Hello everyone! This is my first post here. I've been reading the forums for a while so decided to jump on.
Here's some pics of what I did with my mother's car on Mother's day. I decided that besides the meal and gifts to detail her car...
To give you a background, her idea of cleaning the car is to take it through a drive through car wash once every half a year. The paint was seriously neglected and covered in bird crap, tree sap and splattered bugs.
I don't have any before pictures as it didn't occur to me to take pics until after I'd finished and I was standing around admiring the finish. I started at 12:30 and finished a little before 6pm.
Looking back I should really have used a light polish, polymer sealant and a carnauba after the exfoliant clay but I decided to go with the Zymol Cleaner Wax which I had lying around and followed up with 2 coats of Pinnacle Signature. I think a few more coats of Pinnacle and I can bring really bring out the metallic pearl flakes in the paint but I had to stop myself before I got carried away.
The interior is another story. It seriously needs some work but I kinda ran out of time and energy as the exterior took more work than I thought.
Anyway, here's the pics. I'm fairly satisfied with the finish but I am going to go over it with a polymer sealant in a few weeks to protect the finish knowing how neglected the car gets. My mother was very happy and said it looked better than new.
Here's some pics of what I did with my mother's car on Mother's day. I decided that besides the meal and gifts to detail her car...
To give you a background, her idea of cleaning the car is to take it through a drive through car wash once every half a year. The paint was seriously neglected and covered in bird crap, tree sap and splattered bugs.
I don't have any before pictures as it didn't occur to me to take pics until after I'd finished and I was standing around admiring the finish. I started at 12:30 and finished a little before 6pm.
Looking back I should really have used a light polish, polymer sealant and a carnauba after the exfoliant clay but I decided to go with the Zymol Cleaner Wax which I had lying around and followed up with 2 coats of Pinnacle Signature. I think a few more coats of Pinnacle and I can bring really bring out the metallic pearl flakes in the paint but I had to stop myself before I got carried away.
The interior is another story. It seriously needs some work but I kinda ran out of time and energy as the exterior took more work than I thought.
Anyway, here's the pics. I'm fairly satisfied with the finish but I am going to go over it with a polymer sealant in a few weeks to protect the finish knowing how neglected the car gets. My mother was very happy and said it looked better than new.
