Deep Gloss Auto Salon: CTS-V in Infra-Red Detail

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Deep Gloss Auto Salon
Cadillac CTS-V in Infrared

This is what greeted me on my arrival ​

Exterior Cleanse:​

Pressure Wash
Surf City Grime Destroyer
Foamed with Meguiars Gold Class / Surf City Pacific Blue Mixture
Two bucket wash with Surf City Pacific Blue
Surf City Beyond Steel via foaming sprayer
5 Gal bucket with water and Meg’s gold class for tires and to dip wheel brushes in
Riccardo Clay
Optimum No Rinse Clay Lube
Surf City Clearly Better Glass Cleaner

Surf City Grime Destroyer being applied and working it’s magic ​

Lovely Foam:​

2 Bucket Wash

Rims before; in process and after​

Interior (no before pictures)​

Interior Vacuum
Trim treated with Surf City Dash Away​

Klima Cleaner​

Tips cleaner with Blue Magic cream (before; during and after)​

Chrome Trim:​

Badge and Chrome trim treated with Duragloss 501

After stripping the paint the true condition of the paint was more visible. Obviously the swirls were apparent prior to stripping the paint but it became obvious that the previous detailer used fillers as much more inclusions came to the surface.

Swirls; marring; holograms, scratches - this paint work had it all!​

Paint Correction Tools:​

Flex
Makita
Lake Country CCS Green/White/Blue Pads in 4”/5”/6.5”
3M Wool
Schlegel 3” wool pad
3M UK backing plate

Paint Correction Products:
Menzerna Power Gloss
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna 85rd
Prep Sol wipe down to ensure true defect removal

In Process 50/50’s and before and afters:​

Before:​

After​

Before​

After​

Before:​

After:​

This vehicle had pigment in the clear coat as is displayed by the color transfer on my wool pad​

Towels:
Excel Detail waffle weave drying towel (blue)
Eshine Dehydrator
Eshine Glass Thief
Detailers Domain Uber micro fiber towel

Exterior Protection/Dressing:
All trim protected with 303 Aerospace Protectant
Tires Dressed with Surf City Tire Pro
Wheel wells dressed with Adams Undercarriage spray
Rims sprayed with Duragloss Aqua Wax

LSP:
Dodo Juice Supernatural
Z8 Wipedown


Final Product (after) Glamour Shots:
*it was raining for the last few hours of this job.. It really pained me to only be able to take indoor afters.. I really wanted to see the lovely Supernatural glow in full sunlight!.. oh well, on with the show* ​

 

[KD00LS]

Looks amazing Jason. How do you like that Aquawax for the wheels? How long does it last compared to DP Wheel Glaze or something like it? It does have a nice wetness to it. Good to see you've probably used all your Supernatural already LOL. Stuff looks great.

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Looks amazing Jason. How do you like that Aquawax for the wheels? How long does it last compared to DP Wheel Glaze or something like it? It does have a nice wetness to it. Good to see you've probably used all your Supernatural already LOL. Stuff looks great.

AW is something I throw on the rims when the customer has not ordered a full rim seal... it has no where near the durability of a sealant.. In my opinion DP wheel glaze or anyother sealant that is made specifically for rims is hype.. I just use my most durable sealant when sealing rims and that would be rejex or duragloss 105

WOW.. 74 views of this thread and you were the only one to comment.. Guess the caddy guys on this board aren't into detailing...lol

 

[glanga]

What does the pigment in the clearcoat mean? Is that something bad?

Those before pictures are pure blasphemy

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

What does the pigment in the clearcoat mean? Is that something bad?

Those before pictures are pure blasphemy

Nope, nothing bad.. It is actually tinted clear coat from thye factory. Tinted clear is a process that's been in use now for years, it can be found on Infrared, Victory Red, Mary Kay Pink! etc

 

[glanga]

Cool, did not know that. Sounds like it'd make it that much harder if it ever needed body work.

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Cool, did not know that. Sounds like it'd make it that much harder if it ever needed body work.

I'd imagine you would have to special order the clear in order to get a good color match!

 

[KD00LS]

Damn, so I guess my Wheel Glaze is mildly useless lol. Maybe I'll layer it with something else. It is pretty easy to use, though. Only 15 bucks. (Look at me try to justify it) What do you think of the rest of Autogeek's lineup like Wolfgang, Pinnacle and DP? Oh and I fixed the hose on the Foam Cannon, the O-Ring just got cut up. Works even better now, more pressure and more foam. I also just got the Black Wow in, did you find it troublesome to treat the trim around the windows on that LS you did here?