<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984</id><updated>2011-04-22T02:54:19.033+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Details...by MCrusader</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-6515854124111218107</id><published>2008-11-06T09:39:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T08:50:23.721+08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Own 2007 JDM Nighthawk Black Honda Civic</title><content type='html'>October 25-26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry guys. I actually posted the pictures of detailing my ride a few weeks ago but I didn't get a chance to do a write-up. Anyways, let me start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't really plan on doing my car as I had already planned to do Stoop's Yellow Spa S2k. However, he had to cancel due to last minute commitments, so I'm assuming that the next car I'll be doing would be his. Anyways, lets continue....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, here's a few snapshots of my car early in the morning. I actually clayed and washed the car the night before (with GLO) to remove any remaining waxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, I spent 2 days doing the car by myself. My cronies were too busy during that week...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0281a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0281a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soaked the bronze shoes with FX Wheel Cleaner first. Waited a few minutes, then brushed the inner wells and corners to loosen all that good stuff (brake pad residue).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0288a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0288a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since dirty rims are a pet peeve of mine....I had to make sure my wheels were extra clean. So, back to my good friend GLO, and the rims were cleaned again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0303a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0303a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You guys have seen it before....all the creases and cracks are cleaned with a diluted APC. This is to ensure all dirt/ wax residue is dissolved before we start working on the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0320a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0320a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so began the wash routine A Viking Microfiber Chenile Wash Mitt was used with....YES .....GLO again...... The reason why GLO was used again and again is because it has a more abrasive cleaning solution to it, compared to your regular shampoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0308a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0308a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;AFTER WASHING THE CAR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The real Nighthawk Black under flourescent lighting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rear Left Passenger Door&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0325.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0325.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Below the Door Handles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0327.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0327.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rear Left Passenger Door&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0332a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0332a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Trunk View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0336.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0336.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Trunk View Pictures:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0341a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0341a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rear Right Passenger Door&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0358.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0358.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My super swirled cob webbed hood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0364a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0364a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0367a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0367a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Another View of the hood (super swirled up right?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0372.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0372.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My favorite angles - the Front fenders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0383a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0383a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Front Bumper View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0388a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0388a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so, after months of hiatus the old buddy is out from the cave again. Flex 3401 VRG....&lt;br /&gt;Shown here with the yellow cutting pad by Lake Country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0392a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0392a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And some new chemicals to play around with. These areMothers re-formulated professional products, released earlier in 2008. After months of waiting, I finally get a chance to play around with them. I used the below 2 combinations to prep the surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Just some theory here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;When scratches appear on your paint, it actually means that these scratches are deeper than the paint's surface or the clearcoat.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scratches are extremely evident on darker colored cars compared to blacks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In order to remove the scratches, you would first need to flatten the paint - so that the clearcoat is actually level with the surface of the scratches. (Do I make any sense here?)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, to do that, you would first need&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;A compound solution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A polisher that is strong enough to do the job&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The proper polishing pads (For compounds, we would use the cutting pads)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Shown below is the Compound Solution that I used for my car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mothers Heavy Cutting Compound 81232&lt;/span&gt;. (Removes 1200 grit wetsanding marks)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0407.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0407.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mothers Foam Pad Polish 83432&lt;/span&gt;. (Used to remove swirls after compounding work)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0408.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0408.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0440a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0440a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0445a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0445a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0452a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0452a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0455a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0455a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0456.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0456.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0457.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0457.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0458.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0458.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0460.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0460.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0461.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0461.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0463.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0463.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0465.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0465.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0466.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0466.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0467.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0467.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0468a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0468a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0479.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 564px; height: 413px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0479.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0480.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 467px; height: 323px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0480.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0489a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/IMG_0489a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8218775020485474984-6515854124111218107?l=mcrusader.