Hi everyone!
This car belongs to my designer, and a very good friend. He's done my logo and business cards, and will be doing some other work for me too in the future. He's put in extra hours on many occasions to make sure everything is done well, so I wanted to return the same regard in this detail by going for as close to 100% paint correction as possible. I detailed his old car back in the summer, which can be found here - LINK
The car was purchased a few months prior to the detail. While the owner was looking at the car, he told me the paint was in dire need of help. Boy was he right!!!!!
Total work time for this car was 17 hours. It was quite cold around this time so I had bought some heaters to bring with me. Unfortunately they kept tripping the circuit breaker in the house, so I went without heat, hoping the polishes and compounds would be okay. Thankfully they were!
Without further adieu, here is the 2002 Honda Civic SiR with 150,000kms.
Upon arrival, it was evident that the car needed a lot of help. It looked very dull, lacking a LOT of gloss. It was just a plain mess!
Wash & Clay
After looking over the car, I prepared my wash:
- CWG via 2BM with sheepskin wool mitts
- Prepared with warm water (was cold outside)
The rims did not receive much attention, as the owner intended to remove the rims and have snow tires mounted. I gave them a quick clean though:
- Kleenol APC @ 4:1 on rims and tires
Following a thorough wash, the paintwork was decontaminated with Riccardo Yellow Clay and ONR Clay Lube.
The claying took a while as I had to heat up the clay before moulding it to reveal a clean surface again since the paint was quite cold. Moderate contamination was present. The most contamination was on the hatch portion of the car, as expected.
After claying the car, I had a quick look at the paint:
Paint Correction
Given the above picture, I knew the paint would require a lot of cutting to remove the defects present. For this, I chose to use M105, for obvious reasons. I was lucky enough to have Picus lend me some PFW pads for this job, and I am thankful he did, because without them I don't think I would have achieved the results I wanted. So, a sincere thanks goes out to Picus! I must have washed the 6 pads I had at my disposal about 5 times.
Hood:
Driver's side fender:
After SIP on white, and 106ff on black:
Driver's side Quarter:
After 106ff
Roof:
This car belongs to my designer, and a very good friend. He's done my logo and business cards, and will be doing some other work for me too in the future. He's put in extra hours on many occasions to make sure everything is done well, so I wanted to return the same regard in this detail by going for as close to 100% paint correction as possible. I detailed his old car back in the summer, which can be found here - LINK
The car was purchased a few months prior to the detail. While the owner was looking at the car, he told me the paint was in dire need of help. Boy was he right!!!!!
Total work time for this car was 17 hours. It was quite cold around this time so I had bought some heaters to bring with me. Unfortunately they kept tripping the circuit breaker in the house, so I went without heat, hoping the polishes and compounds would be okay. Thankfully they were!
Without further adieu, here is the 2002 Honda Civic SiR with 150,000kms.
Upon arrival, it was evident that the car needed a lot of help. It looked very dull, lacking a LOT of gloss. It was just a plain mess!
Wash & Clay
After looking over the car, I prepared my wash:
- CWG via 2BM with sheepskin wool mitts
- Prepared with warm water (was cold outside)
The rims did not receive much attention, as the owner intended to remove the rims and have snow tires mounted. I gave them a quick clean though:
- Kleenol APC @ 4:1 on rims and tires
Following a thorough wash, the paintwork was decontaminated with Riccardo Yellow Clay and ONR Clay Lube.
The claying took a while as I had to heat up the clay before moulding it to reveal a clean surface again since the paint was quite cold. Moderate contamination was present. The most contamination was on the hatch portion of the car, as expected.
After claying the car, I had a quick look at the paint:
Paint Correction
Given the above picture, I knew the paint would require a lot of cutting to remove the defects present. For this, I chose to use M105, for obvious reasons. I was lucky enough to have Picus lend me some PFW pads for this job, and I am thankful he did, because without them I don't think I would have achieved the results I wanted. So, a sincere thanks goes out to Picus! I must have washed the 6 pads I had at my disposal about 5 times.
Hood:
Driver's side fender:
After SIP on white, and 106ff on black:
Driver's side Quarter:
After 106ff
Roof:
