Heroblade's car was dirty white so he asked if we could work on the paint. well now his car is gleaming white

GTfour spoiler off and washed with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash



Polishing compound and 2 cheap buffers

1 pass only on each panel


808celica2damax shows up with the fancy "real" buffer

Herosblade's turn


after the polishing compound we went from this


to this.


working out the oem spoiler gunk



You can see where I missed spot that isnt shiney near the trim


Finally done!


Waxed with Tech wax 2.0

End Result


Parked both white cars in my garage cuz Herosblade didnt want his car getting "dirty" starting to sound like me
We took my car out for a break to fix 808celica2damax's car problem.

So here's what we did:
-Wash with Chemcal Guys Citrus (2 cap full per gallon takes off everything)
-Used polishing compound on the whole car 1 pass only
-skipped a few steps i wanted to do like going over with Swirlx and my other chemicals
-went straight to Tech wax 2.0 cuz we were all tired.

We used Microfiber clothes to polish off. Waffle weave fiber cloth to dry the car after the wash.
There's more pics and info im sure i left out. Questions welcome

As soon as we're almost done the rain comes..........

.......and guess which cars are outside??





jks!

My original plan was:
CG citrus wash
clayba,r 1 pass
polishing compound, 2 pass
swirlx, 2 pass
cleaner wax, 2 pass
tech wax 2.o, 2 laeyrs
then Collinite #845 Insulator Wax, 1 layer

My detailing products can be found here Detail Emporium
Off the counter products can be found at WalMart and any automotive store.

This post has been edited by 808celica: Oct 3, 2009 - 4:57 PM

It's really hard to tell on the progress we made especially on a white car.
Brightened the pic so you can see the corners of the license plate panel where it's still "tan" looking and the rear bumper where the work was done. (yes we didnt do the inside license plate, we were tired at this point)
Pretty much the was that color or a little brighter. Now the whole car is really white.


Solo shot in front of my house with good light. You can see the dents (towards the rear) now, as well as the touch up paint, and the neglect from the preivous owner.

Looks great, but I think you should delete those bump guards for him too.

please do mine next.

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we'll do that when we paint his car

I was gonna say...I just washed and waxed and I noticed a bunch of water spots, and just an insane amount of ingrained sh!t on the license bezel and rear bumper. I have to suck it up and clay, seal, etc. since I've never done that. All in all, I'll make sure there's beer and good food here if you come over and do the same for my car 808.

With the exception of the buffers (I assume it can also be done by hand, although painstakingly?), how much did you spend on the supplies?

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 4, 2009 - 2:08 PM

That car came out very well Jon!

I often times see in peoples detailing threads on other forums, they hold up a halogen light to the car and take the picture and it reveals more of what was achieved with the waxing, and shows all the flaws in the paint.

Awesome work, moloi`eheme.

Nice

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supplies........hmmm..........my personal stash or the ones we used???

Personal stash = $200
Used = $45???...ish (Herosblade works at checker's so he gets discount)

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Mahalos We were too tired to do anything after, so i didnt bother

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Mahalos

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What you used. Not bad, that's not a ridiculous amount. Your personal stash is though.

Nice work with the elbow grease there. Both cars looking great. Heh Hero's celica reminds me of mine except his is white. Looks naked though without his GT4 Spoiler on

This post has been edited by Hazmat: Oct 5, 2009 - 3:29 PM

Lolz yup i told him that. It'll look better if he walks over to my house to put on my Tein springs i dont use anymore

How much would you want for said Teins?