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/6515854124111218107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8218775020485474984&amp;postID=6515854124111218107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/6515854124111218107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/6515854124111218107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-own-2007-jdm-nighthawk-black-honda.html' title='My Own 2007 JDM Nighthawk Black Honda Civic'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/My%20Civic%20Oct%2025-26/th_IMG_0281a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-1831576678513837620</id><published>2008-10-01T13:26:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T13:37:37.200+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lambswool Wash Mitt (Mothers vs. Viking)</title><content type='html'>Hi all! I have some newly acquired toys and I'll be posting these items up slowly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this post I'll just be doing a compare and contrast between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mother's &amp;amp; Viking's Lambswool Wash Mitt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a few pictures which I snapped:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;With the Original Packaging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/?action=view&amp;amp;current=WashMitt01.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/WashMitt01.jpg" alt="Compare" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Packaging Removed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/?action=view&amp;amp;current=WashMitt02.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/WashMitt02.jpg" alt="WashMitt comparison" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The only difference I noticed from the 2 Brands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/?action=view&amp;amp;current=WashMitt03.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/WashMitt03.jpg" alt="WashMitt03" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's the facts:&lt;/span&gt; The Mothers &amp;amp; The Viking Lambswool Wash Mitt is actually made my the same manufacturer. Everything is 100% the same except for the color of the elastic band.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8218775020485474984-1831576678513837620?l=mcrusader.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/1831576678513837620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8218775020485474984&amp;postID=1831576678513837620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/1831576678513837620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/1831576678513837620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/2008/10/lambswool-wash-mitt-mothers-vs-viking.html' title='Lambswool Wash Mitt (Mothers vs. Viking)'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/th_WashMitt01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-2172455889281853354</id><published>2008-10-01T11:02:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T11:07:13.314+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Arrival of new Products</title><content type='html'>The Mothers Professional Products just arrived yesterday. I have yet to try them out, so stay tuned - my upcoming detail - (A Spa Yellow Honda S2000). Visit again soon for updates!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/?action=view&amp;amp;current=MothersProLineup.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/MothersProLineup.jpg" border="0" alt="Mothers Pro Products" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8218775020485474984-2172455889281853354?l=mcrusader.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/2172455889281853354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8218775020485474984&amp;postID=2172455889281853354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/2172455889281853354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/2172455889281853354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/2008/10/arrival-of-new-products.html' title='Arrival of new Products'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/MCrusader%20Blog/th_MothersProLineup.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-3900101089779618836</id><published>2008-08-19T11:16:00.021+08:00</published><updated>2008-08-19T20:21:07.551+08:00</updated><title type='text'>WS2K's Alablaster Silver JDM 8th Gen Honda Civic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0001.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 605px; height: 431px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0001.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think this is becoming more of a routine (which is a good thing). WS2K's car was actually a last minute detail (I've been itching to detail a car for 2 weeks now). The detailing appointment I had was cancelled at the last minute and WS was kind enough to loan me his ride to play around with. Thanks bud! Here goes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started out the day as usual - 7.30am Breaking Fast at a nearby hawker food center - Nasi lemak as usual. Actual detailing started at around 8am sharp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's some background about WS and his beloved ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Owner:&lt;/span&gt; Detailing kaki. Anal for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wash: &lt;/span&gt;  Minimum of 2-3 times a week&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wax: &lt;/span&gt;    Minimum of 1 time a week&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WS was kind enough to do a few things for me the night before we detailed (to save us some time)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What he did was:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Clean the rims thoroughly&lt;br /&gt;2) Wash his car with Dishwashing liquid&lt;br /&gt;3) Clay the entire car&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having said that, the story begins...................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FRONT CORNER VIEW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0003.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0003.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;VARIOUS OTHER VIEWS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0004a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0004a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really really hate dirty rims. Call me anal, but that's the first thing I notice when I look at a car. The travel from WS's house over to my detailing location resulted in brake dust on the rims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so, the tools &amp;amp; chemicals were busted out and the rims washed and cleaned thoroughly inside &amp;amp; out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0019.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0019.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the car was washed last night, all we had to do was rinse it to remove all dust. Claying was also done the night before. As usual, we soaked the car with Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover for a few minutes. Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover was wiped down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look the the pictures below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Left is the Before pictures before Bug &amp;amp; Tar Wipedown.&lt;br /&gt;On the Right - the Stuffed picked up by the Microfiber after Wipedown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0021.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0021.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While waiting for the Bug &amp;amp; Tar to settle on the paint, an APC was applied on all hard to reach areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The car was then rinsed to remove all the oils and cleaners to prepare for what WS refers to as "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Parallel Activity&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0028.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0028.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funny - This butterfly clinged on to WS's car after the Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover application. I thought the stuff was supposed to remove bugs, not attract them. Anyways, moving on..........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0035.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0035.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PARALLEL ACTIVITY -&lt;/span&gt; WS's definition of an activitiy that can be performed by 2 or more people simultaneously. Anyways, moving on again - here are some pix of the taping process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A hell of a parallel activity if you asked me. It probably took us 90 minutes to tape up all the rubber linings and plastic that we wanted to protect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0038.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0038.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pictures of the car taped up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0039.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0039.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: It is very very very very hard. Let me emphasize again. It is DAMN hard to locate scratches on a silver car and even worse on Alablaster Silver. These are the only shots we could get of identifying any markings on the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0046A.