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Lexus IS250 – Aquartz Coating Application

 

This car belongs to a regular customer of mine. I would not have posted this again but we did apply Aquartz to the paint and glass. Not much need in terms of paint care just a complete strip down, clay, and 1 step polish with Power Finish.

What we got with Aquartz was a super slick finish! I love this stuff, now we have to see how long it holds up for.

What was done –
Exterior

– Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
– Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
– Wheel wells were cleaned up
– Pre Washed with W99
– Iron Cut
– Wash down and rinsed
– Door jambs were cleaned up
– Clayed
– Dried
– Tires dressed
– Masking
– Paint Measurement
– 1 Step – Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
– Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
– Last Step – Aquartz
– Rubber and Plastics Treated
– Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
– Exhaust tips cleaned
– Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
– Jambs steam cleaned

Links to products used –

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
Aquartz
Adam’s Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam’s Glass Cleaner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle

Before


Sonax Wheel Cleaner in action

We pre soaked the car in einszett W99 to ensure a clean surface



Iron Cut was next






Final Rinse


Drying with the Uber Super Drying Towel

Clay

Insert polishing with Menzerna Power Finish – sorry no pics

After shots










Permission for this write up granted by the owner.

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