This customer came to me wanting her daughter's car detailed and some left over tint and adhesive removed from the rear window. This car was scheduled for just a wash and wax with interior, but I ended up doing a quick one step on it too to knock off most of the oxidation and bring back some shine. I will say up front that in the sun this vehicle is still full of swirls, but for the time invested I am very happy with the amount of oxidation removed and shine restored. Products Used Pre-foamed exterior with Autowerkes Exclusive APC and Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo Washed via 2bm with Griots Car Soap Clayed with Detail Image medium claybar with CG Luber for lube Rewashed and dried with compressed air Buffed with Meguiars Ultimate Compound with orange pad on PC Glass Cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner Prima Banana Gloss used as LSP Final wipe-down with FK425 Wheels and tires cleaned with Autoglym Custom Wheel Cleaner Wheel wells cleaned with Autowerkes Exclusive APC 3:1 Wheels protected with Collinite 845 Tires dressed with Meguiars Endurance Tire Shine Wheel Wells dressed with CG Bare Bones Interior cleaned with Autoglym Interior Shampoo Interior Dressed with DP Interior Protectant Carpet Vacuumed then extracted with Autowerkes Exclusive APC 5:1 Exterior befores. Thick coat of film on the exterior and even after it was washed and clay there was tons of oxidation on the paint making it look almost flat. Exterior afters. There was a fair amount of clearcoat failure, but overall the car looks very good for it's age and considering I doubt it has ever been wax let alone detailed before. Adhesive left on all windows, and big pieces of tint and adhesive left on rear window. Before Rear window after After cleaning and inspecting the car the customer and myself came to the conclusion that the headlights should be restored. They were buffed with M105 on wool, M105 on orange foam, and then M205 on white foam. Finally the lights were sealed with Opti-coat to prevent any fogging in the future. Headlights before Headlights After The interior was in pretty rough shape. Lots of scuffs and scratches that could not be fixed. Also lots of very old set in stains that could not be removed competly. Overall a huge improvement was made. Interior befores Interior afters Thanks for looking!!
ive been playing around with Megs Endurance tire shine, I am pretty happy with it thus far. tad bit more glossy then CG VRT, and Prima, but its very nice when buffed down on big tires.
Thanks! I haven't detailed any of my vehicles yet this year either. Been too busy with jobs like this! My wife LOVES shiny tires. So I see the Endurance as a good compromise. I can leave it as is on her tires for the super shiny look, or buff it down like you said for a little bit more muted look. Thanks! Haha, thanks. Her daughter just graduated I think. Thank you very much! Thanks Sal! I agree the color looks so different without all the oxidation on it!
