A Snaab 9-3 and Cadillac CTS Detailed

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stilez

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First up, Liz's Snaab.





Well taken care of as I see it often ;). OCW died at 2.5 months but did so with style. It protected better than NXT paste wax (that was on the trunk). Car was washed every 7-10 days with NXT wash and sat in the elements 24-7. Her car is red, so that means very hot and when at her parents house was exposed to heavy sap and pollen. I had to polish out some water spots and extremely light marring, but other than that, it was very easy. Finals used:





-FPII via rotary and LC Polishing Pad @ 1500 rpm

-PwC White via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1200 rpm

-Natty's Blue spit shined with NXT Speed Detailer



-Optimum on tires/wells

-PB TR on trim



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The rest of the shots were very flushed out from the sun...Sorry :(.
 
Last for the day was my father's CTS. This thing needed some serious TLC. I haven't buffed it or given it more than a wash in about a year. It was pretty swirled as he just runs it through the car wash, but I refused to spend a lot of time on the paint if he won't take care of it. In the end he was absolutely thrilled and said it looked like it rolled off the showroom. No interior pics, but the exterior was:





-APC 10:1 and Tarminator to clean up gas door and inside/ OCW to protect

-PB wash and clay

-Turbo Wax pre polish enhancer via rotary and LC Polishing Pad @ 1200 rpm

-Turbo Wax Sealant by hand

-OCW by hand



-Turbo Wax tire gel on tires

-Hyper Dressing in wells





Before

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After

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All the direct sun shots didn't show any characteristics so the shades were a must.





I receieved the Turbo Wax as samples to give a shot. They are a subsidiary of 4 Star Products and I am not being paid to use them, just want to see what they're all about.





Enjoy :).
 
Optimum Car Wax, a polymer spray wax that you can you after the Optimum Polish.



Sean how do you like Tarminator? Been trying to find something for stiff dirt and grime. As usual, great work!
 
Great job on both cars. Your attention to detail is amazing as usual. I wish I had your rotary skills. Wait I take that back I wish I had all your skills.
 
Corey: Uneven dressing :shocked...I buffed it after the pics.





Raveendra: Yep :). It was getting bad... The befores just show a lot of tar and fall out. The rugs inside looked 10 years old driven by a contractor. I wonder where he trucks that thing around.





Porkanbeans: Just another thing to set myself apart :).





SilvaBimma: It's OK. Nothing too great but I like that its an aerosol and I can spray it quick and let soak. For the bad stuff up close I use Autoglym's Intensive Tar Remover and when its terrible, Goof Off.





Thanks all :).
 
I cant believe you let your dad take his caddy to an automatic carwash. You should be hand washing it for him more often. Anyways, good work.
 
brwill2005 said:
I cant believe you let your dad take his caddy to an automatic carwash. You should be hand washing it for him more often. Anyways, good work.
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Some people have lives. I for one do not, because I'm addicted to waxing and just finished putting a different type of wax on the blazer for the 20th day in a row... :hifive:
 
brwill: I go to school fulltime about 2.5 hrs from my house. I wish I could give all of my family's vehicles the right treatment. For now, I just do my best and shoot for long durability sealants.
 
Excellent as expected, Sean. I really like the Natty's Blue on red paint. :drool:



Progress reports on Turbo Wax are required!
 
One more awesome work, Sean if u ever come to Portugal u have here a lots of ur details fans.



Great work



tell me, do u see any improvment using rotary with pwc instead by hand???



Akele abraço
 
ScubaStevo- Lighten up buddy, I was just kidding with him. I have a life also, however, I am close enough to my pops to take care of his car for him. Its the least I can do considering all the stuff he has done for me. I figured there was a good reason why GSRstilez pops takes his car to the auto wash.
 
RRacer: It just made me use less product. I also went much quicker as the rotary covers a lot of area quick. I did single, overlapping, quick passes.
 
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