Weekend Details - v. Scotchbrite Company Car & Beatup Black Altima

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stilez

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Updated with Altima interior shots at bottom of page





Got a reasonably early start this morning and went right to it.



I started with a 1998 Nissan Maxima that I was doing for one of my fraternity brothers. He bought it this week from his mom and it was in slight need of a detail :scared



Yeah, so this is the Scotchbrite Company Car...unofficially. The reason why I believe so is because it looks like she either used the Red or Green Scour pad to wash it. It's not a ceramic dish :nono ...But anyways...





First to the interior... Upholstery and Mats/Rugs were pretty bad as was the doors and dash...So yeah, pretty bad all the way around on this one :) . My final processes were:



-Oxy Mix on upholstery, mats, and rugs - pretreated with APC+ 10:1 in a sprayer

-APC+ on all plastic, vinyl, rubber

-AA to protect all plastic, vinyl, rubber

-Gliptone Glass Cleaner for the glass





Before

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After

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Onto the exterior. Well, there was pretty much no surface gloss due to the swirls or, shall we say scours? Here's what I was dealing with:



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Thanks to Deanski, I had some abrasive stuff to work with, Menzerna Power Gloss and BOY DID I NEED THIS!! Thank you Dino :bow . Anyways, on the horizontal surfaces, I needed about 3 passes with a rotary @ 1900 rpm and a cutting pad to level it all out. Powergloss is the coolest polish ever! Most compounds I would get crazy marring/hazing with those speeds/pad. However, if I went a little slower on my last pass I would have been able to go to a LSP. This stuff breaks down very fine...All haise Menzerna :bow . Here is half fokked, half polished.



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BTW: That pic is gonna be on my Detailing homepage pretty soon. My final processes were:



-QEW

-Wolfgang Clay

-Mezerna PowerGloss via Rotary @ 1900 rpm with LC Cutting Pad (2-3 passes on horizontal surfaces)

-Menzerna Final Polish via Rotary @ 1500 rpm with LC Polishing Pad

-EX-P by hand



-AA in wells and on tires.





Afters

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Too bad it needs a repaint on the front bumper/hubcaps, but the car is mechanically sound. Oh, and I saved the owner from getting a paintjob :D
 
Next up - 2003? Nissan Altima 2.5 SL



Did this for a good friend of my girlfriend's and mine. She dropped it off around noon and my girlfriend went right to it. She did the entire interior with:



-Oxy Mix pretreated with APC+ 10:1 in sprayer

-Woolite:Water 6:1 on leather, plastic, vinyl, rubber

-Lexol Conditioner on leather, plastic, vinyl, rubber

-Gliptone Glass Cleaner on Glass



I will try to get pics of the interior tomorrow (forgot to take pics), but she did a really nice job.



Then she started on the exterior. I was really impressed with her concentration on getting the job done and listening to my tips. As of now, she can do everything I do except use the rotary. She says shes gonna get a PC :D . Here is a pic of Liz taping everything up for me.



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Final processes on the exterior were:



-QEW

-APC+ 10:1 on tires and in wells

-Wolfgang Clay

-Menzerna IP via Rotary and Meguiar's Polishing Pad @ 1500 rpm

-EX by hand



Car came out verrrrry well. The owner was stunned by the results. :)





Before

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After

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Enjoy!
 
Sean, another top notch job, as always :xyxthumbs



It's time I urge my gf to get more involved with detailing. Yeah, she washes,qds, vacuums the interior and Lexols the leather ( and religiously covers her car :D)but she really ought to be at the same level as Liz by now ;) :D
 
Damn dude that pic of the hood(half done) is insane :eek: . You definately should have that on your site, if thats not convincing enough, i don't know what is. Thats really cool that your gf is into detailing to. She did a great job on that Altima. Nice work from the detailing couple. ;)
 
Yet again...I am in awe!!! How the hell did you get that interior so clean??? Besides the Oxy Mix, what kind if brush and procedure did you use to get the fabric seats so clean??? Oh yeah...what is your mixture ratio of the Oxy Mix.
 
holy **** that altima looks incredible after u completed it, and damn that interior looks better than mine, and u know how new my car is... :shocked



the new altima looks good also, but u can really see the transformation with the older altima...
 
Outstanding work!:bow The photo of the half polished hood is one of the best comparison phtos I've seen. I am always blown away from your work, especially your interiors.:up
 
Bill: Thanks! At first Liz wasn't really into it. However, since I've become busier, she chooses to help over not seeing me as much. She has really taken a liking to it and since she has OCD, she's good at it :D



Johnny: Thanks. I really enjoy that hood pic too. That was Power Gloss x 3. I can't believe it needed that much attention. Liz appreciates your kind words as well :)



BRUHA: Thanks. I brushed it in with a medium hardness nylon brush (cleaning aisle in Wal-Mart). I brush it in front to back, side to side, let sit for about 10 mins, then extract with my Shop Vac. My ratio is 2 scoops Oxy: 2 gals warm/hot water.



Navindra: Thanks man. I spent a lot of time on both the interior and exterior...more than usual. I knew this car would be great for pics/more business, so it didn't bother me too much to spend 7 hours on it.



Oh and it's a Maxima BTW :lol







Thank you everybody else for your compliments :bounce
 
GSRstilez said:
Bill: Thanks! At first Liz wasn't really into it. However, since I've become busier, she chooses to help over not seeing me as much. She has really taken a liking to it and since she has OCD, she's good at it :D
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:D :up :xyxthumbs
 
Excellent work as always, Sean. I really like that half/half hood shot, it really shows how well you polish paint!



It is nice that your girlfriend is involved. Most women seem to not care at all what a car looks like.
 
As promised, interior shots of the Altima Liz and I detailed. She did the entire interior, so this is all her work 1 day after detailing.



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Enjoy!
 
Sean



Glad you like the Powergloss! Happier you found a finish you could use it on!!!



The half-hood shot really shows the ability of Powergloss!



That quart of Final Polish should last you for sometime now, but if you get low on the PG, let me know. I need to give you the Menzerna glaze too.



Now you see why I use Menzerna!!



FYI, the PO85RD is close to FP but gives higher gloss. On a scale 1 to 5, it's a 1.5 in cut level and 5.0 in gloss.



FP is cut level 1.5 and 4.0 gloss.



The PO106 is cut level of 2.5 and gloss of 5.0.



Powergloss is 5.0 in cut and 1.5 gloss and removes 1,000 grit sanding marks.



The PO106 will remove 2,500 grit marks and PO5RD wll remove 3.000 grit marks.



Once again, nice work as always!:xyxthumbs



Let me know how you like the PO106 and PO85RD.



Regards,

Deanski
 
that is so cool that your girlfriend comes to help you out. :cool:



great jobs! and your girlfriend did a nice job on the interior too. well, she does have a great teacher. ;)
 
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