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I actually did two cars today, but only took photos of one. The first was a blud Mitsubishi Eclipse that was hurting and this Blue 2006 Cadillac CTS. It is the car of my close friend (he doesn't have a lot of time to do his car - as you will see).
Here was my process for the paint:
Wash - GC Shampoo
Clay - Clay magic blue, with Meg's QD
G110 - (Car was heavily swirled) and had pretty pad water spots. Decided on #83, followed by #80, followed by #7.
Finished up with two coats of NXT 2.0
Engine (Lazy man's detail - no photos)
Rinse engine
Spray Meg's APC 10:1 (slight agitation)
Spray all hoses and plastic covers with HD
Close hood and it looked great when i opened it back up.
Tires
Wash and agitate with brush. Didn't work so well so I went with Meg's all wheel cleaner. Agitated and rinsed.
Dress tires with 3 coats of Endurance High Gloss (friend wanted the "ultra" wet).
HD in wheel wells.
Before shots (did I say the car was hurting?). I didn't capture the heavy swirls (on account of the water marks and the shade, but you'll have to take me at my word). The car (when washed) is washed at drive through washes, so it was pretty bad.
And now for the after shots... As I said... he wanted "wet" looking tires.
That's the top of his house in the reflection (in da good old Bronx).
Reflection shot of the trunk:
Here was my process for the paint:
Wash - GC Shampoo
Clay - Clay magic blue, with Meg's QD
G110 - (Car was heavily swirled) and had pretty pad water spots. Decided on #83, followed by #80, followed by #7.
Finished up with two coats of NXT 2.0
Engine (Lazy man's detail - no photos)
Rinse engine
Spray Meg's APC 10:1 (slight agitation)
Spray all hoses and plastic covers with HD
Close hood and it looked great when i opened it back up.
Tires
Wash and agitate with brush. Didn't work so well so I went with Meg's all wheel cleaner. Agitated and rinsed.
Dress tires with 3 coats of Endurance High Gloss (friend wanted the "ultra" wet).
HD in wheel wells.
Before shots (did I say the car was hurting?). I didn't capture the heavy swirls (on account of the water marks and the shade, but you'll have to take me at my word). The car (when washed) is washed at drive through washes, so it was pretty bad.
And now for the after shots... As I said... he wanted "wet" looking tires.
That's the top of his house in the reflection (in da good old Bronx).
Reflection shot of the trunk:
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