Over Memorial day weekend (and a few days after) I corrected my brother's '07 Escalade EXT. This thing was in HORRIBLE condition once it was put under any sort of lighting. I knew it was going to be a fun task. I wasn't going for FULL perfection as this is a daily driver. I would say about 85% correction was achieved with this method. Most of the scratches left in the paint are from automatic car wash brushes and I am not comfortable enough to use a mini-rotary (a drill) on the paint yet to remove those.

Process:

Day 1

-Wheels sprayed down with Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner and agitated with the LARGE (for the face) and medium (barrels) wheel woolies
-Tires sprayed with Adam's APC and scrubbed with fender brush
-Wheel wells sprayed with Adam's APC and scrubbed with fender brush
-Foam gun mixture of 3 oz Adam's Car Shampoo and 4 oz Adam's APC, rest filled with water
-2 bucket wash, dried with Adam's Great White Drying Towel
-Clayed with Adam's Clay Bar and Detail Spray
-Rewashed

Day 2-5

-1 pass of Menz FG400 on Adam's Orange Foam Pad with the Rupes LHR21 on each panel (some I did 2 passes). Smaller panels were knocked out using FG400 on Adam's 4" focus pads with the PC 7424XP
-1 pass of Adam's Fine Machine Polish on Adam's White Foam Pad with the PC 7424XP on each panel
-Cleaned glass with Adam's Glass Cleaner
-Adam's Revive Polish as a pre-LSP cleaner on the paint and wheels
-Paint and wheels were sealed with Adam's Quick Sealant
-Adam's Americana Paste Wax was applied over the sealant on the paint for a little extra depth and shine
-Adam's SVRT on all trim and tires

Onto the pictures:

Foamed


Entire truck was this bad


Every panel was this bad. (Due to lack of protection and automatic car washes)


After on the same panel as the picture above


Driver's Door


And for the final beauty shots






I think the paint is a little cloudy after the polishing, oh wait, that's just the reflection


Reflection off of passenger's side door


Refection off of the tailgate


Thanks for looking

 

WOW man! Awesome work! That clay bar is seriously nasty!

 

Thanks!

Yeah, it was horrible. I went through 2/3 of a 200 gram clay bar.

 

Nice work! That poor girl was in ROUGH shape!

 

The great result of automatic car washes!

 

Nice work. Your bro owes you one for making it look great. That clay bar really took one for the team.

 

great work man!

 

Very nice. I did a Denali like that. I feel your pain!

Was the paint hard or soft? I did a black 06 Denali and the paint was stupid hard and then did a black 06 Escalade and the paint was really soft. Just interested in seeing what you were up against.

 

I wouldn't say it was either hard or soft. I would say it was in between. Not hard to work with but not the easiest either.