2007 Cobalt SS/SC Polish

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

Hi guys! I had some free time this weekend and was able to get my personal car cleaned up. I did a big two step a little while ago so this time it only needed a light polish to bring back the shine. Enjoy the pictures and as always, any comments are welcome!



I took care of the interior on Friday night. I didn`t take any pictures of it because it wasn`t that dirty. I shampooed and vacuumed the carpets and mats using 409 carpet cleaner (which is great by the way) and a shop vac. The plastics and vinyl were treated with 303 and the seats received a wipe down of Lexol conditioner. The windows were treated with Stoner`s Invisble Glass both inside and out.



My process for the exterior was as follows:



Wheels and tires:

P21S Wheel Gel

Uber Spoke brush

Swissvax-like brush

MF mitt

Optimum Opti-Bond



Wash:

Pre-rinse to remove any loose contaminants

Foamed with Dawn and let sit for about 3-5 minutes

2BM with Pinnacle shampoo

Home Depot grout sponge

Dried with PakShak WW drying towels



Clay:

Mother`s yellow clay

ONR as lube



Paint:

Dewalt 849

LC backing plate

LC Blue 5.5" CCS pad

3M Ultrafine Finishing Polish

CG Premium MF



LSP:

Poorboy`s World Natty`s Blue Paste



Onto the pictures!!



Here are what my wheels looked like before and after the cleaning. They were a mess. I was able to use the Uber spoke brush to reach back into the barrel, but I also followed that up with a scrub down using a MF towel as I`m able to reach my hand all the way to the back.













Here is P21S Gel just dwelling for a little bit:





The Uber spoke brush is probably the nicest wheel brush I`ve used. Now I haven`t used the EZ Detail brush, but for under $10, the Uber is hard to beat.





After:







Here are a few before pictures of just how dirty my car was.



















Next up was to rinse and foam the car. For this I used a healthy dose of Dawn and let sit for 3-5 minutes to loosen up as much contaminants as possible.









I then washed using the 2BM with a Home Depot grout sponge and Pinnacle shampoo. I then brought it into the garage to clay with Mother`s yellow clay and ONR as lube. Here is what the clay looked like after my hood.







I was planning on doing a two step using M205 as well, but after inspection, I decided that my paint was in amazing condition and two steps wasn`t needed. I don`t have any during or 50/50 shots because this wasn`t a correction detail. I just needed to bring back the gloss that my paint had a few months ago.

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

These are all the after shots of just using 3M Ultrafine polish and a 5.5" Blue LC CCS pad using the Dewalt 849 at 1500 RPMs, and after a coat of Poorboy`s Work Natty`s Blue paste wax.



I apologize in advance for the bad quality sun shots. It was overcast and the sun was just not cooperating. I even planned on getting a few today, but it`s just not sunny out.



























































Thanks for taking the time to check out my detail! I think it`s kind of nice knowing that I really won`t have to ever do a big correction again because I`m able to maintain the finish with proper washing techniques. Any comments or questions are welcome!!

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

As an update, of course after I posted these up and went to lunch, the sun came out. I snapped a few sun shots.

























That is a strand of dog hair from sitting in the garage overnight...not a scratch.

[Vista_Stang]

Very, very nice!!! :2thumbs:



Mind if I ask where you got your Swissvax-like brush at?

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

Very, very nice!!! :2thumbs:



Mind if I ask where you got your Swissvax-like brush at?

Thanks! I got the brush at Michael`s. It wasn`t in the brush isle either; I had to search for it. They were like $2.95 and my fiancee had a coupon so they were even cheaper. I ended up getting 3 of them. I`ve never had any problem with it and all of the bristles are still there lol.

[a.k.a. Patrick]

Get rid of the dog! Nice car BTW......

[dublifecrisis]

Looks great Josh! That color red always looks great with a fresh polish and coat of Natty`s. Do you have a tune/software on the Cobalt? Local guy here in Jax does some custom tuning and has gotten some great feedback on Cobalt SS/SC guys.

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

Get rid of the dog! Nice car BTW......

I could never get rid of the puppy lol. I may just give it a slight buzz cut haha.

Looks great Josh! That color red always looks great with a fresh polish and coat of Natty`s. Do you have a tune/software on the Cobalt? Local guy here in Jax does some custom tuning and has gotten some great feedback on Cobalt SS/SC guys.

Thanks bud! It`s completely stock. I`ve heard great things about tunes, but I don`t race it. I would like it to be faster, but I don`t want to spend the money just to create more problems down the road....or at least from what I`ve heard from people modding their cars...they could be wrong though.