ALTANertive
11-21-2007, 02:20 AM
Finely took some pics of this. Sorry for my horrible photography skills. This detail took maybe a 2-3 days of total time but is 1 month in the making due to curing time and the Southern California fires. Process(I`ll try to not use acroynyms):
WASH
-ABC Decontamination kit
-Clay paint and windows with Sonus SFX Ultra-fine detail clay
-Detar/bug with Stoner Tarminator
-Vacuum interior
-Clean carpet with 303 Carpet & Upholstery cleaner
-Damp towel wipe down of Alacantara surfaces
-Clean glass with Sonax NTS7 Glass Shield, was not happy and redid with Meguiars NXT Generation Glass Cleaner
-Clean leather with Zaino Z-9
PREP
I`ve not let anyone else wash/detail this car since day 1 so the paint was in pretty good condition. Very few light scratches and your everyday rock chips so all I did was:
-Menzerna PO106FF with green Lake Country (LC) CCS pad
-50:50 Isopropyl alcohol wipe down
-Rewash with Duragloss Car Wash due to ash (yes I blew off all the ash I could first)
-Jeff`s Werkstatt (JW) Prime with gray LC pad
FINISHING
-1 coat JW Acrylic Jett by hand
-3 coats JW Acrylic Jett Trigger by hand
-4 coats Optimum Opti-Seal (OS) by hand
-Klasse All-In-One on wheels
-4 coats Klasse Sealant Glaze on wheels
-4 coats OS on wheels
-LSP of Finish Kare 425
-303 Aerospace protectant on trim, seals, and tires
-Zaino Z-10 on leather
-Luster Lace metal polish on exhaust tips
-Meguiars Plastx on exterior lights
-Plexus plastic polish on exterior lights
-303 Wiper Treatment on wipers
-303 High Tech Fabric Guard on carpets
I think I remembered everything.
Thoughts and learnings.
-That was a time consuming pain. I have no idea how some of you get the results you do and in a timely enough manner to make a living.
-First time claying windows on any car. WOW, what a difference. I couldn`t believe how much crap the clay pulled off.
-Overkill on the sealant, possibly. After each successive coat however I noticed (mental?) a difference.
-I have a love/hate relationship with silver gray. I love it because when it`s dirty, chipped, scratched, etc it is hard to tell. It`s also a very inconspicuous color. I hate it because it`s in the gray (pun intended) zone. It`s not dark enough where I can get stunning results, and it`s not light enough where I can get it to look like some white paint does. Plus the flake does not pop at all.
Products never leaving my arsenal:
-303 Aerospace Protectant - Man, what does this thing NOT do.
-FK425 - This thing just makes it so slick and I have yet to find something that keeps the dust off longer.
And here are the pics...
WASH
-ABC Decontamination kit
-Clay paint and windows with Sonus SFX Ultra-fine detail clay
-Detar/bug with Stoner Tarminator
-Vacuum interior
-Clean carpet with 303 Carpet & Upholstery cleaner
-Damp towel wipe down of Alacantara surfaces
-Clean glass with Sonax NTS7 Glass Shield, was not happy and redid with Meguiars NXT Generation Glass Cleaner
-Clean leather with Zaino Z-9
PREP
I`ve not let anyone else wash/detail this car since day 1 so the paint was in pretty good condition. Very few light scratches and your everyday rock chips so all I did was:
-Menzerna PO106FF with green Lake Country (LC) CCS pad
-50:50 Isopropyl alcohol wipe down
-Rewash with Duragloss Car Wash due to ash (yes I blew off all the ash I could first)
-Jeff`s Werkstatt (JW) Prime with gray LC pad
FINISHING
-1 coat JW Acrylic Jett by hand
-3 coats JW Acrylic Jett Trigger by hand
-4 coats Optimum Opti-Seal (OS) by hand
-Klasse All-In-One on wheels
-4 coats Klasse Sealant Glaze on wheels
-4 coats OS on wheels
-LSP of Finish Kare 425
-303 Aerospace protectant on trim, seals, and tires
-Zaino Z-10 on leather
-Luster Lace metal polish on exhaust tips
-Meguiars Plastx on exterior lights
-Plexus plastic polish on exterior lights
-303 Wiper Treatment on wipers
-303 High Tech Fabric Guard on carpets
I think I remembered everything.
Thoughts and learnings.
-That was a time consuming pain. I have no idea how some of you get the results you do and in a timely enough manner to make a living.
-First time claying windows on any car. WOW, what a difference. I couldn`t believe how much crap the clay pulled off.
-Overkill on the sealant, possibly. After each successive coat however I noticed (mental?) a difference.
-I have a love/hate relationship with silver gray. I love it because when it`s dirty, chipped, scratched, etc it is hard to tell. It`s also a very inconspicuous color. I hate it because it`s in the gray (pun intended) zone. It`s not dark enough where I can get stunning results, and it`s not light enough where I can get it to look like some white paint does. Plus the flake does not pop at all.
Products never leaving my arsenal:
-303 Aerospace Protectant - Man, what does this thing NOT do.
-FK425 - This thing just makes it so slick and I have yet to find something that keeps the dust off longer.
And here are the pics...