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Joshua 24:15
Ok guys, last Saturday, went to my buddy's house to wash and detail his 97 Cobra Vert. It had been sitting since May 10' awaiting a new tranny. he finally got one and his car needed a detailing BAD! His paint literally felt like fine grit sand paper. If you rubbed your finger across the paint, it sounded like it too.
I ran into a few problems that I could not do some of the things I would have liked to do, so before you say anything, let me explain. This guy lives on a dirt road, so I did NOT shine the wheels. It would have looked like crap with one drive over the road. Secondly, the carpet. I didnt have anything in my arsenal of products to tackle his carpet, its was pretty bad. other than that, the car turned out great! The paint is NICE and smooth! I had to throw my clay bar away after getting done with this car!
My Process:
After we did the whole exterior I wiped down all the exterior plastic with Meguiar's Natural Shine interior shine.
Then we tackled the interior which consisted of
we finished everything by cleaning the glass with Invisible glass cleaner and giving the car a final wipedown with a soft Microfiber Towel.
Sorry no before pics
These pics were taken the evening of:
The next day in sunlight:
I was not really prepared in the taking pics department. My camera is at home, I have better pics on it ill get up. The ones with the date are his pics.
I ran into a few problems that I could not do some of the things I would have liked to do, so before you say anything, let me explain. This guy lives on a dirt road, so I did NOT shine the wheels. It would have looked like crap with one drive over the road. Secondly, the carpet. I didnt have anything in my arsenal of products to tackle his carpet, its was pretty bad. other than that, the car turned out great! The paint is NICE and smooth! I had to throw my clay bar away after getting done with this car!
My Process:
- Rinsed the car extremely well
- hand washed twice (changed out water in bucket)
- rinsed again really well
- pulled into basement (it started to rain)
- dried really well with microfiber towels.
- Claybarred with Meguiar's Clay Bar kit (you wouldnt believe the stuf that came off of his paint)
Next we used the Meguiar's 3-Step Deep Crystal System to prepare paint.
- used Meguiar's Paint Cleaner on every pody Panel using Microfiber applicator
- Used Meguiar's Paint Polish on every body panle using Microfiber applicator
- Used Meguiar's Cleaner Carnauba Wax
- Used Meguiar's NXT 2.0 Liquid Wax
(To clarify, we handed every panel of the car at a time. We started on hood and used all the above products, thenmoved to the next panel)
After we did the whole exterior I wiped down all the exterior plastic with Meguiar's Natural Shine interior shine.
Then we tackled the interior which consisted of
- wiping all interior panels down with degreaser cleaner
- vacuuming with shopvac
- shining with Meguiar's Natural Shine interior shine
we finished everything by cleaning the glass with Invisible glass cleaner and giving the car a final wipedown with a soft Microfiber Towel.
Sorry no before pics
These pics were taken the evening of:
The next day in sunlight:
I was not really prepared in the taking pics department. My camera is at home, I have better pics on it ill get up. The ones with the date are his pics.
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