Hello friends :hello: A very nice cool sunny Sunday morning from Mauritius This detailing job took over 5 days, from decontamination to coating, loads of defects removal and paint leveling. Upon arrival: Wash: 2BM method using mf wash mitt Local car shampoo and APC mix To the wheels Washed already close-up of contaminants Decontamination with Sonax full effect + Clay in- process Ready to be coated and protected To the paintwork Clay Assessing the work to be done Not easy to be noticed. On this color, it’s as if the defects have got “shyness DNA” From previous respray job, rubber trims damaged! I was very sad for the friend who brought his Honda to me. Little or nothing I could do for that. NEW paint defect (at least for a newbie like me, doing detailing as a passion) More familiar light scratches and RIDS, full of swirls but the metallic flakes just make it difficult to be captured. The headlights wait, not yet over the lower sections subsurface defect :? Look close-up same on both sides of the rear bumper Paint correction: The paint has sanding marks and scratches beaneath the clear-coat. I had to proceed with extreme caution and to add, Hondas are the champion of soft paints. Tools: Makita rotary, Flex 3401 Polishes: Menz FG 400, 203S, PO85rd Pads: Carpro denim pads, LC white, LC HT Crimson, LC white Glass: DP Glass restorer with glass polishing pads, Opti-sealed Wipe down : IPA mix Coating: Opticoat with supplied applicator, wiped with suede mf towels (better than normal mf towel IMO) Trims & tyres: CG new look trim After correction a spot or 2 remain, would have needed more clear coat removal The roof [/COLOR] close-up More swirls appearing due to a flatter surface, holograms are there too from the compounding step My friends Beading during the polishing stage Checking and checking TA DA Attending to the details Focussed rare incidence: Shot by the Mrs. extreme close-up The hood The task at hand Many scratches found after compounding, when the blurriness is gone Inch-by-inch inspection More inspection The Sun test The swipe test Finishing beads Feeling blessed The hood Peek-a-boo wih the sun Perfection wanted Couldn’t get the sun from the camera, but no swirls left The doors and vertical panels To recap Orange peel and textured paint removed Almost done Hello! I’ve still got an agricultural garage/workshop A few reflection shots Some Finshing beads Coating the mirror Some opti-beads shots The Finishing pics Thanks for reading. Your comments and thoughts are most welcome. Cheers :hello: Zaid[
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Re: Honda Civic full correction orange peel removal & optico Nice one Hard to make 50/50s on grey, but the result is great !
