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thesacrifice
05-09-2007, 08:12 PM
Sun came out today so I thought I`d detail the little lady`s car.



I took some before images but they don`t really show how dirty the car was. There was literally clumps of pollen in every nook.



The car has some minor marring and I wasn`t so much wanting to remove it. It`s a 10 year old car and lives outside 24/7.



I used a foamgun with Meg`s Goldclass and ONR and soaked the car down to wash away all that nasty pollen.



Clayed with Mother`s and used the QD that came with it. I wasn`t too impressed with the clay, I`m more impressed with claymagic...seems to remove tougher contaminants. Interestingly enough I didnt whipe away the QD after claying and it looked gross...ONR as a QD certainly doesn`t do that.



Next I used Plastx on the headlights. Very impressed with it.

See the difference?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0603.jpg



Next I used the PC with a Orange LC pad and Optimum Polish on the hood, roof, and trunk. I then used the PC with a White LC pad and Optimum Poliseal on all of the car except the bumpers and bottom half of the doors. I used Z-AIO by hand on those areas.



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0601.jpg



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0608.jpg



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0612.jpg



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0609.jpg



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0613.jpg



Optiseal is now "drying" more pics later.
Scottwax
05-09-2007, 11:39 PM
Looks very wet. Nice job on the headlights too, very dramatic improvement! :)
thesacrifice
05-10-2007, 02:52 PM
No fancy dusk/dawn semi cloudly reflective shots.



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0620.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0621.jpg



Car is nice and glossy in person and the flake pops very nicely. PS+OS = great combo. I think I`m done with LC pads though, time for something new



now back to the wheels and tires :)
Ron Harris
05-10-2007, 03:24 PM
Looks great out in the sun!

We have sun today in San Antonio. I don`t think I have seen it for a couple of weeks now.





What problems are you having with the LC pads?
imported_artikxscout
05-10-2007, 09:45 PM
^same question i ask
thesacrifice
05-10-2007, 09:50 PM
The velcro backing is starting to seperate on the Orange pad.

The white pads seem to clog super easy and the velcro seems kind of weak. It comes off the backplate at really unoportune times.
Ron Harris
05-10-2007, 09:56 PM
I don`t use the LC on a PC. Just a rotary. I have used lots of different brands and always stay with the LC for durability. I will let the person I know there about the problems your having.
imported_artikxscout
05-11-2007, 01:34 AM
could it be the backing plate that`s the issue?
thesacrifice
05-16-2007, 04:26 AM
more pics taken friday after a 1.5 hour drive to the Mariners game



http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0624_1.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0625.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/thesacrifice/IMG_0627.jpg



tell me this car looks like a 10-11 year old 24/7 outside daily driver :)