2014 Honda Fury 1300 Motorcycle - 3 Stage Polish\CQuartzUK by Revitalize Auto Spa

[PapaChop]

Up for this weekend was an awesome 2014 Honda Fury 1300. With a 1312cc V-twin, it's an absolute monster. Even though it's a 2014 the single stage paint already had some damage inflicted - swirls and a few RIDS for the most part.

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Wash and Dry

• Gilmour Foamaster Foam Gun
• Chemical Guys Extreme Maxi-Suds II
• Microfiber Wash Mitt
• Two 5 gallon buckets with Grit Guards
• Toro 230mph blower
• DetailedImage Waffle Weave Towel

I knew I was going to be polishing, so I wasn't worried about the couple coats of Meguiar's Black Wax the owner had put on.

Decon

• CarPro Spotless

There weren't any bonded contaminants, so a wipe down with CarPro Spotless was all that was needed.

Compound

• Menzerna FG400
• Lake Crystal 3" Orange Fine Cutting Pad
• DetailedImage Ultra Plush 16x16

After a test spot, I settled on FG400 with LC Orange pad at Speed 6 on the 7424XP with little to no pressure. One pass took care of the swirls, and a second pass took care of any RIDS.

First pass:

Before:

FG400:

PF2500:

SF4500:

Before:

FG400 and PF2500:

Before:

FG400:

Before:

FG400:

Polish

• Menzerna PF2500
• Lake Crystal 3" White Polishing Pad
• DetailedImage Ultra Plush 16x16

PF2500 on the LC White pads did a good job of clearing up the minimal haze left over by the FG400. I probably could have skipped this step, but since polishing bikes is so quick I decided to go for it anyway. Speed 3 with no pressure on the 7424XP.

Before:

PF2500:

After:

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After:

Finishing Polish

• Menzerna SF4500
• Lake Crystal 3" Blue Fine Finishing Pad
• DetailedImage Deep Blue 16x16

SF4500 is by far my favorite finishing polish. It adds a ridiculous amount of depth to black, dark red, and dark blue paints. It's also an extremely easy polish to work with - it spreads easily and evenly, and wipes off even easier.

Wipe Down

• CarPro Eraser
• DetailedImage Waffle Weave

I like using a Waffle Weave for this step to make sure there are absolutely no fuzzies floating around.

LSP

• CarPro CQuartzUK
• CarPro Reload

To help protect the single stage paint and give the now flawless black some pop, I went with two coats of CQuartzUK topped with Reload. The chrome got the same treatment. The wheels are matte and I don't have any LSPs for matte right now. Any input on the CG Jeatseal Matte?

I love working on motorcycles - you can get rewarding results in such a short amount of time compared to cars.

 

[tropicsteve]

nice finish.:bigups

 

[RaysWay]

Your write-up is as detailed as your detail, great job! I've never used Jetseal Matte but regular CQuartz works great on matte.