This low mileage 2009 beauty came rolling in Saturday morning. Ravi took advantage of my American Cancer Society Fundraising price in which I took donated practically 35% of the cost to ACS. The car was in pretty good condition, a few scratches here and there which I removed with Meguiars M105 Ultra Cut Compound. Swirls were taken care of with my go-to Menzerna products as I do for almost all Honda paints. What the car needed most, however, was a clay job. Anyways, if you would like to contribute to the American Cancer Society, here is the link (click me).

Today, I realized how much I hated cleaning mesh wheels. This white beauty came rolling in early in the morning while it was still drizzling. I gave it a quick bath with the my traditional two bucket, Chemical Guy Citrus Wash and brought it inside. The paint condition of this v6 was actually pretty good. Clay bar went by smoothly as there were minimal micro-contaminates, but dealer-induced swirls were plentiful.. as this car was recently purchased. Jasper requested that I remove the dealer decal in the rear, which left a little bit of adhesive residue… nothing the clay bar couldn’t handle though. I went to my go-to Menzerna products for the correction followed by my synthetic sealant of choice; Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection.

I’m in my off-season as we’re transitioning into the Spring season and the showers are still lingering. Happy to have worked with this beauty to kick off 2011! Thanks Jasper!

Got RonJon? Ed does. Pulling up to the drive way, I kind of wondered why was he bringing his car in to get done. But then I realized, wait, it’s silver. Those defects gotta be hiding! It’s amazing how clean a silver car can look even when its dirty. So instead of questioning the cleanliness of the paint, I just went for the traditional bucket wash rather than an eco-friendly Optimum No Rinse Wash-wash. Following the wash with a strong concentration of Chemical Guys Citrus wash to strip the car of any waxes, I got to take a look at the paint in its true form. Swirls are mild and hard to tell, but they were there. It’s been over a year since the cars been clayed, so it was definitely due for a clay bar treatment as well. As I do with most of the Acura’s coming in, and really, it’s becoming a routine process, I head for my Menzerna products to follow the clay treatment. Anyways, Ed’s car is, well, I wanna say one of RonJon’s official cars, at least for Acurafest. I lined Ed up with a carnuba wax, Pinnacle Sovereign Wax to be exact, to give the car a deeper, wetter look since his car could possibly be featured in upcoming magazines as well as RonJon’s website. (No, the wheels currently on the car are not RonJons). Anyways, I feel like I’ve blabbered enough, so on to the pics

Clay bar’ing a car is something that should be done at least once a year (Two would be wise if you park outside). Unfortunately, Jim’s TSX is 90,000 miles old, parked outside and has never gotten such a treatment. Upon the initial wash to expose the paints condition under all the dust, it was apparent that the car was lacking some good ole’ LSP (Last step protection .. aka Wax/Sealant). The water would just puddle up on the paint. Bringing it in the garage, I spent who knows how long claying just the car, by the end of it, it felt like ‘the stranger’ (If you’re not familiar with the slang, don’t worry. You’re better off not knowing) was the one doing the claying while I stood there dripping sweat from the 90+ degree weather. The car underwent a polish job with Menzernas Power Finish PO203S getting rid of ~85-90% of the swirls, finished with Optimum Poliseal, and topped off with the finest Synthetic sealant, Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection. Jim’s TSX really reminded me of my old setup, it’s headed in the right direction! Nice and clean.

Following Eric’s wifes RDX, is his very own 2005 PWP TL that he picked up a few months ago. The car was in pretty beat up condition, but the good news is that he got the car for one hell of a deal. Check out how a few hours of my time can change the exterior of a car! It is hard to get white in pictures, but the paint is absolutely beautiful now. The clay bar step took quite a while but it is one of the most essential steps in prepping the paint for polish. There were many many skid/scratch marks left from who knows where that I was able to remove with the help of a 4″ Wool pad and the handy dandy UDM. For LSP we went with Four Star UPP once again for longevity, while the interior dirty tan leather got a Leatherique treatment. With all the grime built up in the tan seats, I was not able to get all of it out, but it is definitely cleaner now, and with the rejuvenating oil & Einzett leather conditioner, the leather is much softer now. See you at Acurafest, Eric!