Red Camry and a Red SRX on the road again

Another road trip up to Anderson, SC. Approx 170 miles each way. I left the house at 5am.

I did not take alot of pics on this trip as I wanted to get both vehicles done in one day and avoid the $80 for a hotel.

This time to do exterior details on a Camry and SRX, both red. Clients where able to secure me a garage to work in.

First up is the camry w/ 22k miles. Its been sitting outside 24/7 as the clients are building a new house. They hope to be into the new house in a month or so, then I will go back up to polish his 07 Tundra.

I arrived at 7:30am and got started at 8am on the camry.



I foamed it down with CGCWC/Z7 combo and the lance. Scrubbed down the tires/wells/wheels with AM red hot APC. Rinsed everything off and refoamed to do a 2 bucket wash with Z7.

Started out by trying to clay with the zaino clay and Z6 as a lube, but not on this contaminant ridden surface. Tar spots and sap everywhere. I moved up to a clay magic medium claybar and this is what it looked like after the trunk:



After claying I have it a quick rewash, dried it and moved inside.

For 22k miles it had a good amount of swirls.

I made 3-4 passes with M105 and a yellow wool edge pad at 1700.

Wanting to stay as efficent as possbile and with the lack of sun outside to check for holograms, I followed with ZPC/white CCS/PC6. This way there would be no need for a rewash prior to apply zaino.

After a Z6 wipedown, I then applied 3x of Z2pro and followed with an application of Z8.

I applied Z-16 to the tires and ZAIO to the wheels.









While I was detailing the SRX the sun peaked out for a bit so I got a few quick shots:





Caddy SRX w/ 40k miles.



This one sits out 24/7 as well.

Foamed the paint and cleaned the wells/wheels/tires the same as the Camry.

This one also had some tar spots on the hood so I used the medium clay there and the zaino clay on the vert panels.

I polished the hood with 3-4 passes of M105/yellow wool/1700.

Before:


After:


Looks like this is a tinted clear:



I then followed with ZPC/white CCS/PC6.

On the vertical panels, I want to try out something a little different. So on the white CCS pad, I applied one thin 3" strip of M105 and two 3" thin strips of ZPC. I worked this at 1700 with the flex 3403 rotary. This combo worked very well and removed about 80-85% of the defects. Leaving only some deeper RIDS.

I could not catch the sun outside to check for holograms, so to be safe I finished with ZPC/white CCS/PC6.

After a Z6 wipedown, I applied 2x of Z5pro followed by Z8. Tires got Z-16 after the pics.







By 7pm I was back on the road and home at 9:30pm.

 

Many apologies if this is a commonly asked question. I get all of your acronyms except "PC6". What is this?

Fantastic job by the way. Can't say I've ever seen a tinted clear.

 

Excellent work, wow! I hope you charged for putting all those miles on your car. I personally charge close to 50c a mile here in Texas.

Mindflux: Porter Cable on speed 6...

 

That's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to belt it out and sound like a rambling idiot.

:applause2:

By the way you do mobile detailing? Do you have a portable wash system or do you use your clients garage/driveway?

I was tossing the idea around of getting more serious with my detailing and take on some clients but I don't have an inkling of what would be necessary to do so.

 

Very nice work! Wow cant believe you drop that far!

Now find some more bad cars so u can bust out the AV!

 

Thanks! Have run into a tinted clear on some of the black Infiniti's as well. I was suprised by this one too.

Thanks! Still came out very well even though the Denali only gets about 17mpg the way I drive it on the highway. :giterdone:

Thanks Phil. All in a days work/drive my friend.

I have another black S65 AMG on Thursday, but this one is a 2008.....Think I should try out the AV on that? :thumb:

 

Nice glossy finish on these cars

 

Great job Bryan, both vehicles are perfect now. Must been a long drive back home from those 2.:thumb:

 

Nice work. The Camry came out amazing!!

 

That Camry looks amazing! Love that stunning red color!

 

Superb work Bryan!

I agree with Phil, bust out those AV's!

 

Well done two vehicles in one day wow...there is no way I could do that :thud:

Both vehicles look great, brought the red back to life, thank you for sharing with us eace:

 

Thanks Dave! I always enjoy your writeups!

Thanks Angelo! Not too bad of a drive. Heck most of my "local" clients are 1 hour away for the most part.

Thanks Cobra!

Thanks SC'd!

Thanks Ryan! I have not even hooked them up to an airhose yet.

Thanks Carlos! Sometimes everything just works out right, not often enough.