Accord Hybid 2 hour detail, 2009 BMW Z4

[Scottwax]

I had a regular customer call me up the other day around 10:45 AM wanting to know if I had time to clean up her Accord. Morning customer had canceled due the high probability of rain so I told her I could be at her house in about 30 minutes. She said that would be fine with her, she wanted me to wash and wax her car and clean the interior-then she said she needed to leave by 1:30 PM. :nervous2:



I get to her house and the Accord is outside waiting on me. I normally take care of her husband`s Ferrari 348 Spider or the Rolls Royce Silver Spur he used to have. Don`t think I`ve ever even washed the Accord more than once or twice. Anyway, the car looks like it hadn`t been washed or vacuumed in a while plus it had numerous paint transfers from parking lot door dings on the passenger side.



I pulled the floor mats and vacuumed the interior. I then washed the car with Optimum No Rinse, claying as I washed with Opti-Clay. As I wiped down each door jamb, I also wiped down that section of the interior as well with a ONR dampened MF towel. Sprayed down the mats with BioKleen`s Traffic Lane Cleaner and let dwell about 5 minutes while I got out my Meguiars G110 and D151 Paint Reconditioning Cream and a yellow polishing pad. I then scrubbed the mats and wiped them down with an MF towel.



I went over the paint transfers by hand with an MF towel and Meguiars #105. Did a really nice job removing them. I then got busy on the paint with the G110 and D151. The paint actually looked relatively swirl free the few times the sun popped out and D151 was adding a really nice gloss and clarity. I followed with a quick application of Opti-Seal. Windows were cleaned with Clearkote`s Quikshine and I went over the interior with Meguiars Interior QD. Total time was about 2 hours, ten minutes. My customer was thrilled with how the car turned out for so little time.



Before:



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_before1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_before2.jpg



After:



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_after1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_front1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_frontend1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_rear1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082005_Honda_Accord_frontend2.jpg

[Scottwax]

2009 BMW Z5 35i. Brand new car, the owner wisely refused dealer prep. Nice to have a swirl free car for once! The wheels though...do they really NEED 20 spokes? The hood needed claying, so I took care of that with Opti-Clay as I washed the car with ONR. Since the paint didn`t need any swirl removal, I decided to go for maximum wetness. I polished with Optimum Finish using my G110 and a black Meguiars finishing pad. I then sealed the paint with Opti-Seal.



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_front1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_rear1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_frontend1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_backend1.jpg



This was about it for sun while I was there...



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_hood1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_side1.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_front23.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_frontend2.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_side2.jpg



http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/35082009_BMW_Z4_hood2.jpg

[Alex Boyce]

Looks great Scott. Awesome work for only 2 hours. I sometimes amaze myself with how fast I can wash/dress my car, but I don`t think I could do that in 2 hours.



How long are you working in the PRC?

[Scottwax]

Worked it a couple minutes per section. Polishing was definitely the longest single step.

[Thomas Dekany]

Wow Scott!!!



The Z looks amazing. :bow



The aacord write up was very good. I was actually nervous while reading it. :2thumbs::2thumbs:

[MichaelSpoots]

When you said you were aiming for maximum wetness with the Z4, you weren`t kidding! The paint looks great!

[Hey, Moe!]

Great work, as usual. I`m happy that you got to fill in a cancellation. To you, that`s recovered money. To us at home detailing, it`s "Well, I`ll do it whenever the weather is good."



Are you still on the bike?

[vtec92civic]

scott . . . . great job. Those new Z`s look pretty nice especially that one . . . . very sleeeeeeek.

[Scottwax]

Are you still on the bike?



Beat last year`s mileage this week. Now at 2771 miles for the year, finished last year with 2725. :)



To all-thanks! I agree that the new Z4 is a beautiful car, they look even better in person.

[Envious Eric]

damn dude, I need to apprentice a day with you to learn some new tricks...fastest I have ever clayed and one stepped a car with 151 is 4 hours...



Z4 looks great!

[Barry Theal]

Scott very nice man! i like that z4! looks good!

[Thats Fresh]

you knocked out the accord in a nice timely fashion. great job on both.

[Driven Auto Detail]

Great turn-around time on the Honda. Z4 looks incredible! Awesome work as usual.