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Old May 29, 2010 | 05:36 AM
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Default ECA Hatch Prep for East Coast Honda Meet

Eca Hatch aka Ed and I had been trying to set up a time for his car to be detailed for awhile. Finally we worked something out right before the East Coast Honda Meet, which was perfect.

Process:
-Wash with Optimum No Rinse (Exterior and all Jams)
-Clay
-1 Step Polish - Pinnacle Stage 2
-Sealant - Menzerna Power Lock
-Finished with Chemical Guys Limited Edition Wax

Before Pictures:
You can see in these pictures how the paint is dull and doesn't show any depth.













Swirls:
Capturing the swirls in pictures was difficult to do as it's been overcast these past few days.
Hood - Most the car was covered in light swirls such as this.


Roof


Surface Scratches on corner of hardtop:


To be continued...
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Old May 29, 2010 | 05:37 AM
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Continued....

After Pictures:















After light surface scratches on corner of hard top corrected:


Reflection Shots:






I'm pleased with the overall turn out of the vehicle. The paint really shows a nice gloss with depth to it. A lot of time was spent taking some of the light surface scratches out of the paint, which made the car look brand new. Ed came to pick up the car this morning so keep an eye out at the East Coast Honda Meet!
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Old May 29, 2010 | 06:21 AM
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You do great work my man, great work indeed. I've never once had my car "professionally" detailed. I've done the whole 5hr long job with a Porter Cable and all kinds of different products, and it looked good... but nothing like the pictures above.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 06:30 AM
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Ed dropped the car off Thursday after work. I put about 14 hours into the car. A lot of that time using the porter cable for polishing. That's the most time consuming step.

Thanks for the compliments.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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Looks good bro, nice work.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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Thanks Jason

I am super pleased with the outcome. I recommend him to anyone that wants to rejuvenate their cars paintjob or just any detail job!

I will post my pics after the holiday, stay tuned!
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Old May 29, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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I saw this car today...it looked great!!! Nice detail !!!
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Old May 29, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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I wish I knew what I was doing. I swear I do more damage than correction when I wash my car
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Old May 29, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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Make a drive to NoVA and I can edjumacate you.
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 03:29 AM
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Here are a some quick snaps...
wish I could've stayed a little longer, but we were short for time. Had to head out to the MD/NoVA Caravan spot to ECHM.

So glad it didn't rain

















Thanks again!
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