Rasky's Auto Detailing: '08 Accord detail

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Rasky's Auto Detailing
2008 Accord, 18K miles, 1-step exterior and complete interior detail.

This car belongs to the same owner of the Honda Element that I had the paint wrinkle issue with. The car was VERY clean and I really only found one minor paint defect which is shown below.

Process was to first wash with Meguiars Gold Class car soap, using a soft wash mitt and the 2 bucket method. I used P21S Wheel gel on the wheels and let it dwell while I washed the exterior. I then agitated them with my EZ brush. Tires were cleaned with Amazing Roll Off and scrubbed with a stiff brush. Wheel wells were cleaned with Meguairs APC+.

Wheel gel dwelling
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The paint was then clayed using Meguiars Clay and Last Touch as lube. The was a fair amount of bonded surface contaminants, though the below pic doesn't look as bad as it did in person

Clay after half the hood
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This was the only visable paint defect
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Interior was given a thorough vacuum and was then purged with air. Carpets and matts were cleaned using the LGM with Folex solution. Vinyl was clean with 1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium Interior Plastic Cleaner. Seats were clean with Meguiars APC. I also gave all the fabric a 3M Scotch Guard treatment.

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Hi
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A gave the exterior a 1-step buff using Meguiars M205 via the Flex DA and a black LC classic foam pad. While there was no visible marring, this process definitely added some gloss....heck even my girl noticed the difference. :D


LSP was Zaino Z2/ZXF (x3) with Z8 wipe down the next morning. Tires were dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing at 3:1. Glass was done with Meguiars D120 glass cleaner. All exterior lamps were polished with M205 and then protected with ZAIO. Wheels were also given a once over with ZAIO


After pics...car is cool green color, but the pics don't reflect it very well IMO.

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Thanks for looking!
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Rasky
 
Can't say I've seen that color but then again if I paid attention to every Accord on the road, I would probably crash.

Great work!!
 
Very warm and reflective, my hat is off to you. The interior looks super.

Thank you!

Nice clarity and glow. THe frog was a nice addition.

LOL. Thanks! She had frogs all over the place and I couldn't resist. :D

fantastic!!! nice gloss to the paint work ...


Thank you!


Can't say I've seen that color but then again if I paid attention to every Accord on the road, I would probably crash.

Great work!!

It's a pretty rare color on that car. It was the first one I've seen as well. ;)

:bigups nice work :bigups

Thanks!
 
Sweet Rasky! I see you use lots of P21s wheel gel. How would it compare to an apc+ for wheel cleaning. I'll have to look it up, but isn't that stuff pretty expensive?
 
Sweet Rasky! I see you use lots of P21s wheel gel. How would it compare to an apc+ for wheel cleaning. I'll have to look it up, but isn't that stuff pretty expensive?

Thanks!


P21S is ridiculously expensive IMO, but it does work very well. I like knowing I can spray it on any wheel and not have to worry about damaging them. The longer you let it dwell the better it works.

I do fell the P21S works much better than the APC+ on the really dirty wheels.
 
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