Tori all cleaned up!!!
6/12/12, 08:21 AM
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Tori all cleaned up!!!
Marilyn has been getting too much love lately, so I figured I'd spend some time on Tori over the weekend. I never got the chance to fully buff her since getting her, since her swirls/marring from the dealer were very minor.
So this weekend, I clayed her, then used the Flex with a white CCS pad for 90% of the car, then orange CCS for the remaining 10% or fewer spots. Didn't take me too long, since I already buffed some of the car a month ago. Anyways, applied Glossworkz Glaze, Blacklight, Jetseal, then final LSP was Dodo Supernatural. Clearbra areas got only Blackfire Wet Diamond. I feel that this sealant works the best on the film.
Rims and Tires were cleaned with Opticlean, dressed with V7 (rims) and Poorboys Bold n Bright (tires and inner fender wheel wells).
One thing I did want to note, is the power of VINEGAR. Yes, distilled, white vinegar. $1.00 at Walmart or elsewhere. Why did I need this? The caked on, crusted on, seemed-like-permanent water etching from the dealer that I never got a chance to remove before (too lazy). Tori sat on the showroom floor, but it was in no doubt "washed and detailed" by, as you all know, very inexperienced dealership would-be "detailers". (How else would my swirls have got on there initially???). Anyways, I hat etch marks on the wiper stems, the windows, the chrome trim, and the black plastic trim. I knew from reading somewhere, years ago, that vinegar did the trick...I just never got the chance to try it. So I used it full strength with an old mf towel, dabbed some on, cleaned everything I mentioned above with it. I was able to remove about 95% of the etching. I was very pleased. I'll go over the remaining 5% tonight or this weekend.
So just a little helpful tip for you guys... Vinegar. As a window cleaner, trim cleaner, etc. Works awesome for stubborn etched areas. Now that I am etch free, I will proceed to seal the trim areas with Techniq C4.
On to pics. NO HDR!
I wanted to showcase Tori in all her "bare" glory. Silver Moon is the name of her paint. I love the metallic. Note that her final LSP is Supernatural. Pics were taken early this morning, I was advised that dawn and dusk are the BEST times to take photos of light colored (white/silver) paint... any other time, the color appears "washed-out".
So this weekend, I clayed her, then used the Flex with a white CCS pad for 90% of the car, then orange CCS for the remaining 10% or fewer spots. Didn't take me too long, since I already buffed some of the car a month ago. Anyways, applied Glossworkz Glaze, Blacklight, Jetseal, then final LSP was Dodo Supernatural. Clearbra areas got only Blackfire Wet Diamond. I feel that this sealant works the best on the film.
Rims and Tires were cleaned with Opticlean, dressed with V7 (rims) and Poorboys Bold n Bright (tires and inner fender wheel wells).
One thing I did want to note, is the power of VINEGAR. Yes, distilled, white vinegar. $1.00 at Walmart or elsewhere. Why did I need this? The caked on, crusted on, seemed-like-permanent water etching from the dealer that I never got a chance to remove before (too lazy). Tori sat on the showroom floor, but it was in no doubt "washed and detailed" by, as you all know, very inexperienced dealership would-be "detailers". (How else would my swirls have got on there initially???). Anyways, I hat etch marks on the wiper stems, the windows, the chrome trim, and the black plastic trim. I knew from reading somewhere, years ago, that vinegar did the trick...I just never got the chance to try it. So I used it full strength with an old mf towel, dabbed some on, cleaned everything I mentioned above with it. I was able to remove about 95% of the etching. I was very pleased. I'll go over the remaining 5% tonight or this weekend.
So just a little helpful tip for you guys... Vinegar. As a window cleaner, trim cleaner, etc. Works awesome for stubborn etched areas. Now that I am etch free, I will proceed to seal the trim areas with Techniq C4.
On to pics. NO HDR!
I wanted to showcase Tori in all her "bare" glory. Silver Moon is the name of her paint. I love the metallic. Note that her final LSP is Supernatural. Pics were taken early this morning, I was advised that dawn and dusk are the BEST times to take photos of light colored (white/silver) paint... any other time, the color appears "washed-out".
6/12/12, 08:32 AM
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Nice! And anytime from sunup to sundown is hard because of all the light. But early morning & late evening and under the lights at night. My car always looks like a pool of white paint and i just wanna jump in sometimes 
6/12/12, 09:50 AM
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yeah white and silver are the hardest to photograph accurately. They look MUCH better in person.
6/13/12, 08:38 PM
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Lol thanks guys. It's a lot of work... But it's very rewarding... In fact I just washed Marilyn tonight again. Dang dust and crud just finds a way to stick to dark paints. Ugh
6/13/12, 08:44 PM
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Once again, everything you touch looks amazing!
On, and on the subject of vinegar, my boss at the used car lot I work at is a pretty old fashion car guy, he's been in the business for 28 years now and he always has a bottle of vinegar on hand at the lot and swears by it for water spots/etching. He says it's what they always used on show cars and what not 'back in the day.'
On, and on the subject of vinegar, my boss at the used car lot I work at is a pretty old fashion car guy, he's been in the business for 28 years now and he always has a bottle of vinegar on hand at the lot and swears by it for water spots/etching. He says it's what they always used on show cars and what not 'back in the day.'
6/13/12, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by FromZto5
Lol thanks guys. It's a lot of work... But it's very rewarding... In fact I just washed Marilyn tonight again. Dang dust and crud just finds a way to stick to dark paints. Ugh
6/15/12, 07:27 AM
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Once again, everything you touch looks amazing!
On, and on the subject of vinegar, my boss at the used car lot I work at is a pretty old fashion car guy, he's been in the business for 28 years now and he always has a bottle of vinegar on hand at the lot and swears by it for water spots/etching. He says it's what they always used on show cars and what not 'back in the day.'
On, and on the subject of vinegar, my boss at the used car lot I work at is a pretty old fashion car guy, he's been in the business for 28 years now and he always has a bottle of vinegar on hand at the lot and swears by it for water spots/etching. He says it's what they always used on show cars and what not 'back in the day.'
Yeah all that hard work I did on Marilyn the last 2 days, put her in the car show, it got a bunch of dust and pollen(?) on her from just sitting at the show for 2 hours. Go figure.
6/15/12, 07:39 AM
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Thanks Kevin.
Yeah all that hard work I did on Marilyn the last 2 days, put her in the car show, it got a bunch of dust and pollen(?) on her from just sitting at the show for 2 hours. Go figure.
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