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Today I had the chance to work on a 2009 Corolla. The car was relatively free of swirls because the owner only goes to automated touchless car washes. The car is in pretty good shape except for some water spots and some light scratches.
I have no before picture of the car, but the paint wasn't bad. This car takes the cake in terms of orange peel. It is dreadful.
I started washing and claying the car really quickly. I used M105 and a cutting pad to remove some light scratches at 1500rpm.
Then for the entire car, I used M205 and some white polishing pad I purchased from Autogeek, working the product in starting at 900rpm, then work it up to 1500rpm, then slowly back down to 1000rpm with no pressure. The finish looked great and haze free, but not good enough for me.
So I switched to an ultra-soft blue finishing pad to work M205 at 1200rpm. The depth is back, in fact, better than it looked when it first rolled out of the production line. I am surprised at the car's lack of depth from the factory. They simply get the car out to the Toyota Stores without even at least polishing it.
Here are some pictures:
After M105:
M205 and polishing pad:
M205 and finishing pad:
Sorry for the lack of pics, I was too caught up detailing and didn't take many pictures. LSP was M16, but no pictures of that because the camera was out of battery.
I have no before picture of the car, but the paint wasn't bad. This car takes the cake in terms of orange peel. It is dreadful.
I started washing and claying the car really quickly. I used M105 and a cutting pad to remove some light scratches at 1500rpm.
Then for the entire car, I used M205 and some white polishing pad I purchased from Autogeek, working the product in starting at 900rpm, then work it up to 1500rpm, then slowly back down to 1000rpm with no pressure. The finish looked great and haze free, but not good enough for me.
So I switched to an ultra-soft blue finishing pad to work M205 at 1200rpm. The depth is back, in fact, better than it looked when it first rolled out of the production line. I am surprised at the car's lack of depth from the factory. They simply get the car out to the Toyota Stores without even at least polishing it.
Here are some pictures:
After M105:
M205 and polishing pad:
M205 and finishing pad:
Sorry for the lack of pics, I was too caught up detailing and didn't take many pictures. LSP was M16, but no pictures of that because the camera was out of battery.
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