This particular detailing meet was not without challenges. The first challenge was the weather. When we started, it was sunny, later on in the meet, it rained. 
But during the time it was sunny, this is what went down:
- lawrencea stopped by and took a look at what we were doing.
he helped the owner of the white Maxima with cleaning rims.
- The same white Maxima had some major league paint issues (read: embedded dirt and oxidation). The guys tried tackling this by hand but it was not going to happen. Therefore, we had to make a run to get a rotary. I went with another Maxima owner to shop for the rotary. We wound up going to a store called Berland's which literally had EVERY tool you could imagine. We initially looked at the DW849 but walked out with a Makita 9227c bundle with a case, hook and loop pad, and wool polishing pad ($206 with tax). We also stopped by a paint supply store in the next suburb to pick up pads.
When we got back with the goods, we got to work. I took a whack at the front bumper with 3M PI III light cut rubbing compound using the 3M compounding pad. This got rid of the crud killing his pearl finish. I did accidentally burn an edge
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For the upper portions of the car, we took some Menzerna Intensive Polish with a Meguiar's Polishing foam pad (Big thanks to Deanski :xyxthumbs ) and the finish really began to pop. Many of the attendees were when they saw the pearlescence coming through his finish. Since he also had experience working with a rotary, I turned the buffer over to him and let him finish off the car.
- We had a burgubdy '95 Maxima that had been severely neglected over the years. He washed the car and then clayed it. After he dried it, I took to half of the hood with the Makita and Menzerna IP. He was floored that his car actually had some depth to it and it really piqued his interest as to doing more with the car.
Now, for some pics........
More pics to come.
But during the time it was sunny, this is what went down:
- lawrencea stopped by and took a look at what we were doing.
he helped the owner of the white Maxima with cleaning rims.
- The same white Maxima had some major league paint issues (read: embedded dirt and oxidation). The guys tried tackling this by hand but it was not going to happen. Therefore, we had to make a run to get a rotary. I went with another Maxima owner to shop for the rotary. We wound up going to a store called Berland's which literally had EVERY tool you could imagine. We initially looked at the DW849 but walked out with a Makita 9227c bundle with a case, hook and loop pad, and wool polishing pad ($206 with tax). We also stopped by a paint supply store in the next suburb to pick up pads.
When we got back with the goods, we got to work. I took a whack at the front bumper with 3M PI III light cut rubbing compound using the 3M compounding pad. This got rid of the crud killing his pearl finish. I did accidentally burn an edge
.For the upper portions of the car, we took some Menzerna Intensive Polish with a Meguiar's Polishing foam pad (Big thanks to Deanski :xyxthumbs ) and the finish really began to pop. Many of the attendees were
when they saw the pearlescence coming through his finish. Since he also had experience working with a rotary, I turned the buffer over to him and let him finish off the car.- We had a burgubdy '95 Maxima that had been severely neglected over the years. He washed the car and then clayed it. After he dried it, I took to half of the hood with the Makita and Menzerna IP. He was floored that his car actually had some depth to it and it really piqued his interest as to doing more with the car.
Now, for some pics........
More pics to come.