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0046A.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't see any scratches on this picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0049.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0049.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The old faithful is busted out after 2 weeks of hibernation. So began detailing work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started out on the Spoiler as we couldn't find a flat surface to work on it. We were going to remove it later in order to work on the trunk. My hunch was that there wouldn't be any leeway to work the polisher on the trunk due to the clearance between the spoiler and the trunk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, what we did first was:&lt;br /&gt;1) Couple of passes of M83 on the spoiler with the Orange CCS pad&lt;br /&gt;2) Followed by a couple of passes of M80 on the spoiler with White CCS pad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We found out later that WS forgot to bring the allen wrench to remove the spoiler (This problem would be rectified later).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0106.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0106.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some shots of application of M83 with the DA and then working the product onto the paint at higher speeds. If you noticed, the solution/ haze will turn clearer as you go on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0116.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0116.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Midway into working on the car, we came up with an idea. WS's car had a corner that was scraped. He was planning on visiting the painters. Since I had bought some sandpaper a few weeks earlier, this was the perfect opportunity for me to test out the "Wet-Sanding" process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Guts no Glory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Equipment used for the Wet Sanding procedure:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0117.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0117.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pictures of the Scratches on the rear right bumper:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(The Scratches were actually pretty deep as you can see from the picture)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0118.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0118.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wet Sanding Begins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) A generous amount of water is sprayed onto the "problem spot".&lt;br /&gt;2) Water is sprayed onto the 1500 grit sandpaper first.&lt;br /&gt;3) The 1500 grit sandpaper is worked on the "problem spot" until it is level with body paint.&lt;br /&gt;4) 2000 grit sandpaper is then used to refine the area that was sanded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0119.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0119.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;RESULTS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Left Picture: &lt;/span&gt;The Problem spot all sanded up and dried to a haze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Right Picture:&lt;/span&gt; Problem spot AFTER it has been cleaned up with few passes of M83 then followed by M80 and then wiped down with IPA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0120.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0120.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may not be the best work you have seen (since I have no experience in wet sanding). However, the differences are clear and if you had felt the "problem area" by hand, you won't even notice that there are scratches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0122.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0122.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALL BEHOLD! WS The Mad Scientist at work. Remember that I mentioned that we would rectify the spoiler problem earlier? Well, not only is our friend a Mad Scientist - he's also a damn good Contortionist! Notice how he maneuvers around the spoiler and the trunk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0142.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0142.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hard to reach areas were hand polished with M83 followed by M80 like the ones below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0148.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0148.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was getting a bit tired at this point in time. However, no matter how tired one is, there's always room for amusement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;**SMILE**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0162.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0162.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A Short Video on the Polishing Process:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;object height="349" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/krwtT9A4auM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/krwtT9A4auM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="349" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the M83 was done on the whole car, we then rinsed the car to remove all powdery residue.&lt;br /&gt;After "Pat Drying" the car, we took a breather and had our lunch at around 3.30pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Polishing work begins as you can see from the pictures below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0192.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0192.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As WS was machine-polishing the car, I simultaneously took the time to polish the exhaust tips (Using MOTHERS Magnesium &amp;amp; Aluminum Polish).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Pictures as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0208.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0208.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Pictures of WS2K &lt;/span&gt;- The Mad Scientist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0211.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0211.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pictures AFTER the M80 Application followed by IPA Wipedown followed by Rinse and Dry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0218.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0218.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Trunk View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0221.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0221.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ROOF View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0226.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0226.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;HOOD View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0230.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0230.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Some Pictures in Natural Lighting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0231A.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0231A.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0231B.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0231B.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once that was done, came the last few steps for &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PROTECTION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MOTHERS SYNWAX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MOTHERS STEP 3 PURE CARNAUBA WAX - PASTE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;MOTHERS Synwax was applied via Applicator Pads by Hand over the Paint by WS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0235.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0235.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While he was busy getting his fingers Sore, I busted out an old friend - the ROB.&lt;br /&gt;The ROB is paired up with LC's Blue CCS Pad.&lt;br /&gt;I used the ROB to apply the Synwax while poor WS had to bust his fingers.&lt;br /&gt;We then removed the wax residue using Microfiber Towels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0237.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0237.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since it was getting late, we decided to continue tomorrow. Or rather, WS would go on his own tomorrow in applying the Step 3 Carnauba Paste. Anyways, here are some pictures of his car. MY apologies as you can't see much - I think it was about 8.30pm when we finished with the first layer of wax application.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0246.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0246.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_0248.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_0248.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so, WS applied and removed the Step 3 - MOTHERS Pure Carnauba Paste Wax the following morning and here are some shots of his pampered ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2896.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_2896.