I've been a long time lurker on this board and I'm finally posting my first writeup I recently detailed my brother in law's Acura TSX as a favor to him. The car isn't too old however it's never been detailed and he regularly takes it through automatic car washes (big No-NO!). The car was covered in tons and tons of swirls, RID's, water etching, etc.. Aim was to get ~85-90% correction as I was doing this as a favor (Free!) and I didn't have too much time to work on the car (All work was done after work hehe ). I also recently picked up some new products from Detail Addict (Detail Addict Auto Detailing Products and Services) and was working with their line for the first time. These products are very easy to use and provide excellent results! Products Used: Detail Addict Car Soap Detail Addict Clay Detail Addict Engine/Wheel Cleaner Detail Addict G-1000 Polish Detail Addict G-1500 Polish Detail Addict G-2500 Polish Detail Addict G-3500 Polish Detail Addict Sealant Wax Detail Addict Rub & Shine (Trim/Tires) Flex 3401 Porter Cable 7224 Various Pads Tons of Microfiber towels All laid out I love how the products are clearly labeled. Also the product names make it easy to identify which product does what, no guess work! Before Pictures Entire car Front fender with lots of swirls and etching Lot's of swirls on the trunk Etching on mirror Engine wasn't too bad but there was a lot of dust everywhere and in need of treatment to the various panels/trim My car in the back, jealous it isn't getting the same treatment hehe It's next though! Washing/Clay Two bucket wash w/ grit guard The Detail Addict Car Soap works great! Lot's of suds and makes washing a breeze. I clayed immediately after the wash. The car felt rough but I was shocked at how contaminated the paint was Here's after doing just half of the hood! Another very easy to use product that provided great results. Inspecting before correction Again, tons of swirls and some minor holograms Tons of etch marks and swirls on the door! Hood isn't any better Correction I first started with a test panel, used the rear quarter panel. The majority of the car looked like this, mainly lot's of swirls! With my aim at ~85-90% correction I eventually settled on G-1500 by Green Polishing Pad, G-2500 by Green Polishing Pad, G-3500 by Blue light Polishing Pad. This process removed all swirls and also light RID's The above combo worked great on the entire car. There were some areas that required slightly heavier correction but I was very impressed with these results considering how few steps it took. Here is a 50/50 of this combo I would say a night and day difference hehe These products really work! The rear quarter panel on the passenger side had some deep RID's. I had previously hit this panel with G-1500 & G-2500 which worked great to remove the swirls but the deeper RID's were still present as seen here I really wanted to test the full line of Detail Addict products and so I spent more time on this panel and went for more correction. I went with the more aggressive G-1000 polish and a Surbuf Cutting pad. Here's the results after one pass, deeper RID's removed but some marring and hazing left. I followed with G-1500 and G-2500 and the results are stunning! Deeper RID's are removed and the finish has an awesome shine Same panel under halogens Perfect! Just goes to show how versatile this product line is and what you can accomplish with a bit more time I finished out the rest of the car and then moved on to the LSP. Detail Addict offers a variety of LSP's and I opted for the Sealant Wax for this car. The sealant wax offers long lasting protection and still has an amazing shine. I applied the sealant with the porter cable and let sit for a few hours Engine was sprayed with the Detail Addict Engine/Wheel Cleaner and agitated with a brush. After I rinsed and then treated the engine with Detail Addict Rub & Shine. This product was very easy to use and provided awesome results After shots All done! Was a bit overcast when I first finished, you can see how deep/wet the paint looks though Luckily the sun came out the next day and I snagged a couple shots. No more swirls! Nice and shiny! He will definiately be happy when he picks up the car I'm going to tell him his first stop needs to be Detail Addict to pick up some washing supplies hehe No more automatic car washes for this car!
