Detailer's Domain: Lexus RX - Paint Revival

This RX was clean on the inside, however the paint needed some work. Believe it or not with the switching of the Uber yellow and green pad with Power Finish we got some great results! The customer was very happy with the results.

What was done -
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 1 Step - Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Einszett Glanz for that metallic flake POP!
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
- Jambs steam cleaned

Interior
- Vac
- Clean Glass
- Leather Cleaned
- Leather Conditioned

Engine
- Cleaned
- Dressed

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
Lusso Oro Premium Carnauba Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Black Wow

Engine
Adam's All Purpose
Adam's In and Out

Interior
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital Conditioner
Sonax Dashboard Cleaner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle

Interior after


Before









Adam's All Purpose on the tires


Wash


Rinse




Engine

Before




APC dwelling


After


50/50 of the B Pillars (Power Finish and Uber Green Pad)



Uber Green Pad after a few passes on the b pillars


After


Polishing
50/50 shots


50/50 shots of the headlights




Mirrors brought back to life




Fenix TK35 used for inpsection after polishing


Here a shot of the front fender


50/50 of the rear pass door (Fenix TK35)


Close up 50/50


After shot of the rear pass door


Polish up the windows


Final touches

Steam cleaning the door jambs after polishing




Before


After with Black Wow


Cleaned up the gas cap area
Before


Steam


After


After












Permission for this write up was given by the owner

Enjoy!

 

looks 100000000x better, is the green pad after polishing the pillar no longer usable?

 

that was absolutely amazing!!!!!!!
If i didnt read the caption saying it is a green pad, i would have thought it was the Black Uber pad used for waxing. What a difference you guys made on this car.

 

Looks great! Wow the uber green pad did an outstanding job with power finish for the one step.

 

you can clean it but I will toss it.

 

Damn, nice work!

 

Wow.... what a difference! Was that paint the Lexus Onyx Black single stage?

 

Amazing job philip!!!

 

If was not single stage.

the green pad turning black was due to the b pillars.

I was very happy with the outcome of this job.

 

Incredible job!

 

Great work Phil I am loving Men 203 I have used it as a one step with lake country orange and white pads depending on paint but I think I am going to switch to some Uber pads after hearing some reviews.

 

Amazing Phil !!!!!!!

 

awesome job. Those 50 50 shots are unbelievable.