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Just wanted to show off a few cars I've been doing over the last month. With all of the school work and soccer starting, now is the worst time for me to have my busiest months yet. I have had at least one car every weekend for since the middle of October! That might not sound like a lot, but balancing a full day mobile detail in a place 27 miles away to come home and do pre-cal and finishing an AP World History essay is not a fun challenge.
Now I'm not a pro at taking these pictures, as I usually forget to take them and get way to focused on finishing up the car. (Example, I did a red Ford Edge, took 12 before pictures, not one after.) So these are just for y'all to look at. My friends get sick of me posting all these on instagram, so I figure you are a more appropriate audience.
Here's my Mom's very awesome 2006 Silver TSX.
Did a correction with D151 on a Microfiber Finishing Pad. Needed a little more aggressive pad, but working the products a little longer gave me all the correction needed.
Next one I have is this Blue Lexus RX300. It had swirls and hadn't been washed in about 1-2 years. Nearly killed me.
The whole car was covered in this:
Keep in mind, I did this all in one day. I did do way more than they asked, however the owner was recovering from a cancer treatment. So I stepped up the detailing as a gift. I did a one step with some Menzerna FG400 that I was trying out. Dusted a little, but corrected amazingly and finished down awesome! One step then wax with Collinite 845.
Now, I figure its time to introduce the HAWK AUTO DETAIL TRUCK (the Hawk Auto Detail truck does not represent the detailing of Hawk Auto Detail)
You might be asking why I drive such a dirty and brick textured 1989 Jeep Comanche Eliminator (only offensive if you think hard about it)
Well, my little Miata is a great car! But fitting a shop-vac, microfiber, chemicals, buckets, polisher, etc. in a car that could fit in the bed of that pickup, is not easy, actually impossible if you don't go top down! (I've done it, just need some bungie cords
)
This truck has been around since I was born. We bought it cheap, and like any cheep jeep, it won't die. I love it! Learned to drive a stick in it, learned how to fix various minor things on the side of the road, learned how to live with windows that crank down, but don't crank up. You get the idea.
After school the other week, i thought I would treat her and wondered if I could polish the "brick finish" off. Sort of!
Not beautiful, but a huge improvement! I took some m105, an old microfiber pad, and a bunch of elbow grease and took that old, ummm... I don't even know what it is, off. I then put some glaze down, and waxed it. The truck was beading water! First time in 10 years!
Next I did a Cadillac DTS. This one I did today. Before pictures not very good, except the one of the stain I got out.
Here's the stain:
Smelled nasty, and she was a fighter! But through my patented redneck hot water extractor method, it was removed.
Look at them stripes!
Then the exterior required a spot clay bar treatment for road junk and bugs that had decided to become part of the paint. Other than that, it was actually in great shape for being a regular driver. She hadn't even washed it in quite a while.
Here the Caddy is all finished up!
I also visited Huntsville's car dealerships to check out the new cars! Was not disappointed!
This is 10 WRX and WRX STi's:
4 BRZs, my dream car!
And the Dodge dealership had quite a surprise!
That's THREE SRT Vipers! Really impressive for only like the 5 biggest city in Alabama. I would have begged to offer my detail services, but the sales staff didn't seem interested in a 17 year old driving an 1989 Jeep and staring down the Vipers, imagine that!
Oh and like always, I'm reminded of the horrors of service department prep at dealerships!
In my time at a dealership, I tried to quickly buff out a few examples like this (if I could) during the lunch breaks, their lunch breaks seemed to take longer than mine...
I also went to an Autocross a few weeks ago!
It rained. A lot. The dirt. The grit. THE HORROR!
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to share!
Griffith Hawk
BTW I think this is my 100th post!
Glad to be a part of the forum! Even if I usually do most of my "Forum-ing" in chemistry class.
Just wanted to show off a few cars I've been doing over the last month. With all of the school work and soccer starting, now is the worst time for me to have my busiest months yet. I have had at least one car every weekend for since the middle of October! That might not sound like a lot, but balancing a full day mobile detail in a place 27 miles away to come home and do pre-cal and finishing an AP World History essay is not a fun challenge.
Now I'm not a pro at taking these pictures, as I usually forget to take them and get way to focused on finishing up the car. (Example, I did a red Ford Edge, took 12 before pictures, not one after.) So these are just for y'all to look at. My friends get sick of me posting all these on instagram, so I figure you are a more appropriate audience.
Here's my Mom's very awesome 2006 Silver TSX.
Did a correction with D151 on a Microfiber Finishing Pad. Needed a little more aggressive pad, but working the products a little longer gave me all the correction needed.
Next one I have is this Blue Lexus RX300. It had swirls and hadn't been washed in about 1-2 years. Nearly killed me.
The whole car was covered in this:
Keep in mind, I did this all in one day. I did do way more than they asked, however the owner was recovering from a cancer treatment. So I stepped up the detailing as a gift. I did a one step with some Menzerna FG400 that I was trying out. Dusted a little, but corrected amazingly and finished down awesome! One step then wax with Collinite 845.
Now, I figure its time to introduce the HAWK AUTO DETAIL TRUCK (the Hawk Auto Detail truck does not represent the detailing of Hawk Auto Detail)
You might be asking why I drive such a dirty and brick textured 1989 Jeep Comanche Eliminator (only offensive if you think hard about it)
Well, my little Miata is a great car! But fitting a shop-vac, microfiber, chemicals, buckets, polisher, etc. in a car that could fit in the bed of that pickup, is not easy, actually impossible if you don't go top down! (I've done it, just need some bungie cords
) This truck has been around since I was born. We bought it cheap, and like any cheep jeep, it won't die. I love it! Learned to drive a stick in it, learned how to fix various minor things on the side of the road, learned how to live with windows that crank down, but don't crank up. You get the idea.
After school the other week, i thought I would treat her and wondered if I could polish the "brick finish" off. Sort of!
Not beautiful, but a huge improvement! I took some m105, an old microfiber pad, and a bunch of elbow grease and took that old, ummm... I don't even know what it is, off. I then put some glaze down, and waxed it. The truck was beading water! First time in 10 years!
Next I did a Cadillac DTS. This one I did today. Before pictures not very good, except the one of the stain I got out.
Here's the stain:
Smelled nasty, and she was a fighter! But through my patented redneck hot water extractor method, it was removed.
Look at them stripes!
Then the exterior required a spot clay bar treatment for road junk and bugs that had decided to become part of the paint. Other than that, it was actually in great shape for being a regular driver. She hadn't even washed it in quite a while.
Here the Caddy is all finished up!
I also visited Huntsville's car dealerships to check out the new cars! Was not disappointed!
This is 10 WRX and WRX STi's:
4 BRZs, my dream car!
And the Dodge dealership had quite a surprise!
That's THREE SRT Vipers! Really impressive for only like the 5 biggest city in Alabama. I would have begged to offer my detail services, but the sales staff didn't seem interested in a 17 year old driving an 1989 Jeep and staring down the Vipers, imagine that!
Oh and like always, I'm reminded of the horrors of service department prep at dealerships!
In my time at a dealership, I tried to quickly buff out a few examples like this (if I could) during the lunch breaks, their lunch breaks seemed to take longer than mine...
I also went to an Autocross a few weeks ago!
It rained. A lot. The dirt. The grit. THE HORROR!
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to share!
Griffith Hawk
BTW I think this is my 100th post!
Glad to be a part of the forum! Even if I usually do most of my "Forum-ing" in chemistry class.
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