Whelp it was a busy weekend for myself and Dan... This is one of two full corrections we tackled. What we have here is a 2004 Saturn Vue, with 100k+ on the clock, dressed in black. This car came by way of a gift from family for the owner. We are good friends with the owner's brother and happily took this car in for a correction. As you will see the paint was in rough, rough shape. Dan and I spent 24 man hours working out as many defects as possible and restoring the finish. We ended up around 90-92% corrected and the heavier stuff blended and hidden in the finish. The car is certainly miles and miles from where it was and doesn't show the 100k on the ticker like it once did. The weather didn't help much and a corrupt camera card lost several of the beginning, process, and end shots but I was able to salvage enough to tell the story of the transformation. Thanks in advance for viewing! Materials: Porter Cable 7424XP Flex Random Orb. CG Citrus Wash and Gloss Westley’s Bleach White Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Nano Skin ONR Clay Bar Dilution IPA wipe down Dilution Menzerna PF2500 Menzerna SF4000 Menzerna Powerlock Mequiers NXT 2.0 Spray Away Glass Cleaner Mequier’s Natural Finish Dressing Prima Hydro CG Xtreme Shine CG Bare Bones CG G6 No. 7 Chrome Polish Uber 5.5” & 6" Orange Uber 5.5” Green Uber 5.5” Black Uber 3” Orange Uber 3” Green Swissvax Wheel Brush Uber Boar’s head brush Uber Wheel Brush Wheel Woolies Swissvax interior brushes Uber UFO Red Applicator Pads Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad Misc MF Towels Shop vac Pro Heat carpet cleaner Q-tips 3M Painters Tape Process Exterior: CG Citrus Wash w/ Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, Nanoskin, PF2500 w/ Orange (2 passes), SF4000 w/Green (1 pass), IPA wipe down, Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), NXT 2.0 by hand. Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, No. 7 Chrome Polish, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine Interior: Vacuum, Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with NXT, hard plastic Mequier’s natural finish wipe down, Glass cleaned with Spray Away Glass Cleaner Engine Compartment: Misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with CG Bare Bones As delivered: DOH! Corrupt camera card... :doh: How about a teaser pic instead? Under the lights for inspection Dan working the Headlights... Much better... Misc. In-process shots Before After All done!
That looks great! For some odd reason I'm surprised all the paint on the car was viable. I have seen a few around here that have a lot of clear coat failure. What a difference.
I really appreciate when someone brings back an older vehicle and how much the difference is afterwards. Great job!
