'06 Volvo XC90 : Wash & Wax

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P1et

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My wife's girlfriend was in town so I decided to detail her car this morning after I finished my wife's SUV. Why not right?



The XC90 has only been washed at carwashes since new, but surprisingly no swirls! Gotta love that silver metallic paint. There was quite a bit of hardened tar on the lower half of the vehicle, so some claying was needed there. Frankly, the entire SUV needed claying but I didn't want to spend that much time on it.



1) Wash w/ Megs Gold Class

2) Clayed lower half of XC90 w/ Zaino Z16

3) Dried w/ Absorber

4) Waxed w/ Natty's Blue on Megs Foam Applicator

5) Leather cleaned w/ Woollite (cut 1:1)

6) Armor All Gel on the Tires

7) All carpets cleaned w/ Folex (not cut)



My favorite product today was Poorboys Natural Look. I love this stuff. The XC90 has a lot of plastic on the exterior and the Natural Look really brought back the factory look. Great stuff and non-oily!



Sorry, no befores. Just afters!



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Who says you cannot get reflection off silver paint???



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I have the same type of paint. I gurantee there are plenty of swirls it just takes perfect lighting to see them. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean there aren't any swirls.
 
Brandon1: all of my wife's girlfriends are aware of my obsession. They know that if their car is in the driveway, there is a good chance they'll be leaving with it fully detailed!



BMW: I agree with you, there probably are a ridiculous amount of swirls. But because this was a free detail, I wasn't about to polish the whole thing. And besides, I don't think she would have known the difference whatsoever!



Scott: I personally don't like all that plastic trim, but yes, even when washed it still dries dirty. That PB NL really helped out!



Bioman: Yes, I clayed with tire dressing as lube. Works great! Dries to a beautiful shine...
 
Scottwax said:
Excellent job on that PITA black trim too, worst part of detailing those Volvos. ;)
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I totally agree. My wife has one. I keep telling myself that there's less to worry about paint correction. Especially the lower back breaking panels. :buffing:

P1et said:
My favorite product today was Poorboys Natural Look. I love this stuff. The XC90 has a lot of plastic on the exterior and the Natural Look really brought back the factory look. Great stuff and non-oily!
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Nice work on the XC-90! I like the look of PB NL, but how much durability have you experience on the exterior. I use 1Z Tiefenpfleger and get about 3-4 weeks of durability. It also darkens the plastic and non-oily. If NL can last 3-4 weeks, I may have to switch as NL is cheaper than Tiefenpfleger.
 
P1et said:
Bioman: Yes, I clayed with tire dressing as lube. Works great! Dries to a beautiful shine...
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Hmm..first time I heard of this. I'm guessing this only works on plastic trim. Or can this be used on paint too?
 
BMW335i said:
I have the same type of paint. I gurantee there are plenty of swirls it just takes perfect lighting to see them. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean there aren't any swirls.
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Bioman said:
Hmm..first time I heard of this. I'm guessing this only works on plastic trim. Or can this be used on paint too?
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Haha, sorry Bioman, I was being a smart-***. I mis-typed, I meant to write I used Z18 to clay the lower body panels...



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