(Regarding me anyways).



Well onto the detailing process. At first I didn't really know what I was dealing with so I put it under a 1200 watt halogen light ~




That's basically what it looked like throughout the entire car ~ minus the dirt and crap.

After I examined the car for a little bit, I washed down the car and used a clay bar so it would give my paint a sleek finish and to remove any dirt/contamination left behind.




Tried to take a better picture of the contamination; hard to capture with the iPhone 4 though. Oh well


After claying, I at FIRST used an Orange Pad+M105 and forgot to inspect my work with the halogen light. After 4-5 useless hours, I finally inspected to see I had gotten nowhere only getting rid of 50% of the scratches/swirls. I was upset, so I took out my Yellow Pad + M105 + LVL 4~5ish on the Flex and did some good damage. ~






It was hard getting use to the Flex because I've never ever detailed in my life, so I had splatter and crap all over the place. Plus, it kept trying to "walk away" sometimes, which made it a pain to detail because it would leave traces of polish behind that I would have to pass over again; making the process that much longer.





Lots of over-polish. Throughout the process, I learned better techniques to eliminate that. Definitely took a shiet load of patience/time, and if you don't have neither do not detail


Here are some shots with Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant, (I still need to wax my car [Pete's 53']; waiting for the sealant to cure).


(Tape still on the front because I need to finish the front bumper ~ clay/polish/fine polish/seal/wax)













(I kinda like this picture... )





And I officially LOVE this picture... such a nice reflectionnn






















(Yes I did detail in my boxers through the entire process)



Anyways, I would like to give credit to mainly 4 people ~ Gamedog, BB, Greg @ DI, and of course... Google. Helped me a lot throughout the process.



I would say I worked on the car for at least 25-30 hours. I think I managed to get rid of about 90% of the swirls/scratches on my first go around ~ which I feel is really good for a complete beginner at detailing.



Please chime in for any questions/comments because it really took forever to do this detail and I'm sort of proud of how it's coming out so far I just need to add the wax and I'm good to go I think

 

Great learning process! Car shines like a mirror!

 

lol, well now you know, do a test spot!

job well done

 

Hahaha yea, always need to test spot for now on!

 

Good job, man! Nice mirror shots.

 

Super wet.
Nice

 

Nice work, huge difference...

 

Thanks guys, it looks 2x better now with Pete's 53' wax on it

 

pics for final result with 53' on...