2004 Ford Mustang Mach 1

**audiboy** · 03-26-2006, 06:04 PM

This vehicle belongs to a coworker and it was in serious need of a major detailing. Water spots were bad enough to make the paint have a gritty texture. There were also numerous, deep scratches and swirls all over the body. The interior was fairly clean, so that wasn`t much of a problem. I got the vehicle late afternoon on Friday and it was already too dark to get any decent before shots. Total time spent was somewhere around 8 hours.

Process:

-Valugard ABC system
-SSR 2.5 with medium cutting pad(didn`t cut through the water spots, even after two passes
-SSR 3 with medium cutting pad
-SSR 1 with polishing pad
-PB`s EX-P
-Meguiars NXT Liquid Tech Wax x3
-DP High Performance Glass Restorer on all exterior glass

Interior(I forgot to take pictures

):
-Meguiars Interior Shine
-Meguiars Gold Class Leather Cleaner/Conditioner
-Eagle One 20/20

I wasn`t completely content with the turnout because there was still some water spots and some lighter swirls. I probably could have got them out, but for the money I was charging, I didn`t want to spend another 2-3 hours on the paint. My coworker was very pleased though. He asked me what he needed to do to keep this finish and I told him to bring it to me once a month for a wash and wax. He happily agreed.

Crazy1 · 03-26-2006, 06:21 PM

It looks good!!

**nyc_medic** · 03-26-2006, 06:26 PM

Looks great. Nice color

**97F1504x4** · 03-26-2006, 06:36 PM

Great job on getting a great car back into the shape it shouold have been kept in.

Richard

**audiboy** · 03-26-2006, 06:39 PM

I just found this picture of the vehicle I took on my phone. It`s pretty poor quality, but it will give you an idea of how bad the paint was. The picture was taken after the Valugard ABC system.

**Ferrarislave** · 03-26-2006, 06:42 PM

Looks sharp, as always!

**harry444** · 03-26-2006, 06:54 PM

I don`t know what it is with the 2004 mustangs the paint doesn`t want to let go of the swirls I won`t tell you how many times I went over my hood with my PC and a L.C. orange cut pad and I still have some really light swirls on it not to mention the orange peel we won`t even get in to that one! I think though you did a excelant job on that mustang! and you should be proud of your work...