2007 Atomic blue Civic

**dkblue05** · 12-23-2008, 09:16 PM

Hello im new here, im just starting full details, and here was on of my practice cars

Alright, this is my sisters car, she kindly lent it to me for practice. When she bought the car i cleaned it right away, and it was in awesome shape. It was brand new but as you know they dont always come out of the dealership in great shape.
I went over do`s and donts with washing, and general paint care and she has done a great job following that.

Here we are over two years, almost 50,000miles later and it still looks good, but i wanted more than that.

Eagle one wash
Meguires Clay(with soapy water in spray bottle)
Meguires #83(on Maroon pad with PC)
Meguires #9(on Yellow pad with PC)
Collinite 845 by hand

Like i said paint was doing alright, fine swirls, and very few rids
before wash

This is what the whole car looked like

here are some after #83/#9
I was happy with #83 it polished up very well but i still followed it up with #9 to gloss it up

I love this color/paint

And finally, it was getting dark and i applied the 845

Sorry for the long post, I was very happy with how it came out, and cant wait to do some more cars.

**Beemerboy** · 12-23-2008, 09:23 PM

Welcome to the site from Sonoma County CA...your off to a great start...car looks good IMO

**GearHead_1** · 12-24-2008, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Beemerboy

Welcome to the site from Sonoma County CA...your off to a great start...car looks good IMO

A good start and better yet it looks like he`s having fun. Welcome aboard, glad to have you hear at DC.

**dkblue05** · 12-24-2008, 03:18 PM

Thanks! I am having some fun, I have always liked this kind of stuff.
Here are some pics from today, it decided to stop raining for a little bit, so here are a few day shots

sun didnt want to work with me, but its swirl free