First detail of a car other than my own.

[FX4619]

I am going to detail a 2012 Acura TL burgandy color tomorrow. This car's finish is horrible considering it's a 2012. The owner is my 73 year old father in law. He doesn't wash his own vehicle and I am doing this as a fathers day gift He goes through the car wash after getting gas each time. The paint has swirls and some scratches from the mechanical car wash. I am going to do a five step process, wash, clay, UC, UP, UW, with my G110V2. My question is, does anybody have experience with correcting new Acura paint? Is the paint hard or relatively easy to correct? I am going to do a test spot, of course. Because this is not my vehicle I am looking for some insight. Thanks!

[Ryan Dodd]

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I don't know about the Acura paint, but I am doing my grandpas truck for fathers day... Just thought it was funny. I wonder how many other people are detailing for fathers day
Ryan

[ExcessiveMobile]

Just take a cutting pad and some Ultimate Compound to it. It's easy to correct but not as soft as Honda paint. Do a test spot and you'll be fine

[Marc08EX]

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I love the Acura TLs!!! Please post pictures of your detailing project. I'm sure that color will pop.

[FX4619]

Just take a cutting pad and some Ultimate Compound to it. It's easy to correct but not as soft as Honda paint. Do a test spot and you'll be fine

A cutting pad is a big no no in my opinion. I'll be using a yellow polishing pad.

[FX4619]

I love the Acura TLs!!! Please post pictures of your detailing project. I'm sure that color will pop.

I'll take some before and after pics for sure.

[Andy M.]

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Just take a cutting pad and some Ultimate Compound to it. It's easy to correct but not as soft as Honda paint. Do a test spot and you'll be fine

We don't recommend using the burgandy cutting pad.

Andy

[FX4619]

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Well I finished my first detail on a car other than my own. The car is a 2012 and I thought that the paint was horrible, turns out it wasn't that bad. There was some minor swirls and a couple deep scratches. The scratches I couldn't correct as they were through to the primer. The project took a total of 9 hours with a one hour break. Here are the photos of today's project.......

I started off with washing the car of course.....




As we can see there was no wax on the car. There was no water beading at all. This made drying the car a bit longer than usual. My father in law said that the dealer never waxed the car, they only washed it.

In this pic you can see some light swirls.....



Here are some more pics. As you can see the paint is not that bad....






After the wash it was time for the next step.......



Here are some pics after the claying process. I had to clay the whole car....




Then I prepped the car for correction....




These are the products I used. I thought about using ultimate wax but I decided to save that for my truck...



Finally after about 9 hours I was finished. I am very happy with the finished product, and so was my father in law. I just hope he doesn't go through a car wash for a while

[Detroit CC]

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Knowing how easy it is keep a car clean once you've been through the whole clay, UC, polish and wax process.
you could offer to wash his car once a week. Wouldn't take long.

[FX4619]

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Knowing how easy it is keep a car clean once you've been through the whole clay, UC, polish and wax process.
you could offer to wash his car once a week. Wouldn't take long.

I would but I live about 1.5 hours from him. Maybe I could detail his car once every 6 months or something. This was a fathers day gift, the next one will come with a small fee

[rcramie]

Wash, clay, UC, UP, UW 9 hours?

[Marc08EX]

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That looks really good!

[FX4619]

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Wash, clay, UC, UP, UW 9 hours?

Yeah, is that too long? I spent a lot of time compounding the horizontal areas; hood, roof, trunk. Also the horizontal areas needed some more time during the claying process.

Although during that nine hours I took about an hour break, it was over 100 degrees in the garage

[Marc08EX]

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Yeah, is that too long? I spent a lot of time compounding the horizontal areas; hood, roof, trunk. Also the horizontal areas needed some more time during the claying process.

Although during that nine hours I took about an hour break, it was over 100 degrees in the garage

I think he's saying that 9 hours is very short for 2 polishing steps + LSP.

[FX4619]

Yeah, is that too long? I spent a lot of time compounding the horizontal areas; hood, roof, trunk. Also the horizontal areas needed some more time during the claying process.

Although during that nine hours I took about an hour break, it was over 100 degrees in the garage

I think he's saying that 9 hours is very short for 2 polishing steps + LSP.

Possibly, however polishing and LSP go on fairly quick, especially if there is no marring from compounding and you are using a G110V2. Remember, this is a 2012 vehicle that's been kept in the garage, except for the occasional car wash. I didn't have to compound the whole vehicle because there was only minor paint defects on the horizontal areas.

On my vehicle I would wait 12 hours and apply a second layer of sealant, which adds time to the process. I did not do this on this vehicle because my father in law does not take the proper steps to protect his paint, i.e. going through car washes. Also one layer of Tech 2.0 should last a while considering this car is kept in a garage and is not exposed to the elements.