2019 Blazer RS AWD

[The Guz]

This belongs to the wife of my uncle. She has owned it for 6 months. It is a 2019 Blazer RS in nightfall gray metallic. There was a break in the rain the day after thanksgiving and I took advantage of it.

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It received the typical chemical decontamination, wash, mechanical decontamination along with chemically decontaminating the wheels and cleaning the tires. .

After claying and visually inspecting the paint there was some water spots that were on the hood, front roof and a couple minor ones on the mirrors. These water spots are etched to the point where chemically and mechanically polishing/compounding was not removing them. At this point I left them as is. One has to make the call on when enough is enough without making things worse while maintaining the integrity of the clear coat.

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Other than that the paint was defect free.

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Even the pillars looked good.

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The process was polishing with Essence on Rupes yellow foam pad. Essence sat overnight after the initial wipe off and lightly prep wiped the following day with Eraser. The paint was then coated with two coats of Cquartz Lite. Topped off with Drexler Ceramic #3 Top Coat Care silica spray sealant the following day.

I chose to use Drexler as I am not a fan of Reload`s overall performance.

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Wheels were prep wiped with Eraser, coated with Cquartz Lite and topped off the following day with Drexler Ceramic #3 Top Coat Care silica spray sealant the following day. A wheels off is a job for another day as they could use a good polishing.

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The glass was also polished and coated. The glass was decontaminated during the prep process. The front was polished with McKee’s 37 Glass Restorer Polish, prep wiped with Eraser and followed up with a double coat of Drexler Ceramic Glass Coat.

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The side and rear glass was polished with Essence during the polishing phase, prep wiped with Eraser during the paint prep wipe and coated with one coat of Drexler Ceramic Glass Coat. This is an experiment to see if Essence plays well on glass topped with a glass coating.

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The interior was cleaned up as well. All leather was cleaned and coated with Cquartz Leather. The plastic was cleaned with CarPro Inside at 1:1 and dressed with Gyeon Preserve.

The piano trim on the center console was polished with Essence on a Rupes yellow foam pad using the iBrid nano. It was prep wiped with Eraser and coated with Cquartz UK.

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The finishing touch

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Final images

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Products used.

Meguiar’s D1801
McKee’s Coating Prep Wash
Mckee’s glass restorer polish
Drexler Ceramic Glass Coat
CarPro Perl 1:1
CarPro DLUX
Essence
Cquartz Lite
Drexler Ceramic #3 Top Coat Care
Cquartz Leather
Blackfire AIO Tire & Trim


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[Merlin]

Great gloss!
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Nice work!

[65chevy]

looks great

[Sizzle Chest]

Well done! Looks great, glad you take a conservative approach to correction/defect removal.

Nice looking SUV as well!

[The Guz]

Great gloss!

Nice work!

Thanks. Always trying to get that Merlin shot.


looks great

Thanks


Well done! Looks great, glad you take a conservative approach to correction/defect removal.

Nice looking SUV as well!

Thanks. We are always chasing perfection and at times that is not feasible.

[DaveT435]

It looks great. I really like that color!! Have you tried the yellow Sonax pads??

[felixthecat]

Great job, seems like you knew how far to go.....

[The Guz]

It looks great. I really like that color!! Have you tried the yellow Sonax pads??

Thanks. I have tried the yellow sonax pad and the red pad as well. They are nice pads.

https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/116265-review-sonax-paint-polishing-foam-pads.html


Great job, seems like you knew how far to go.....

Thanks.

[atgonzales]

Nicely done and always a great write up

[Pats300zx]

Very nicely done !!!

[Oneheadlite]

Top shelf work as always Guz!

Also, great job on the write up! You do a great job conveying all the details (no pun intended) in a tight, clean write up. And great photos to prove it!

It’s also nice to hear when defects don’t get chased - when finally getting a chance to start working on my Daily, I was bummed to have RIDS that had to stay. You always want the best, but reality comes into play sometimes.

[The Guz]

Nicely done and always a great write up

Thank you.


Very nicely done !!!

Thanks Pat.


Top shelf work as always Guz!

Also, great job on the write up! You do a great job conveying all the details (no pun intended) in a tight, clean write up. And great photos to prove it!

It’s also nice to hear when defects don’t get chased - when finally getting a chance to start working on my Daily, I was bummed to have RIDS that had to stay. You always want the best, but reality comes into play sometimes.

Thanks. I agree with us always wanting "perfection."

[Fishing]

simply put "WOW" that sign on the hood picture is great !

[DaveT435]

Thanks. I have tried the yellow sonax pad and the red pad as well. They are nice pads.

Thanks.

I was just curious. The Rupes were my favorite polishing pads for a long time, then I tried the Sonax. Now they’re my favorites.

[The Guz]

I was just curious. The Rupes were my favorite polishing pads for a long time, then I tried the Sonax. Now they’re my favorites.

They are nice pads. I have actually started to like the Americans Global pads.