Black Acura-Part Deux

[Brook]

My first attempt to post this detailing project a few days ago experienced was fraught with technical difficulties on my part (this is likely my first and last detail for any vehicle but my own). At any rate, here is what I worked on for my brother-in-law. It's a 2006 Acura, daily driver, 112,000 miles; never been waxed or anything else except a run through the car wash from time to time. He just wanted me to wax it while he's on vacation but I decided to try to improve the finish a little. As a rank novice I wasn't able to get all of the defects out, but I thought it turned out pretty well, especially given what I will charge him for doing the job: $0.00.

Total time: about 8 or 9 hours.

The process:
Two washes, the second with ONR.
Clay (I didn't get too much residue actually)
Ultimate Compound, 105, and 205, depending on the area I was working on (sometimes one, sometimes three applications).
DA with LC orange, white, and green pads.
Washed again with ONR.
Two coats of NXT Tech Wax 2.0 (the second coat was applied and removed with a DA using LC blue and red pads--I'd never done this before and I loved how it went on, came off, and left a great shine).
I also cleaned the interior and the tires.

There aren't too many pictures, but I think they are representative of the project.

The befores:
















And, for the afters (not perfect, but better):
















After this project, my hat is off to all those who detail often and who do it so well.

[FinalTouchDetail]

Re: Black Acura-Part Deux

Nice improvement

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Black Acura-Part Deux

For a freebie detail done as a favor (or maybe just a surprise) for a relative you did a fantastic job. The car may only be 4 years old but it sounds as though it's been used and neglected (as opposed to used and abused - we won't go quite that far here!).

When detailing for money we often struggle with obtaining perfection (just because that's the way so many of us are) and meeting or slightly exceeding the customer's expectations. From the sounds of it, your brother-in-law isn't all that concerned about the finish of his car so what you've done should blow him away. You may not have gotten it perfect, but it doesn't need to be perfect. In fact, it may not even need to be as good as you got it, so we'd call this "expectations met and far exceeded". After all, he just wanted it waxed!

Nicely done!

[JoeDirt]

Re: Black Acura-Part Deux

I think that's very well done- black is NOT easy to detail! Nice job!

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Black Acura-Part Deux

Hats off to you. That is a huge improvement. Black is not easy. Great work. I hope your brother-in-law should be quite pleased with the results.

[Tuck91]

Re: Black Acura-Part Deux

Hey Brook,

Nice work on the Acura. It turned out really nice.