Vanity Detailing - 2000 Honda Civic EX - (beyond hammered... piledrivered?)

[VanityDetailing]

What's a better word for beyond hammered... piledrivered?









Process:

Wash with Meguiar's NXT Car Wash

Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Aggressive Claybar

Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Mild Claybar

Meguiar's M85 Diamond Cut Compound, Meguiar's W4000 wool polishing pad, Makita 9227C @ 2000rpms

Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, Meguiar's W7000 foam cutting pad, Makita 9227C @ 1500rpms

Meguiar's SwirlX, Meguiar's W8006 foam polishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 6

Meguiar's M7 Show Car Glaze, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 4

Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax 2.0, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 3

Meguiar's Flagship Marine Wax, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 2

Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Wax

Meguiar's Endurance High Gloss Tire Shine Gel

Simple Green (diluted 2:1) to clean wheel wells and engine bay

WD-40 to dress wheel wells and engine bay

Meguiar's NXT Glass Cleaner

Meguiar's Natural Shine Low Gloss Protectant

Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer





Full album is here...





Before pictures...



Note that there's a LOT of swirling, spiderwebbing, scratches, holograms, and paint defects. This is just after washing and claybarring.

And, almost 11 hours of paint correction later...

 

[Apollo_Auto]

Nice, but no full pics?

 

[VanityDetailing]

 

[99blackSE]

Pretty common to see the older ones in that shape, especially with people who aren't extremely meticulous with them, never mind don't realize how soft the paint is. Nice work!

 

[sus195]

"WD-40 to dress wheel wells and engine bay"



what kind of finish would this have? would't this method attract dust and dirt? the WD for water displacement is meant to repel water with a film of oil...

 

[ccking85]

wow what a turn around. Looks great

 

[rwisejr]

Definitely a great save !!!

 

[jswhitley]

looks alot better, but wont the cleaners in nxt 2.0 take the glaze off?

 

[VanityDetailing]

"WD-40 to dress wheel wells and engine bay"



what kind of finish would this have? would't this method attract dust and dirt? the WD for water displacement is meant to repel water with a film of oil...

It's one of those things that I picked up from a guy in his 70's, that had been detailing for decades. It gives the same finish as any of the other high gloss dressings, but doesn't evaporate away 2 days later, and surprisingly doesn't attract dirt/dust.







It's probably not the "Autopia approved" way, but it works, and works well.

 

[VanityDetailing]

looks alot better, but wont the cleaners in nxt 2.0 take the glaze off?

When I got off the phone with Meguiar's Customer Service when I asked them about what I should use for another client's car, the CSR said that NXT 2.0 or Gold Class would be the next recommended step after M7.

 

[VitoB]

Car looks good, however it's almost as if you're trying to hide the sun hitting the paint with half of the car in the shade.



Nothing wrong with showing pics of the paint that are not perfect, sometimes it's not safe to remove too much paint especially on a daily driven car, I just find that your pics are a little odd.



I don't mean any disrespect though, so please don't take it that way.

 

[MarcHarris]

way to bring her back to life - completely ready to sell / drive for 100k more miles!

 

[gdal]

It's one of those things that I picked up from a guy in his 70's, that had been detailing for decades. It gives the same finish as any of the other high gloss dressings, but doesn't evaporate away 2 days later, and surprisingly doesn't attract dirt/dust.







It's probably not the "Autopia approved" way, but it works, and works well.

Outstanding save ...



Glad I'm not the only one that uses WD40 on the wheel wells. I switch between CG's bare bones in the summer and WD40 in the winter time. The snow and salt don't stick to the wells and they are much easier to maintain ...



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[SoCalB6]

Good job! I like to use M85 on really bad finishes like this one too. If you don't mind me asking, why did you skip the lsp?

 

[lasthope05]

In pictures 1,2 and 5 alot marring looks like its from the use a megs aggressive clay because they are all straight lines. What was your purpose of using both types of clay since the aggressive would of picked everything up?

 

[Krees D Qban]

Great save. How does the Ultimate Compound/SwirlX combo work for you? Seem to have gotten good results from them. Are they easy to work with?

 

[VanityDetailing]

In pictures 1,2 and 5 alot marring looks like its from the use a megs aggressive clay because they are all straight lines. What was your purpose of using both types of clay since the aggressive would of picked everything up?

That marring is from whomever buffed it out last time. I use really short strokes with the claybar. I used the aggressive for certain spots, and the mild for the rest.

Great save. How does the Ultimate Compound/SwirlX combo work for you? Seem to have gotten good results from them. Are they easy to work with?

I'm a big fan. Ultimate is what I use after M85, because it fixes anything that's left over, and then I'll use the SwirlX to remove any faint holograms, or the last minor scratches and swirling, if any.

 

[VanityDetailing]

Car looks good, however it's almost as if you're trying to hide the sun hitting the paint with half of the car in the shade.



Nothing wrong with showing pics of the paint that are not perfect, sometimes it's not safe to remove too much paint especially on a daily driven car, I just find that your pics are a little odd.



I don't mean any disrespect though, so please don't take it that way.

I was finished at noon, and the sun was glaring straight down.





I would have taken better pictures later in the day, to get better ones, but I'm still figuring out this camera, and getting the right settings for the direct sunlight photos.