This car belongs to a friend of mine. He's owned it since new, so we only have him to blame for the state of things. It's been outside its entire life. It's black, and apparently black Honda paint is quite soft (I'll get to that in a minute).

These photos were taken to document the use of the Sonus Perfect Shine Kit and David B's process of The Perfect Shine and as such, almost all products used are Sonus products. I must say, I was quite impressed with how well the SFX polishes worked (new formula) - by hand, by PC and even by rotary. All of the products lived up to their marketing.

PRODUCTS
- WASH: Sonus Gloss Shampoo & Der Wunder Mitt (Chenille)
- DRY: Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towel (large blue WW MF)
- CLAY: SFX Ultra-Fine clay & Sonus Glyde clay lube
- POLISH:
--- SFX-1, by hand (SFX Pro applicator), pc (DAS green polishing pad/5-6) & rotary (SFX white polishing pad/~1000rpm)
--- SFX-2, by hand (SFX Pro), PC (DAS green/5-6)
--- SFX-3, PC (DAS blue/4-5)
--- Der Wunder Polishing Towels (green) for removing polish

I found that I really needed to use the SFX-3 to really smooth out the finish - this black Honda paint seemed very very soft. I would guess that with many lighter and harder finishes, SFX-2 would be a sufficient product to jump straight to LSP.

- SEAL: Klasse AIO & Der Wunder applicator (orange MF) - WOWO method
- WAX: P21S x2, spit shined with Sonus Detailing Spritz
--- Der Wunder Buffing Towels for removing AIO & P21S

BEFORES
not just dirt - swirls, buffer marks... ugh...













AFTERS

He and I square off...


Dirty Spoon Exhaust? Where?




The clouds were trying to clear out for me...


This is a "full sun" shot on the same fender as in the before pictures... It's just barely behind the clouds, but let me tell you - those swirls are gonnnnneeee




Now to get his car, his friend's black Type-R, his brother's black Evo (pictured above) and another friend's black RX8 together for a photo shoot.

Thanks for looking.

 

Wow, awesome job...I need to get me some better equipment and some more skill

 

wow, that should be our banner post!!

no better example of what detailing can do-
great job, great pics and
congrats!!

btw, hope he maintains that beauty- he needs a car cover!
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in fact, this post led me to create a sticky at the top of our board to recognize it!!
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=323106

 

Wow, thanks wanabe. That's very cool. He's a member here and is keeping tabs, but prefers to remain anonymous, I guess

He's got the Honda "dust cover" but I'd hesitate to use it... I'd guess it would end up inducing a lot more scratching than it'd save...

Convict: thanks. The equipment makes the job go faster, but if you had enough time, muscle and joint strength you could achieve this by hand. A LOT of time, muscle and joint strength... but it could be done.

 

AMAZING!

 

Wow! That is amazing! You should be damn proud of yourself!

How long did the whole process take you?

 

yup.. had to be

nice work

 

That's ALOT of work. Hope he appreciates your efforts and enjoys riding in a SHINEY car

 

Great job! The pictures do a great job of showing the before and after difference.

 

thanks folks.

Simon: the rotary is the way. I love my Metabo

Blackie: took about 6-7 hours total, but I had to stop and set up photos at every step of the way (including tripod, studio lighting, remote trigger... time-consuming).

Thetz: he was giving coworkers rides at lunchtime to pimp the hot car... they were wondering where HIS car went

folex187: are you a fabric spot cleaner murderer?