First full exterior detail since I got it in November. While there were no visible swirls/marring, I've been a bit dissatisfied with the clarity and gloss of the paint so I decided to do some polishing. Thanks for reading
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Detailed the car during vacation
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Looks great, but you gotta tell us what you did. We need to hear about your detailing toils in step by step.
Scott
white paint likes pure carnauba to get that wet shine. i found using meguiard #7 glaze as a wipe on wipw off prior ti a non cleaning carnuba P21s or meguiars yellow wax gave a oily wet shine that was not mirror like that the sealants (Zaino) gave it.
beading doesn't last long (~1month) for this type of finish so it was just when i felt nostalgic. most of the time it got the sealant for protection from bugs and bird bombs,
Nice!
It does look very good.....whenever I wax/polish my car...I hate to take it out because it doesn't
take long to get dirty again. That's why I'm not as anal about wax/polish products as I am about
oil, ATF, coolant etc...I even use regular old Turtle Wax that I got on sale at AA for $1.65 a bottle.
PS: The Civic SI is very nice does it use the 1.5T or the 2.0T?
Nice job.
Looking good.
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That's a beautiful car!
Looking great! Please tell us what you used! Also, love those yellow fogs!
wemay
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Looks great
wemay
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Great job!
Thanks everyone!
Here's what I did :
- 2 bucket wash with Meguiar's Hyperwash
- foam cannon with Chemical Guys Honeydew wash - clayed with Mother's Speed clay
- iron decon with Meguiar's D2002 (would probably just get the Ultimate All Wheel cleaner in the future)
- polished (usually this would be the correction step but there wasn't any visible swirling) with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound to smooth out the paint, remove old coating, and enhance gloss
- finishing polish with Meguiar's M205 to further enhance gloss
- ceramic coating with Optimum Gloss Coat - topped with Turtle Wax Ceramic Spray Coating for a sacrificial barrier until the coating fully cures
Good job, you really went to town.
