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    1989 Black Celica

    I did this car last weekend over 2 days, as i ran out of sunlight on the first night. This car had never been clayed or fort hat matter washed on a regular basis. I think once every 3 months was around the norm.

    Wash & dry - Gold class .. its funny how a simple wash makes a world of difference
    Meguiars clay with soapy water - this step was incredibly tedious & tiresome
    quick wash and dry
    #1 Medium cut cleaner with rotary to remove the horiffic water spots - cut pad
    #9 Swirl remover 2.0 with rotary - polish pad
    #9 swirl remover 2.0 with PC (curious to see how it worked with this machine) - polish pad
    high pressure spray to remove dust particles
    Apply NXT by hand
    remove with PC microfibre bonnet

    Alas it was quite dark by the time i left and the owner had been kind enough to send me these photos he took himself.
    These photos are one full week after the initial detail - is getting washed next week for the first time.

    The sunroof was badly oxidised and in parts through the clear coat (i presume)as i drew black paint on the pad

    needless to say after the all was done and compared to the dilapidated conditionof the paint .... the owner was deleriously happy

    The dirty clay bar







    The reflection shot off the bonnet of some bicycle wheels hanging off the pergola roof


    Although not the best photo but believe me this is 1 million percent better than b4




    The rear disc wears NXT


    back at the ranch i thought i'd show you some of the cloths i used before i got round to washing them.
    the following are all meguiars except for the yellow PC microfibre.

    The green window cloths are the best. Found them by accident in my local autoshop. The black on them is from the inside NOT the outside.



    a very dirty microfibre bonnet
    Last edited by SprintKing; Apr 9, 2005, 06:51 AM.
    All people give pleasure : some when they arrive, others when they leave
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    wow looks great!
    any before shots?


    also could i ask, when you applied #9, did you do a section at a time?
    also how did you buff it off?
    using a PC or by hand?

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    • #3
      Very nice work there. Great results too. That clay has seen better days.

      Was the black paint picked up by the clay from the car (as in sinlge stage paint) or was it black paint overspray?

      Good job there, the pics are beautiful.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by tomee
        wow looks great!
        any before shots?
        also could i ask, when you applied #9, did you do a section at a time?
        also how did you buff it off?
        using a PC or by hand?
        before shots?
        u really shouldnt ask that question
        i tend to get excited about a car when i see it and dive straight in there to save it from the pain it must be feeling. Taking before pictures can hurt the cars feelings

        i almost always apply #9 a section at a time. For the bonnet i would do it in 6 parts split into top and bottom and then into thirds (drivers side, middle, passenger side)
        Although the microfibres are great i find that with #9 for instance that the 100% coths are much better because they have a deeper pile and remove it more easily by hand.
        I then go over the area with a microfibre, usually to remove any reminensce (sp?) and dust that resides.
        I dont remove by PC until the LSP simply because i only have 2 microfibre bonnets.
        All people give pleasure : some when they arrive, others when they leave

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        • #5
          Originally posted by scrub
          Very nice work there. Great results too. That clay has seen better days.

          Was the black paint picked up by the clay from the car (as in sinlge stage paint) or was it black paint overspray?

          Good job there, the pics are beautiful.
          the black was from when i hit the window surrounds/trim and also did the wiper blades. i did clay the sunroof which was very poor but dont remember the black coming off so readily. When it became obvious that the clay wasn't going to be used on paint again i clayed the windows with it also.
          All people give pleasure : some when they arrive, others when they leave

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          • #6
            That car looks great ,do you Tri?
            2004 MY C5 ,2005 SLK350[BLACK],.1999 Black Suburban .

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mojo1
              That car looks great ,do you Tri?
              Tri? im lost
              do u mean 3 NXT coats or something?
              All people give pleasure : some when they arrive, others when they leave

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SprintKing
                Tri? im lost
                do u mean 3 NXT coats or something?
                What I meant was do you do Triathlons , I asked because of the picture of the bike.
                2004 MY C5 ,2005 SLK350[BLACK],.1999 Black Suburban .

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                • #9
                  hahah i c now

                  that is the clients stuff - he rides road and criteriums
                  Last edited by SprintKing; Apr 15, 2005, 06:12 PM.
                  All people give pleasure : some when they arrive, others when they leave

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