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Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:08 PM
washed the car but the owner was against claying. He is very afraid of clay - so...



I tried ColorX with a white pad.



Used ip on the front bumper.



then vm and ex+p



Cleaned the interior, engine, trunk.

Cleaned the inside with woolite mix, followed by 303

windows with invisible glass.

carpet and dirty floor mats were cleaned with TOL`s carpet cleaner. Great product!



After pictures look bad - sorry. It was ready to rain and had to hurry.



He was very happy with the result and asked me to detail his wife`s 2004 black subaru. Doing it this coming thursday. Will clay the subaru!



Actually afterwards we talked more and next time the miata needs a make over it will be clayed.



before
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:12 PM
interior
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:15 PM
midway
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:18 PM
after



I forgot to take an interior picture. I`ll do it thursday.
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:20 PM
gift to myself!
imported_Terry
07-23-2004, 04:24 PM
Nice job.....aren`t those older Miata`s single stage paint?
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:27 PM
yes. why?
groebuck
07-23-2004, 04:41 PM
Why is he afraid of clay? :)
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 04:46 PM
Originally posted by groebuck

Why is he afraid of clay? :)



because he didn`t know what clay does. I explained to him yesterday what it does, but he didn`t believe me I guess. He thought clay would thin his paint.
imported_Terry
07-23-2004, 05:20 PM
Originally posted by tdekany

yes. why? No reason....single stage paint doesn`t pop like clearcoats thats all. The car still looks nice.
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2004, 05:29 PM
I see - thanks! I may try to take some better pictures. The sky turned very dark right before I was going to take pictures.



The paint was very dirty. the white color had a yellowish tone to it, especially the lower half of the car. Colorx did an excellent job of cleaning the paint. However, with just a polishing pad, it didn`t touch any of the paint defects. When I used the IP with a yellow pad, it was turning white very quickly. The inside came out very nice.
canisestinvia
07-24-2004, 02:13 AM
Yeh, I`d love to see the interior. Nice to see the owner goes top down often (from what I can tell of the thick layer of dust).
JustinR32
07-24-2004, 07:49 AM
That must be a `97, with the "4x4" spring & shock set. I had that. Coilovers cured it.





Tom