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In a trade agreement with a neighbor, I clean up his two cars and I get to use his garage for the winter. (He's a snow bird.)
Car number one is a 2006 Chevy Impala and car number two is a 1999 Chrysler Labaron.
I had asked the forum for some advice on the Impala and using that advice as a starting point I was able to clean up the plastic taillight section of the trunk lid.
In my limited concerned car care apprenticeship, this has been my most swirled up surface. The Chrysler was a mess requiring multiple passes of Ultimate Compound with the PC running at speed 6. Yet the end result was well short of perfect.
Products used:
APC+
Super Soap
Gold Class Car Wash
NXT Car Wash
Consumer Clay
Quik Detailer
Ultimate Compound (lots of it)
ColorX
A wee bit of M205
Detailer Glass Cleaner
Meg's Yellow and Black Pads
Meg's tire spray
M21 Wax
This is the taillight section I was unsure of how to properly correct. With the help of the wise ones on MOL, I got the assistance I needed. Thanks all.
The car was washed using a light-duty, high-pressure washer, Super Soap in a Gilmour Foam Gun and hand washed with Gold Class. Tires were cleaned with APC+ and the rims washed with NXT Car Wash. The car was clayed, here is the result of the driver's side of the car.
The car was fairly swirled up from years of auto-washes.
Most surfaces were swirled and some clear coat removed from moldings.
This is the trunk lid. Whipped into a swirl frenzy by car washes.
The trunk lid was divided into three sections for spot test. Far right was ColorX and the center section is SwirlX.
The left section is the winner: Ultimate Compound.
I started the taillight section with a foam pad and and SwirlX. Seeing no improvement, nor any additional swirls, I moved up the aggressive scale several notches and ended with Ultimate Compound and a small Black LC pad. Quite improved and nice reflections.
This is the end result of two passes of Ultimate Compound at speed setting of 5 and one pass of ColorX at 4. Owner was pleased with the result.
This car number two. Almost beyond my abilities and product selection. You can see not only auto-wash swirls, but evidence of some one using a steel wool pad. Okay maybe not steel wool, but something capable of making more swirls and minor scratches.
This side of the car was riddled with door dings. Most were filled with red paint. No hope for the dents, but I gave the red a what for!
This car like the other was power washed, Super Soaped, Gold Classed, APC+ tires and NXT on the rims. Consumer grade clay and the results pretty much as would be expected.
Here is an attempt at a 50/50. Due to the work required, not much time for photographs.
The right side is two passes with Ultimate Compound. One pass at 4.5 and the next at 6, both with Meg's yellow pads. This result was unsatisfactory and more work is required.
Here is the untouched side.
This is the final result of the corrective work. Two high energy passes of Ultimate Compound at speed setting 6. The pads, already well used, took a beating. The pads are beginning to separate the hook and loop from the foam. After Ultimate Compound, I did a couple of passes with ColorX at speed 3 to 4. I used the ColorX as a cleaner and removed it before it could haze over or dry. It wipes off so easily. I can see why ColorX is a favorite among so many MOL folks.
This is the side with the door dings. Red paint residue gone and looks much better.
After working fairly hard doing swirl removal, time for a little lighter work. Using the mini-buffer, I went over this black plastic trim with Ultimate Compound followed with M205. There actual are two different texture pads and the pads vibrate rather than rotate. A bit of change of pace, just something for a good chuckle .
Completed trunk. I asked not to be required to clean the canvas top, as that looked like a day long project all by itself.
End of project, many corrections made and pretty good reflections.
After putting a fair amount of work into the Chrysler, I wonder if using M105 with a DA would have made faster work of the swirls without brutalizing pads with multiple passes of Ultimate Compound at speed 6.
Thanks for stopping by.
Car number one is a 2006 Chevy Impala and car number two is a 1999 Chrysler Labaron.
I had asked the forum for some advice on the Impala and using that advice as a starting point I was able to clean up the plastic taillight section of the trunk lid.
In my limited concerned car care apprenticeship, this has been my most swirled up surface. The Chrysler was a mess requiring multiple passes of Ultimate Compound with the PC running at speed 6. Yet the end result was well short of perfect.
Products used:
APC+
Super Soap
Gold Class Car Wash
NXT Car Wash
Consumer Clay
Quik Detailer
Ultimate Compound (lots of it)
ColorX
A wee bit of M205
Detailer Glass Cleaner
Meg's Yellow and Black Pads
Meg's tire spray
M21 Wax
This is the taillight section I was unsure of how to properly correct. With the help of the wise ones on MOL, I got the assistance I needed. Thanks all.
The car was washed using a light-duty, high-pressure washer, Super Soap in a Gilmour Foam Gun and hand washed with Gold Class. Tires were cleaned with APC+ and the rims washed with NXT Car Wash. The car was clayed, here is the result of the driver's side of the car.
The car was fairly swirled up from years of auto-washes.
Most surfaces were swirled and some clear coat removed from moldings.
This is the trunk lid. Whipped into a swirl frenzy by car washes.
The trunk lid was divided into three sections for spot test. Far right was ColorX and the center section is SwirlX.
The left section is the winner: Ultimate Compound.
I started the taillight section with a foam pad and and SwirlX. Seeing no improvement, nor any additional swirls, I moved up the aggressive scale several notches and ended with Ultimate Compound and a small Black LC pad. Quite improved and nice reflections.
This is the end result of two passes of Ultimate Compound at speed setting of 5 and one pass of ColorX at 4. Owner was pleased with the result.
This car number two. Almost beyond my abilities and product selection. You can see not only auto-wash swirls, but evidence of some one using a steel wool pad. Okay maybe not steel wool, but something capable of making more swirls and minor scratches.
This side of the car was riddled with door dings. Most were filled with red paint. No hope for the dents, but I gave the red a what for!
This car like the other was power washed, Super Soaped, Gold Classed, APC+ tires and NXT on the rims. Consumer grade clay and the results pretty much as would be expected.
Here is an attempt at a 50/50. Due to the work required, not much time for photographs.
The right side is two passes with Ultimate Compound. One pass at 4.5 and the next at 6, both with Meg's yellow pads. This result was unsatisfactory and more work is required.
Here is the untouched side.
This is the final result of the corrective work. Two high energy passes of Ultimate Compound at speed setting 6. The pads, already well used, took a beating. The pads are beginning to separate the hook and loop from the foam. After Ultimate Compound, I did a couple of passes with ColorX at speed 3 to 4. I used the ColorX as a cleaner and removed it before it could haze over or dry. It wipes off so easily. I can see why ColorX is a favorite among so many MOL folks.
This is the side with the door dings. Red paint residue gone and looks much better.
After working fairly hard doing swirl removal, time for a little lighter work. Using the mini-buffer, I went over this black plastic trim with Ultimate Compound followed with M205. There actual are two different texture pads and the pads vibrate rather than rotate. A bit of change of pace, just something for a good chuckle .
Completed trunk. I asked not to be required to clean the canvas top, as that looked like a day long project all by itself.
End of project, many corrections made and pretty good reflections.
After putting a fair amount of work into the Chrysler, I wonder if using M105 with a DA would have made faster work of the swirls without brutalizing pads with multiple passes of Ultimate Compound at speed 6.
Thanks for stopping by.
I need to get out the black pad and buffer with the help of the ultimate compound to and get the swirls out of my cars paint.
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