This Buick Lucerne was a detail for a friend of a friend. I knew the paint was way contaminated, and wanted to try out the Valugard Decon Kit on it. I knew the paint was rough to the touch with all that was imbedded in it, but I didn't expect what I saw when it was delivered to me. This vehicle had tons of bird excriment on it, some light sap, and a little road tar as well. The car received a decon and sealant and to clean the interior. No paint correction was done on this vehicle. That should hopefully be done in the spring. This was the 1st time using the Valugard Decon Kit (parts A & B) and Autoglym products. The products/process were as follows: Wash: Valugard Part A mixed with distilled water and applied with a sheepskin mitt. Valugard Part B applied with a MF applicator. Washed with Autoglym Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo and a Uber Sponge. Thoroughly rinsed after each step. No need for clay as this made the paint very clean and LSP ready. Dried with Tropi-Care drying towel Exterior Glass cleaned with SPrayway GC Engine: Rinsed Sprayed down with CG Grime Reaper (4:1) Agitated with various brushes Excess water blown out with Shop-Vac Dressed with 1Z Vinyl & Rubber Protectant Wheels/Wells/Tires: Rinsed Tires & Wells sprayed down with CG Grime Reaper Wheels sprayed down with Meguiar's Wheel Brightener (4:1) All scrubbed with various brushes Wells treated with Meguiar's Hyper-Dressing (4:1) Tires dressed with Autoglym Tyre Shine Wheels sealed with Car-Lack 68 Life Long Sealant Interior: Thorough vacuum of all surfaces with Shop-Vac Dust brush for vents/nooks/crannies Leather cleaned/treated with 1Z Leather Care Plastics/Vinyl cleaned with Autoglym Interior Shampoo and Hi-Tech Cleaning Pad (where needed) Doorjambs wiped down with Meguiar's APC (10:1) All rubber seals treated with 1Z Rubber Care Stick Interior Glass cleaned with Adam's glass cleaner LSP: Werkstat Acrylic Jett Trigger Interior Pics Before Interior Afters Exterior Befores (be preparred for some :gross: stuff) And now for the exterior afters (be preparred for ) Overall I was very happy with the results. It was the first time using the decon kit, and I can happily say I was very impressed. I will defenitely keep this in my supplies for sure. I was also pleased with the Autoglym products as well, especially the soap. Thanks for taking the time to view this, and hope you enjoyed it. -Roger.
Nice work Roger ... did you have a chance of taking paint readings? I have a royal blue that I'm supposed to detail in a few weeks. I wondering if the paint is the typical GM hardness. I might hit it with 85RD so I can practice with the rotary.
