Deep Gloss Auto Salon: Cadillac CTS-V in Infra-Red

Deep Gloss Auto Salon
Cadillac CTS-V in Infrared

This is what greeted me on my arrival ​

Exterior Cleanse:​

Pressure Wash
Surf City Grime Destroyer
Foamed with Meguiars Gold Class / Surf City Pacific Blue Mixture
Two bucket wash with Surf City Pacific Blue
Surf City Beyond Steel via foaming sprayer
5 Gal bucket with water and Meg’s gold class for tires and to dip wheel brushes in
Riccardo Clay
Optimum No Rinse Clay Lube
Surf City Clearly Better Glass Cleaner

Surf City Grime Destroyer being applied and working it’s magic ​

Lovely Foam:​

2 Bucket Wash

Rims before; in process and after​

Interior (no before pictures)​

Interior Vacuum
Trim treated with Surf City Dash Away​

Klima Cleaner​

Tips cleaner with Blue Magic cream (before; during and after)​

Chrome Trim:​

Badge and Chrome trim treated with Duragloss 501​

After stripping the paint the true condition of the paint was more visible. Obviously the swirls were apparent prior to stripping the paint but it became obvious that the previous detailer used fillers as much more inclusions came to the surface.

Swirls; marring; holograms, scratches - this paint work had it all!​

Paint Correction Tools:​

Flex
Makita
Lake Country CCS Green/White/Blue Pads in 4”/5”/6.5”
3M Wool
Schlegel 3” wool pad
3M UK backing plate

Paint Correction Products:
Menzerna Power Gloss
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna 85rd
Prep Sol wipe down to ensure true defect removal

In Process 50/50’s and before and afters:​

Before:​

After​

Before​

After​

Before:​

After:​

This vehicle had pigment in the clear coat as is displayed by the color transfer on my wool pad​

Towels:
Excel Detail waffle weave drying towel (blue)
Eshine Dehydrator
Eshine Glass Thief
Detailers Domain Uber micro fiber towel

Exterior Protection/Dressing:
All trim protected with 303 Aerospace Protectant
Tires Dressed with Surf City Tire Pro
Wheel wells dressed with Adams Undercarriage spray
Rims sprayed with Duragloss Aqua Wax

LSP:
Dodo Juice Supernatural
Z8 Wipedown


Final Product (after) Glamour Shots:
*it was raining for the last few hours of this job.. It really pained me to only be able to take indoor afters.. I really wanted to see the lovely Supernatural glow in full sunlight!.. oh well, on with the show* ​

 

Great job Jason, I am a big fan of these cars.

 

Fantastic detail car & system. Was that an 18" sub in the trunk?

 

nice job

 

Jason..great job there!! I've always wondered about the lower grille on those..was washing it sufficient or did you need to polish/clean it somehow. I always wondered how I'd do the grille. Your pics are very well done as well.icture:

 

Thanks Rocket... I love this car and a MANUAL.. YUMM!!.. The LS2 is a monster.. The exhaust was SOO nice sounding...

Thanks man!

I believe it is a JL 13 W7.. gotta love JL!.. he also has custome speaker pods in the A piller made by Morell

Thanks!

My cross river brother... Thanks man!

All of the chrome saw duragloss 501.. I love this stuff!!

I just wish I had the brain to remember to only hold the camera either on the left or right side instead of going back and forth... looking at the pictures makes me dizzy....lol

 

Awesome job Jason, the CTS V is a sweet car and you made it look every bit of great

 

Very nicely done Jason. I bet the owner was amazed.

 

Well done vehicle looks great and I enjoyed the pictures and the process, :applause: well done.

 

Thanks Sal.... Yes, the CTS-V is quite the machine.. and it was a manual.. that right there increases the status of the owner in my book!!

Thanks Dan! The owner was happy.. I was just glad I called him out to inspect while the sun was out!!

Thanks Nica.. I am glad you enjoyed the ride!:thumb:

 

Man, amazing job!

 

Amazing job Jason...

 

That looks fantastic!!!

 

very nice work!

 

Damn how did I miss this one. Great job as usual Jason. Car looks great and i bet it looked even better in the sun. By the way the poor Accord is just taking a beating during your details lately. Its going to need some TLC from Detroit's best detailer before long!

 

Wow that is some incredible work! If i may ask a couple of questions....

What kind of sprayer is the SC Grime destroyer coming out of?

Did you apply the 501 by hand to the chrome trim, reason i ask is because i will be detailing my ride this weekend and was going to try 501 on my chrome bumpers and couldnt decide between machine/by hand...once again great job im sure you have that customer for life now!

 

I've done it both ways with success. If the areas are really tight I usually do by hand but otherwise I apply by machine.

 

Thanks Phil!!

Thanks Pat!

Piet.. Thanks Bro

Thank you Phil

Thanks JL..

YOU HAVE NO IDEA.. I am on vacation and was up north at the Ausable RIver since Sunday, I rented a cabin and there are no paved roads where my cabin was.. the accord is COVERED in mud inside and out,.. it hates me right now.. my son even said "I bet the 1st thing you are going to do when we get home is give your car the royal treatment".. ha ha, he knows me pretty well.

It's killing me right now having it this dirty but we are at a hotel right now staying the night and wont be done with our vacation until Sunday.. next weekend me and the accord will be spending some time together!

The grime destroyer is coming out of a pesticide sprayer from home depot

And like JL said you can use the 5o1 by hand or machine.. if it's real chrome that is... if it's faux chrome I only apply by hand.

 

Another great write-up with photo's. Also the most important one is the caddy looks awesome Jason!.....:worship2:

 

Thanks Angelo!!!