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      04-01-2009, 04:55 AM   #1
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Kei's detailed: 2005 Accord EX

I was asked by a good friend of mine to detail his girl friend's car, as he wants is GF's car look like a new car.

Upon inspection, this car sucks, i couldn't even count how many scratches it has, almost the worst "newer" car i have seen.

I wasn't able to take much pictures, I didn't take many after shots, i really wanted to take some after shots under sun, however, I needed to return the car by the next morning, I had just the exact time for detailing, but not picturing....

Hope you enjoy!


Wheel & types:
P21S wheel Gel
Jet Seal 109
Adam's VRT for dressing

Clay:
Sonus ultra fine clay bar
ONR diluted

Polish:
Menzerna SIP with White Pads
Menzerna P085RD with White pads
Menzerna P085RD with Black Pads
ISO 50/50 for inspection

Protection:
Jet Seal 109

LSP:
Swissvax Concorso

Equipment:
Flex 3401
PC DA
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Swissvax Leather Brush
Fenix TK10

The car.....

Before


50/50



after



Before

After:


Before:

50/50




The Hood, Done, compare with the fender


Jet Seal 109 Applied:


After Shot:






Thanks for looking
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      04-01-2009, 05:09 AM   #2
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good job...
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      04-01-2009, 08:29 AM   #3
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Great job! Car looks pretty restored to me.

How do you apply the Jetseal on the wheels?
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      04-01-2009, 08:30 AM   #4
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Very nice work....love to see the scratches disappear.
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      04-01-2009, 10:05 AM   #5
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holy mother how many times has that thing been through an automatic car wash
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Pretty good job. The sad thing is she'll probably just run it through an auto wash next week and scratch it all up again
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good job...
Thanks man!

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Great job! Car looks pretty restored to me.

How do you apply the Jetseal on the wheels?
Yeah, the car is very gloss right now, looks like a brand new one for me...
I just wash the wheels with P21S, then clay the wheels, finally, just apply Jet seal on the wheels, just like a wheel wax

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Very nice work....love to see the scratches disappear.
me too, i just loved to see how black color restores in its finest!

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holy mother how many times has that thing been through an automatic car wash
I got the exact number, it is exactly 1,324,323 times.

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Pretty good job. The sad thing is she'll probably just run it through an auto wash next week and scratch it all up again
I asked her never go there away, starting from last week, she actually asks her boyfriend to hand wash it for her, so it is a good thing to her and to me!
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Nice work bro! How you like the flex?
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wow, it's amazing to see what you guys can do to a car

that thing was beat before you worked on it
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Kei, very nice transformation, especially considering you didn't use anything more than a polishing pad. It looks like the car could have benefited from a slightly more aggressive polish and/or pad combo for those deeper imperfections. You were able to produce a ton of depth and gloss by finishing with the 85RD and great protective layers.

Keep up the great work.

George
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LOL wtf that thing was murdered. Nice job man!
Thanks Joey,
It was a totally different car to me, the before and after......

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Nice work bro! How you like the flex?
thanks, coming from PC, the flex rocks....less shaky, more power. I didn't regret of getting one. now, I want to learn how to use a rotary....

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wow, it's amazing to see what you guys can do to a car

that thing was beat before you worked on it
yeah, thanks to the detailers in e90post, i learn from them

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Kei, very nice transformation, especially considering you didn't use anything more than a polishing pad. It looks like the car could have benefited from a slightly more aggressive polish and/or pad combo for those deeper imperfections. You were able to produce a ton of depth and gloss by finishing with the 85RD and great protective layers.

Keep up the great work.

George
Thanks George
I will keep your words noted.
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