Hi guys, so this is a 1 stage polishing write up on a pretty brand new IS250 that was delivered from the dealer swirled up. The owner was pretty upset about the delivery condition and contacted me to correct the paint.
Not much else to say so on to the pics.
My usual routine is to start with the wheels first using P21s Wheel Cleaner Gel which is one of the most safest wheel cleaners out there for all types like forged, adonized, alloy, etc. and it's non acidic as well. You could basically put it on and leave all night and no damage.
Applied it to all the wheels
Then started cleaning the inner barrel with my EZ-Brush
Cleaned the rim face with a microfibre mitt
And all clean
Now on to washing. This is my first thread here so I will do my best to be technical for those that are not familiar with proper washing technique.
I rinsed down the car and right away noticed that there was no protection on the car either wax or sealant. A sign of this is that the water was not beading so no wax and it was not sheeting off so no sealant. It was just sort of sticking to the paint in a sheet like manner but not really coming off the paint, like in this pic.
After the rinse now onto the actual washing using the two bucket method. One bucket is for soap only and the other bucket is water only which is for rinsing dirt off your mitt so that you don't contaminate the soapy water. Bottom line the reason you do this is so that you don't use one bucket and rub the same dirty soapy water all over car causing you to drag dirt all over your paint creating more swirls on your paint.
Probably what the dealer did plus I'm sure it was the same water for at least a couple cars.
Used my natural sea sponge to wash. Also I would like to mention that on panels facing the sky I go in a back and forth motion not a circular motion. And all the panel facing the side I go in an up and down manner.
After each panel or half a panel I rinsed off my sponge.
After rinsing off the car. I dried it with my waffle weave towel which is much more absorbent then a leather or synthetic chamois.
Pulled it in to my garage and started claying the car with Riccardo's Yellow Clay and Meguairs Last Touch cut 25/75 with water. Also wiped off the residue with a second waffle weave towel.
Not bad at all.
After the clay treatment I masked off all rubber trim and prone areas with blue painters tape.
After masking I measured the paint with my Defelsko paint depth gauge to look out for any low points and to look out for any repainted panels.
Paint levels were looking healthy
Now onto the polishing. I used my Flex 3401 with a white Lake Country Pad and Menzerna Power Finish.
Here is a before shot of the paint and an idea of the condition of how they delivered the car.
After
