Neglected Honda Civic

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Rickrack

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This car was a referral from my brother. He does security at an apartment complex and got me a few detail jobs to do. The car is owned by an older woman who told me that the car has never been waxed except for the "paint sealant" at the touchless carwash. I'm not sure what year it is, but it was in dire need of a good polishing. The paint was starting to oxidize and there were all kinds of scratches, scuffs, sap, fallout, tar, etc. on the paint. It lacked any gloss or shine whatsoever. I made the mistake of giving her a price quote over the phone and definitely cut myself short which really stinks :wall , but oh well. The car came out fairly well considering what I had to work with and I'm sure I'll get a few jobs out of it.



Here is my process:



Washed exterior, cleaned engine compartment



Clayed complete exterior



Buffed complete exterior with SSR2.5 using a wool pad @ 1800rpm



Buffed complete exterior with SSR1 using a foam polishing pad @ 1400rpm



Z5 pro by hand



Dressed tires & wheel wells with Super Blue dressing



Before Pictures:

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Hard to tell how the swirls etc came out because all the after pics are in the dark. The paint looks far glossier though! Let's see a pic of the trunk lid after...that was hideous!
 
Is that left over adhesive on the rear trunk from an torn off emblem? How did you get that stuff off?
 
SilverLexus said:
Someone was obviously using the trunk lid as a shelf. :(
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My guess would be that is where she sets her purse to dig out her keys.



Really massive improvement, Rick. Looks like there are still a few light swirls on the fender but considering the starting point and being somewhat limited on the number of steps due to the price she was paying, it looks way better. :bigups
 
The trunk definitely looks like it has been used for a shelf! It's unbelievable that people are so clueless to think that dragging something across their trunk will scratch it.



I actually have an after picture of the trunk lid which came out pretty good. There were a lot of defects on this car and I did my best to get it looking decent again. Not perfect by any means, but all that matters is that the customer was very happy and already got me two other details to do.



The wool pad I used was Kar Kraft brand.



I did "ZFX" the Z5 pro before applying.
 
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