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2889.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_2889.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2901.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_2901.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2900.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_2900.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2951.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_2951.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2960.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/IMG_2960.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today was a pretty good day. Weather wasn't that hot and I think we are kinda getting pretty accustomed to the workload. Nonetheless, it took us more than 24 man hrs to finish up the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CREDITS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Weng Shin&lt;/span&gt;: For allowing me to work on your beloved ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Parent in Laws&lt;/span&gt;: For assisting me in various ways and loaning me the compound for a few hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Wife&lt;/span&gt;: For being so supportive and giving up your alternate Saturdays so that I can work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chiat Hau&lt;/span&gt;: For some very good tips on detailing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lucky&lt;/span&gt;: For coming home after a 1 month vacation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again for visiting! Please visit again soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;MCrusader&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8218775020485474984-3900101089779618836?l=mcrusader.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/3900101089779618836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8218775020485474984&amp;postID=3900101089779618836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/3900101089779618836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/3900101089779618836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/2008/08/ws2ks-alablaster-silver-jdm-8th-gen.html' title='WS2K&apos;s Alablaster Silver JDM 8th Gen Honda Civic'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/WS2k%20Alablaster%20FD1%20Civic/th_IMG_0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-661735058963750108</id><published>2008-08-04T12:09:00.012+08:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T09:12:56.924+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Julz's NightHawk Black Honda City</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;It's been 3 weeks since my last detail so I was really looking forward to this one. The ride belonged to Julian - one of my detailing kaki. We managed to sneak in some nasi lemak early in the morning before starting off this long and hot day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;As usual, we'll start off with the background of the car owner. Julian is an avid detail kaki.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breakdown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Washing frequency:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; 2-3 times a week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Wax:  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;                         Once every week - Once every 2 weeks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;His car was coated with MMC a couple of years ago - therefore the shine does look a tad better compared to most of the NightHawk Black Honda City's out there. I informed Julian that if we compounded his car, we would be removing the MMC as well. He understood all the consequences and he wanted to move on anyways.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;To save some time, Julian clayed the car down 2 days before our detailing session (so we skipped that part for this detail)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Here we go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEFORE DETAIL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Front View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2172.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2172.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Trunk/ Rear/ Roof View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2179.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2179.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DETAILING BEGINS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rims cleansing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;We started off by cleaning the Rims. Here are some of the tools I have to clean the rims:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;MOTHERS Fender Well Brush&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;MOTHERS Detailing Brush&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Melody Wheel Brush&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some Tesco Floor Scrubber&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some other stuff I stole from my mum's toilet cleaning arsenals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2181.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 515px; height: 355px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2181.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Rims were first sprayed with Multi-Purpose Cleaner and left to dwell for a few minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;They were then rinsed off. With all available tools, me an Julian started scrubbing and scrubbing to remove all the grime in the wheel wells and between spokes. The rims were then finished with an application of Apple Scented GLO (to make sure the rims were extra clean).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2185.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2185.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Here are the Before &amp;amp; After shot of the rims.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2187.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2187.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;SHOWERING THE BODY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;As usual, a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;2 Bucket System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; was used to wash Julian's car using a Microfiber Chenile Wash Mitt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Each bucket consisted of:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blue Bucket &lt;/span&gt;- Clean Water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;b) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Red Bucket&lt;/span&gt; - MOTHERS California Gold Shampoo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2191.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2191.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Shampoo is applied to each panel first. As soon as you finish on a panel, rinse immediately.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Work from a top down method meaning do the:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Roof &gt; Hood &gt; Trunk &gt; Upper Panel of Doors &gt; Lower Panel of Doors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Wash Mitt is then rinsed on the Blue Bucket to remove any grit that was collected during the shampoo application process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2192.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2192.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In the meantime, a General Multi Purpose Cleaner was then sprayed in between crevices, rubber linings, emblems, and whatever cracks we could find. We went over these parts with a regular paint brush - This is to remove any dirty stuff/ grit/ old wax residue that was trapped in between these super hard to reach areas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2200.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2200.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The car was then rinsed down. Notice the 2 buckets - especially the Blue Clean Water Bucket used to rinse the Wash Mitt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Now, do we still want to wash the car using traditional methods? I hope not!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2209.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2209.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;We proceeded to spray the whole car with a Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover. It was left to dwell for a few minutes and then wiped down. The purpose for doing this is to remove any old waxes, tar, and whatever grime that got embedded onto the surface of the paint. Also, it prevents these "contaminants" from sticking to the machine pads (promotes longer pad life).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the before &amp;amp; after pictures below (Not too bad as Julian had clayed his car 2 days ago):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2210.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2210.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Since Julian clayed the car 2 days before, we skipped that part and went on to taping all rubber linings/ emblems/ plastic parts or stuff that we didn't wanna screw up when performing the machine work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This probably took us a good 1 hour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2221.