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This car belongs to my grandma, who has always loved keeping her car very clean. Due to her age, she usually just takes it through a touchless car wash weekly, which does an okay job at keeping her car relatively clean. She bought the car new last summer, so the paint was still in really good shape. She just got back from a 500 mile road trip and her car was covered in bugs, dust, and grime so I told her I'd give it a makeover.
Here is the car after I finished:
Note that I performed all of the washing/cleaning at her house about 48 hours prior to these pictures being taken -- these are in my driveway. She managed to get the windshield dirty
Products & Process:
Wash: Gold Class Car Wash. Wheels & Tires cleaned with Deep Crystal Car wash and APC+, using a Mothers tire brush & a Mothers Wheel Brush.
Clay: Horizantal surfaces clayed with Last Touch 1:1 and Smooth Surface Clay
Spot Correction: Paint was pretty much swirl-free, but there were a few bad water spots and bird droppings I got rid of with a W8006 pad and Ultimate Compound applied via PC7424 on Speed 5.
Wax: NXT 2.0 applied via PC7424 with a W9006 finishing pad.
Tires: Endurance Tire Gel, applied with a foam applicator from ADS.
My grandma was very happy with the results, and said the car looks better than when she bought it. I believe it -- the NXT 2.0 really brought out the metallic flake in the paint. It was a lot of fun to work on such a nice car. Don't mind my dirty BMW in the background -- that's my next project once I get some more foam pads.
Here is the car after I finished:
Note that I performed all of the washing/cleaning at her house about 48 hours prior to these pictures being taken -- these are in my driveway. She managed to get the windshield dirty
Products & Process:
Wash: Gold Class Car Wash. Wheels & Tires cleaned with Deep Crystal Car wash and APC+, using a Mothers tire brush & a Mothers Wheel Brush.
Clay: Horizantal surfaces clayed with Last Touch 1:1 and Smooth Surface Clay
Spot Correction: Paint was pretty much swirl-free, but there were a few bad water spots and bird droppings I got rid of with a W8006 pad and Ultimate Compound applied via PC7424 on Speed 5.
Wax: NXT 2.0 applied via PC7424 with a W9006 finishing pad.
Tires: Endurance Tire Gel, applied with a foam applicator from ADS.
My grandma was very happy with the results, and said the car looks better than when she bought it. I believe it -- the NXT 2.0 really brought out the metallic flake in the paint. It was a lot of fun to work on such a nice car. Don't mind my dirty BMW in the background -- that's my next project once I get some more foam pads.
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