So I've been reading write ups for paint corrections for about a month or two and after finally getting the courage to purchase a Swirl Killer kit, yesterday I decided to give my car a run for its money.
I had washed and clayed the car about 2 weeks ago and I had layered it with H2O G&G and Americana Paste Wax.
To start here's what I used: Adam's Strip Wash, Wash Bucket, Wash Pad, Clay Bar (Not Adam's), Swirl Killer, MF pad, Blue, Orange and White pad, Heavy correcting compound, Correcting polish, finishing polish, Swirl Finder, and pad brush. MF towels (Not Adam's because I didn't wash those yet, but still similar quality)
I didn't want to do the whole car for lack of time and I know I probably shouldn't have done the exact spots that I did, but either way it's done...
So to start I on the actual detail I filled up a bucket part way with some strip wash a wash pad and water. Because I was only going to do the driver side doors, and half, yes half, of the trunk I didn't do a two bucket wash. I then dried with a blue waffle weave towel and then went on to clay bar using detail spray (Pumpkin ) and then proceeded to dry the left over detail spray and move on to paint correction.
On the left side of my trunk I started with the blue foam pad, because the paint wasn't badly swirled, with the heavy correcting compound. Using the swirl finder I noticed it's not really swirled. After about 4 passes I moved on to the side doors but instead used the microfiber pad because they were very swirled.
Using about 4 passes on each door in a crosshatch pattern.
After step 1 I then proceeded to do the same routes using the orange pad and the correcting polish on the trunk and the doors and then the finishing polish. My final step was a dry application with H2O G&G because I did't have LPS.
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So I've been reading write ups for paint corrections for about a month or two and after finally getting the courage to purchase a Swirl Killer kit, yesterday I decided to give my car a run for its money.
I had washed and clayed the car about 2 weeks ago and I had layered it with H2O G&G and Americana Paste Wax.
To start here's what I used: Adam's Strip Wash, Wash Bucket, Wash Pad, Clay Bar (Not Adam's), Swirl Killer, MF pad, Blue, Orange and White pad, Heavy correcting compound, Correcting polish, finishing polish, Swirl Finder, and pad brush. MF towels (Not Adam's because I didn't wash those yet, but still similar quality)
I didn't want to do the whole car for lack of time and I know I probably shouldn't have done the exact spots that I did, but either way it's done...
So to start I on the actual detail I filled up a bucket part way with some strip wash a wash pad and water. Because I was only going to do the driver side doors, and half, yes half, of the trunk I didn't do a two bucket wash. I then dried with a blue waffle weave towel and then went on to clay bar using detail spray (Pumpkin ) and then proceeded to dry the left over detail spray and move on to paint correction.
On the left side of my trunk I started with the blue foam pad, because the paint wasn't badly swirled, with the heavy correcting compound. Using the swirl finder I noticed it's not really swirled. After about 4 passes I moved on to the side doors but instead used the microfiber pad because they were very swirled.
Using about 4 passes on each door in a crosshatch pattern.
After step 1 I then proceeded to do the same routes using the orange pad and the correcting polish on the trunk and the doors and then the finishing polish. My final step was a dry application with H2O G&G because I did't have LPS.
Here are some before and afters.
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