Signature Detailed-Acura CL

[Greg Gellas]

Quick little write up :D I had a customer scheduled to one step his Acura CL. I have worked on this car before and he isn`t the most gentle with his paint, for some reason he loves the tunnel washes :D Needless to say it wasn`t in great shape after a year. In fact I think other than the tunnel washes the car hasn`t been touched.



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The Sun came up quick, I had to move briskly to make sure the soap didn`t dry on the paint. I continusly spray it down to make sure it stayed wet. I washed with a 50/50 of CG wash and clear and Dawn. Wheels were taken care of with CG Diablo gel and a couple of ez-detail brushes.



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After I washed I snapped some more pictures to see exactly what I was dealing with. The dirt was nice and his alot of the scratches and swirls :( Worse than I expected, although I know I wasn`t going for 100% correction I wanted to get at least 75-80% correction. I knew I needed an aggresive yet still a compund that would finish down nice enough not to have to go back over the paint again.



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[Greg Gellas]

Knowing honda paint, I decided to go after it with some Menzerna 203 and an orange pad. I wiped it down and then I did some 50/50`s to see acutal correction. Pulled it back into the sun the ensure I could see everything on the paint. I decided I was getting excellent correction with just that so I went at it :D



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After polishing, the entire car was wiped down with IPA, twice. I followed up with BFWD sealant, I topped it with some Optimum spray wax to add some slickness. Tires were dressed with Opti bond tire gel. Wheel wells were hit with some Fade2Black.



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You can see the one deeper scratch that wouldn`t come out unless I decided to wetsand it...



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As always thanks for looking...Greg

[steelwind101]

Nice work! I have 2 Jap cars also and 203 is about all you need to put most things back to good order!



Nice colour on that Acura too!

[gdal]

Great work ... I`m surprised you didn`t get any hazing with 203 and an orange pad. Did you use a DA or rotary?

[Greg Gellas]

Thanks....No hazing...DA with a 5.5" or 4" for the tighter spots.... Never had a issue with 203 hazing. :) Used that process on my own grey TSX never a problem :D