This detail was done bits at a time because of weather and other problems also the dates in some of the pictures are wrong due to different cameras.
The car is my daily driver so it was driven between stages of the detail.
My car started of something along the lines of this:
Wheels were done at a later stage.
Jetwashed on the trickle like setting to loosen up the dirth then blasted off at a low setting.
All badges, grilles, seals etc sprayed with Megs APC and left to soak after 2/3 mins the car was washed with Duragloss 901 using TBM (Two bucket method)
Jet washed off the shampoo off.
All badges, grilles, seals, shuts etc sprayed with Megs APC and worked with my exterior brush.
Jet washed the APC off.
Onto claying, i chose to use Bilt Hamber soft auto clay which is great because you only need water as a lubricant. I chose to add a touch of Megs last touch to my sprayer bottle but not alot.
My car has only done 20k and half of the roof gave me this:
Then side panels:
Car then washed again with Duragloss 901 and the TBM.
Jet washed down.
Last touch was sprayed to panels and i layed sonus der wunder drying towels onto them to soak up the water.. I used 3 at a time, 2 on the roof and one on the bonnet so on so fourth.
Then used a miracle dryer to remove the rest of the water.
Car taped up ready for its correction:
Taking note of some imperfections:
No after at the moment but they're gone.. take my word for it
I didnt have decent lighting so i couldnt pick up the swirls, heres a go:
After polishing i bought myself one of these:
Really needed because i dont have a garage and this helps spot any RDS or swirls.
Polishing:
I was using the Menzerna polishes with the G220 to begin with, after getting round the car with the intensive polish the G220 done its thing and packed up :nono:
I ordered a kestrel rotary from i4detailing and all the better for it!
So Intensive polish (PO85RD 3.02) with a Megs polishing pad (2.0) to remove most of if not all of the swirls/marks etc.
This was was followed up with Menzerna Final Finish (PO85RD). Bonnet and roof using on a Megs finishing pad (2.0) and the rest of the car done with a Sonus sfx 3 spot pad. The FF leaves a beautiful finish and clear gloss.
Unfortuently the car was left like this for 2 weeks with just one layer of Poorboys black hole here and there. More after the engine bay and wheels.
Engine bay was then done using Megs APC, Daisy APC and agitated with various size brushes.
This was then lightly rinsed with a water sprayer and dried with an old drying towel:
Paint was under here was polished with SRP and sealed with EGP.
Cant find my afters at the moment, i'll update with my interior.
Wheels were removed to give a proper clean, polish and seal.
Calipers were given a lick of silver paint, really help tidy up that area:
Before condition of all the calipers (pic of rear):
Scrubbed with wire brushes, 3 coats of hammerite smooth and left with this:
Arches given a good scrub, I liberally sprayed Megs APC with a foaming head and left this to dwell for 10mins.
Doing its work:
Sprayed with Daisy APC for a bit more cleaning power, scrubbed with the big grille brushed from Tesco then jet washed off.
Wheels, I was faced with this:
After a jet wash down:
Using these products i must of spent hours trying to get them spotless.
Still left some tar which AG tar remover took care of:
Also no afters but i will update when i have the fronts finished.
The back wheels were given 2 coats of SRP, 3 coats of EGP left for 24 hour between each coat and the 3 layers of Poorboys Wheel Sealant (Shows fresh calipers too):
Only the two back wheels got finished in time for the North wales run i was going on the next morning, front two are still not treated.
When i had time i used Clearkote Vanilla moose glaze via rotary to kind of refine the finish and leave some sort of glaze before polishing.
Next time i'll be following this with the Red moose glaze which i need to order.
Straight after i applied a coat of Swissvax Onyx which is easy on and off and smells good too.
I left this on the car for an 1.5 hours before buffing off.
No after pics straight away because i finished late and had an early start for a run to North Wales with Renault Sport.
Heres some about 100 miles and more after:
Another wash and layer of Swissvax Onyx after picking up some dreadful stonechips from wales One even dented the bonnet.
