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Winter Prep: Acura TL The owner of this vehicle is always busy working as a medical doctor at two different hospitals, and when he's not busy with that, he's busy with his Grandkids at home. He left it up to AutoLavish when it was time to resuscitate his dependable daily driver. Given the style of the new Acuras, the owner desired to keep this one, and we can't blame him. And after some TLC from AutoLavish, why would he not? The goal was to clean up the interior as thorough as possible, and prep for the coming Winter with a Acrylic Sealant on the exterior. If we could make it look better, then great. Of course we could! We planned on trying out a product we had not used yet: Meg's D151 Reconditioning creme, which would provide some correction on the soft Honda paint, and leave the surface sealed in one step, saving time for the customer (we charge by the hour). The interior would need lots of work. The carpets showed severe staining around the foot controls, and the interior panels had seen some hyper-grandkid-fun-and-games-gunk. The leather needed reconditioning. Mild extraction would be required. The Glass needed cleaning as well... badly. Befores: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05532.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05540.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05544.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05545.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05546.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05548.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05550.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05554.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05558.jpg Swirls: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05559.jpg TOGW: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05572.jpg Since the main focus was the interior, we decided to attack it first. There was significant staining and the leather needed rejuvenation. At the same time, we attacked the door jambs. Interior before: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05573.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05574.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05575.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05578.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05579.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05581.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05582.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05584.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05585.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05587.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05588.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05599.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05601.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05611.jpg Starting to clean the interior: Used Woolite at 10:1 for the first wipe, followed by 1Z Cockpit Premium. Right before finishing up the interior, Leatherique Penetrating Oil was applied to the leather seats and left to dwell while we worked on the exterior. 50/50 on the door sill: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05605.jpg 50/50 on the lower plastic seat molding / seat controls: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05607.jpg Coming along... http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05610.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05612.jpg Jacob using the LGM to help clean the carpets: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05613.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05615.jpg Interior done: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05661.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05662.jpg |
fall colors - it was a little chilly (45F) but an otherwise beautiful day http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05637.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05634.jpg Once foamed and rinsed, we proceeded to clay. And yep, here is the obliged dirty clay shot http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05640.jpg this was after just the top portion of half the rear bumper: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05641.jpg We had to Work on getting TOGW (The Other Guy's Wax) out of the crevices before we could start to polish: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05642.jpg Mud flaps before: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05655.jpg Mud flap after: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05654.jpg Fender well after: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05679.jpg We polished quickly with Meg's Reconditioning Creme D151 via the PC and a green polishing pad. The D151 is similar to an All In One product in that it leaves a layer of protection similar to Klasse AIO, but has slightly more cut to it, similar in cut to M205: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05647.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05652.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05657.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05658.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05665.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05668.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05673.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05680.jpg Glass polished as well, then treated with Aquapel: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05681.jpg Trim was dressed with Meg's Trim Detailer in Spray form. Here is a 50/50 on the cowl. Right is undressed: http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05649.jpg http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05648.jpg Total time to complete was just over 4 hours. Thanks for looking! http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...9/DSC05666.jpg |
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