Harphamominom's Ph1 Project - sunflower content p12 onwards

[Harpham]

Jesus, got our work cut out.

Most of that is from the roads on my travels up to Buxton today. Proper dirty country roads all the way.
Be reeeeet though. All that dirt will come off easily.
By the time you're down here too, I would have already given it the initial wash, so you'll miss out on alot of the fun.

SHED! But I love it, don't bother cleaning, it will never be as clean as mine

Meh. As it currently stands, its in better shape than yours . Tomorrow, you will feel violated when you see how clean it is.

 

[Feirny]

I'll sit and watch

 

[Will.]

Looks s**t.

I joke. Looked amazing when clean. Hurry up and give it a Polish car wash ffs.

 

[welshname]

I know I'm suprised my car didn't blow up on my journey back home, when I got in the oil wasn't even registering on the dip stick.

Need to get a DA onto the car and get it CLEEAAANNN.

 

[Harpham]

Greg is my student tomorrow.

 

[Toby]

Casually drives through Nottingham and see's Paul at the nearest ARC...

 

[Feirny]

It's f*cking clean.

 

[Harpham]

Harphamominom and Feirny detail the shed and take some photos

Today, Feirny and I had organised a play date. So I started up bright and early, to get this Sunflower on route to looking back to factory fresh...

Before:

Sunflower Detail - Before by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Sunflower Detail - Before by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Sunflower Detail - Before by Harpham y0, on Flickr

I then took the side strips off to get the crap cleaned underneath. Also tried to remove my number plates, but the screws have rounded off, so couldn't get them off . ffs

Snow Foaming:

Sunflower Detail - Snow Foam by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Sunflower Detail - Snow Foam by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Sunflower Detail - Snow Foam by Harpham y0, on Flickr

I then moved onto Claying. Jesus Christ, it is the worst car that I have ever clayed. To give you an idea, after doing half of the roof, this is what I was left with:

Some of the other panels, such as the bonnet and rear bumper were even worse :S.

At this point, Greg arrived. We went straight to Halfords to pick up some bits that I needed, including a new rear wiper, tar remover and some 3M velcro ready for when I get new plates.

Ater this, we started on the car. Due to 1. it looking like it was going to rain and 2. a general "cant be arsed" attitude, we/I decided to do a quick job. So we both zoomed around the car, before any rain arrived, with the plan to just bring a bit of shine back and to make sure that it was sealed up to protect it until I have chance to go over it properly when it warms up.

After finishing up, Greg and I went for some photo wh0ring... (ill whack my shoddy photos in here, but i'm sure Greg will be along later with some much better shots).

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Fitted my CSS sticker:

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Also fitted my CS URL sticker, which I put on slightly wonky FFS!!!

Detail After - Photoshoot With Feirny by Harpham y0, on Flickr

The car is still a massive swirl bus, but atleast now its protected and looks a lot cleaner than previously. Hope you like.

(Thanks Greg for coming down today. Been a good laugh. We'll have to have another play date when you detail the Trophy)

 

[Jon.G]

So in short, you washed it?

C'monnnnnnnn, Rhys is winning by far.

 

[Will.]

LOL what a poor attempt at detailing. Otter fail.

Look good though.

 

[welshname]

Photoshop - helping people avoid doing a proper job of detailing since 1988.

 

[Jon.G]

Photoshop - helping people avoid doing a proper job of detailing since 1988.

LOL. I thought that as well. It is very glossy though.

What products did you and Greg use?

 

[Paul172sport]

what products did you use? Looks good shine. Im using mostly chemical guys stuff on mine

 

[Toby]

1-0 Paul

Looks dead nice, bet it's better in the flesh!

 

[jenic]

Looks good, in some of those pictures its looking more liquid than sunflower.

Gregs looks good too, clean at least!

 

[Harpham]

So in short, you washed it?
C'monnnnnnnn, Rhys is winning by far.

AS IFFFFFF!!!! :rasp: My before pictures are better than what Rhys will come up with .

Products used:
- Snow foam
- Bilberry wheel cleaner
- Think it was some crappy Tropicare shampoo (currently low on stock with things)
- AG Tar Remover
- i4d Yellow Clay Bar
- Menzerna Power Finish
- Lime Prime
- Zaino Z2 (iirc?) Sealant
- AG Glass Cleaner
- AG Tyre Shine
- Some Bumper/Plastic stuff too. Can't remember what brand, as Greg did all that. *AG Bumper Care.

