I have detailed cars for a few years now, lurked on here for awhile, and finally decided to post. Most of the cars I detail are Subaru's. My car is at the very end. I never seem to take many fully before and fully after pictures. I'm in a rush to get started on the car when I arrive; and by the time I'm finished I just want to leave. I think I got some decent ones during the entire process though. My before pictures all look tinted blue because my white balance was set to interior fluorescent light. The interior pictures also may look a bit different because I forgot to take interior pictures altogether! I had the owner send me some pictures after I left and realized my mistake. The owner kept the car very clean and washed it often, but just wanted some refinement that he was not currently capable of doing himself. Exterior Wash - Optimum No Rinse + Meguiars Gold Class P21S Total AutoWash (wheel wells/tires/bugs) Sonax Wheel Cleaner Clay - Griot's Clay ONR for Clay Lube Polish - Menzerna SIP PC7424 DD Uber Green Pad Cleanser - Prima Amigo LSP - Collinite 845 Trim/Tires - 303 Aerospace Protectant Glass - Rain-X Cleaner Engine Washed and degreased using P21S TAW Interior Vacuumed/Dusted Alcantara- Leather Master's Strong Cleaner diluted and put in spray bottle Glass - Stoner's Invisible Glass Vinyl - 303 Aerospace Protectant Before Exterior Wheels Before Sonax at work... Wheels After Engine Before Engine During Wash Engine After Interior Before Interior After The front of the seat looks darker, but I can assure you it's simply the cell camera. Only the driver's seat had a small blemish left behind. Hood Before 50/50s Left Side Polished Right Side Polished Bottom Half Polished Headlight Before Headlight After Close-up Before Close-up After Big Scratch Before Big Scratch After Big Scratch Before Big Scratch After Big Scratch Before Big Scratch After Taillight Before Taillight After After Exterior My car!
Haha those things are always a mess. I got Meg's wheel brightener just for it. What'd you use on the headlight? It looks a lot better vastly improved. My friend's casing looks terrible like that too. M105 on orange couldn't even cut deep enough to make it that clear!
Thanks guys. I used the same SIP and Green pad! Then sealed it with the 845 since polishing probably took away the UV protection, if there was any left. After hearing what you said, I bet your friend's headlight is much much worse.
Sometimes you have to wet sand down the damaged plastic and then compound the plastic back carefully and they turn out crystal clear if you do it right. Dan F