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2221.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEFORE COMPOUNDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I am not very familiar with taking pictures using the halogens to identify the scratches. Therefore, please bear with me. I just managed to take pictures of a few significant panels. Julian had a heavier workload of lifting the Hot halogen lamp to allow me to get these shots. Thanks man!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, here are the pictures beginning with a shot from the rear left passenger door.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2222.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2222.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A further away shot of the same door - the swirls or spider-webs were horrendous on this car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2223.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2223.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Swirls and water marks on the roof.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2227.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2227.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Left A-Pillar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2231.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2231.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The trunk - check out the lower portion of the photo. It looked like an aged person's skin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2234.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2234.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Hood View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2244.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2244.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Another shot of the Hood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2245.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2245.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;My favorite angle of the Honda City - swirls galore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2246.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2246.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MACHINE WORK BEGINS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compounding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The FLEX 3401 VRG is busted out. Since we didn't want to waste time (by testing which chemicals paired with which combo of pads), we fitted the Lake Country 6.5 inch Orange Pad used for light cutting. We paired this up with DACP M83 to remove the swirls. Thus began the tedious compounding work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2251.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2251.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Orange Pad is then primed initially with a lot of M83 to ensure that the friction between the paint's surface and the pad. As this goes along, less product is used (a primed pad no longer needs that much of a product to work smoothly). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product is then dabbed onto the paint's surface. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Next, a slow speed was set on the Flex to spread out the product to a 2x2 feet section.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Once product is spread, the Flex was set to ferrari speeds to work the product onto the paint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2258.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2258.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Here's 1/4 of the roof view after it was done with the M83. I noticed a lot of powdery residue which puzzled me as the previous NightHawk Black Honda City detailed did not produce that much of residue. We would discover the cause of this much later...................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2259.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 560px; height: 383px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2259.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Some pictures of me grinding the A pillar. Notice the combination of M83 + LC Orange Pads produced what they call "Micro-marring".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2263.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2263.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Here you see Julian hard at work, grinding away on his beloved ride. The end result looks good right? Hop on over to the next picture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2270.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2270.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Excited to see the real results? After rinsing the car, we shined the halogen on the rear left passenger side door. Say hello to massive "micro-marring".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2271.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2271.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Remember when I mentioned earlier that it was weird that the M83 was producing so much dust? Well, we totally forgot about the MMC. As we compounded the lower panels of the car, more and more dust and powdery residue was appearing and I'm very sure we were removing the MMC or at least part of it. Going through each panel, there was MMC Residue appearing everywhere. When we grinded the trunk - it appeared as if fibers were coming out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An additional thing I noticed was that with MMC applied paint, the surface is very sticky ( you can actually hear the pads squeak when you work your way ) compared to traditional paint non MMC coated - which feels much slicker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Check out the trunk to view these fiber-like substance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2292.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2292.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;After rinse pictures of the trunk. More Micro-marring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2299.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2299.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The 50:50 view of the Hood. For comparison purposes, the Right hand side of the Hood was compounded and the left part of the hood was left untouched.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you notice - The untouched portion's swirls are more evident compared to the portion done with the DACP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2302.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2302.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Front Right Corner View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2312.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2312.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;POLISHING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Next came the Polishing Step.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In order to remove the "micro-marring", the combo used were White LC CCS Polishing Pad + Menzerna's P106FF.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2316.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2316.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Julian hard at work again&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2317.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 376px; height: 502px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2317.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Some shots of the Panels after Polishing/ M6000 wipedown. As expected - all of the micro-marrs were removed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2321.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2321.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2323.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2323.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2324.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2324.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2325.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2325.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2332.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2332.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2333.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2333.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2341.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2341.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2342.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2342.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2343.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2343.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2344.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2344.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2347.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2347.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;PROTECTION LAYER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Waxing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The final step was the protection step - Wax. This step is a traditional last step process in order to protect your paint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;We applied MOTHERS Reflections Advanced Wax as a first layer of protection.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Next, we applied MOTHERS Top Coat as a Last Step Product for maximum protection.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All of this was done via hand application.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2348.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2348.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;And the results speaks for itself:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2349.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2349.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2350.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2350.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2351.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2351.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2352.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2352.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2357.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2357.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;There's no shine like Mothers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2369.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 241px; height: 217px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2369.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2370.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/IMG_2370.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I can say this is probably the hardest car that we have done - probably because of the MMC factor and also the heat. I don't know why, but I noticed everytime we detail a car - conincidentally it's a super hot day. Not to mention - we took almost 12 hours to complete this car!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Anyways, here are the credits:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;To my wife and in laws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; - For putting up with me during this hot day (me incurring so much noise with the machine)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;To Julian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; - For allowing me to practice on his car&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;To guru Kenneth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; - For providing me some tips on some detailing work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Till the next detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8218775020485474984-661735058963750108?l=mcrusader.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/661735058963750108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8218775020485474984&amp;postID=661735058963750108' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/661735058963750108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/661735058963750108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/2008/08/julz-nighthawk-black-honda-city.html' title='Julz&apos;s NightHawk Black Honda City'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20August%202nd%202008/th_IMG_2172.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-7962702596679027986</id><published>2008-07-15T11:40:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T20:00:15.151+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nighthawk Black Honda City</title><content type='html'>I had just purchased a Dual Action Flex 3401 VRG and was super eager to try it out. I finally had some time to bust out the machine on July 6th. I was lucky enough to have my father in law volunteer his NightHawk Black Honda City for my testing purposes. My detailing buddy Weng Shin was also on site to help me out on grinding the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a bit of a background about the City. The car is generally washed once a month and probably waxed once every 4-5 months. So, this was the perfect specimen for my test.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here goes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BEFORE WASH&lt;/strong&gt; - Hood Views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2007.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2007.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2008.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2020.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2020.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DOOR VIEWs&lt;/strong&gt; - Pretty nasty eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2009.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2009.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2012.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2012.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2013.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2013.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BEFORE WASH -&lt;/strong&gt; Rooftop Views&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2010.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2010.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2018.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2018.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REAR VIEW&lt;/strong&gt; - You can actually see some watermark and swirls on the trunk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2011.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2011.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2019.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2019.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BEFORE WASH&lt;/strong&gt; - The Stock Rollers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2031.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2031.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so we started off by washing the rims. A General Paint Safe Multi-Purpose Cleaner was sprayed on to the rims and fender wells and left to dwell. A bucket of solution mixed with our dishwashing liquid GLO was then used to wash the rims. Here you see me using the MOTHERS Fender Well Brush to brush the fender wells as well as the rims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2033.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2033.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After we got done with the rims, we rinsed down the car to loosen the dirt and to prepare it for a wash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2043.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2043.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A 2 bucket system was used to wash the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two Buckets - 1 Bucket containing Mothers California Gold Shampoo&lt;br /&gt;- 1 Bucket of Clean Water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2045.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2045.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the shampoo application was done. Observe how murky the water is in the Clean Water Bucket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2046.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2046.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the grit below in close up view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2048.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2048.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A wash mitt was used to apply the shampoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2050.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2050.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The shampoo was then rinsed down to prepare for Bug &amp;amp; Tar Removal. The Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover is then sprayed on all panels of the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the before shots of the towels that was used to wipe all panels of the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2051.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2051.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the wipedown. Check them towels out. Dirrrttyy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2052.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2052.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The car was then rinsed again. Next step - Clay.&lt;br /&gt;Diluted shampoo was used as a lube to clay the car. And here are a few pictures of the Clay and Claying Process&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2053.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2053.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2054.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2054.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2059.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2059.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the claying process the car was washed down again and toweled dry. The paint's surface is now properly prepped. With the help of the halogen lamp, here you see some pics of the paints condition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SURFACE PREPPED&lt;/strong&gt; - Hood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2060.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2060.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SURFACE PREPPED&lt;/strong&gt; - Front Right Fender&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2066.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2066.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2067.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2067.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SURFACE PREPPED&lt;/strong&gt; - Roof&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2061.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2061.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2068.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2068.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2070.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2070.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After those pictures were taken, the car was masked down to avoid polishing and buring those areas like trims, emblems, grill, rubber lining/ housing, etc. Here are the picture:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2078.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2078.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2079.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2079.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2080.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2080.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally I got to bust out the Dual Action Flex. We used my friend Julian's M83 DACP at first the the Lake Country CCS 6.5 inch White Polishing pads but it wasn't tough enough to remove the swirls on the hood. We then changed to the Orange Pads which didn't help much. We moved a step up and used the LC CCS Yellow Cutting Pad, which seemed to clear 80-90% of the swirls with just 1 pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some photos of the Flex in action:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2083.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2083.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2084.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2084.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some pictures of the Hood after machine work with the M83:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2085.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2085.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2086.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2086.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Front Right Fender pics After Machine Work:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2087.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2087.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2088.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2088.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Roof View After Machine Work&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2090.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2090.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to apologize as I'm fairly new to machine work. I was too tired at the same time too excited that I bypassed taking pics of the other parts of the car. Here are some of the before and after pics of the Front Right Fender:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=BeforeAfter01.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/BeforeAfter01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=BeforeAfter02.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/BeforeAfter02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City was then protected with a layer of MOTHERS PowerWax topped up with a final layer of MOTHERS Reflections Top Coat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2092.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2092.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2091.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2091.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2089B.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/IMG_2089B.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to thank my father in law for letting me "guinea pig" his car using my newfound toy. Also my wife for waiting a whole 9 hrs and assisting me in various ways cleaning up the car. Last but not least thanks to Weng Shin for lending a hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all for viewing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As usual, any comments/ feedback is appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Larry&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8218775020485474984-7962702596679027986?l=mcrusader.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/feeds/7962702596679027986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8218775020485474984&amp;postID=7962702596679027986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/7962702596679027986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8218775020485474984/posts/default/7962702596679027986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mcrusader.blogspot.com/2008/07/nighthawk-black-honda-city.html' title='Nighthawk Black Honda City'/><author><name>MCrusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00533433600157935067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20Honda%20City%20July%206/th_IMG_2007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218775020485474984.post-9140840196093396571</id><published>2008-07-14T16:12:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T09:38:33.042+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peugeot 206CC Moonstone</title><content type='html'>Hi all! Had some free time last Saturday so along with 2 other buddies of mine - Julian and Weng Shin, we decided to detail my wife's Moonstone Peugeot 206CC. The color is somewhat similiar to the Honda's Light Metallic Blue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a little background on my wife's car. It's currently dressed in Standox Paint and Clearcoat. The 206CC has never been compounded before and has never had any machine work done on it before since it left the painters. Polishing was always done by hand so it was never really a clean job. So, I was very eager to work on this car (along with Julian and Weng Shin).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started early and here goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;206CC Untouched&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2099.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 583px; height: 467px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2099.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEFORE WASH - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;Watermarks on the Hood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2093B.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 503px; height: 403px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2093B.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEFORE WASH - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;Watermarks on the Roof&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2094.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 526px; height: 393px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2094.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEFORE WASH - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;Scratches and Watermarks on the Trunk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2095.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 540px; height: 355px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2095.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEFORE WASH - &lt;/span&gt;The Ever so Dirty Rims.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2100.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 538px; height: 403px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2100.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;And the Ever So Dirty Wheel Wells that complement the Dirty Rims.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2101.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 499px; height: 427px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2101.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started out by cleaning the Rims first. First of all, a General Paint Safe Multi Purpose Cleaner was sprayed on the rims and dwelled for a couple of minutes. A Melody Wheel Brush dipped in diluted GLO was then used to brush out the wheel wells.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2104.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 552px; height: 493px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2104.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Fender Wells was also cleaned with Multi Purpose cleaner. Here you see a picture of Mothers Fender Well brush - which can also be used for rims and tires because the bristles are fairly soft and won't scratch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2105.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 511px; height: 409px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2105.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;After Hosing down the dirty rims - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;This is how it looks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2109.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 507px; height: 425px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2109.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;The 206CC is then rinsed and thus begins the surface preparation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2114.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 528px; height: 408px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2114.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;The body is then pre-soaked with a shampoo concentrate. This is actually done to loosen the dirt embedded onto the paint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2118.