Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

[Garry Dean]

This detail is a 2005 Black Lexus SC430. I detailed and polished this car a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed polishing this car. I found the paint to be medium hardness. This vehicle was riddled with swirls and holograms. There were very few, but some deeper RIDS (random isolated deep scratches) that were unsafe to remove. This detail took me 12 hours to do a 2 step polishing process on the paint, LSP, complete interior detail/protect, wheels and tires, and engine detail. I am very pleased at how wet and deep this car looks now.

Interior
Vacuumed with Rigid 5hp Shop Vac
Leather fed with Poorboys Leather Stuff
Plastic and vinyl dressed with 303 Aerospace protectant
Carpets were already very clean after the vacuum so they were Scotch Guarded
Interior windows cleaned with Meguiars glass cleaner concentrate
Door jambs were cleaned with ONR/distilled water mix

Exterior
Washed with Dawn
Clayed with Pinnacle Clay
Dried with the Absorber
Polished with Flex 3401 and LC orange pads with Menzerna PO203
Finished with PC7424XP and LC blue pads with Optimum Finish
Exhaust tips were polished with Optimum Metal polish and #0000 ultra fine steel wool.
Glass was cleaned with Meguiars Glass cleaner concentrate
LSP was Wolfgang Fuzion

Wheels and tires
Cleaned with Dawn
Tires cleaned with Purple Power
EZ Detail brush and microfiber towels
Tires were dressed with Optimum Opti-bond tire gel with Eagle One Tire Swipes

Engine bay
Degreased with Purple Power
Agiated with various brushes
Hoses hydrated and plastic dressed with 303 Aerospace protectant

Without further ado, here we go!

Befores



I forgot to take any afters of the engine bay, oops!



The car was very hazy.





























Afters of the interior.





Exterior after it was washed and clayed.



Before of exhaust tips.

[Garry Dean]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

50/50s after Menzerna PO203 (Power Finish) and Flex 3401 with LC orange CCS

Afters.



















































Thank you for looking!

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Car looks great. You made the paint pop. Everything looks great. Way to go.

[Garry Dean]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Car looks great. You made the paint pop. Everything looks great. Way to go.

Thank you Sir!

[Innovative Detailing]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

That was a great write up on this detail......the color went from "charc" to "Dark"....very clean photography!

You really made that black SC pop, very nice job....well done!

[HighLine]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Looks Great!

[CieraSL]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Very nice! Love it!

[Garry Dean]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Thanks for the comments!

[flakybear]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Any reason why
you used Dawn vs a car wash soap?

[Garry Dean]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Better cleaning ability.

[karugs]

Re: Garry Dean - Premium Detailed Black 2005 Lexus SC430

Black paint is a pain to work on, because they easily get dirty. Nice job, now the rest of the upkeep is the owner's job, which is actually the harder (hardest) part.