First Proper Detail
08-05-2011, 12:42 AM
#1
Evil Mazda Driver
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First Proper Detail
This is my car and when I bought it in September, neither of the two dealers had really done much with it and I honestly believe they might have never washed it but no matter. I was happy they didn't let some buffer jockey loose on it and I was able to clay and protect just in time for the winter. With summer FINALLY arriving here in the NW, I decided to spiff it up just a bit since there was bound to be some wash-induced marring and there were a few spots I needed to polish out superficial surface scratches. The car was in excellent condition overall with literally no swirling since it has been cleaned using the two-bucket method and MF towels and mitts since brand new and has never seen an automatic car wash. With the plan in place, I buckled up and went to town.
Note: This was done in late June and I just got around to putting it up now. Your forgiveness is appreciated.
Process
Wash with Dawn to strip off two coats of BFWD and 845. This was met with only marginal success, much to my chagrin.
Clay with Griot's clay and Speed Shine as lubricant
Polished using random orbital
Lake Country 6" white pad with Menzerna Super Finish
IPA wipedown
One coat of Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant allowed to cure for one hour. A coat of Collinite 845 wax will follow within the next week or so.
Black plastic dressed and protected with 303 Aerospace Protectant
Tires dressed with Griot's Tire Dressing
Here is the result.
Major thanks go to Nike security for letting me onto the World Campus to snap these photos. Sadly the camera refused to cooperate and out of the ten photos I shot, these two were the only decent ones.
And the obligatory sun shot. Sorry it's not very good; this particular camera hates having vague subjects to focus on.
Note: This was done in late June and I just got around to putting it up now. Your forgiveness is appreciated.
Process
Wash with Dawn to strip off two coats of BFWD and 845. This was met with only marginal success, much to my chagrin.
Clay with Griot's clay and Speed Shine as lubricant
Polished using random orbital
Lake Country 6" white pad with Menzerna Super Finish
IPA wipedown
One coat of Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant allowed to cure for one hour. A coat of Collinite 845 wax will follow within the next week or so.
Black plastic dressed and protected with 303 Aerospace Protectant
Tires dressed with Griot's Tire Dressing
Here is the result.
Major thanks go to Nike security for letting me onto the World Campus to snap these photos. Sadly the camera refused to cooperate and out of the ten photos I shot, these two were the only decent ones.
And the obligatory sun shot. Sorry it's not very good; this particular camera hates having vague subjects to focus on.
Last edited by PortlandRL; 08-05-2011 at 12:45 AM.
08-05-2011, 11:34 PM
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WOW you did a good job....
she came out looking like new....do you have some before pix to compare ?
she came out looking like new....do you have some before pix to compare ?
08-06-2011, 11:43 AM
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Those pics are clearly photoshopped. There is no sun in Oregon 
Looks great!
Looks great!
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