My First DA Experience (pics included)

[littlemissGTO]

After a lot of reading around here I decided what I wanted to do to the car. Unfortunately there just wasn't enough hours in the day...LOL Oh and my car sat for two days outside before I did anything to it.

Anywho my process was this:

Wash w/Dawn (don't think I'll be doing this any longer)

Clay w/Z18

Wash w/PB's Suds

SSR2 w/orange DAS pad

EX

Natty's Red

Wheels were cleaned using P21S gel

Tires were dressed w/Z16

Some before shots:

This is what the claybar looked like when all was said and done. Guess the car was pretty clean:

Taping:

After 1 Pass:

I didn't have any idea just how long this would take. I was truly exhausted after working on the car and I still didn't get everything done that I wanted to. This was the only picture I managed to get taken that night. I also found out just how important lighting is...LOL

Shots from the next day:

I know there's more that needs to be done, but it may be a moot point because I found some issues that the dealer will have to deal with.

 

[imported_Sludge1]

Love the shot with the chairs in it. Nice job. It is hard work though. Try my minivan sometime. LOL :grinno:

 

[littlemissGTO]

Love the shot with the chairs in it. Nice job. It is hard work though. Try my minivan sometime. LOL :grinno:

I'm waiting for the ex hubby to ask that very question. Thanks for the kind words. Was begining to think I'd done something wrong...LOL

 

[Kewjoe]

Nice work I remember my first experience with my PC... I spent a month reading this site, bought all the essentials, saw how most of these guys do a complete job in like 6 hours and set out to it.... 3 days later i finally finished :grinno:



But you get the hang of it eventually



What issues did you find that the dealer has to fix?

 

[littlemissGTO]

Nice work I remember my first experience with my PC... I spent a month reading this site, bought all the essentials, saw how most of these guys do a complete job in like 6 hours and set out to it.... 3 days later i finally finished :grinno:



But you get the hang of it eventually



What issues did you find that the dealer has to fix?

I hope my next job doesn't take 8+ hours. I promised a friend that I'd detail his car as a wedding present to him and his soon to be wife. They get married on the 29th.



When I opened the hood to do a car show I noticed that the paint is bubbling along a weld. Can't have that. I've been putting off having the trunk lid repainted, because I was so busy doing car shows all summer. Figure I better get this done now before any(more) rust starts to appear. Can you say uggg