sjgIS350

Process:

Removed each wheel:
Cleaned tires with Tuf Shine tire cleaner
Cleaned wheels with Griot's Garage Wheel Cleaner
Cleaned back of wheels with Meguiar's Wheel Brighter (diluted)
Clayed each wheel with Meguiar's mild clay/using Last Touch as lubricant
Polish/waxed each wheel with Meguiar' 66 using Mother's cone and small buffer and hand pad


Cleaned under hood:
Removed all the plastic panels, cleaned with Meguiar's APC and treated with Hyper Dressing
Blew out all dust with compressed air
Sprayed down engine area with light water and APC
Used small Daytona brush and towels to clean up visible areas
Blow dry with leaf blower
Treated visible plastic and rubber with Hyper Dressing


Paint
Wash with Meguiar's Hyper Wash
Clayed with Meguiar's Mild Clay w/Last Touch as Lubricant
Meguiar's DA Microfiber D300 Correction Compound with PC 7424 @5
Meguiar's DA Microfiber D301 Finishing Wax with PC 7424 @ 4.5
Meguiar's 26 Yellow wax by hand


Other Exterior
Treated exterior rubber with Meguiar's All Season Dressing
Windows clayed with Meguiar's mild clay with Last Touch as Lubricant
Washed windows with Meguiar's Glass Cleaner
Final wipe down with Meguiar's Last Touch


About 18hrs total working time


Pics:

monkey92

iTrader: (3)

wow that last photo is flawless. like it just rolled off the assembly line. good job!

Mike_1GO

iTrader: (2)

great job! i used D300 on my 1GO 350 as well. came out well but im going to try a slightly stronger compound next time.. how did you make out with the D300?

sjgIS350

I love the D300 Really easy to work with.I probably overload the pad, so I have to clean it all the time…but use compressed air so it fluffs right back up.

My car is never really in bad shape paint wise..more of ongoing maintenance and a once a year polish..

tmf2004

iTrader: (15)

awesome work... looks flawless

zmcgovern4

iTrader: (2)

When using the MF pads, they should be cleaned after every section (note: section, not panel)... so you weren't doing anything wrong... it is just the nature of working with MF pads.

If this was simply a routine maintenance polishing, D300 and a MF cutting pad was way overkill... you should've simply used the D301 or other fine finishing polish to amp up the gloss if no real correction was needed.

Remember the golden rule of detailing: "Always use the least aggressive method"

Using a 2 step compound/polish for routine work on an annual basis is removing more paint than is necessary and therefore could result in less life out of your paint job. If you maintain a fairly swirl free paint, simply use something like M205 on a black pad each year to keep it perfect.



Car looks good though

-Zach

gorilaFART

nice results. did you split the 18hr job into two days?

sjgIS350

more like 4 days...

onthelimit

wow...that's what I call commitment. well done!