Lexus IS350 with Kevin Brown Method, and Blackfire

[imported_Haylo75]

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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Andre' [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I've herd that the Pinnacle Poley can be hard to use , it may gum up like the Meguiar's. Go with the Mothers or 3M clay. A good clar bar should remove the contamination without much effort.

Don't be cheep with MF towels get good ones , you'll thank me later. [/b]</blockquote>
I just used Pinnacle PolyClay on two separate vehicles recently. The first was a brand new finish that was in serious need of clay treatment. The second was a 7 year old uncared for finish. The PolyClay worked wonders on both finishes, and I didn't have any problems using the clay after I got the hang of it. My advice would be to use a good amount of lubricant. The bar will glide across your finish easily as long as you keep the entire surface you're claying wet.

One of my bars got saturated with lubricant (I clayed all exterior painted surfaces) and I had to let it dry out. On the second car, I switched back and forth between two bars and didn't experience the saturation problem.

Good luck!

 

[weekendwarrior]

This car is in charcoal metallic, with matching powder coated wheels. The car is not garaged, and doesn't get a lot of "love".

Process:
vacuumed
Interior wiped down with ONR/Water
Interior dusted with boars hair brush
Optimum Protectant Plus used on all interior surfaces
Glass cleaned with ZEP glass cleaner

Berfores - Interior wasn't that bad:

Action shot - haha

Afters:

A few exterior before shots:

I then did a QEW wash...including the wheels. I followed the wash with Meguiar's white clay, using ONR/Water as the lube. I used ONR/Water and 0000 steel wool on the exhaust tips.

After the wash and clay, I inspected how the paint *really* looked:

There were visible buffer marks from thios angle....not sure the camera captured them:

I then polished the car with the Kevin Brown Method, using M105, the PCXP, and a 5.5" low profile LC white pad. It required 2 rounds on each section. The first pass utilizied a lot of pressure and slow passes. The second round I used slow passes, and less pressure. I then sealed the car with Blackfire Wet Diamond. Giovanni tire gel was used on the tires:

 

[imported_Termigator]

Very nice! I own an IS350 myself. It was tough seeing the condition of the exterior (although, I've seen worse, much worse). I guess they can get swirled up after all! I'm going on two years and, thru lots of TLC, I have yet to need to polish mine. You did a great job with the exterior. The interior didn't seem too bad. Did you do have to do anything with the the woodgrain around the shifter? Mine's getting a little swirled and I'm thinking about polishing it like any painted panel.

 

[Old Pirate]

Looking great David, great work and shine!

 

[imported_Luster]

David... the car turned out beautiful! Nice correction work on that gorgeous color!

Am I correct in reading that you wiped down the interior with ONR/water mix?

I've never done that but I don't see why not! (If that's the case, I just doubled my usage of ONR...:devil

 

[imported_Sal329]

Dave as always fantastic work. Tell me your opinion on Blackfire, here or call me. I am going to be cleanin out my detailing items this weekend and want to narrow my things down I am thinking of adding Blackfire though. Want to focus more on detailing and hope to get a steady clientel. With an extra mouth to feed I can use it

 

[weekendwarrior]

David... the car turned out beautiful! Nice correction work on that gorgeous color!

Am I correct in reading that you wiped down the interior with ONR/water mix?

I've never done that but I don't see why not! (If that's the case, I just doubled my usage of ONR...:devil

Thanks Bill. I did use ONR/Water on the interior. I find thatit serves 2 purposes for interior detailing....I will use it to wipe things down before applying a protectant, and I use it as an interior quick detailer on my own cars when I wash them.

 

[hopsgt500]

That came out really nice, that color is sharp and the matching wheels look awesome. Thanks for sharinancing Dot:g.

 

[bmw5541]

Great job David:clap:

 

[imported_User Name]

Great work David.

Termigator stole my thoughts, right when I read his post. My woodgrain area around the shifter is pretty badly scratched and swirled. Anyone have any ideas on how I should tackle that area (as shown in the pics above - same car).

 

[gmblack3]

Very nice work David!

 

[svtcobra]

nice job! I have a IS250 and can't wait to work on it once the weather warms up.

 

[weekendwarrior]

Thanks for the comments. I have found Zaino AIO, via a hand foam applicator works well on that wood trim. You can dial in the polishing ability by how much pressure you apply.

 

[imported_Termigator]

Thanks for the comments. I have found Zaino AIO, via a hand foam applicator works well on that wood trim. You can dial in the polishing ability by how much pressure you apply.

Cool. Will give it a try. Maybe I can try PoliSeal if I need more cut?

 

[michakaveli]

Nice job David! :clap: