****This was lost when the new FORUM site was launched and i wanted to post it so i can have the link to send others****** Had a customer just purchase this car for this car for his wife about 2 weeks ago, knowing the condition of the paint. I dropped by when he was purchasing it, at night and this car was right under the light. Then the car salesman proceeds to tell him and me that the paint is in good condition and those marks are just standard used car paint results. Long story short, my customer told the sales man he did not know what he was talking about, and they ended up knocked off 1k. As shown the dealer buffed this car and left the worst swirls and monogramming that I have ever seen. And what made it worse is that they did not remove any or the marring or scratches. 3 step polish was performed and 4 step on some specific areas. Items used Lusso Oro car wash Dawn dish soap Adams Detail spray Adams all purpose cleaner Adams VRT Adams Undercarriage spray Adams IN&OUT Adams Glass Cleaner Menzerna Power Gloss Menzerna Super Intense polish Menzerna PO106FA Menzerna PO85RD P21s metal polish Uber Medium Clay Sonax wheel cleaner Adams Machine super wax Lusso Oro carnauba wax Tools used Uber foam gun 2 bucket grit guards Flex XC2301 VR Sonax wheel brush Swissvax brushes Tons of Uber NO NAME towels Uber boars hair brush Start with the wash Cleaning the rims, tires and the engine bay Time to strip the old wax off All good to start polishing—This was the paint that the dealer said “Look pretty good” Clay after passenger door Removing the old wax from the plastic trim All prepped for polish and wax Just got this polish from Phil earlier last week Taped up half the drivers door for a 50/50 Hood before and after--- this was the worst body part of the car. Before AFTER I masked of the front half of the hood to see the difference. (Front done back not touched) After 1 coat of Adams machine super wax (this car will be outside so wanted to get some sealant on it) Then 4 coats of Lusso Oro Wax
Nice job on the FX. I owned one for over 7 years. Just curious, did you hose down the engine after soaping it? If so, did you remove the cover under the engine prior to doing it? I only ever cleaned my motor when I did my oil changes.
Really nice job! How do you go about using Dawn to remove the old wax? How much of the dawn do you need to ad to your water bucket and how big is the bucket?
I always use ADAMS APC and general rubber weather stripping which a get at any hardware store. I rub the rubber against the plastic and it puls the wax out. Just make sure its lubercated with APC I only took that 1 pic for some reson but after the rinse i removed all the covers and cleaned the rest with just APC and towels. Then the covers were put back on and dressed Using the 2 bucket system, so 5 gallon buckets, i used about 5-7 oz of dawn. After the wash with dawn i washed it again with lusso car wash too.
