Greetings all. The following thread is based on a 2 step correction that I performed for my mother as a birthday present. The goal for this one was 80% correction as it's had a little bit of paintwork from a deer hitting it and some etching that will need to be corrected by wet sanding, which I wasn't prepared to do. I apologize for the lack of after pictures, due to the fact that I had to drive home from work (150 mile trip) to finish up the car so that it could be picked up the next day and very little sunlight was present. I will get the car cleaned up and update with more pictures. One other note, my PC XP broke as I was finishing the last quarter panel so I was unable to jewel the paint. Wash Car was rinsed, then treated to a Meg's APC+ @ 4:1 pre-soak, followed by a wash down with 3oz APC+, 3oz. Meg's Shampoo+ to 4.5 gallons of water. Tires/Wheels/Wheel Wells These were cleaned with APC+ @ 4:1, various brushes Tires dressed with DP Tire Gel (New Formula), wheel wells dressed with Meg's aerosol dressing, plastic pieces treated with 303 Aerospace Protectant Clay Car was clayed with Meg's OTC clay and QD (Not Ultimate Quick Detailer but the original). Typically I use Mother's clay kit but wanted to use up what I had on hand. Engine Engine cleaned with Zep Citrus, dressed with CD-2 Paint Paint was corrected using PC XP Meg's M105/M205 Lake Country 5.5" Cyan & Tangerine Hydro Tech Pads Lake Country 4" Cyan & Tangerine Hydro Tech Pads 91% IPA diluted 1:1 3M blue & green tape Trim Trim was dressed with Poorboy's Trim Restorer LSP Car was sealed with DP Poli-Coat followed with a Duragloss Aqua Wax wipedown Towels Various towels were used Car on arrival Interesting imprint from the body shop Rock chip, I plan to have this fixed She said this was concrete but I was able to chip it off with my fingernail Cleaned the hood, keep in mind this has been in the body shop During the clay process I ran across this section and it kind of puzzled me This was a test spot that I performed a long time ago to show what the car was capable of, used orange ccs pad and M105 only Now for my first test spot, M105 + Cyan Hydro Tech pad taken with iPhone Same spot taken with Canon point and shoot In the sun Roof before Afters Remember me talking about the etching? If you look just to the right of the garage door rail you will see the etching Mirror before Mirror After Hood before Hood After Door handles before (They all looked like this) Door handles after M105/M205 using microfiber pads and towels Now onto some miscellaneous pictures License plate area After M205 on door, taken with iPhone and turned out as the best picture! And a couple final shots Well that completes this thread for now. Again, sorry for the lack of final photos. I plan to get the car cleaned up and shoot some pictures in the sun. Sadly I couldn't be there for delivery, I work 150 miles away from home. My wife called when my mother arrived and I could hear her in the background, it was funny but pleasing! Thanks for looking. Richard
I don't know. That's not even the side that was hit by the deer. Truly weird! Thank you! Means a lot coming from you! I originally planned to finish with 85RD then seal with Power Lock but my PC broke so no 85RD and my Power Lock was a no show. Then the "contest" was going on so I grabbed DP Poli-Coat. As soon as my PC XP is up and running I plan to hit it with 85RD and Power Lock.
Thank you both for the kind words! The car has been around the block and back. I think my mom said it has like 100,000+ miles on it. I didn't pay attention when moving it. I will be going to her house this weekend (hopefully) to do the interior and some exterior touch ups. We are supposed to have nice weather so sun shots are a must!
