Couple basic exterior details, RAV4 and TL Type S

[Scottwax]

The owner of the Integra whose interior I detailed a couple weeks ago called me out to take care of his parent's vehicles, neither of which has received much more than a monthly wash since new. Since both cars sit outside, full on corrections really don't make much sense but keeping the paint protected sure does.



Both cars were washed with ONR and clayed with Optimum Opti-Clay. Tires and fenderwells dressed with Armor All. Both were polished with Optimum Polish using a 5.5" orange Erasure cutting pad. The RAV4 was waxed with Clearkote's Carnauba Moose and the TL was sealed with Opti-Seal.



No, I didn't get a new car, the white G6 is a rental. My brother backed into my passenger side rear door a few weeks ago and my car is in the body shop.

The TL wasn't available until 3 PM and I was bumping up against sunset by the time I finished, hence dark pictures.

Something is jacked up with my camera, there isn't a dark spot in the middle of the hood!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

I like these details Scott. Easy work and the reward is huge for the clients. :bigups:bigups:bigups

 

[WAS]

Love how the Rav4 turned out !

 

[BigAl3]

nice, those acura's hold their looks and age very well. btw, around how many miles are you at on your car?

 

[Scottwax]

I like these details Scott. Easy work and the reward is huge for the clients. :bigups:bigups:bigups

Even better when a neighbor two houses down notices and sets an appointment for his two cars for next week.



BigAl3-around 168,500 or so. Really miss the VQ35 torque when driving around a G6 with a 2.4 Ecotec 4 cylinder.

 

[steelwind101]

Nice one Scott, i suspect you will have a bit of polishing to do when your cars back from the shop .



On those soft paints do you get any correction out of that pad and polish combo or just a good deal of gloss?



Thanks

Geoff

 

[dsms]

Very nice scott!

 

[Scottwax]

Nice one Scott, i suspect you will have a bit of polishing to do when your cars back from the shop .



On those soft paints do you get any correction out of that pad and polish combo or just a good deal of gloss?



Thanks

Geoff

I suspect you will be wrong on my car, which is why I only use and recommend the shop I took my car to. He's the one who did the repaint on a red Porsche 944 turbo that belongs to a customer of mine. Even under halogens, no buffer or spider swirls.



With #105 I get decent correction using the KB method, with #205 or Optimum Polish, I get some correction but mostly a huge bump in gloss.

 

[mjs3350]

Out of curiosity, why wouldn't it be worth it to polish a car that is stored outside? I plan on giving my truck it's first paint correction this spring and it's stored outside. I know course the LSP will break down faster than a garaged vehicle, but the paint shouldn't get scratched/swirled much faster if it's kept clean, right?



Nice work btw, as always.

 

[Scottwax]

Out of curiosity, why wouldn't it be worth it to polish a car that is stored outside? I plan on giving my truck it's first paint correction this spring and it's stored outside. I know course the LSP will break down faster than a garaged vehicle, but the paint shouldn't get scratched/swirled much faster if it's kept clean, right?



Nice work btw, as always.

Not really worth polishing either vehicle to perfection, some paint issues can't be corrected without refinishing and I don't think the owners are really looking for it anyway. They want clean, shiny, protected vehicles. Not everyone looks at paint the way we do and most certainly don't want to pay full correction prices. Besides, regular (4x per year) 1 polishing step exterior details will have a cumulative affect on the finish anyway, plus keep it fully protected.

 

[mjs3350]

Got it, thanks.