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 543px; height: 488px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2118.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here you see me using a small paint brush multi-purpose cleaning all the creases and cracks you can find on emblems, holes, between rubber linings and etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2119.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 548px; height: 383px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2119.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We then hosed down the car and prepared it for a thorough wash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;We washed the car using a 2 bucket system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-1 bucket filled with Mothers California Gold Shampoo&lt;br /&gt;-1 bucket filled with Clean Water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason why the 2 bucket car wash system was used is because we wanted to prevent or minimize swirling the car during the wash process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;How the 2 bucket system works:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Dunk a wash mitt or sponge onto the bucket with the shampoo solution&lt;br /&gt;2) Apply the solution gently to the surface on a particular panel&lt;br /&gt;3) Rinse the wash mitt in the Clean Water Bucket, rubbing it top down to remove and grit gathered from the application process&lt;br /&gt;4) Repeat Steps 1 to 3 for each panel starting from the top of your car to the lower parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2126.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 509px; height: 303px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2126.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can clearly see how murky the water is after the whole car is applied with Shampoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2128.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 493px; height: 332px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2128.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here you can see how much grit you actually have gathered in the Clean Water Bucket. Imagine if these grits are rubbed onto your paint!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2132.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 517px; height: 433px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2132.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The car was then rinsed of all the shampoo. After that, Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover was sprayed onto all panels of the car. Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover was then left on for 5-10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below you see pictures before Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover was wiped down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2133.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 456px; height: 541px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2133.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Bug &amp;amp; Tar Remover was wiped down - See how dirty those microfibers got.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2134.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 448px; height: 429px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2134.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The car was then rinsed down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next Step and one of my favorites - Claying the Car.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures of the Clay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2137.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 474px; height: 307px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2137.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We used diluted shampoo as a lube to clay the car. Here you see Julian gently rubbing the clay on the car's surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2138.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 470px; height: 368px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2138.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We toweled dry the car and here are some of the pictures:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2139.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 607px; height: 472px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2139.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swirls in macro mode with the help of some halogens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2140.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2140.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next - In preparation for compounding the car, we had to tape up all plastics, emblems, rubber trims and whatever you can see on the following pictures:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2148.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2148.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julian masking off some parts of the side mirrors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2149.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 376px; height: 545px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2149.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Car fully taped up - excuse the brightened number plate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2150.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2150.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 573px; height: 582px;" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2150.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rear View&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2154.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 565px; height: 457px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2154.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess I was too excited or I don't really recall. We were all to focused on working on the car that we forgot to take pictures of the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, my apologies for that. Here are what we had used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Compounding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Julians Meguiars M83 coupled with Lake Country's 6.5 inchCCS Yellow Cutting Pad on my Flex 3401&lt;br /&gt;- It took around 3 passes to actually remove 80-90% of the swirls and water marks. (Comparing with the ClearCoat for Honda's I worked on earlier - 1 pass was sufficient to remove similiar swirls, I guess Standox is a harder Clear Coat)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We took a much deserved break after we compounded the car&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This was followed by the Polishing Step:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Julian's Menzerna P106FF was used along with Lake Country's 6.5 inch CCS White Polishing Pad using the Flex&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Followed by the Finishing Steps:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- 2 layers of hand application of MOTHERS FX Synwax&lt;br /&gt;- buffed and then removed&lt;br /&gt;- 1 final layer of MOTHERS Step 3 Carnauba Wax - Paste - applied using the Flex with 6.5 inch CCS Blue Pad&lt;br /&gt;- Removed using a Microfiber Bonet using the Flex&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, I apologize again as we were too worked up. Will try to do a better job of documenting the working process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here are the pictures after the Finishing Steps:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Front view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2163.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2163.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Trunk View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2164.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2164.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ass View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2165.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2165.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Another Rear View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2166.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2166.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Roof View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2169.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2169.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;And Finally !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_2168B.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd307/lchan76/Detailed%20206CC%20July%2014%202008/IMG_2168B.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you to my dear wife for letting me work on your car (I know you were very reluctant for me to touch your baby). Thanks to Weng Shin &amp;amp; Julian for spending the whole Saturday detailing this car with me when you could be doing something more productive. And last but not least, thanks to Kenneth Tang - detailing guru from &lt;a href="http://wetshinedetailing.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wet Shine Detailing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for giving me some tips on photography. 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