Good afternoon fellow detailers! This is Part 2 of this Honda's Odessey...o.k. that's pretty cheesy. Interior is on a previous post. Remember, this vehicle had never been detailed in 9 years!! Let the show begin!! Arrival/prep time!! It was really overcast with storms trying to come in... Iron-X melting off years of contamination.. Prep work done!! Nice finish!!! NO wax left!! OOppss!! Forgot before shot... Headlights before... General paint conditions.. Even thru defects, you can see the flake potential!! It was amazing, almost all these defects came out!! Deepest chips remain.. Tic Tac Toe anyone?? Clients were SO stoked about getting this corrected, I promised some great 50/50 shots... Time to try some new products!!! Sonax and Orange Uber Pad cam as a package deal thru Detailers Domain with my new Rupes, which is an incredible, smooth and fast machine! Call Phil if you have any questions! Chicken scratches under clear coat on hood.. First stage only remember..done.. Section to the left not done yet.. Fuzzy... Better! Yeah buddy! Much clearer...taking out 9 years of wear & tear.. More chicken, non-deep scratched please.. Before... After.. Here.. Gone.. Yupper..you have to go as well... I like this grouping..before.. During... And after... Where those nasty swirls were at...yet to be refined further..nice flake!! Before... Surprising in garage, how blue paint looks, yet outside, it's black.. Rear lift gate was in really bad shape... Got to get better..ahhh yes! Customary lens shot.. Restoring very nicely!! Defect removal took around 6 hours. Sonax is a different character to work with...instructions seemed way to quick to remove any defects. Some sections, it gave me an incredible long working time, yet others had no time to work and chunks of Cutmax flying off the pad even after cleaning pad each pass. I tried Sonax EX 04-06 as a Stage 2, and I simply did not like it at all. Made paint super sticky/grippy. I went back to Meg's Finishing Wax/Finishing M/F Pad and had great results! I told clients I was using there van as a guinea pig/experiment test. I feel like I have some high end vehicles coming, and have been reading about Wet-Fire over Ice. So took a plunge and bought the kit. Blackfire sealant & carnuba wax. Believe the hype...sealant applied. I applied with D/A, but I will do next one by hand. I could see the paint changing as I was applying Wet Diamond...weird.. I gave it 45 minuites to set up. It came off super easy and super slick!! Grabbing some setting sun... Was very impressed... Next day, time to layer 2 coats on top of sealant. Made to bond with each other. I gave it about a 12 hour cure time overnight prior to topping. WIpe on, wipe right back off..great wax, but it does reduce the slickness of sealant. But results were awesome!! Blackfire products...Hoover applied....Hoover approved!! Headlights after.. Enough indoor shots already! Let's roll!! Blackfire Wet-Fire over Ice left a multi-dimensional/depth that I have never seen.. Simply spiffy!!! Tucked away prior to pick up. I reminded clients upon pick up what they asked me about a month ago...Hoover, what is detailing...I said "This is detailing" and had them turn around to look their at van in the driveway...shocked, speechless...in awe and wonder..love it!! Very very pleased indeed!! There you go guy's, you now have a brand new van!! This is what we love to do!! As always, thanks for all support, comments, questions and all that. Have a great evening, and go live your dream!! Hoover
Excellent work and turn around Hoover! Great write up and article as well. I was hoping you would tell us the clients' reaction upon seeing it for the first time at pick up! Thanks!
Thanks guy's!!! I would call it a Joyous shock.Simply stunningly beautiful reaction to the whole thing. They said your business will explode soon doing this quality of work. I want my own business, and here we grow it!! Hoover
