RPD - 2011 Regal Turbo - Black

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by SilverGTV8, Jun 8, 2014.

  1. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    Detailing: 2011 Buick Regal CXL Turbo
    Yes, another black car :). This is my personal car that my wife and I drive. I picked it up a couple months ago, currently has about 33k miles on it. Scott calls it my "old man" car, simply due to the moniker, however its great well sorted, fast with class :) All the options, turbo, manual and without the GS price.

    Anyways, the car was typical when we got our hands on it. It had its fair share of defects, I asked the dealer not to prep it at all, a few scratches, some chips on the rear bumper mostly, and a lot of RIDS. We spent a good 20 man hours on it, I'd say we got it back to solid 9, almost 9.5

    The color is Carbon Black Metallic, it has a lot of flake, however the after pictures were very overcast, so it will appear straight black, but there are a few pictures that give you an idea, its like carbon flash but a couple shades darker. I got some dealer touch up paint and we tried to blend a few of the chips, which came out decent. The engine was dressed and interior we quickly went through as well.

    I hope you enjoy the pics. There's a few...

    Materials
    Flex 3401VG
    Porter Cable
    Uber 6" Orange
    Uber 6" Green
    Uber 5" Orange
    Uber 5" Green
    Uber 5" Black
    Uber 3" Green
    Uber 3" Orange
    Menzerna PF2500
    Menzerna SF4000
    Menzerna Power Lock
    Autoglym HD
    Mequiers NXT 2.0
    Chemical Guys G6 dressing
    Zaino Bros Leather in a Bottle
    Spray Away Glass cleaner
    Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
    Adams Car wash
    Sonax Wheel Cleaner
    Westly Bleach white
    Never Dull
    50/50 Alcohol Wipe down
    Chemical Guys applicator pads
    Various MF Towels
    Various Wheel brushes
    Various interior brushes
    Blue painters tape
    CG Extreme Shine
    Qtips

    Process:

    Exterior (body)
    Citrus wash, dry, clay bar (lower sections), 1 pass PF2500 Uber Orange (spot work as needed including touch up), 1 Pass SF4000 Uber Green, MF towel dry, Alcohol wipedown, 1 coat powerlock, 1 coat Autoglym HD.


    Wheels
    Sonax wheel cleaner, Westly bleach white, citrus wash, 1 pass PF2500 Uber Orange 3", Mequiers NXT 2.0, dressed CG Extreme Shine.


    Interior
    Vacuum, Leather treated with Zaino Leather in a bottle, Glass cleaned with Spray Away, underhood hand wipe then CG Extreme Shine.


    Let's begin!

    Getting to washing
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    bumper was chewed up a bit :(
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    Nice hood chip my wife got days before, passing a big rig.
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    Under the lights, ewww.

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    After one pass of pf2500:
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    In progress...

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    Scott do'in work
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    Wax ON
    (Tight work area right now, 2nd half of garage is used for some remodeling. See that pipe behind me...yeah the last detail I banged into it coming off from a step stool on a detail, had a bruse the size of my whole hand, sucked...)

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    Outside:

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    I think I kicked Scotts ass
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    Not too bad on the bumper.
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    Not sure if I had a picture of this but all the handles had nail marks under them, got 90% of them out.
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    Chip corrected/blended well
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    Took out a lot of defects here
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  2. rwisejr

    rwisejr DB Forum Supporter

    Nice job !! Came out really nice. I like the look of those regals.
     
  3. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    great job thanks for sharing.
     
  4. kimoxl

    kimoxl Virgin Detailer

    Great job!!
     
  5. kyle butler

    kyle butler Birth of a Detailer

    looking sharp!
     
  6. bentley147

    bentley147 Jedi Nuba

    looking good
     
  7. P1et

    P1et Official DB Moderator

    Nice work!
     

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