Detailer's Domain: Cadillac DTS - paint correction
 

What was done -
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
- Pre Washed with W99
- Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meguiar's DA300
- Menzerna SF4000
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Aquartz
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed

Engine -
- Cleaned
- Dressed

Interior -
- Vac
- Wipe down and protect dash
- Leather cleaned and conditioned
- Glass cleaned

After shots of the interior
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Before shots
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1737.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1740.jpg

Before engine
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1743.jpg

After
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1819.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1818.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1816.jpg
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Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1744.jpg

Wash
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1746.jpg

Rinse
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1752.jpg

Dried the car to see this.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1755.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1757.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1758.jpg

Clay
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1765.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1762.jpg

50/50 shots
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1789.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1802.jpg
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APC and Steam to clean up the white walls
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1796.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1799.jpg

Afters
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1855.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1846.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1826.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1843.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_1825.jpg


Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Meguiar's Microfiber DA Compound D300
Menzerna Super Finish
Aquartz Nano Coating
1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care
Optimum Metal Polish

Glass
Uber Glass Cleaner Kit

Interior
Leather Master Plus Kit
1Z einszett Cockpit

Engine:
Engine Detail Kit

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
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

Having black paint is a full time job...that's why my car is white! :lol:

Looks great as always, especially those wheels! Why are the two best detailers on here on the east and west coasts, yet I'm stuck in the middle!