1996 Chevy Suburban. Customer bought it for use down at his ranch in west Texas during hunting season. I waxed it last fall and even though it had a lot of halo and rotary swirls, he said to hold off until after hunting season was over and I could get the swirls and the soon to be aquired west Texas racing stripes (scratches from Mesquite trees) off all at the same time.
I had the Suburban to detail, along with his son's Accord and he wanted the Cayenne washed, polished and waxed (which he has me do 5-6 times a year!) so I am glad my son came out of detailing retirement to help me today. Still took us from 9:30 am to a little after 6 pm (with a 30 minute lunch) to finish all three.
The passenger side was really scratched up but I was able to get all but the worst two scratches out and the two baddies aren't nearly as visible. The lighting in his garage is great but I couldn't get direct enough lighting on the sides for good before and afters. I was able to with the hood though. I ended up using a 50/50 mix of the old Optimum Compound and Hyper Compound. I had about half a bottle of each left and my understanding is the new version of Optimum Compound is about as aggressive as the old version of Hyper Compound. This way, I can use up older product and get nearly the cut of the new product and not have to let anything sit.
I used the blend along with green Cyclo polishing pads. I tried out the Cyclo orange cutting pads too but I really didn't see any difference.
Here I have polished the right side of the hood using OC/OHC and green Cyclo pads. The left side is untouched and you can see how hazy, swirled, etc it looks:
This is after also polishing the right side with the above combo and then going over both sides with Optimum Poli-Seal using a white LC polishing pad via PC. The middle of the hood didn't come out perfect but the haziness is gone along with the majority of swirls and defects. Very noticable improvement in depth too. Came better than I expected, to be honest. It was really hammered. :nervous2:
I waxed with my 80/20 blend of Meguiars #16 and FK's Pink Wax. As you can see, it was near sunset when we finished!
No interior shots, it really wasn't bad to start with, mostly just dusty.
I had the Suburban to detail, along with his son's Accord and he wanted the Cayenne washed, polished and waxed (which he has me do 5-6 times a year!) so I am glad my son came out of detailing retirement to help me today. Still took us from 9:30 am to a little after 6 pm (with a 30 minute lunch) to finish all three.
The passenger side was really scratched up but I was able to get all but the worst two scratches out and the two baddies aren't nearly as visible. The lighting in his garage is great but I couldn't get direct enough lighting on the sides for good before and afters. I was able to with the hood though. I ended up using a 50/50 mix of the old Optimum Compound and Hyper Compound. I had about half a bottle of each left and my understanding is the new version of Optimum Compound is about as aggressive as the old version of Hyper Compound. This way, I can use up older product and get nearly the cut of the new product and not have to let anything sit.
I used the blend along with green Cyclo polishing pads. I tried out the Cyclo orange cutting pads too but I really didn't see any difference.
Here I have polished the right side of the hood using OC/OHC and green Cyclo pads. The left side is untouched and you can see how hazy, swirled, etc it looks:
This is after also polishing the right side with the above combo and then going over both sides with Optimum Poli-Seal using a white LC polishing pad via PC. The middle of the hood didn't come out perfect but the haziness is gone along with the majority of swirls and defects. Very noticable improvement in depth too. Came better than I expected, to be honest. It was really hammered. :nervous2:
I waxed with my 80/20 blend of Meguiars #16 and FK's Pink Wax. As you can see, it was near sunset when we finished!
No interior shots, it really wasn't bad to start with, mostly just dusty.
Photoshop to the rescue 
