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Last weekend, I was able to detail my mother’s in law car. I had the usual swirls marks but few deep scratches. Overall, the paint was dull from oxidation. And the worst part she always use dish soap to wash her car. What a crime! 
However, I was able to convince her to use car wash soap…Meguiars of course! 
Here are some of the products I used.
Deep Crystal Car Wash
Quik Clay System
#80 Speed Glaze
#83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish
NXT Generation Tech Wax
Gold Class Leather Cleaner & Conditioner
First I cleaned the interior dash and carpet from soda spills, etc. with simple green. The leather seats were cracked and hard. However, I decided to use Meg leather cleaner and conditioner to at least make them look clean and softer. I decided to let the product sit while I was detailing the exterior (4 hours).
After totally washing her car with DCCW, I clayed the car with QCS while wet. It was very bad that I could hear the roughness with every stroke. After half of the roof, the clay bar was totally dark brown. The hood and the trunk was pretty much the same. The rest of the vertical panels were not as bad. After that, I proceeded to rinse the car again dry it.
I took out my PC with #80 and proceeded to polish a test area but no luck. So, I grab the #83 and I got a much better results. Then I did the entire car with #83 following with #80 and NTX.
Because I was running out of time, I left alone the deeper scratches. Besides, it is a light color car so they are not as obvious. Once done, I went back to the leather seats and wipe off the excess product and to my amaze the leather became softer. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of the interior and dress up the tires.
Here are some pictures.
Before
Dull reflection
After
Restored reflection
Reflection of my shoes.
PS. It seems that this particular color does not reflect directly like black. However, it does better in an angle. Thanks to MOL I became her favorite son in-law.
However, I was able to convince her to use car wash soap…Meguiars of course! Here are some of the products I used.
Deep Crystal Car Wash
Quik Clay System
#80 Speed Glaze
#83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish
NXT Generation Tech Wax
Gold Class Leather Cleaner & Conditioner
First I cleaned the interior dash and carpet from soda spills, etc. with simple green. The leather seats were cracked and hard. However, I decided to use Meg leather cleaner and conditioner to at least make them look clean and softer. I decided to let the product sit while I was detailing the exterior (4 hours).
After totally washing her car with DCCW, I clayed the car with QCS while wet. It was very bad that I could hear the roughness with every stroke. After half of the roof, the clay bar was totally dark brown. The hood and the trunk was pretty much the same. The rest of the vertical panels were not as bad. After that, I proceeded to rinse the car again dry it.
I took out my PC with #80 and proceeded to polish a test area but no luck. So, I grab the #83 and I got a much better results. Then I did the entire car with #83 following with #80 and NTX.
Because I was running out of time, I left alone the deeper scratches. Besides, it is a light color car so they are not as obvious. Once done, I went back to the leather seats and wipe off the excess product and to my amaze the leather became softer. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of the interior and dress up the tires.
Here are some pictures.
Before
Dull reflection
After
Restored reflection
Reflection of my shoes.
PS. It seems that this particular color does not reflect directly like black. However, it does better in an angle. Thanks to MOL I became her favorite son in-law.
so that is good to me.
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