Well I suppose I better enter. I cleaned up a 2011 Lincoln MKX yesterday that had a beautiful metallic finish and it really sparkled when done. The weather was horrible but the owner wanted it done anyway. I just have the after pics to post.... it started raining buffers and pads!
Products used:
- PC 7424
- PB 6.5 Black CCS
- PB SS&S
- PB S&R
- PB Clay
- PB BnB
- PB PwC
- PB Wheel Sealant
- Natty's Red
First I started with soaking the wheels and exhaust tips down with Spray and Rinse, as there was heaving brake dust inside and out. I also cleaned the wheel wells at this time. Once I finished with all the wheels, I then rinsed and cleaned the engine, blew excess water out via leaf blower I started and let it run for 5 min. Once dry I treated with diluted BnB. After that was complete, I rinsed the car entirely and proceeded with the wash. I once again took the leaf blower and blew out all the excess water after rinsing and then dried. Once the car was completely dried off, it received a really good claying and boy was it bad!!
This is just from a couple of panels ...
Once I had all of that done, I pulled out the Porter Cable and got to work. I used the black 6.5" pad with PwC at speed 1 to spread out and then speed 4 to polish and protect the finish. I went over the whole car entirely and let it setup for close to an hour. While I waited I treated the freshly S&R cleaned wheels with some WS. I made sure to get around all the spokes and tight areas. After the WS was applied I decided to take a Mountain Dew Super Nova break and let everything finish drying to a nice haze.
Once hazed up, I took my UF wax removing towel and removed all the PwC to a brilliant shine. I know the PwC is enough protection, but I thought to myself, why not add some Natty's? After all this was a new customer that came to me from a referral, so I better make it pop for her. So, I applied a nice buttery pleasing to the nose coat of Natty's red. While that was drying I went ahead and applied my BnB with a tire swipe to the Michelin's. One nice light coat really made them stand out! After that was complete I buffed off the WS to reveal a Super clean and shiny clear coated aluminum wheel. At that time, I also went ahead and used the diluted BnB in a spritz bottle on the black grilled inserts, lower fascia plastic, lower side moldings and rear bumper plastic. Once that was all done it was time to buff off the Natty's. I went around the car one more time to give it a once over for any wax residue, quickly wiped off the dash (didn't ask for interior to be done), squirted a little QD+ on the instrument plastic to make it totally invisible and sprayed a few squirts of the Cherry scent. The rain was ridiculous, so I decided to back it out anyway seeing how it wasn't going to stop anytime soon and got some beeding shots. She was happy and is having me do her '08 Avalanche Monday. The weather is looking great next week! :smt033
Pre-rain pics ..... don't mind the reflection shot of my messy garage and white bags of zucchini...
im not allowed to enter any contests!
