For Those Considering a Flex Polisher, Let These Persuade You!

OCKlasse · #1 12-11-2008, 10:34 AM

Here is one of the worst exterior jobs I have ever been handed...ever. The owner was looking to sell the car and wanted it looking "respectable." This car would require me using some heavy compounding, which is exactly what I did. Here is a list off all products used:

Wash/Etc.:

- Karcher pressure washer
- Meguiar's NXT wash
- Lowe's grout sponge
- Target/Costco microfibers
- Mother's tire dressing
- Finish Kare #108

Buffing/Sealing:

- Flex 3401
- Purple foamed wool pads
- LC orange pads
- Meguiar's M105 compound
- Menzerna PO106ff finishing polish
- Finish Kare 1000P
- Meguiar's foam applicators
- Finish Kare #425

Here is how the car looked as it pulled up to receive its makeover:

Here are some intermediate shots showing what difference a little buffing can make:

(I'm sure you can figure out which window was clean and which was not)

Headlights before:

Headlights after:

Here's a before and after of the trunk. After three passes with M105 and purple foamed wool, I gave in to some of the very deep rids at the expense of maintaining the clear coat. Pictures do not do justice to how bad of a condition the paint really was in.

Here are the obligatory afters:

Thanks for looking! I was proud of this one