2000 Honda Accord: Exterior detail only

[RyanDe680]

This car was an exterior only job.



Time: Total time took about 4.5 hours for wash, clay, polish, 2nd stage polish and wax.



History: This car is driven mostly in the city, not many highway miles, was waxed ONCE in it`s lifetime, been washed twice in it`s lifetime (by me) and was also serviced regularly. I FINALLY got it in for some sort of a detail job.



This car is a typical "parked on the street in Chicago" car, thus has several dings, scrapes and dents over the past 6 or so years. Owner knows that, I`m just here for working to "make it look better."



Process:

1. Wash with Meguiars Gold Class

2. Clay using Pinnacle Poly-clay

3. Stage 1 polish using Meguiars #83

4. Stage 2 polish using Meguairs #81/Optimum Polish mix

5. Waxed using P21S



All polish is done by machine and all wax applied by hand.





Before wash:















After wash:



Notice the "lack of" wax on the finish. The car is still wet in this picture!!!!







Dents, scrapes







Weird marks











Obviously, the car needed claying. Here`s my two claybars after the clay:







I actually think the layer of crap somewhat protected the paint, as the swirls aren`t "that" bad.



Trunk before:







Trunk after:







Hood before (baked in bird poop):











Hood after:











Much of the car was the same, but it wasn`t too bad.



Before (notice how the paint looks dull):







After:







Completed:





















Overall, took less time than I thought. Pretty pleased with the results.



Nothing like a few good beads for satisfaction:

[Nuke33]

Looks good

[black03mach]

good job! looks better than it was before

[Scottwax]

Excellent paint correction! Very wet looking silver in the afters.

[ttsoca]

Nice Beads! Got To Love It!

[euro]

The clay(s) speak volumes....nice rescue!