2001 Honda Accord Coupe - v. Dirty Icicles

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G35stilez

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About 33* out today and the sun never poked through the heavy overcast. The water froze on the car soo many times that I was forced to use warm water in the wash buckets, clay lube, and final rinse (dumping buckets on it). You can see some icicles in the after pics :)

2001 Honda Accord Coupe in Single Stage White, well half of it... The car was in a bad front end accident a few months back and the body shop repainted the front doors forward and rear bumper, white with clear on top, but the rear 1/4 panels, roof area, and trunk are all single stage white. The single stage areas were VERY oxidized and stained in general. The lower vertical panels were pretty badly covered in break dust rust and tar. The sideskirts were so bad that nothing helped (clay, bug and tar remover, polish).

Anyways, interior was pretty quick. Just some stains here an there. My final processes were:

-Simple Green/Protein Remover Mix (tried SG today instead of APC with sucess)
-APC 10:1 on all vinyl, rubber, plastic, and leather surfaces
-Adam's VRT on vinyl, rubber, and plastic
-4* Leather Conditioner on the...hmmm...leather

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The exterior was a completely different story from the interior. As stated above, it was pretty bad. I battled with the weather all day, but luckily I did this detail at home so I could take short breaks to de-thaw as well as use warm water when needed. Final processes on the rims, tires, and wells:

-APC (10:1) presoak on rims, tires, and wells
-4* Wheel Gel on rims and tires
-BnB on tires and in wells
-#20 on rims

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After
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Next, I'll go to the "during pics"...Some people have mentioned when Menzerna IP was used via rotary, it left hazing that resulted in an extra step, usually FP. Here is a side by side of the front door/rear 1/4. Both surfaces are washed, clayed, and degreased, but the door is polished with IP. Notice the staining on the 1/4 panel.

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Next, I did a dead on shot of my 500watt work light on the door after polishing with IP via rotary @ 1500 rpm with a LC 7.5" Concaved pad. Notice there are no swirls or hazing.

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To the exterior before and afters. My final processes were:


-Mother's Gold Wash with APC (10:1) presoak
-Tarminator on lower panels
-WG Clay on all painted surfaces
-IP via rotary and LC polishing pad @ 1500rpm
-#20 by hand and foam applicator

-GR40 Trim Cleaner


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After
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Enjoy!
 
Damn fine work. :bigups Do you usually presoak areas with APC that are especially dirty? I don't think detailers just start washing with so much dirt and grime in certain areas. (Rear Quarters, frnts, etc.)
 
Thank you :)

Woob: I just started doing it actually. I hose down the vehicle then pre-soak the bad areas while I'm filling up my wash buckets, then go about the wash as normal. With APC, it still keeps the surface lubed as compared to a bug and tar remover.
 
wow very nice... that car looks so sexy. icicles on a car! ha, that sounds really really weird for me to hear, but i guess it makes sense considering how cold it gets up there :)
 
Woob: Yeah, you just wash as normal. I find it cuts much easier, but you have to dip more to keep the mitts clean.

Patrick: I can't wait until I have a garage :)

zesty: You have no idea how much it sucks. I'm moving south once I graduate.

typeSR2: I was using Poorboy's today. I switch from that, Costco, Zep (Home Depot), and Meg's. I find PB to be the strongest with Meg's and Costco coming in close behind.

The thing is, it strips EVERYTHING, so only do for an initial wash before a detail...and yes, it makes it much easier.
 
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