Just a little over a month and Isabella brought the Mini Cooper back. I didn’t screw up! No worries. Her neighbor at work decided it would be a good idea to do some painting outdoors on a windy day, leaving white paint over the left side of this Cooper. I’m glad she came to me so fast, since the paint didn’t really have a chance to bake in the sun. The good ole’ clay was all it needed to get the overspray off. But with the Mini’s soft clear, the clay left marring on the paint. I had to follow it with a finishing polish to rid of this, and topped the paint off with an all natural Brazilian wax.

Water spots is something that bothers most people. What happens when you have water deposits on the surface that doesn’t get removed is that the water ends up evaporating, and the minerals are left on the surface, eating away at the clear coat. If it sits for too long they become water spots ‘below the surface’ which means a heavier polish needs to be used in order to cut down the clear coat to level it off. This C280 has been getting automatic car washes for the life of its ownership, one thing that every car should not ever have to go through. The car received a one step polish, bringing back the gloss to the black finish, topped with a sealant. As this was a one step polish, the cut of the PO85RD was not aggressive enough to remove the etchings entirely. The interior got pampered with a Leatherique treatment and Einzette for conditioning, bringing back the original tan luster.

Here’s a great example on what I can do to a car in ~4 hours. The car came in COVERED, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. It was a simple all-in-one job in which I usually lean over to grab the Optimum Poli-seal, but after doing just the hood, and a little change in my evening plans, I opted to give Eric’s car a little bit extra free of cost. Instead of the AIO, I went with Menzernas PO85RD and topped it with Menzerna’s Sealing Wax. Honda’s soft clear coat allowed the finishing polish to rid a lot of swirls. On to the pics!

Isabella’s brand new CooperS came with what we call holograms… or buffer trails right off the lot. Seems to be a common problem for a lot of “new” cars as well as cars that has just been painted at body shops since the trails can only be seen in the sun. I started with Meguiars M205 to remedy this problem, but it was dusting quite a bit, so I switched over to Menzernas PO85RD after the first panel. The entire car was then topped with Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection as a LSP. I’m really digg’n this car.

Two jobs today. Mr. Chiaki went with the yelp deal that I have listed, with the addition of a clay bar treatment (much needed). I went with a medium grade clay since the paint was heavily contaminated, followed by Optimum Poli-seal (All in one, mild polish/cleaner/protection), topped with Menzernas Sealing Wax since I feel that poli-seal doesn’t give the slickness that I’m happy with. I touched up the headlights a little bit but nothing too crazy for free as Mr. Chiaki also brought his wifes CooperS in the same morning.

Enjoy!