07 Honda CRV - NBP- Major Correction- Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

[PinnacleAutoCT]

I was recently contacted by a former detailer looking to have his son ’s Honda CRV detailed as a Christmas present. After some discussion and an inspection of the car we agreed on a two-step correction of the paint and a thorough interior cleaning. I won’t say too much about the condition of the car and let the pictures do the talking.
Before:
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Blend line on the driver side quarter panel indicating a repaint:
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50:50 cleaned/uncleaned of the passenger seat:
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Grime removed from the shifter handle:
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50:50 corrected/uncorrected on the driver side door:
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Now, anyone who knows this color (Nighthawk Black Pearl) is aware of how soft it is and the difficulty that this poses in finishing the paint out properly. Normally this isn’t a problem for me, but this particular CRV had many repainted panels that were significantly softer than the factory paint. The paint was so soft that any towel I had would cause marring when removing polish. My only option became removing most of the polish with towels (causing marring), then removing the remaining residue with clean, slightly damp finishing pads. The LSPs (Optiseal and D156) also had to be applied via this technique. All correction work was performed with the Rupes Bigfoot polishers, with MF finishing discs, M205 & the KBM method for cutting, plus M205 and foam finishing pads for polishing. The interior was steamed & thoroughly cleaned with Optimum Power Clean (3:1) and various horse hair brushes.

[PinnacleAutoCT]

Afters:
Note that the interior is clean but a lot of the plastic panels still look beat up due to scuffs and scratches from years of wear and tear:
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As always, thank you for looking and please feel free to comment or ask questions!

[fdresq4]

Wow Mike, the 50/50 shots were very telling on your correction efforts. Great tip about dealing with super soft paint and polish removal. Shame the CR-V was allowed to get to that point. We have a 2000 CR-V with over 200,000 miles and get compliments on how good it looks. One of our favorite vehicles.

[WaxAddict]

CRVs are great cars. Glad to see this one get the attention it deserves. Excellent turnaround!

[pmnewton]

Great turnaround! My ex GF had a NBP CR-V of the same body style. It looks so nice when properly finished.

- Patrick

[PinnacleAutoCT]

Thanks guys! I definitely agree about this color; when corrected it is very nice, much nicer than solid black on this particular car imo. The owner knows to avoid automatic car washes with brushes, so hopefully with the use of hand washing and touchless washes the paint will stay in considerably better shape.

[Ronkh]

Nice work !!!

Just in time for the bad weather

[PinnacleAutoCT]

Nice work !!!

Just in time for the bad weather

Thanks!

[Ronkh]

Those 50/50 shots need to be your next advertisement