Solara Detail...AIO + the "new" EX-P!

[mtodde]

I finally got to detail the Solara again yesterday...it was a great day to be outside!



I washed with Adam`s car wash (great suds, slickness wasn`t up to Perls), clayed with Poorboy`s clay (S&W was lube), applied AIO via PC with a Propel polishing pad & then the "new & improved" EX-P (aka EX-P+) by PC with a Propel finishing pad.



The new EX-P is an improvement on a product that I really liked...now I love it. It is very slick and really brings out the flake. The reflections are outstanding (IMHO) for silver.



There are no before pics...the car wasn`t in bad shape before, but it hadn`t been fully detailed since Thanksgiving.



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[mtodde]

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[imported_guapsnaman]

Good job. :xyxthumbs



You`re a lucky guy living there. If I had tennis courts that close to my house, I doubt I`d be weighing as much as I do know.:doh

[stilez]

Looks :cool: from here.



Any close-up flake shots :)?

[mtodde]

Originally posted by guapsnaman

Good job. :xyxthumbs



You`re a lucky guy living there. If I had tennis courts that close to my house, I doubt I`d be weighing as much as I do know.:doh



I wish I lived someplace like that! Maybe in a few years. That is Lee`s (aka SilverLexus) house.




Originally posted by GSRstilez

Looks :cool: from here.



Any close-up flake shots :)?





Sean, I`ll try to get a closeup of the flake tomorrow. The sun is too far down tonight.

[05Sleeper]

WOW! As a fellow "silver" guy, I think it looks great! Do you have plans to add any more coats to it for a little more depth? If you do, please post the pics! Just make sure you keep me in the loop on this:D



I am running BF*2 + WG right now and I am pretty happy with it, but we will see what happens when I add another coat of WG...

[SilverLexus]

If I had tennis courts that close to my house, I doubt I`d be weighing as much as I do know.



If only I would use them more. There are many folks playing tennis since the weather is so nice. It`s cool to hear the bouncing tennis balls while I am detailing the car.



Todd, I`m glad you posted these pics. This car looks even better in person with great flake and a nice liquid look and the Solara is very slick to the touch.

[hirosh]

beautiful. i saw the lunar mist on a camry at the recent auto show here in honolulu. i must say that is really nice silver. :)

[05Sleeper]

Originally posted by 05Sleeper

WOW! As a fellow "silver" guy, I think it looks great! Do you have plans to add any more coats to it for a little more depth? If you do, please post the pics! Just make sure you keep me in the loop on this:D



I am running BF*2 + WG right now and I am pretty happy with it, but we will see what happens when I add another coat of WG...



What pther combos have you used and how would you compare them to the set-up you have now?:confused:

[vdog0531]

looks great! nice job.



Vernon

[mtodde]

Originally posted by 05Sleeper

What pther combos have you used and how would you compare them to the set-up you have now?:confused:



I`ve tried AIO, AIO + Signature, AIO + EX-P & VM + EX-P/EX-P+ on it. I`d like to see what VM + the reformulated EX-P looks like as VM was the best looking base for the old EX-P to me. The new EX-P seems to work better with AIO than the old version.



It is the slickest my car has been and has the best flake & reflections of anything that I have tried.



I hope to add a second coat this weekend and will post pics after that. When I did VM + EX-P there was a noticeable improvement after the second coat; adding the EX-P+ prototype a few weeks later was like putting the icing on the cake.

[05Sleeper]

cool. please, please keep me updated on this... I will post pics of thw WG son. I may even post pics of before and after pics of WG and WG + Souveran! :D

[imported_Adamah]

Has the EXP+ been tweaked since the samples were given out a while back? I didnt care for the original EXP and I dont think the + is improved enough to make a difference. Its slicker than the original but only stays that way for a week or two and durability is only marginally better IMO.

[1 Clean WS6]

Beautiful work!!! :bow All that hard work...then...pollen. :angry



So has EX-P+ completely replaced EX-P (i.e. if you order EX-P you receive EX-P+)??

[05Sleeper]

does this have Carnuba in it?