cleaned up my Max (pics)
10-08-2009, 08:41 PM
#42
Looks good-how about some full sun shots?
Cleaned up mine about 6 weeks ago, did quite a bit of polishing with my rotary (I have my own detailing business) since I really haven't done much other than wax it every month or two since I polished it out when I got it a couple years ago.
Polishing steps:
1. The hood, trunk lid and some areas on the sides I used Meguiars #105 using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad at 1000-1400 rpms.
2. Whole car with #205, again with a Meguiars polishing pad at 1000-1800 rpms, finishing out with light pressure at 1000 rpms.
Took these pictures after the above two steps since I'd probably lose the sun before the 3rd step.
Even though I could see no holograms from polishing, I still finished the car with 3M Ultrafina using a blue Ultrafina pad at 1000-1800-1000 rpms. This is the only shot that day after all three steps-you can see the shade at this point covers more than half the hood:
Wax:Carnauba Moose
Tires/fenderwells: Armor All
Took these pictures the next day:
Swirl free but you can see my paint isn't pefect-typical Nissan paint, chips pretty easily.
Cleaned up mine about 6 weeks ago, did quite a bit of polishing with my rotary (I have my own detailing business) since I really haven't done much other than wax it every month or two since I polished it out when I got it a couple years ago.
Polishing steps:
1. The hood, trunk lid and some areas on the sides I used Meguiars #105 using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad at 1000-1400 rpms.
2. Whole car with #205, again with a Meguiars polishing pad at 1000-1800 rpms, finishing out with light pressure at 1000 rpms.
Took these pictures after the above two steps since I'd probably lose the sun before the 3rd step.
Even though I could see no holograms from polishing, I still finished the car with 3M Ultrafina using a blue Ultrafina pad at 1000-1800-1000 rpms. This is the only shot that day after all three steps-you can see the shade at this point covers more than half the hood:
Wax:Carnauba Moose
Tires/fenderwells: Armor All
Took these pictures the next day:
Swirl free but you can see my paint isn't pefect-typical Nissan paint, chips pretty easily.
10-09-2009, 05:55 AM
#44
It's obvious you're proud of your ride and your detailing skills, Scott. (And with demonstratively good reason, your car is gorgeous.) But didn't you just totally ***** this kid's thread for your own strokes?
[edit] Scott, try some of that Back-to-Black on those little triangular side-view mirror plastic panels. It worked really, really well for me.
[edit] Scott, try some of that Back-to-Black on those little triangular side-view mirror plastic panels. It worked really, really well for me.
Last edited by Rochester; 10-09-2009 at 06:24 AM.
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