Smooth as a baby's bottom...
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Smooth as a baby's bottom...
I'm on my second S2000, and since I was the second owner of each of them I never had the opportunity to experience the smooth glossy showroom floor finish for myself.
Last night, however, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
Several hours (and two aching elbows) later, result!
After:
Washing (Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash Concentrate.... Not a big fan, but I need to finish the bottle!)
-I used true drying towels for the first time, Sonos super waffle micro fiber or something.... they were incredible!
Claying (Sonos ultra-fine detailing clay luibricated with Meguiar's Quik Detailer.... again, need to finish off the bottle!)
-This was my first time claying, on any car, and I was really impressed with the results, there was a noticeable difference in clarity and smoothness after the process, and to be honest, it wasn't too hard to do. The limited surface area of the S helps.
Polishing (Sonos Paint Prep Polish.... It was on super closeout recently, so I bought a bottle, very mild, worked well for me. I got their matching polishing pads, and I found them to work way better than the cheap cotton/foam crap from Target)
Waxing (Meguiar's Gold Class Paste Wax.... I will never ever use this again. It was horrible. I'm actually thinking about repolishing and rewaxing as soon as I decide on a wax to buy. I found that the wax was really hard to apply, and a lot harder to wipe off once it dried)
I've finally been able to experience that showroom gloss and smoothness for myself. I'm loving it, I was driving today and I couldn't helped from reaching over the side and rubbing the driver's side door just to feel how smooth it was! I also think I got way more stares than usual today, might be in my head though.
Pictures available here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.si...n/ScottySS2000
Let's see if I can embed a flash slideshow....?
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Last night, however, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
Several hours (and two aching elbows) later, result!
After:
Washing (Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash Concentrate.... Not a big fan, but I need to finish the bottle!)
-I used true drying towels for the first time, Sonos super waffle micro fiber or something.... they were incredible!
Claying (Sonos ultra-fine detailing clay luibricated with Meguiar's Quik Detailer.... again, need to finish off the bottle!)
-This was my first time claying, on any car, and I was really impressed with the results, there was a noticeable difference in clarity and smoothness after the process, and to be honest, it wasn't too hard to do. The limited surface area of the S helps.
Polishing (Sonos Paint Prep Polish.... It was on super closeout recently, so I bought a bottle, very mild, worked well for me. I got their matching polishing pads, and I found them to work way better than the cheap cotton/foam crap from Target)
Waxing (Meguiar's Gold Class Paste Wax.... I will never ever use this again. It was horrible. I'm actually thinking about repolishing and rewaxing as soon as I decide on a wax to buy. I found that the wax was really hard to apply, and a lot harder to wipe off once it dried)
I've finally been able to experience that showroom gloss and smoothness for myself. I'm loving it, I was driving today and I couldn't helped from reaching over the side and rubbing the driver's side door just to feel how smooth it was! I also think I got way more stares than usual today, might be in my head though.
Pictures available here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.si...n/ScottySS2000
Let's see if I can embed a flash slideshow....?
[IMG]
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="800" height="533" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000& feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffe ed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fscott.silverman%2Falbumid%2F5117 552503637662833%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>[/IMG]
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