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      03-14-2011, 02:39 PM   #1
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This is actually a pretty old write-up... But since I haven't posted it here before... here you go!
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2009 Chevy Camaro
This car is only about 1.5 months old. The dealership did a very hacked job on it and filled EVERYTHING. It looked nice, but once we stripped everything, it was halogram EVERYWHERE. Although it's new, it has some very sever RDS and minor swirl marks. The entire process took about 20 hours or so...

Wash
- Camspray Foam Gun
- Detail Addict Water Softening System
- Detail Addict Car Soap
- Detail Addict Grit Guard
- Detail Addict Wash Mitt
- Detail Addict Waffle Weave Drying MF
- Detail Addict Engine+Wheel Cleaner
- ACE TurboStick

Clay/Polish/Wax
- Porter Cable 7424XP
- Makita 9227C
- Detail Addict Backing Plate
- Detail Addict CCS Pad Set
- Detail Addict Medium Grade Clay Bar
- Detail Addict Detail Spray (lube)
- Menzerna Power Gloss (S34A)
- Menzerna Super Intensive Polish (83)
- Menzerna Super Finish Polish (106FA)
- Menzerna Final Polish (85RD)
- Detail Addict Sealant Wax

Miscellaneous
- Detail Addict Glass Cleaner
- Detail Addict Glass Towel
- Detail Addict Rub&Shine
- Detail Addict Dressing Sponge
- Detail Addict Polishing MF
- Detail Addict Detailing/Polishing MF

Sorry, it was very cloudy so no good pictures of before outside...









We start with the wheels and tires


Off with a hand brush to get the spokes


Then with ACE PowerStick to get to the inside of the wheels


Pressure wash off everything


Including the wheel wells


Then we start with the body to get the 'big dirt' off the car...


Hit the tires again as we rinse the body


Then off to our Camspray Foamer



You can never clean the wheels/tires enough!


Then off to two buckets hand wash with fresh MF


Then glide the water off of the car


Rinse down the wheels of course


Look at this! Brand new car! This is from just the hood too!


Air dry all the gaps and surfaces as much as we can


After air dry, we use Waffle MF to blot dry


Look closely, lot of RDS! We then took a paint meter to check the thickness and it was about ~145-185 micron all around. Plenty of paints on this car for correction!


and swirl marks


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Still trying to perfect close up shots... But yeah, lot of swirls... Here are bunch of 50/50





Some indoor finishing shots






The sun finally came out the next day for us to take some outside pictures!









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      03-14-2011, 03:08 PM   #2
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A freshly detailed black car is the best looking. Nice work indeed.
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      03-14-2011, 03:14 PM   #3
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good work, still like these over sized american cars specially when theyre clean.
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      03-14-2011, 04:39 PM   #4
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thanks all! yeah, this sucker was pretty darn big!
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