polish (abrasive) every time instead. Of course your AIO is a good cleaner too...

[BradUF]

Also have you had any clients with cars worse then this? Not just dirty, but many things that have been stuck on the car for months, or even years. I just want to know because this car took me an entire day to do and I dont think I could do cars this bad on a daily basis, unless they drop there car off here.

[BradUF]

I am going to try to restore the trim on the car Friday. I will post pics hopefully by Monday.

[BradUF]

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