jmkiang

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Detailed a blue Honda Accord Coupe V6 today. This car doesn't get many washes and sits outside for the majority of the time. Paint was pretty swirly but since the CC was pretty soft, I didn't need a vary aggressive combination. I would say 90% correction was achieved.

Prep:
Dawn wash
Megs mild clay / ONR as lube

Wheels:
Megs GC shampoo
FSU Wheel Cleaner Gel
Megs APC 10:1
BMT Matte Tire Finish
Zaino Z2 / Z5 50/50 mix w/ ZFX

Polish:
Megs M205 / LC orange
Megs M105 / LC white
Straight IPA wipedowns

LSP:
Zaino Z2 / Z5 50/50 mix w/ ZFX
DG AW (wasn't sure about this step but I did a wipe down anyway )

Trim:
Black Wow
303 AP

Total time: 5-6 hours

Now onto the pictures!

Before Pics:


Ewww

Wheels had some serious caked-on brake dust. Looking forward for trying some P21S wheel gel and a EZ Detail Brush mini.








Sick.

Lots of swirls... paint was dull... no wax... pretty beat up.

Progress pics:

Micro-marring after M205 / LC orange combo. Damn soft CC!

The rest of the pictures were taken after a M205 / LC white pass.









After Pics:
I read a thread where someone used Zaino Z2/Z5 mixed instead of using just one. Mixed them up in a ZFX bottle with a 3 drops. I thought the end result was pretty nice.

Sun was going down so I didn't get any good sun shots.





Reflections look nice though!



The metallic flakes looked amazing!


Black Wow'd!


My TL without its bumper

Thanks for looking! C&C welcome.

tigger76

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Awesome job man!

JLTSX07

JMK, what did you charge for this detail?

jmkiang

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Thanks tigger!

I don't want to list any $ amounts but this would be considered my "Ultimate Package".

PortlandRL

Very nice work! Gotta love soft clear.

Richie v6

Very sexy you did a great job. I promise to wash her at least once a month.

Denzil

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Looks great!

TSC17

That's a lot of correction for such a short period of time...nice work.

TLUWHAT

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Great work. You gotta give me some detailing pointers if I ever pass through the Chicagoland area sometimes.

jmkiang

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Thanks. Yeah I was pretty excited to achieve that level of correction. I have never seen micro-marring before and at first, I thought it was my MF towels! Did a quick pass with the LC white / M205 and the sparkle was amazing.
Haha you better! You know what will happen if you don't
Thanks... means a lot coming from you guys! The thing that sucks about mobile detailing is that you have to finish the job then and there. If I had my own garage, I could try to bust out even better work.
Thanks. Sure I don't see why not. You should come to some of the meets that we're having. There area bunch coming up: 6/6, 6/27 and 7/19. Look in the regional subforums for more info.

djbonsu

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looks DOPE as usual Jason! Richie, keep dat baby clean!

jmkiang

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^ Thanks Will. Yeah he better!

jmkiang

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Oops I just noticed a typo:

SweetJazz

Very Nice!

I was unclear whether you used the orange pad with just the M105 or M205. Did you use the M205 with both the orange and white pads?

Typical combo in order of aggressiveness is

1. M205 w/ white pad
2. M205 w/ orange pad
3. M105 w/white pad
4. M105 w/ orange pad

jmkiang

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^

M205 / LC orange followed by M205 / LC white. Didn't feel the need to bust out the M105 / LC white.