My first Detail

[Grimm]

OK, partial detail at this point. With an 18 month old and getting ready for another in two months I don`t have lots of time to dedicate, so I still have the interior to finish up, as well as a few other things like trying to polish the headlights. I wasn`t trying to get it perfect, just learning the PC, but I think it looks 100% better. I was able to remove probably 80% of the swirls, but still have a lot of random scratches from 9 years of highway driving that one pass didn`t quite remove. The finish is nice and smooth, and noticably deeper green. I didn`t think to take it outside between the sealant and wax, so not sure if Natty`s made much of a difference.



1996 Cutlass

Washed with Meg`s Deep Crystal

Clayed

1 pass with OHC via Wolfgang Orange pad

2 coats EX-P (first via Gray pad, second by hand)

1 coat Natty`s Blue

sprayed tires with Meg`s Hot Shine



This is the only before pic I bothered to show. Due to the old 2.1 MP camera, it doesn`t due justice in showing the difference. But I think this shot shows how rather blah the paint looked compared the after shots.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2140/img0761db3.jpg



Next up is a shot after I did half the hood (top half in pic). Not a great pic, but I think you can see the improvement.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9569/img2068vx9.jpg



These are all afters. This first one shows all the years of road rash.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7894/img2117np9.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9860/img2116mx2.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/280/img2112le6.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4038/img2103rr8.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/423/img2109nu4.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2620/img2105fg3.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6895/img2106du4.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3927/img2100ii4.jpg

[whitejavaS500]

Nice job!!! Keep it up. Awsome flake pop.

[Bigpoppa3346]

Looks really good for a 10 y/o vehicle, nice to see something that old in such good shape. IMO you should have used a finishing polish after OHC, I find there is no way it finishes down LSP ready.

[Grimm]

Thanks for the kind words! I planned to use OP, but I really wanted to finish it up and move on to the other two cars. I probably don`t have the eye of detail yet being my first time, but I thought the OHC finished pretty well. I will be spending whatever time is needed on the others, so hopefully they will turn out even better.

[ScubaStevo]

Looks really good for a 10 y/o vehicle, nice to see something that old in such good shape. IMO you should have used a finishing polish after OHC, I find there is no way it finishes down LSP ready.



I find that on really metallicy cars, it finishes down good enough for a daily driver. The flake will cover any micromarring you might get.

[Grimm]

Yeah, I don`t have a good set of lights yet either, so I`m sure that would show more that I didn`t see. But I wanted to move on to the other cars anyway since it looks like it could take a week or more to do them, and snow will be flying soon. I think it was a worthy start.

[Guy]

Nice! And you are only going to get better!

[Scottwax]

Pretty hard paint to finish down that well with OHC and an orange pad!



Love that last flash shot! :)

[Mr.Cool]

Great job never seen a cutlass with flakes, neither in good condition.

[gmblack3]

Those babies are gonna be riding around in style!!! Excellent work for your first time!!!