RPD - 2012 Ford Taurus SHO

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by SilverGTV8, Sep 20, 2012.

  1. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    2012 Ford Taurus SHO, Silver on Black. Approximately 8000 miles.

    The owner of this car picked it up approximately 9 months ago off a dealers lot and we have been trying to sync up to get the car started off on the right foot. Well it only took 9mths but we were able to finally do it! Owner has taken very good care of the car since day one. We were only able to find minor blemishes in the paint.

    After 18 man hours the results are excellent. The car is 95/100 for the steps we executed and looks super slick.

    Due to the nature of the paint and how the camera liked it, or didn't (worse then white!!!), only a limited numbers of picks... Not to mention the sun was going away when we finished :(

    Thanks for viewing!!!

    Materials:
    CG Citrus Wash and Gloss
    Westley’s Bleach White
    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
    Adam’s APC
    Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
    ONR Clay Bar Dilution
    IPA wipe down Dilution
    Menzerna PO203
    Menzerna 106FA
    Menzerna Powerlock
    Autoglym HD
    Stoner’s Invisible Glass
    Mequier’s Natural Finish Dressing
    Lexol Leather Cleaner
    Lexol Leather Conditioner
    NXT2 Liquid Wax
    Prima Slick
    CG Xtreme Shine
    CG G6 Dressing
    CG Bare Bones
    No. 7 Chrome Polish
    Porter Cable 7424XP
    FLEX 3403
    Uber 6” Orange
    Uber 5.5” Green
    Uber 5.5” Black
    Swissvax Wheel Brush
    Uber Boar’s head brush
    Uber Wheel Brush
    Swissvax interior brushes
    CG Interior brush
    Uber UFO Red Applicator Pads
    Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad
    Misc MF Towels
    Shop vac
    Q-tips
    3M Painters Tape

    Process

    Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Citrus Wash w/ Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, PO203 w/ Orange (1 pass) on FLEX, 106FA w/Green (1 pass) on PC7424, IPA wipe down, Powerlock w/ Black (1hr set-up), Autoglym HD

    Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG G6

    Interior: Vacuum, Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with NXT, hard plastic Mequier’s natural finish wipe down, Leather Lexol Cleaner and Preserve using Red Applicator pads, Glass cleaned with Invisible Glass, carpet staining Adams Carpet cleaner.

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  2. GDAL

    GDAL Super Moderator

    Great work as usual!

    BTW ... was the driver's door repainted at some point? Seems to me that the metallic flake is somewhat off from the rest of the vehicle.
     
  3. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    Thanks!

    And yes we believe the front driver door was repainted based on a slight hue change, more pronounced after the detail. We have talked to the owner and he is going to investigate further because to his knowledge it has had no body work.
     
  4. Grey Ghost

    Grey Ghost Jedi Nuba

    great job.

    Someday I hope to have one of these.... such a big and comfortable car, and then theres the 365hp twin-turbo V6
     
  5. Andy6228

    Andy6228 Birth of a Detailer

    Nice job. What was your process on the black pillars between the front and back doors?
     
  6. Pureshine

    Pureshine DB Pro Supporter

    Great job car looks great!
     

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