2014 Ford Explorer XLT - Polished Paint and CQuartz Finest - Grand Cayman

[Merlin]

It was a privilege to go to Grand Cayman and do a CQuartz Finest install.
His wife recently purchased the vehicle. I thought it came out GREAT...

Wash: Two bucket method, Merino Wool Wash Mitt and Iron-X Snow soap
Decon: Nanoskin Pad & Sponge (Fine) with Optimum No Rinse for clay lube
Compound: Rupes 21, 5" BP, 5" Carpro Flash Pads with Meguiars M101 & D300
Polish: Rupes 21, Lake Country 5" HD Orbital foam red pads and Carpro Reflect
Small Areas: Griots 6" polisher, CP Flash pad & LC 3" Red Hydro-Tech w/Unigrit 3" BP
LSP: Zaino Z-16 Tires, CQuartz Dlux on all plastic & rubber trim & CQuartz Finest on paint

Here are the pics.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc140/merlinhd03/Detail/2014%20Ford%20Explorer%20XLT/20150205_140840.jpg

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Yes, it was 75 degrees and clear blue skies...

Thanks for looking...

[JSFM35X]

Nice job and nice gig. I though the only thing in the Caymans were banks!

[tropicsteve]

great finish merlin. great island color too.

[Merlin]

Nice job and nice gig. I though the only thing in the Caymans were banks!

Thank you.
I ate lots of wonderful local cuisine and toured the Seven Fathoms rum (http://caymanspirits.com/sevenfathomsrum) distillery.

http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20110407&t=2&i=381546622&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=580&pl=378&r=2011-04-07T223324Z_01_BTRE7361P0J00_RTROPTP_0_US-ENTREPRENEUR-SEVENFATHOMS

...and there`s swimming with the Sting Rays.
http://www.scuba-diving-site.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/stingray_city1.jpg

Cabana Bay was AWESOME!
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/ac/4a/02/restaurants-shops-lush.jpg


great finish merlin. great island color too.

...and the sunsets on paradise.

http://www.newyorkjets.com/assets/images/imported/NYJ/centerpiece-videothumbs/players-people-2013/07-July/flight-crew-calendar-sunset-650.jpg

It was a lot of fun...and the Seven Fathoms rum was good too!

[4u2nvinmtl]

You work looks great, thanks for sharing!

FYI: I noticed that the orange peel is more noticeable on the doors than the hood (4th picture from the top).

Did you buff all the panels the same or was the clear just different from panel to panel (or 3rd could it be the camera/angle)?

[Ronkh]

Perfection as always !!!!

Is this the same person/place you went last year before Detail Fest? Seems like you make a trip annually before DF

[Merlin]

You work looks great, thanks for sharing!

FYI: I noticed that the orange peel is more noticeable on the doors than the hood (4th picture from the top).

Did you buff all the panels the same or was the clear just different from panel to panel (or 3rd could it be the camera/angle)?

Thank you.

I noticed that too. I polished the panels the same but I did not sand the OEM orange peel.

[Merlin]

Perfection as always !!!!

Is this the same person/place you went last year before Detail Fest? Seems like you make a trip annually before DF

Yes, however, it seems that he has some friends that have some vehicles there that would like to get them polished and CQF.
I may have a 66` "Jet Black" Vette to do coming up soon there also.

[Ronkh]

Yes, however, it seems that he has some friends that have some vehicles there that would like to get them polished and CQF.
I may have a 66` "Jet Black" Vette to do coming up soon there also.

Drool

[House of Wax]

Mmmmmm.....rum. Car looks great

[Merlin]

Mmmmmm.....rum. Car looks great

Thank you...and it was a lot of fun too! Did I mention the Seven Fathoms rum?