Worked on this car over the weekend. Full detail and paint correction, took me 18 hours. Process/Products Foamed with DP Xtreme Foam 2 Bucket Wash with Dawn & Schmitt Dried using leaf blower Clayed with Adams clay & DP Clay Lube IPA wipe down PC7424 Started my test spot with green CCS pad and Megs 205. The paint was harder than I expected and the swirls were fairly deep, so the 205 didn't do much. I stepped it up to the orange CCS pad and 205 with the same results. Tried Orange CCS pad and 205, still not enough correction. Finally tried 105 with the yellow pad and got the correction I wanted. Unfortunately the backing came off on my yellow CCS pad after about half the car. So, I ended up doing the rest of the car with the orange CCS pad and Megs 105, with just about the same exact results. Followed up the 105 with Adams Revive polish on green CCS pad. I was very low on Megs 205, so used the Adams with great results. After polished entire car got another IPA wipe down before DP Poli-Sealant was applied and allowed to dry for roughly about an hour. Wiped off and let it sit over night to allow sealant to cure. Next day I applied Collinite 845 via DA and CCS red pad. Since I was in a hurry I didn't get any before or after pics of the interior, but here is my list of products. Stoners Invisible Glass 1ez Cockpit Cleaner Various MF's And on to the pics... Before Taped Up: Test Spot: 50/50 of test spot Some 50/50's And the after shots: Thanks for reading!
I only charged him the $300. So in the end I really didn't make much, but I got some good experience and hopefully some more customers.
the best looking Elantra I've seen on DB I've never seen one detailed properly. Usually the owners never bother. Great work.
Yeah the guy originally told me it was a Hyundai Sonata, but it turns out it was an Elantra. It's his daughters car that they bought off an older lady. She use to put her laundry baskets and stuff on top of the car or truck lid and there were tons of scratches. I was honestly surprised that he wanted me to do a paint correction on it, but he was glad to do it. Since he works with me at my full time job he knows that I'm trying to get my business going and figured that I could use the practice, so with that in mind I only charged him $300. I've never seen an Elantra on any detailing forums, but hey there is a first for everything right?!
