Thought I should contribute something instead of just lurking. But first let me compliment all of you for your generous sharing of expertise, good humor, and camaraderie.
If I've done this right, you should see some pix of a midnight blue Cadillac I detailed a month or so ago. This car has been sitting for over a year under a pine tree collecting sap, bird-drops, and hard water spots from lawn sprinklers. About every week or two, the owner's husband would hose off the worst of the encrusted bird-drops and then let the car air dry.
When I couldn't stand it any longer, I approached the owner and convinced her to let me take a shot at a complete detail. The hood was badly oxidized in addition to the bird and hard water stains, and I warned the owner she might see only limited improvement.
Here's the hood before (and it looks better in the picture than it did in real life):
And here are 2 afters:
The white spots you see are reflections of puffy clouds rarely seen in Arizona this time of year.
Here's the trunk lid before:
and here's after:
The engine bay before:
and after:
.
Finally, 2 more afters:
All the "afters" were taken in full sun.
What I did: Vinegar removed most hard water stains and some bird-drop stains; De-Solv-It cut most of the sap; clayed; "rotaried" with HiTemp's Light Cut X 2; then with my PC: DACP with a polishing pad X 2; SFP with a polishing pad; finished with Blackfire and a finishing pad; treated the vinyl top with AutoMagic's Super Dress-It.
Hope these are worthy of a Click & Brag entry
If I've done this right, you should see some pix of a midnight blue Cadillac I detailed a month or so ago. This car has been sitting for over a year under a pine tree collecting sap, bird-drops, and hard water spots from lawn sprinklers. About every week or two, the owner's husband would hose off the worst of the encrusted bird-drops and then let the car air dry.
When I couldn't stand it any longer, I approached the owner and convinced her to let me take a shot at a complete detail. The hood was badly oxidized in addition to the bird and hard water stains, and I warned the owner she might see only limited improvement.
Here's the hood before (and it looks better in the picture than it did in real life):
And here are 2 afters:
The white spots you see are reflections of puffy clouds rarely seen in Arizona this time of year.
Here's the trunk lid before:
and here's after:
The engine bay before:
and after:
.
Finally, 2 more afters:
All the "afters" were taken in full sun.
What I did: Vinegar removed most hard water stains and some bird-drop stains; De-Solv-It cut most of the sap; clayed; "rotaried" with HiTemp's Light Cut X 2; then with my PC: DACP with a polishing pad X 2; SFP with a polishing pad; finished with Blackfire and a finishing pad; treated the vinyl top with AutoMagic's Super Dress-It.
Hope these are worthy of a Click & Brag entry
