Detailer's Domain: New Car Prep with Opti Coat - Lincoln MKX

Subject: Lincoln MKX
Requirements: Clean up and prep for Opticoat

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Decon
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Menzerna FG400 - MF Cutting Pad
- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad
- Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -
Auto Finesse Lather
Auto Finesse Citrus
Wolf's Decon Gel
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Auto Finesse Rejuvenate
Opti Coat
Wolf's Glass Guard
Auto Finesse Satin Tire Dressing
Optimum Metal Polish

Engine
Optimum Power Clean
Adam's In and Out

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Rupes Bigfoot LHR15ES
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before











Presoaking the trim with AF Citrus


AF Citrus was used on wheel wells and tires



Wheel wells cleaned up


Wheels were hit with Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and Wheel Woolies




Wolf's Decon Gel





Using the Uber Detail Brush to hit up the gas cap, jambs, etc





Foam



Wash with an Uber Wool Wash Mitt


Rinse



Customer requested debadging
Before



After



Engine After



Rupes Bigfoot and Auto Finesse Rejuvenate on an Uber Green Pad



Auto Finesse Rejuvenate was used on the chrome trim as well.


After

 

Great work Phil .

 

Nice work Phil! A couple of questions......


Did you apply opti-coat over af rejuvenate? :shead:

Also, at what step did you use the wolf's decon gel? After pre-soak and rinse? After wash with wash mitt?

 

we did the decon gel and the citrus during the prep cycle. decon on the paint, citrus on the wheel wells, tires, etc.

we sprayed it down and then washed it.

rejuvenate was used as a pre cleaner prior to the opti coat.

 

you dont rinse before you decon right? you rinse it off then foam and wash ect?

 

on this one I did not rinse before decon.

 

Sexy Phil! Great work homie!

 

thanks!

 

always a pleasure to see your work...

 

Looks great!