The Boosh!
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Elise, Duster
So as i've not washed the car for 6 months I thought it was about time I gave it a little bit of attention. Only downside was I picked a day where it was pissing it down but I plowed on anyway.
So a few dirty pictures:
We began by starting on the wheels (these were a serious ball ache) and gave them a quick scrub.
Then we banged on a layer of foam:
I left this to dwell for about 5 minutes, and went around the car with the jet wash getting most of the surface dirt off the paintwork to minimise swirling. After doing this I gave it a proper wash with the mitt/ two buckets.
For those of you who own a RB one of these, you will know how bad the tar gets on there; especially up the back of the boot:
Will tackle this later...
In the mean time, to ensure the paintwork was as clean as possible for the claying stage I gave it another foam and a wash:
So onto the tar spots - First wave of attack was a mild clay
With that PITA job done, I rinsed off all the s**te and washed it again
Next port of call was the wheels... On heinsight this was a bit of an arse about tit way to go about it but its just the way I prefer.
Anyway, after all the washing etc here is what I was left with with the wheels. This was an absolute nightmare to remove. I'm not sure if its baked on brake dust, tar or a combination of tar but i had to pull out all my weapons to f**k it off.
First port of call was my trusty Tardis:
Left this on for 5 minutes and gave it a scrub... Didn't budge :dead:
So I whipped out the bilberry neat spec:
Still wasn't 100% which i was pissed off with, so I had a very stiff detailing brush which i don't normally like using, but decided to give it ago. After a lot of scrubbing and perseverance I was left with this:
Not 100% but I'm taking them off this week to give them a proper going over, so will clay them and get some cutting compound on there.
After this episode I went round the car looking for the thicker tar spots that the clay couldn't remove and gave it a quick blits of the Tardis:
I then clayed my reg plates and gave them a proper clean and polish:
Went round the car with a drying towel to ensure it was all as dry as possible for the polish
As i've had my polisher nicked, I can't correct the paint work (i'm taking it to dawns next month when she's free for some paint correction).
Instead I opted for a polish that was full of fillers
I then applied some wax on top of the polish:
And as far as the paintwork goes thats about all I did. What it looked like once i'd finished:
Now i've done with the paint I cleaned the exhaust up a wee bit:
Finally I delegated the job of cleaning the engine bay to my mate, who did a cracking job. No befores i'm afraid so just a few randoms:
Whilst I was at it I gave the interior a quick clean and fitted my new mats i bought from work:
She's getting on a bit now I've done almost 40k miles in her since I bought it.
So thats about it! Some of you eagle eyes may have noticed a missing arch liner... That got munched, so in the next couple of days i'm going to be playing with my front suspension setup to stop the scrubbing during hard cornering. I also need to fit the new arch I got from work:
No drastic plans for the future really. within this/next month its getting:
Cheers.
So a few dirty pictures:
We began by starting on the wheels (these were a serious ball ache) and gave them a quick scrub.
Then we banged on a layer of foam:
I left this to dwell for about 5 minutes, and went around the car with the jet wash getting most of the surface dirt off the paintwork to minimise swirling. After doing this I gave it a proper wash with the mitt/ two buckets.
For those of you who own a RB one of these, you will know how bad the tar gets on there; especially up the back of the boot:
Will tackle this later...
In the mean time, to ensure the paintwork was as clean as possible for the claying stage I gave it another foam and a wash:
So onto the tar spots - First wave of attack was a mild clay
With that PITA job done, I rinsed off all the s**te and washed it again
Next port of call was the wheels... On heinsight this was a bit of an arse about tit way to go about it but its just the way I prefer.
Anyway, after all the washing etc here is what I was left with with the wheels. This was an absolute nightmare to remove. I'm not sure if its baked on brake dust, tar or a combination of tar but i had to pull out all my weapons to f**k it off.
First port of call was my trusty Tardis:
Left this on for 5 minutes and gave it a scrub... Didn't budge :dead:
So I whipped out the bilberry neat spec:
Still wasn't 100% which i was pissed off with, so I had a very stiff detailing brush which i don't normally like using, but decided to give it ago. After a lot of scrubbing and perseverance I was left with this:
Not 100% but I'm taking them off this week to give them a proper going over, so will clay them and get some cutting compound on there.
After this episode I went round the car looking for the thicker tar spots that the clay couldn't remove and gave it a quick blits of the Tardis:
I then clayed my reg plates and gave them a proper clean and polish:
Went round the car with a drying towel to ensure it was all as dry as possible for the polish
As i've had my polisher nicked, I can't correct the paint work (i'm taking it to dawns next month when she's free for some paint correction).
Instead I opted for a polish that was full of fillers
I then applied some wax on top of the polish:
And as far as the paintwork goes thats about all I did. What it looked like once i'd finished:
Now i've done with the paint I cleaned the exhaust up a wee bit:
Finally I delegated the job of cleaning the engine bay to my mate, who did a cracking job. No befores i'm afraid so just a few randoms:
Whilst I was at it I gave the interior a quick clean and fitted my new mats i bought from work:
She's getting on a bit now
I've done almost 40k miles in her since I bought it.So thats about it! Some of you eagle eyes may have noticed a missing arch liner... That got munched, so in the next couple of days i'm going to be playing with my front suspension setup to stop the scrubbing during hard cornering. I also need to fit the new arch I got from work:
No drastic plans for the future really. within this/next month its getting:
- front bumper respray
- detail from Dawn (magpiev6)
Cheers.
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