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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 05:31 AM
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e.pie came over and detailed the S2K yesterday.

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Process took about 5 hours:

Wash
Claybar
Agressive compound
Polishing compound
Finishing compound
Sealer
Wax
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 06:36 AM
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wow looks great
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 07:55 AM
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brought back from the dead!
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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cant wait to do this...come on warmer weather!
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 04:18 PM
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what products did you use? car looks great ! Good job.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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according to epie, he used:

Wash with ONR

Claybar

Optimum Hyper compound with an LC white pad

Optimum Polishing compound with an LC gray pad

3M 06068 machine polish with an LC blue pad

Optimum Opti-seal

Poorboy's natty red Wax
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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looks great!! love the reflection, great job keeping the S with out door dings, I will dread the day I do get one.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 12:39 PM
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That really looks fantastic. Did you really use five different polishes and waxes though? That must have taken forever.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by deepbluejh,Jan 24 2011, 03:39 PM
That really looks fantastic. Did you really use five different polishes and waxes though? That must have taken forever.
Yes this was the exact stuff I used:
Wash with Optimum No Rinse
Claybar
Optimum Hyper compound with a Lake Country white pad
Optimum Polishing compound with a Lake Country gray pad
3M 06068 machine polish with a Lake Country blue pad
Optimum Opti-seal
Poorboy's natty red Wax



It took me about 5 hours on the S2K since there isn't much paint because it's a small car with no roof, bigger cars with more paint take longer, for example my NSX took about 7 hours start to finish.
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