Really tough E320, Accord, Suburban, more of the GTI

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Scottwax

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Here are a few more pics of the 2002 VW GTI. To refresh, I used Optimum Polish using green Cyclo lite cut pads on the hood, Werkstatt's Prime using white Cyclo finishing pads, Acrylic Jett by hand.



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1996 Chevy Suburban. Really could use some polishing but the owner just wanted a wax since it is headed down to his ranch for hunting season. I'll see it again after hunting season is over...probably with a few extra scratches!



I had a 1/4 full tin of Meguiars #16 and a couple ounces of FK1's Pink Wax in another tin and melted them together to make #16 Purple Wax. Probably a 70/30 ratio or so. Anyway, I thought I'd try it on this Suburban.



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Compared to #16, this combo has a somewhat wetter look and darkens the color more. Both my son and I could see the difference when I used them side by side on the rear door.



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2006 Honda Accord. Regular customer, I see this one about once a month. Gave it an Optimum No Rinse wash and sealed with a 50/50 mix of Optimum Car Wax and Werkstatt's Carnauba Jett.



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1997 Mercedes E320. This one was a real workout. It had been about 15 months (according to the owner) when it was last sealed with Zaino and he had never polished the car in the nearly 10 years he has owned it.



The whole car was like this, and even worse in some areas. Honestly, this picture does not do justice to how bad the swirls were but it has the best sun angle for pics. I worked on this fender for 3 steps to give you an idea on the progress, then went over the whole car using the same process.



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This is after using Clearkote Compound and orange Cyclo cutting pads-



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I again used Clearkote Compound and the green Propel lite cut Cyclo pads-



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I followed with a 70/30 mix of Menzerna 106FF and Clearkote's Red Machine Glaze and the green Propel lite cut Cyclo pads, you can see how much darker and deeper it made the paint.



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I did go over the car a second time with 106/RMG but by then, the only sun was in the owner's front yard and I don't think he wanted me to move his car there. Anyway, I got about 90% or so of the swirls, scratches, scuffs, etc. out of the paint. Some of the defects are deep enough I am not sure if wetsanding and a rotary would be enough. Still, it as a huge improvement.



While I was working on the outside, my son detailed the interior using Woolite/water and dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus. Honestly, the interior wasn't even very bad at all so I was suprised to see a noticable improvement when my son finished.



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good work scott! may I ask what steps did you use when you applied Poorboy's EX w/carnauba on the benz? did you put ex on the whole car and waited than some carnabua, looks amazing
 
the0ne said:
good work scott! may I ask what steps did you use when you applied Poorboy's EX w/carnauba on the benz? did you put ex on the whole car and waited than some carnabua, looks amazing
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EX w/carnauba is a carnauba/sealant blend. Just one product.
 
Really good to see some honest sun shots Scott, I think as pro detailers we all know there is a limit to what can be done in a given amount of time, but still a lot of folk seem to feel the pressure to claim full correction and present non sun shots as evidence. It is nice to see the truth for a change (which is a high level of correction, but not 100%) so big respect from me. :)
 
mr.ikon said:
Very clean benz. For that model, would you say that the clearcoat is as hard as audi or vw?
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Not sure the paint was as hard as an Audi or VW but more that the defects were just so deep. I was getting some hazing with the orange pad/CC combo.



WX51 TXR-thanks! For the very reason you mentioned, I don't do a large amount of before and afters because it can be hard while doing this as a business to ensure the angle of the light stays the same. I usually don't have the time to spend doing all the steps in one area like I did with this one.



I knew going in this one probably wouldn't be a 100% correction job but a 10 year old car that has never been polished tends to be like that. ;)



Anthony-honestly, I think he just didn't know what to do beyond keeping it waxed.
 
Great work!



I'm curious how the Acrylic Jacket (Presume Menzerna?) compares with KSG ?



footnote: it's a darn shame that light colored cars just sheen instead of shine - price to be paid for looking cleaner, longer I guess!
 
abbeysdad said:
Great work!



I'm curious how the Acrylic Jacket (Presume Menzerna?) compares with KSG ?



footnote: it's a darn shame that light colored cars just sheen instead of shine - price to be paid for looking cleaner, longer I guess!
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Acrylic Jett, actually. Sold in the US under the Jeff's Werkstatt brand, it is actually Carlack 68's nano-acrylic sealant-basically SG on steriods.



Greg-I've used a mild Hi-Temp product I got a while back from Anthony Orosco to try but I haven't used EC before. I do hear good things about it, and the new version of OHC.
 
Scottwax said:
Acrylic Jett, actually. Sold in the US under the Jeff's Werkstatt brand, it is actually Carlack 68's nano-acrylic sealant-basically SG on steriods.



Greg-I've used a mild Hi-Temp product I got a while back from Anthony Orosco to try but I haven't used EC before. I do hear good things about it, and the new version of OHC.
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Great job bringing that Benz back to life!! I love the richness of the paint on the suburban..flawless! Oh, and another thing...for all those haters that think you over-expose your pics....have them take a look at the beater-cars in the background of some of your pics. There is no camera that can make those random background cars look good. It just goes to show your superior work once again. :2thumbs:
 
Awesome work! On the silver Accord, did you use OCW first and followed it with Werkstatt's Carnauba Jett? I figured you are limited on time and applied one right after the other. Cause, I had issues when I followed with OCW on top of some other LSPs.
 
hifiveo said:
Awesome work! On the silver Accord, did you use OCW first and followed it with Werkstatt's Carnauba Jett? I figured you are limited on time and applied one right after the other. Cause, I had issues when I followed with OCW on top of some other LSPs.
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I just mixed them 50/50 in a spray bottle and applied that way.
 
Great job on all the cars you have done and I especially like the E320, the paint work looks wonderful after your restoration work :2thumbs: . Btw your #16 Purple Wax is making my hands itchy already, feel like mixing a tin to try it out as well :p .
 
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