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Looks great, nice work

Today I did a wash, decon and polish on this new Ecosport. Used Adams new formula of the Ceramic spray. It was super easy to use. I let it sit for about 60-75 seconds. At around the 2 minute mark it seemed to get tacky and I had trouble wiping it off the surface. So I dialed it back some and it was effortless to wipe off at the 60-75sec mark. And at that time frame the rainbowing was started to go away so I knew it was ready at that point to be removed. If it lasts a full 5-6 months I’ll be impressed. I bought 4oz and I’m guessing you could probably do 3-4 normal size cars with that amount. After polishing the vehicle was really glossy. It’s new so the paint wasn’t in bad shape. I’m not use to working on new vehicles. It was so easy to decontaminate. After applying and removing the coating. The longer it sat, it seemed to get glossier and glossier. I was like, what is going on here?! Guessing the SIO2 curing was making it look better 🤷🏻‍♂️?? Here’s a few pics. I’m terrible at just explaining things so if you have any questions about the process I’ll be happy to answer. I am annoyed I paid for 3 day shipping and it took 10 days to get to me. Oh well lol.

Polished and used the new CSC on this today.

Ordered the new ceramic spray. Paid for 3 day shipping 8 days ago and it still isn’t here. Shipping says it will be here Saturday. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Strip wash, proper decon if needed and an IPA wipe down.

I polished a 260k+ mile Corrola. 

This one was a pain. I don’t have any aggressive clay and I’m assuming this car had never been detailed before. After washing and iron decon. Thepai t felt like sand paper, literally. I had to clay, clay and clay some more.

Those are some of the most satisfying jobs.  I've polished everything from Veyrons to rare original cars to new cars and the results on someone's high mileage daily drivers are the best turn around for the amount of work put in.

Doesn't look a mile over 26K!  Nice work.

I polished a 260k+ mile Corrola. 

I polished a 260k+ mile Corrola. 

I polished a 260k+ mile Corrola. 

I’m in

Mustang looks great, but that poor old truck behind it , not so much. 

Washed, iron decon and sealed.

Polished this yesterday. The owner was more than pleased and shocked.

Finally after the past few weeks or snow and freezing temps, I raced home yesterday after work to wash the truck! It was really bugging me... I used strip wash because I'm going to hopefully correct it here in the next week or so.

If life were that simple.
 
A, I'm in the UK. I can only find one place that sells it.
 
B, Their website is as reliable as a chocolate teapot (It's not even loading right now)
 
C, I've waited three weeks for a reply to two emails trying to order it.
 
So yeah, my first plan was to use Premier but due to the aforementioned, I decided to try ACB 2.0 instead. 

Polished this yesterday. The owner was more than pleased and shocked.

Polished this yesterday. The owner was more than pleased and shocked.

Polished this yesterday. The owner was more than pleased and shocked.

Polished this yesterday. The owner was more than pleased and shocked.

Polished this yesterday. The owner was more than pleased and shocked.

I am with John^^.  I try polishing first, but the failure is severe you will have to breakout the sandpaper.  Starting with wet sanding using 800 grit is my usual beginning point, but I have used 600 grit dry first if the clearcoat is flaking or uneven.  Like anything else, after doing lots of headlight you will have very good idea what can be polished and what needs sanding.
Make sure you use LOTS of tape (I like the blue 3M tape for sanding), and double tape any painted areas that you may possibly hit while sanding.  And if the tape gets too wet, dry the area and apply new tape.  Tape is wayyyy cheaper than repainting!  And really spray down the bump area after you are done to remove all the 'slurry'.  
I started with 3M headlight kit 39084 (I already had the Adam's polishes and pads), and used the 3" hook & loop sanding disks and the hand pad.  I have upgraded to a better hand pad and more 3" sanding disks.  The next step for me is doing this will a power tool!

If the clearcoat on the headlights are failing. The only proper way to restore them is to wet sand them first and then polish and put some type of protective coating over top like ceramic coating or paint protection film. I start with 800, 1500 then 3000 grit. Then I polish them. After that I do an IPA wipedown and coat.