First Detail! 56K ... about 750K total

[webstrive]

Up until this weekend I`ve only done car washing and some minor interior detailing, after reading the forums for a while I finally ordered a bunch of products.



For my first true (exterior) detail, I think things went alright, although it took really long being the first time, and my whole body is sore :). It was my first time using the PC and a whole bunch of new products.



Sorry no befores :( and also it was raining out, so I couldn`t get great after pics, they`re all from inside my garage.



Here was my process, please make any suggestions where I could improve.



1) Washed w/ Griot`s Car Wash

2) Clayed with Sonus Gray Clay (paint, glass, rims)

- used Optimum no rinse as clay lube

3) Cleaned tires and rubber trim with Mother`s Tire and Rubber Cleaner



4) Polished with Orange Pad and Optimum Polish on speed 5 with PC

5) Applied AIO on speed 3 with black finishing pad.

6) Applied UPP on speed 3 with black finishing pad.



7) Cleaned exterior glass, clear plastic, and trim with AIO. But, on glass it didn`t seem to buff out it a few spots. I went over it again with Stoners Invisible glass and seemed fine. I also cleaned interior windows with stoners



8) Used PB trim restore on tires, I didn`t have anything else to use for tires, but turned out nice I thought



I probably needed to use a more agressive combo than orange pad and opt. polish to start but it was all I had, still I got most scratches out and the polishing step was taking super long so I went straight to AIO.



Here are the pics.



http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civ1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civ2.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civ3.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civ4.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civ5.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civ6.jpg

[LucentTeg]

Nice job, that blue is beautiful. I would love to see it in full sun.

[awahl63]

Wow very nice job...and the blue is beautiful

[Scottwax]

Nice job, that blue is beautiful. I would love to see it in full sun.



Same here, back it out into the sun, take pics, profit!



Looks really good even under less than ideal lighting. :)

[webstrive]

Thank you, I don`t think I would`ve bought the car if it didn`t come in this color :)



It was a bit cloudy today but the sun peeked out a few times and I snapped some pics:





http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civsun_1.jpg



http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civsun_2.jpg



http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civsun3.jpg



http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civsun4.jpg



http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/webstrive/civsun5.jpg

[ritchic]

nice work I love that colour