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This 2004 Cadillac Deville was a referral from a local body shop. Any GM paint that I work on always seems to be on the tough side. This one was no different. This vehicle had some swirls but weren't that noticeable until I got the halogens out. I couldn't see any with the Brinkmann handheld light gun. This was a Full Detail and in this package I provide one polishing step.

EXTERIOR
-Wash with Optimum Car Wash
-Tires with Optimum Tire Shine
-Wheels with Optimum Car Wax
-Clay
-Polish with UDM / W-8006 / Optimum Compound / speed 6
-Opti-Seal
-Windshield with UDM / W-8006 / Poli-Seal / speed 6
-Engine with Meg's Hyper-Dressing 2:1

INTERIOR
-Vacuum
-Carpets & mats pre-treated with Folex then cleaned with steamer
-Plastics cleaned with Woolite/Water (8:1)
-Leather cleaned with Woolite/water (8:1) and leather brush
-Leather & plastics protected with Optimum Protectant Plus
-Glass cleaned with DG Rain Repel

Unfortunately, the sun was MIA once again. I took some after pics inside and some outside after the rain let up.

BEFORE

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AFTER

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Comments/questions welcomed. Thanks for looking!

[ehall]

Did you intend to post up 5 or 6 threads on this? Would you like me to clean those up for you if so?

Nice work BTW.

[ehall]

Okay. the duplicate threads are gone.
Perhaps less coffee before hitting the "New Topic" button?

[Driven Auto Detail]

That's weird.....didn't realize I had dupes. I remember having issues with the page loading so that was probably it. Sorry about that, and thanks!

[Ron Harris]

Nice work!
Did you notice any of the dye from the leather comming off when you cleaned it?

[Driven Auto Detail]

Thanks Ron. I didn't seem to notice any dyes coming off the leather, however the driver's seat did not want to come clean. I doubt it had ever been cleaned before. I used the steam on it but it just seemed to streak (meaning you could see the trails where I cleaned) with a small nylon brush attachment and a small MF towel wrapped around it. I couldn't get it to even out though. That's when I decided to switch over to the Woolite/water and a leather brush.