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At the beginning of last week I decided to do a full exterior detail on my Durango. I bought this SUV last fall from a client, so it wasn't in too bad of shape.
My goal in this detail was to take out some stubborn swirls. The car in general didn't have a lot of swirls, but did have some deeper scratches that needed to be addressed. To tackle these imperfections I decided to try out the much touted Kevin Brown Method. I applied this method via my Cyclo and M105 on Cyclo yellow cutting pads. I haven't ordered any of the new DA 105 yet, so i decided to give the old formula a shot. I worked out great! I'm very impressed with this method. It used more product than I'm used to, but the results were worth it. I took my time and used a lot of pressure on the Cyclo. The only side effect for me was it left some holograms, but nothing that M205 couldn't handle.
I broke up this detail into three weeknight evening sessions. The first session I thoroughly washed and clayed the vehicle, along with taking care of the wheels, tires, windows and trim. The second session dealt with compounding and polsihing about half the Durango with 205 on Meg's 2.0 Finishing pads using Griot's machine. The third session saw me finish polishing and applying 3M's Performance Finish as my LSP.
When I initially set out to do this my plan was to simply wash and wax the Durango, so I didn't take any before pics of the dirty vehicle. Once I decided to tackle the swirls I started snapping away! So I apologize for no dirty before pics.
Ok, on to the pics...
Here is an initial sun shot, swirls are a little hard to find
Closer shots reveal the finer swirls, which were throughout the car
Here are some reflection shots after just 105
Sun shots after 105
Holograms after 105
But nothing 205 couldn't take care of. And I took care of the couple lingering holograms!
After 105/205 combo
Final shots
Overall I was very happy with the results. Is every single scratch gone? No. But about 97% are, which is ok with me. I really liked the KBM and I'll definitely use it again on clients cars for swirl removal.
Thanks for looking!
My goal in this detail was to take out some stubborn swirls. The car in general didn't have a lot of swirls, but did have some deeper scratches that needed to be addressed. To tackle these imperfections I decided to try out the much touted Kevin Brown Method. I applied this method via my Cyclo and M105 on Cyclo yellow cutting pads. I haven't ordered any of the new DA 105 yet, so i decided to give the old formula a shot. I worked out great! I'm very impressed with this method. It used more product than I'm used to, but the results were worth it. I took my time and used a lot of pressure on the Cyclo. The only side effect for me was it left some holograms, but nothing that M205 couldn't handle.
I broke up this detail into three weeknight evening sessions. The first session I thoroughly washed and clayed the vehicle, along with taking care of the wheels, tires, windows and trim. The second session dealt with compounding and polsihing about half the Durango with 205 on Meg's 2.0 Finishing pads using Griot's machine. The third session saw me finish polishing and applying 3M's Performance Finish as my LSP.
When I initially set out to do this my plan was to simply wash and wax the Durango, so I didn't take any before pics of the dirty vehicle. Once I decided to tackle the swirls I started snapping away! So I apologize for no dirty before pics.
Ok, on to the pics...
Here is an initial sun shot, swirls are a little hard to find
Closer shots reveal the finer swirls, which were throughout the car
Here are some reflection shots after just 105
Sun shots after 105
Holograms after 105
But nothing 205 couldn't take care of. And I took care of the couple lingering holograms!
After 105/205 combo
Final shots
Overall I was very happy with the results. Is every single scratch gone? No. But about 97% are, which is ok with me. I really liked the KBM and I'll definitely use it again on clients cars for swirl removal.
Thanks for looking!
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