Duragloss 501 Short Take.


I was down in Florida visiting family, my father in law let me borrow his 2004 Camry to get from Tampa to Ocala. He is the original owner and last time this car was waxed was in 2007 when I used NXT by hand. This car has not been touched since, and it has been handed down to my wifes brother who has not kept it up and has etched paint down to the metal from bird bombs and baked on bugs…….I had 4 hours to dedicate so I gave it a quick detail. This was a challenge, and since I was doing this to say thanks. First I used Pinnacle Poly Clay to remove all the contamination. Then used DG 501 to clean the paint and remove oxidation, here I was really surprised, how well DG 501 cleaned the paint. I did four passes with the cyan pads, and finished with the tangerine pads with 4 passes also. The LSP on the car was Wolfgang Liquid Seal. I finished the glass with Pinnacle Waterspot remover and and Pinnacle Glass Sealant.

Just look at these pads!!!! This was after washing the car with Megs gold class/dawn, spraying the surface with Megs APC+, and claying!!!




I ran out of 501, so grabbed some DG 105 to finish off the roof of the car. It didnt clean as well, but still did a great job.




Clay after the hood only

Befores


Etched down to the metal


It was starting to rain so I had to wrap up quick, This car really needs to be repainted, but for now this will do for them.


Some after’s. Didn’t take many pic due to the rain but the turnout was a lot better than I expected with limited supplies and time. The car had no reflection to extremely hazy before DG501.

 

Thanks, I really like DG products as well. I just switched to Duragloss from Zaino (since they don't deliver to NJ) and compiled my own conversion matrix between Zaino and Duragloss products. If anyone is interested, I can post it here.

 

Looks very good!! Almost like a new paint job! Lol

 

How would it act on a LC orange pad?

 

Yea that would be great post away

Yea... Not quite... But hey it was free right....
I would think the results would be simliar, as long has you follow up with white pad.

Have you tried the LC HT pads yet. I am amazed at how they finish. On my TL I used the Cyan with M105 and was so amazed with the results when start to LSP.

On my Black TSX I have tried the tangerine HT pad with Pinnacle polish and jump straight to LSP also.

I know you detail for a living Jesstzn, one thing I tried on the Camry was on the Cyan HT pad, along with the DG 501 with couple of drops of Ultimate Compound. This helped clear up alot of swirls and no hazing.
Then I jumped straight to the Wolfgang Liquid seal.

 

thats impressive.

those etchings looked pretty rough. im surprised a DA got them out.

nice work!

 

The rain is hiding most of them. Most parts of the car has to be wet sanded.

 

I definitely think you showed your thanks well!