KYDetailin
07-30-2008, 07:21 PM
What`s up all? So I detailed a black 4Runner this weekend. I have to admit I was worried after working on that Lexus last summer and encountering that ridiculously hard clearcoat. Long story short, the Toyota was every bit as bad. Seriously, this might be the last Toyota/Lexus that I work on!! :banghead: :banghead:
So I bought some new products for the task. Got some Meg`s #105 and a yellow LC CCS pad for the PC. Whoever said the 105 doesn`t dust is CRAZY! I was pissed at how much it dusted. That was a pain! :mad: Needless to say, I`m switching to Optimum Hyper Compound in the future! Anyone want to buy the 105?? ;)
Car had scratches down the entire length of it, on BOTH sides. Had some swirling, but nothing terrible. I was worried about the water & sap marks on the hood though, which was well warranted as it turns out. They were deep and I didn`t manage to get them all out, but they were vastly improved in the end.
Unfortunately my camera died on me during my after pics, but not before I managed to get some pics that will show you the differences. Just no shots of the clean interior.
Comments welcome!
Products/Processes Used:
Exterior:
Rinsed car/wheels/wheel wells
Purple Power in the wheel wells/scrubbed with brush
Washed mud flaps
Westley`s Bleech White on tires/scrubbed with brush
Meg`s Gold Class Wheel Cleaner
Washed car with Meg`s Gold Class carwash
Rinsed with no hose attachment
Dried with waffle weave MF
Cleaned/dried door jambs with MF
Prepped car w/blue painter`s tape
Hit car w/105 on yellow CCS pad
Hit w/Optimum Compound on orange CCS pad
Polished w/Optimum Polish on white CCS pad
Meg`s Quick Detailer on car
Sealed with Optimum PoliSeal on gray CCS pad
QD to get any residue off
Wheels waxed with Meg`s NXT Tech Wax
Tires dressed with Meg`s #40
Interior:
Vacuumed out car
All plastic treated with Meg`s #40
Leather cleaned/conditioned with Meg`s Gold Class Leather Cleaner
New Toys:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/goodies-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/105-and-yellow-lc-ccs-small.jpg
Before:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-door-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/scraaaaatch-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/scraaaaaatch-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/rear-scraaatch-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-passenger-befo.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-pre-polish-sma.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-door-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-before-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-before-3-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/shifter-pre-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/cupholder-pre-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/console-pre-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/cluster-pre-small.jpg
After:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/still-wet-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/wheel-well-post-wash-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/wheel-well-post-wash-3-smal.jpg
Yes, that`s dust
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-post-105-2-sma.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-side-after-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-full-length-after-sm.jpg
These are the hood after:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-after-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-after-small.jpg :thumbup:
Modified by Cycle_Michael at 9:17 PM 7-30-2008
So I bought some new products for the task. Got some Meg`s #105 and a yellow LC CCS pad for the PC. Whoever said the 105 doesn`t dust is CRAZY! I was pissed at how much it dusted. That was a pain! :mad: Needless to say, I`m switching to Optimum Hyper Compound in the future! Anyone want to buy the 105?? ;)
Car had scratches down the entire length of it, on BOTH sides. Had some swirling, but nothing terrible. I was worried about the water & sap marks on the hood though, which was well warranted as it turns out. They were deep and I didn`t manage to get them all out, but they were vastly improved in the end.
Unfortunately my camera died on me during my after pics, but not before I managed to get some pics that will show you the differences. Just no shots of the clean interior.
Comments welcome!
Products/Processes Used:
Exterior:
Rinsed car/wheels/wheel wells
Purple Power in the wheel wells/scrubbed with brush
Washed mud flaps
Westley`s Bleech White on tires/scrubbed with brush
Meg`s Gold Class Wheel Cleaner
Washed car with Meg`s Gold Class carwash
Rinsed with no hose attachment
Dried with waffle weave MF
Cleaned/dried door jambs with MF
Prepped car w/blue painter`s tape
Hit car w/105 on yellow CCS pad
Hit w/Optimum Compound on orange CCS pad
Polished w/Optimum Polish on white CCS pad
Meg`s Quick Detailer on car
Sealed with Optimum PoliSeal on gray CCS pad
QD to get any residue off
Wheels waxed with Meg`s NXT Tech Wax
Tires dressed with Meg`s #40
Interior:
Vacuumed out car
All plastic treated with Meg`s #40
Leather cleaned/conditioned with Meg`s Gold Class Leather Cleaner
New Toys:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/goodies-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/105-and-yellow-lc-ccs-small.jpg
Before:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-door-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/scraaaaatch-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/scraaaaaatch-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/rear-scraaatch-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-passenger-befo.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-pre-polish-sma.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-door-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-before-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-before-3-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-before-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/shifter-pre-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/cupholder-pre-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/console-pre-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/cluster-pre-small.jpg
After:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/still-wet-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/wheel-well-post-wash-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/wheel-well-post-wash-3-smal.jpg
Yes, that`s dust
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/front-fender-post-105-2-sma.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-side-after-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/driver-full-length-after-sm.jpg
These are the hood after:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-after-2-small.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/bailout/matts%20car/hood-after-small.jpg :thumbup:
Modified by Cycle_Michael at 9:17 PM 7-30-2008