This is my friends car. We both have GTOs and he was jealous of how mine looked. He wanted his car to look like mine. So we traded cars on Tuesday night and I went to work. The car was in horrible shape. There were water etchings covering every square inch on the horizontal surfaces. Swirls everywhere. These cars have a pretty soft clear so where there were no waterspots, swirl removal wasn't that big of a deal.
Process:
Exterior
- Washed with NXT/foam gun: to strip off the existing protection (don't think there was any)
- DP Exterior Cleaner 1:1 in fender wells and on painted surfaces that faced the road
- DP Wheel Gel for wheels and tires
- PB Bug Squash 2:1 on bumper and mirrors
- DP Krystal Vision glass cleaner on Cobra glass towel
- Clayed with Clay Magic clay kit. (I use Pinn Poly Clay, but that wouldn't work here, lol)
- PC with Optimum Compound/LC Yellow on all water spotted panels, still only took out about 90% of water marks. But I didn't want to remove too much clear in one shot.
- PC Optimum Polish/LC Orange on other panels that were just swirled
- PC Optimum Polish/LC White on areas that were compounded to remove hazing
- Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealent: this stuff is beyond awesome on metallics
- P21S carnauba paste wax
- Topping with Duragloss Aquawax in a few hours: This stuff is amazing. The slickness is mindblowing and durability is pretty good too.
Interior
- All interior surfaces cleaned with DP Interior Cleaner, leather needs some Leatherique to bring it back fully
- Leather dressed with Connolly Conditioner
- Other interior sufaces dressed with DP Interior Protectant
Photos
Interior before/after:
Exterior swirls:
Clay bar after the roof:
Quick swirl removal comparison:
After compounding and final polish on one side (bad hazing present)
After Wolfgang Sealant:
Final photos after wax:
Process:
Exterior
- Washed with NXT/foam gun: to strip off the existing protection (don't think there was any)
- DP Exterior Cleaner 1:1 in fender wells and on painted surfaces that faced the road
- DP Wheel Gel for wheels and tires
- PB Bug Squash 2:1 on bumper and mirrors
- DP Krystal Vision glass cleaner on Cobra glass towel
- Clayed with Clay Magic clay kit. (I use Pinn Poly Clay, but that wouldn't work here, lol)
- PC with Optimum Compound/LC Yellow on all water spotted panels, still only took out about 90% of water marks. But I didn't want to remove too much clear in one shot.
- PC Optimum Polish/LC Orange on other panels that were just swirled
- PC Optimum Polish/LC White on areas that were compounded to remove hazing
- Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealent: this stuff is beyond awesome on metallics
- P21S carnauba paste wax
- Topping with Duragloss Aquawax in a few hours: This stuff is amazing. The slickness is mindblowing and durability is pretty good too.
Interior
- All interior surfaces cleaned with DP Interior Cleaner, leather needs some Leatherique to bring it back fully
- Leather dressed with Connolly Conditioner
- Other interior sufaces dressed with DP Interior Protectant
Photos
Interior before/after:
Exterior swirls:
Clay bar after the roof:
Quick swirl removal comparison:
After compounding and final polish on one side (bad hazing present)
After Wolfgang Sealant:
Final photos after wax:
