Detailed the Clio today

[nick172sport]

Hey all,

Sun was out, had a day off work, so thought I'd get cracking!

- Pressure washed all the loose crap off
- Washed with Auto Glym Car Shampoo using a soft brush from the pressure washer
- Pressure washed the sud's off
- Washed with Auto Glym Car Shampoo again, but this time using a sponge
- Pressure washed the sud's off again
- Shammy the car dry
- Washed the wheels with Auto Glym Car Shampoo
- Washed sud's off with clean pure water
- Applied Auto Glym Alloy Wheels cleaner and left for 2 mins.
- Washed off with clean pure water
- Did some tiny bits of the car using Simoniz Tar Remover
- Polished the car with Auto Glym Super Resin Polish
- Applied Simoniz Back-To-Black on the trims

Annoyingly, the pics dont do it justice.

(In some of the pics, the car is reflecting the sud's off the floor....so before you say I've missed a bit...I haven't )

What do you think?
Anything I could of done better? (Constructive critisism (sp) welcome)

Thanks
Nick

And 2 reflection pics.....

Clouds...

House....

Hope you like

 

[Will.]

I like. I want to do this to my car now!!! Hmm day off on thursday. Would you recomend the Autoglym stuff?

 

[Android]

You used a soft brush and a sponge ? :quiet:

 

[nick172sport]

Would you recomend the Autoglym stuff?

Definatly!! Cracking stuff

 

[Gary172cup]

tidy like the exhaust

 

[nick172sport]

You used a soft brush and a sponge ? :quiet:

I have a mit comming in the post, but its not here yet so I had to make-do!

 

[Will.]

Definatly!! Cracking stuff

Payday friday! Will be purchasing some of it. Wont have a pressure hose any more...just moved out so bucket of water!!! Did you wax?

 

[nick172sport]

Payday friday! Will be purchasing some of it. Wont have a pressure hose any more...just moved out so bucket of water!!! Did you wax?

No, Not got any Wax at the moment. Thats a job for the weekend lol.

 

[Mish]

Sponge.... Noooooooooooooooooo swirl city!

Nice enough job though, but finish up the exhaust- with a clean car it's so noticeable! and get some tyre shine on! Such a clean car doesn't deserve grey-looking tyres!

 

[alex-avfc]

Soft Brush? Sponge? Nooo! You need a washmitt

EDIT: just seen you;ve orderd one

Ok I'm one of many on here thats a bit to anal on car cleaning!

The car looks good mate but get using the mitt asap, and with two buckets, one with shampoo, one for rinsing if you wanna avoid swirls

Id also reccomend sealing in the shine from polishing with a wax/sealant

 

[alex-avfc]

Oh and are you running 195/50 tyres? Look wider for some reason

 

[Jordi17]

nice and clean

 

[BREMBO]

Nice n clean

Have you got all the parts to make the rep mate ?

 

[Alastair.]

brush and a sponge is a no no, arches want blacking, good attempt though. go on detailing world, u will understand what detailing is about.

 

[GarethM]

nice and clean

not keen on the exhaust

 

[Speedlover]

Not Quite a detail withOUT tyre gel! Sweet though, had a Zorst like that on my mk1

 

[Speedlover]

I like. I want to do this to my car now!!! Hmm day off on thursday. Would you recomend the Autoglym stuff?

Yes i would, SRP, EGP and Meguairs liquid wax is a winning combo for me!

 

[nick172sport]

Nice n clean

Have you got all the parts to make the rep mate ?

Not yet, no.

If you have any parts for sale, pm me asap!

I'll have a look on that detailing site tonight. Thanks for your help/opinions guys!

Every bit of advise helps me, as in trying to get more into detailing.

Nick

 

[jim cook]

Wow

Nice and shiny well done

 

[Aluco]

Top effort

 

[nick172sport]

As asked above... They are 185's.

Thanks guys

Nick