Detailer's Domain: Fixes a Hammered Honda Civic - Opti Coat applied
 

Subject: 2000 Honda Civic

Requirements - Remove heavy swirls and scratches, and protect with Opti Coat



Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with 1Z einszett W99

- Aquartz Iron Cut

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Wetsanding

- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad - Griots Orbital

- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital

- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital

- Opti Coat

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Aquartz Iron Cut

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Meg's M105

Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System

Menzerna SF4000

Opti Coat

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Before

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Prep - Wash, Wheels, Tires, NanoSkin

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Headlight restoration



Before shots of the lights.

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Various stages of wet sanding required to clean up the headlights

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Compound and Polish

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After shots of the headlights - Opti Coat installed

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D300 with Griots

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50/50 shots of correction

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Before trim

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After

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After shots

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You guys do Audi's, Benze's, Beamers, Porche's, etc. Then someone brings in their 2000 Honda Civic. lol But I think this is the best one you have shown yet. The horrid condition that car was in was crazy and you guys turned it into show room condition. I applaud you and give you + rep for this project! :clap:

^^Agreed! Seriously one of the best detail/restorations I've seen you guys do. Excellent work!

thanks guys! figured you guys would want to see a rare one ; )