69supersport396 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) Since my wife and I had 2 consecutive days off, thought I would practice on her daily driver and try out all of my new Adams stuff! It wasn't too terribly bad (like some of the cars I've seen here) but the roof rails and below the side windows were swirled and scratched pretty bad. The hood is peppered with stone chips, but she does drive this thing! First I washed with a mixture of Adams and Dawn to remove the previous "coatings" I quickly found out the "other poeple's" stuff caused some clouding that kept coming back. Gave it a quick dry off and proceded with; Severe Swirl Remover on a green pad (this stuff ROCKS!) Swirl and Haze Remover on an orange pad Fine Machine Polish on a white pad Machine Super Sealant on a gray(?) pad Brilliant Glaze on a red pad (this stuff also ROCKS!) Finished with Americana (we all know this stuff ROCKS) I then cleaned the exterior windows with some Stoner glass cleaner (still have 2 bottles left), applied VRT to the black trim and tires, then applied Quick Sealant to all of the jambs. Even Mrs. 69supersport notices the difference. Like I said, it wasn't that bad to begin with. But practice makes perfect. Thanksgiving morning after I started baking the turkey. This is after working on it all day and after the Machine Super Sealant application. This roof rails were real bad! After Not sure what is wrong with this picture. Maybe there is something up with SmugMug. Don't think it has ever looked this good. Thanks Adam's! Edited December 3, 2012 by 69supersport396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUKE-Z Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Wow, nice work! She must be happy with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Nice looking Kia? Can't believe I just said that. Great job though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69supersport396 Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) Here are two garage shots. Not sure what is up with my camera today. Can't get a decent car shot out of it today. Thanks for the kind words guys! Edited November 24, 2012 by 69supersport396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingwater Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt@Adams Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 That car has some soul now. Get it?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69supersport396 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyfox Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I did one of those for my buddy. His wife has a new Soul and those things are deceptive! They don't look very big, but there is an awful lot of surface to detail on them! I am sure it kept you busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69supersport396 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Took 11 hours over Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. We didn't want to go shopping anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith2013 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 You say you used Brilliant Glaze on a white pad? You should be using the red pad instead as the white pad has a small amount of cut to it and using it without the proper polish could induce some micro-marring into the paint which you worked so hard to correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69supersport396 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) My typing mistake. White pad is on my list twice. I did use a red pad. Sorry about that. (fixed it) Edited December 3, 2012 by 69supersport396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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