Grandma got hooked up! 2002 Buick LeSabre

[Tru_Shine]

Well First of all, Happy New Years to Everyone! I wanted to try out my new Nikon D3000 and do my first real write-up on autopia.org. A couple of weeks ago I had one of my good clients contacted me about a Christmas present detail for his aunt who was comming down from Ohio and staying for a few days. This bad boy is in pretty good condition considering it is a 2002 and elderly taking care of. So from the drive down from Ohio to Tennessee it got a little dirty from the winter weather. A little back ground info on me, My name is Eric and My dad and I have a Big Rig Detail Shop that I help him run throughout the week and then I also take car of the Regular vehicles that come in too. This 2002 Buick LeSabre custom was here for a FULL inside & out detail and paint correction and it took over 15 hours to complete.





This is how it was brought to me



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The client said he had tried everything to get the wheels clean and to get the brake dust off, but he never could get it all the way off!

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So I got to work because I knew I had alot in store for the next few days!



After 2 foam baths with Dawn soap, letting the foam dwell for about 5-10 min to break up all the bad stuff and to strip what wax was on it off. Using a 100% sheep skin mitt to wash the car with then I cleaned the wheels with ShowCar Wheel bright to knock out that brake dust that had been caked on there for awhile. Sorry for no pics of the wash but here is how it looked after the wash.



I pulled it out into the sunlight inspecting what I had to work with. seeing LOTS of spider webing swirls DEEP scratches.



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Alright, After checking out all that nastyness, I brought it back in and Clayed it with ONR clay lube with Automagic blue claybar and started preping the car for the polishing.



After taking a look at the paint up close under the lights you can see that the paint really needed some TLC.



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I taped off the trunk and split it into two parts to show a 50/50 before and after shots.



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While I was polishing with M105 I got to try out the new Megs W66 backing plate(Which is awsome!) and the new LC Hydrotech Cyan pad! (also AWSOME!) I began to correct the paint



I used a few different pad combos to cut the hard stuff

M105/LC Hydrotech Cyan

M105/LC Purple foamed wool



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Amazingly this is just after M105/ Hydrotech cyan pad



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Polished via FLEX 3401 and Megs M205/LC White pad



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Here is the side by side comparison



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Here are some scratches that were pretty bad and needed wetsanded, So I took some 2000 grit sandpaper and gave it a smooth rub down







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So after a little elbow grease and buffing and polishing, it turned out like this!



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Haha! j/k, those write-ups will come later. thats a Peterbilt 379 that we detailed......but anyways back to the Buick



After all the Buffing dust getting everywhere......Gotta love that M105, I took it back to the washbay and done a quick wash with a microfiber towel, brought it back over to the detail side and bloched it dry with a microfiber towel. now the whole car was Polished out with a FLEX 3401 and LC Hydrotech Tangerine with megs M205



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to be continued.........

[Tru_Shine]

continued.........



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Then every square inch of the car was coated in a layer of Opti-Seal and left to cure for about 12 hours. And then a Layer of Dodo Juice Blue Velvet was applied by a foam applicator to give that nice deep wet look to the paint



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Now for the sun shots!





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Thanks for checking out my thread! :wavey

[ajnavo61490]

wow thats an awesome save!!



nice work!

[Cleaning Fool]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[jopa489]

Nice work Eric, it looks great! :D

[RickyMartinZ28]

How do you like your rotary? I have the same but haven`t put much time on it...

[GlossyTundra]

Great detail on the car.



BUT, who cares about the car, I want to see more of that Pete 379, and the black (International?) in the back. I have always wondered how the big rig shops work since I do several rigs myself, and would love to learn more about doing rigs.

[rrufast]

Great turn around Eric... That Blue Sapphire paints really pops when it`s nice and clean.. :0

[KC@detailien]

ma ma mia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Barry Theal]

lol grandma got run over by DODO car looks awesome man! great job!

[jimmie jam]

WOW, beautiful result! :2thumbs:

[Envious Eric]

MUCH better! I like that color as well!

[OCKlasse]

Nice detail!



Is that a Chicago rotary?

[Tru_Shine]

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone! I look up to alot of you guys and learn alot on here!






How do you like your rotary? I have the same but haven`t put much time on it...

I love both rotarys and yes they are the two rotarys that Harbor frieght has. I`ve had one for about 5 years and the other i got for christmas. the one with the bale handle starts up real fast like the Dewalt 849 and the other rotary with the small backing plate starts up real slow like the makita. but I love them both and so far they have got the job done.




Great detail on the car.



BUT, who cares about the car, I want to see more of that Pete 379, and the black (International?) in the back. I have always wondered how the big rig shops work since I do several rigs myself, and would love to learn more about doing rigs.



Oh yeah, just wait till you see what we are working on at the shop right now! Its a peterbilt 386 day cab, but it is JACKED! the before and afters are going to be Insane!


Nice detail!



Is that a Chicago rotary?

Yes both are the Chicago rotary from harbor freight. and i love`em!

[GlossyTundra]

Cant wait to see the truck threads!