Paint polished - 2005 TSX
 

With people posting their detail jobs, I suppose I'll post a one and see how it goes.
This is a 2005 Acura TSX with about 3 years worth of water spots on it

Before wash:

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1896/dsc0001s.jpg

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/579/dsc0002tm.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9770/dsc0003oj.jpg

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8403/dsc0004dt.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6500/dsc0005cz.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/721/dsc0008oz.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7871/dsc0009xv.jpg

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1956/dsc0010i.jpg

This is what it looked like AFTER I washed it:

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4556/dsc0012i.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3430/dsc0013ra.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5411/dsc0014dz.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1254/dsc0015bc.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7808/dsc0016si.jpg

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3636/dsc0017nq.jpg

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1142/dsc0018iq.jpg

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4232/dsc0019ja.jpg

After shots:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6456/dsc0026ll.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/601/dsc0027tw.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6359/dsc0028c.jpg

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8775/dsc0031vt.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9803/dsc0036st.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2659/dsc0048or.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8200/dsc0049oy.jpg

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6105/dsc0051iw.jpg

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1662/dsc0055qpc.jpg

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7421/dsc0057la.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5453/dsc0065d.jpg

Good work what polish did you use ?

Prima Swirl and a DA + lots of pads.

Nice job, way to bring it back. Why did you go through so many pads though?

thanks!

The condition of the paint was so bad I did not want to waste clay bars, so I opted to polish before clay (yeah I know, I reversed the steps to save clay bar, it gets expensive ya know). Therefore I was switching out pads every 2 panels lol.

Damn I those are some serious waterspots.

lol yeah, i taught him how to do a rinseless wash so he is able to maintain a water spot free finish now

lol... didn't know u were still on the forum mike... hows the acura?

and how exactly do you do a rinseless wash?

Looks good.

The acura is good. almost 56k miles and trouble free.
I'm going to try a special nano coating pretty soon thats suppose to be scratch and marring resistant. plus it lasts a whole year
See vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1XK-fy3AM

1 oz of solution in 2 gallons of water, a sponge, and towels to dry. no need to rinse, many detailers converted to this instead of doing traditional 2 buckets now.
See vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL5A29qIjnc

thanks :cool:

I will be bugging you about this when the time comes! haha

WTFFF thats sick. No way this really works. Did you try it out ?!?!?!?!!

based on the prices for this stuff, it has to work or there will be a riot.

I can get it for you and you can apply it yourself lol.
Not exactly rocket science to apply.

The whole point of nano coating technology is to eliminate wash induced swirls marks and scratches. The test is a little extreme, but yes it does work.
It's actually a pretty popular product in Europe, I'm waiting for my buddy to give me feedback before I order any. It's $50 + shipping for .85oz. No, not a typo, .85oz.

lol, not about the application, but i will want to see your car after you apply it. haha

lol ok

looks good