Hey everyone! Got a quickie detail here today. This MDX was booked for a one step and full interior detail. It had never really ben detailed, and was only washed a few times in its life. The paint felt pretty rough, so it was going to take a bit of work to get it back to a like-new state. Fortunately you really can’t see too many swirls on this color, so a one step will get it looking next to perfect. First we started with the wheels and tires. The wheels, tires, and wells were cleaned with Blackfire APC mixed 3:1 and agitated with a slew of brushes. The wheels were sealed with Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant, the tires were dressed with Blackfire Tire Gel (Old Version), and the wells were dressed with Chemical Guys Bare bones. Here is what they looked like before: And here is the final result: Next the paint needed a deep cleaning. First it was foamed with a mixture of Blackfire Shampoo and Blackfire APC to try to remove as much loose debris as possible. While the foam dwelled the trim, badges, body seams, and fuel door were agitated to remove all of the dirt and grime build up. After a thorough rinse the vehicle was washed with Blackfire Shampoo and a Griots Garage MF Wash Pad. The paint was now clean, but still felt very rough. To help with this it was sprayed down with Wolfs Decon Gel (Iron remover) which was left to dwell, then agitated, and finally rinsed off. This took care of the embedded iron, but there was still some roughness to the paint. To get it perfect all of the paint was deep cleaned with the Ultima Clay Block with Chemical Guys Luber as lube. Then the vehicle was given a final rinse and dried with compressed air and various towels. It was near impossible to capture swirls, but they were present on the paint. To take care of this that vehicle was polished with Menzerna FG500 on a Cyan pad on the PCXP. This was followed by Blackfire AIO on a tangerine pad to clean the paint further, and add some protection. The final protection steps were Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant topped with Blackfire Midnight Sun Wax. This is known as the Wet Fire over Ice combo, and just looks stunning. Here are a couple close up pics of the flake showing it’s pop, and the lack of swirls left. Here are some random reflection shots after the polishing was completed. And finally, here are some pictures of the vehicle after everything was completed. This was a quick write up, but I still wanted to do it since I was very pleased with the results. This customer’s GT-R is scheduled for next weekend, so stay tuned for that write up! Thanks for looking!
good job man, i saw this on AGO and realized that you were TLC... you really like those blackfire cleaning products eh?
Lots of time and effort with great results. That plastic trim in the front and rear can be a pain, what was used on those areas to dress them up?
Thanks man! TLC is me, I just don't post that here b/c I think it's against the rules. And yes, I'm really loving all of the new/reworked Blackfire products. One of the most complete lines out there IMO. Thank you! Thanks! Thanks Danny! I cleaned the trim with IPA since there was some old wax residue on it. I actually dressed it with Ultima Tire and Trim Guard. It didn't really do much to change the looks, but they are protected now. Thanks Josh! I only have about 8 hours in this, 2 of which were spent vacuuming tons of dog hair out of the cargo area....lol Thank you!
Very clean work my friend. Dog hair,UGH! But getting the GTR will make it worth it! LOL Thanks for sharing those pics Darren
Absolutely beautiful work !! The clarity of the paint in the side shot pics is unreal ! I have done many Acura vehicles and really like their paint -its hard enough to not be fussy and always predictable. Wait till you try Optimum Hyper Polish on them !! Its also very good on Acura paint. Thanks for the excellent work, the write up, and the pics ! Dan F