Think that's everything. I'm pretty low on everything atm, so even if we had done it properly, it would have still been a pikey detail lol. For what we did though, it does look a million times cleaner. Started to bring the colour back out of the rear bumper too. Still faded, but I only did one pass with the DA over it, so the result was pretty encouraging.
Pre-CSS will be the big one where I literally go all out and make a massive "Gally inspired" shopping list.

If Rhys beats me, you'll see my detailing gear go up for sale :rasp:.

 

[Wick]

That is looking b-e-a-utiful...

 

[Feirny]

Sunflower 172 by feirny, on Flickr

Sunflower 172 by feirny, on Flickr

Sunflower 172 by feirny, on Flickr

Sunflower 172 by feirny, on Flickr

Sunflower 172 by feirny, on Flickr

Sunflower 172 by feirny, on Flickr

Didn't get all the shots I wanted, but got some decentish ones. Need another go at it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feirny/sets/72157629346771295/

 

[Silent_Scone]

Does look nice!

 

[Harpham]

Great shots, Greg!! Love the rolling ones. Cheers dude.

 

[yeecup]

Ditch that exhaust. Car looks good though I do really like them in yellow maybe one day.

 

[Harpham]

I have a stealth waiting to be put on. Just haven't bothered sorting it yet lol.
Ill probably sort it at some point in the next week or so. Get rid of that monstrocity of an exhaust lol.

 

[Jamie_182]

looking a lot cleaner harpham.

will be stunning when you get chance to give it a proper detail!

 

[welshname]

Lol @ selling detailing gear!

We shall see my friend, we shall see. I'm debating whether to leave the "big detail" till before CSS too and just take a few days off before it...

 

[Cup_Phil]

Lovely shots mate

How did you attach the camera to your car?

 

[Feirny]

Lovely shots mate

How did you attach the camera to your car?

With that Phil. We were only moving about 10mph and I had a remote shutter whilst I held the camera.

 

[Harpham]

Looked epic this morning. Has a lovely shine to it now.

Quick iPhone photo at the girlfriends house.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Love the colour coded clay bar, but WTF are you doing using about a kilo of the stuff in one go !? Half of that, or less, is a much better idea. Especially when you drop it and are then stuffed having to throw the lot away after doing half the front wing :rasp:

 

[Harpham]

It looks bigger in the photo than what it actually was. I used about 1/3 of a bar.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Did wonder that, brain couldn't compute, thought you had tiny hands LOL.

 

[lewisflintham]

Lookin good Paul. The colour's really coming up nice now. ;-)

 

[.Andy.]

Some exellent shots. Two awesome cars. I've got much love for sunflowers! I'm jealous

 

[Harpham]

Just had a go at light painting. Everyone seems to be trying it atm, so thought id jump on the bandwagon. The place where I went to was totally pitch black. No street lights or anything, bar the sky that had a red/orangey glow, my CS torch and passing vehicles.

Tried Light Painting by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Tried Light Painting by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Obviously massive n00b shots, but I really enjoyed playing about with this. When I learn how to do it properly, ill go out again and have another play.

 

[Jon.G]

Nicely done, but I can see you

 

[Cup_Phil]

With that Phil. We were only moving about 10mph and I had a remote shutter whilst I held the camera.

Ahhh cheers mate - that's one of the manfrotto suction mounts isn't it. NEED one of those in my life!

 

[daveski]

Nice pics Paul

 

[Craig.]

It needs orange side repeaters for the OEM look :rasp:

 

[Harpham]

It needs orange side repeaters for the OEM look :rasp:

But they look terrible . Clear side repeaters were the first thing I bought for it.

 

[Chris205]

Really like this car, craigs supercharged one had 100,000 miles worth of swirls lol Was a nightmare but check the recent pics of his and it still looks amazing 8 months down the line

 

[Feirny]

Ahhh cheers mate - that's one of the manfrotto suction mounts isn't it. NEED one of those in my life!

Just picked up another two, a super clamp and some others bit for a bargain price