Well, I`m wishing the weather was a bit better, therfore I`d have a bunch more details, but all this rain has been screwing me up. The weather barely held out for this one, but I got it in .
This car belongs to a fraternity brother of mine. You will see his old car in some of the pics (Beige Mercury Tracer) and see that his job out of college pays a bit better than the one in.
Onto the car though. I`m unsure of the year but its a 2000+ in Steel Grey with light grey interior. It definately wasn`t taken care of too well before him, but thats what I`m for. The interior was generally soiled and the leather was cleaned 2-3 times before calling it quits. The exterior had a TON of IFO. For instance, I`ve clayed overspray and picked up less. I think this added to the overall dull appearance of the paint. I didn`t take any pics of it, but after washing, the paint looked about 10% better than the before pics. Once clayed, I used a flash to check the swirling and it wasn`t too bad, thank god. So onto the interior:
-Folex to clean everything
-Folex to pretreat, then EO Carpet Cleaner/ Costco APC to clean carpets/mats
-Poorboy`s Trim Restorer to protect
-FK1 #425 on glass, wood trim, and seat belts
-OCW in jams after degreasing with Costco APC
Before
After
The exterior was pretty fun as I was testing out my new pressure washer . This car was a pleasure to detail and the lines showed off the work I did quite well. My finals were:
-Pressure Wash and clean with TOL`s Bubble Bath
-Meguiar`s Aggressive Clay with TOL`s Bubble Bath as lube
-Pressure Wash again
-TOL`s Tire Cleaner on tires/wells
-Meguiar`s Wheel Brightener on wheels x 2
-Optimum Polish via rotary and LC Cutting Pad @ 1200 rpm
-Menzerna PO85RD via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm
-FK1 #2180 by hand
-OCW by hand on paint, wheels, and glass
-Meguiar`s Hyper Dressing cut 3:1 in wells
-Meguiar`s Hyper Dressing cut 1:1 on tires
-Poorboy`s Trim Restorer on all trim x 2
-Lighting polished with Menzerna PO85RD on rotary
Before
After
Before
After
A bunch of afters...
I was very happy with the last shot .
Total Working Time - 4.5 hours
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