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06-20-2012, 06:08 PM
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2008 Lincoln MKX Detail
Today's job was to clean up and do a full polish on a 2008 Lincoln MKX.
Products Used: Optimum Car Wash Adam's All Purpose Cleaner Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Various Brushes Iron X Lake Country Foam Sponge Mother's Clay Bar ONR diluted for Clay Lube Werkstat Satin Prot Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus Adam's In N Out Spray Optimum Hyper Polish Optimum Microfiber Polishing Pad Blackfire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection Lake Country Hydro Tech Crimson Finishing Pad Blackfire Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Wax Before: Car was relatively clean when dropped off First step was a strip wash. Wash solution was a mixture of Adam's APC and Optimum Car Wash. Next, Iron X was used to pull out contaminants. I suspected I would find a lot, and I was right. After a good rinse to get all of that putrid stuff off the paint, it was time to clay. My favorite clay is just plain old Mother's, with an ONR solution as lube. The paint was still trashed after the wash and IronX. The picture shown is after only one front fender...  I then washed the wheels, wells, and tires using Adam's All Purpose Cleaner and Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner, coupled with various brushes. The (plastic) wheels were badly stained and etched, so I just shined them up the best I could. Why a $45,000 luxury SUV comes with cheap plastic hubs is beyond me... Next was another quick wash to get all residue off the paint, and dried with a Cobra Supreme Guzzler. I like to then attack the interior while I let the drips run out and make sure everything is completely dry. The interior was vacuumed and cleaned. This plush leather and beautiful interior deserved the best, so it was dressed with Werkstat Satin Prot, which leaves a beautiful satin finish and no residue. This particular customer did not want the engine bay washed with water, so I cleaned it up the best I could with my ONR solution of Waterless Wash. It was then dressed with Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus and Adam's In N Out Spray for the tricky areas. After everything was clean, and I was satisfied that I wouldn't have any drips interrupting me, I moved on to polish. The paint needed very minimal correction. There were hardly any swirls, and any defects that were present were too deep/large to be fixed by polishing. First things first, you have to have some good tunes. Since I didn't need to really correct much, I chose to forgo any compounds and just use Optimum Hyper Polish to shine things up. This was coupled with an Optimum Microfiber Polishing Pad. Fast forward a few hours and the one-step polishing is done. All that was left then was to choose my weapon from my vast shelf of sealants. I'd normally go with Werkstat Acrylic Jett for a silver like this, but I was feeling a little generous and decided to go with Blackfire's two-step Wet Ice Over Fire combo. A layer of Blackfire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection sealant was put down with a PC and a Crimson Finishing pad. This was followed by a layer of Blackfire Midnight Sun Carnauba Wax. The results were jaw-dropping, albeit a little hard to capture on camera. After the paint was nice and protected, the tires were finally completely dry and ready to be addressed. I chose to apply a tire sealant called Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus. This was also applied to all plastic and rubber trim. Here are some 50/50 shots with the Ultima applied to the right hand side. Finally, some after shots of the whole car. I will be posting some in-depth reviews of some of the products used, so keep an eye out. There are some real gems you won't want to miss, and some you might want to..
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06-20-2012, 07:31 PM
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Drives: 2014 Ford Focus ST Join Date: Jun 2009
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Great work and attention to detail. Great to see so many products use on this job.
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06-20-2012, 07:38 PM
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Nice job! Great work on the engine bay!!
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06-20-2012, 07:52 PM
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How much time on that detail,you deserve a cold one
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06-20-2012, 07:56 PM
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Quote:
 Give it a little tappy tap
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06-20-2012, 08:05 PM
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Drives: 221SS1LE Join Date: Oct 2008
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I"corrected"my wifes car on fathers day,this was my way of having fun trying out all the new stuff and it took a good 7-8 hrs.Afterwards I stuffed myself at the garden followed by d-zert and a few drinks to relax,good times
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06-20-2012, 08:55 PM
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That towel, it's massive, like wtf. Is it a rug? Blanket? I can't get over how big it is haha
Great job on the detail, looks great! Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 |
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06-21-2012, 09:07 AM
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Give it a little tappy tap
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06-21-2012, 09:25 AM
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Nice work.
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06-21-2012, 03:41 PM
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You do nice work
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06-21-2012, 09:57 PM
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I'm going to buy one of these towels now, I am fascinated by its size!
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06-28-2012, 03:04 PM
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06-28-2012, 04:23 PM
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great work!
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06-28-2012, 05:01 PM
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You sir, are a beast! Great results!
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