Red 2002 Beetle Detail

Woob

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General Info
Hey All! Its great not to have school today. Got to detail for a family a second time. Used Adam’s products and I’m pretty happy. 3 Hour Detail from start to finish! Read on for process etc.

Vehicle

2002 Red (Turbo?) S Beetle that had a Valentine 1 and was manual. Great car to start learning. Seemed so open when I got in to reverse the car. Paint was in okay condition when I did a direct look, but lots of scratches/swirls/etc. Light I would say, but man I couldn’t dig into em like I wanted to.

Process:
Wash w/ Adam's soap. Lubricity is good along with cleaning / suds ability. Definitely a good soap for details. Better lubricity than Mothers
Clay w/ Mother's bar/soap. I have decided to demote this clay. It just doesn’t pull the way I want to now. Adam’s comes in!
Polish with Revive / Scratch Out. @ 5 – 6 easy passes as I wanted to maintain the new paint. Revive is a good paint cleaner that’s easy to use. But I wanted Scratch Out to work more with my green Light Cut. Either way I was amazed that both can be used at the same time! (Thanks Nick!)
Wax w/ Butter Wax: WHOA! I let my assistant wax after my polishing step, but that stuff goes on easy and spreads so easily. Made paint alive with gloss, clearness, depth, and seemed to just add a new look to the paint.
Dressing tires/etc: Adam's VRT with detail sponge: Very clean and simple look to tires etc.

Result: Happy customer! I was able to do some nice cleaning and waxing on a pretty good conditioned car in only 3 hours from start to packing up. Definitely could improve on polishing/claying but Butter Wax is a great wax! Not bad for a second time w/ an assistant. More to come! Always more improvement to achieve. :bigups

Before Pics below (Have patience I'm looking for tips/techniques/camera stuff right now)
 
Thanks all

edschwab1,

Revive is a paint cleaner, while Scratch Out is a polish on alone is around SSR 2.5. Mix both SO/Revive with a 50/50 feel and I hear its a winning combo on the same pad. No clue how the chemist did so, but it works somewhat. I haven't tried it fully however.
 
GSRstilez,

Naw, those are the best pics. I'm improving photo wise though.

Which waxes would compare? Hmmm I'm not fully sure but I'm gonna say Mother's Gold / PB EX. Yup weird combo. But its me...
 
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