By far the largest vehicle I have detailed, nonetheless a classy car The Lexus was moderately dirty with a lot of road grime and tar deposits -pre-foam using maxi suds+dawn Wash CWG 2BM Road Grime Destroyer Autosmart Tardis Poly clay and spot clayed as needed with megs agressive Wheels Gloss It wheel gel 3:1 ARO Paint Gloss It signature sealant Gloss It Concourso gloss (3layers) Trim Gloss It TRV dressing CG liquid dressing on tires Glass treated withwindow polymer Interior P&S express interior cleaner Gloss It satin leather polish 1Z plastik reinger (now called plastic deep cleaner) Carpets treated with Folex Raised the suspension to it max and PW'ed the wheel wells and cleaned them with ARO Pulled a lot of grime off the tires Wheels cleaned inside and out Wheel wells after Front end was blasted with a good bit of grime, a mixture of Autosmart Tardis and Surf City grime destroyer was used to loosen up everything Tar desposits lifting The whole car needed only a mild clay but some areas required a more agressive bar, meguiars red did the trick After the wash the car was rinsed with DI water and blow dryed the bulk of the water off with an electric blower, followed by some DD waffle weaves to handle the rest of the water I began dressing the trim with Gloss It TRV Glass was treated with a japanese window polymer, protects better than any other product I have used. I let the single coat cure for 5 hours before buffing off Rear trunk area had some black streaks which couldnt be removed during the wash process, no Tardis or clay would remove this... this was a no polishing detail but this area had to be hand compounded using Megs 105 DA version and the followed up with 205 The black streaks were polised out completely Before, tough to get on camera the arrow points to the faint black streaking After All metal trimwork polished with Adams 1+2 All running boards treated with TRV as well Paint was given 2 IPA wipedowns before applying LSP After the final 3 coats og Concourso Gloss... Applying LSP to the roof was not a fun task, yet well worth it later Interior after Some final shots.. Thanks for looking :thumb:
that is BIG!! Was this a prior client of yours, why no polish?? You just didn't say up top, just wondered why. Looks great though, especially in your organized garage!
The car was brought to me by an existing client, this Lexus is his mothers DD actually so the endless hours of paint correction (even a 1 step) wasnt worth the extra cost or time. Luckily Lexus paint is great to work with and a wet finish was able to be achieved without paint correction.