After this pic it rained a bit, so waited for the next day :quiet:
Not washed, hence some dirt, just took 5 mins up the road for some afters:
The car is my daily driver so it was driven between stages of the detail.
My car started of something along the lines of this:
Wheels were done at a later stage.
Jetwashed on the trickle like setting to loosen up the dirth then blasted off at a low setting.
All badges, grilles, seals etc sprayed with Megs APC and left to soak after 2/3 mins the car was washed with Duragloss 901 using TBM (Two bucket method)
Jet washed off the shampoo off.
All badges, grilles, seals, shuts etc sprayed with Megs APC and worked with my exterior brush.
Jet washed the APC off.
Onto claying, i chose to use Bilt Hamber soft auto clay which is great because you only need water as a lubricant. I chose to add a touch of Megs last touch to my sprayer bottle but not alot.
My car has only done 20k and half of the roof gave me this:
Then side panels:
Car then washed again with Duragloss 901 and the TBM.
Jet washed down.
Last touch was sprayed to panels and i layed sonus der wunder drying towels onto them to soak up the water.. I used 3 at a time, 2 on the roof and one on the bonnet so on so fourth.
Then used a miracle dryer to remove the rest of the water.
Car taped up ready for its correction:
Taking note of some imperfections:
No after at the moment but they're gone.. take my word for it
I didnt have decent lighting so i couldnt pick up the swirls, heres a go:
After polishing i bought myself one of these
:Really needed because i dont have a garage and this helps spot any RDS or swirls.
Polishing:
I was using the Menzerna polishes with the G220 to begin with, after getting round the car with the intensive polish the G220 done its thing and packed up :nono:
I ordered a kestrel rotary from i4detailing and all the better for it!
So Intensive polish (PO85RD 3.02) with a Megs polishing pad (2.0) to remove most of if not all of the swirls/marks etc.
This was was followed up with Menzerna Final Finish (PO85RD). Bonnet and roof using on a Megs finishing pad (2.0) and the rest of the car done with a Sonus sfx 3 spot pad. The FF leaves a beautiful finish and clear gloss.
Unfortuently the car was left like this for 2 weeks with just one layer of Poorboys black hole here and there. More after the engine bay and wheels.
Engine bay was then done using Megs APC, Daisy APC and agitated with various size brushes.
This was then lightly rinsed with a water sprayer and dried with an old drying towel:
Paint was under here was polished with SRP and sealed with EGP.
Cant find my afters at the moment, i'll update with my interior.
Wheels were removed to give a proper clean, polish and seal.
Calipers were given a lick of silver paint, really help tidy up that area:
Before condition of all the calipers (pic of rear):
Scrubbed with wire brushes, 3 coats of hammerite smooth and left with this:
Arches given a good scrub, I liberally sprayed Megs APC with a foaming head and left this to dwell for 10mins.
Doing its work:
Sprayed with Daisy APC for a bit more cleaning power, scrubbed with the big grille brushed from Tesco then jet washed off.
Wheels, I was faced with this:
After a jet wash down:
Using these products i must of spent hours trying to get them spotless.
Still left some tar which AG tar remover took care of:
Also no afters but i will update when i have the fronts finished.
The back wheels were given 2 coats of SRP, 3 coats of EGP left for 24 hour between each coat and the 3 layers of Poorboys Wheel Sealant (Shows fresh calipers too):
Only the two back wheels got finished in time for the North wales run i was going on the next morning, front two are still not treated.
When i had time i used Clearkote Vanilla moose glaze via rotary to kind of refine the finish and leave some sort of glaze before polishing.
Next time i'll be following this with the Red moose glaze which i need to order.
Straight after i applied a coat of Swissvax Onyx which is easy on and off and smells good too.
I left this on the car for an 1.5 hours before buffing off.
No after pics straight away because i finished late and had an early start for a run to North Wales with Renault Sport.
Heres some about 100 miles and more after:
Another wash and layer of Swissvax Onyx after picking up some dreadful stonechips from wales
One even dented the bonnet.After this pic it rained a bit, so waited for the next day :quiet:
Not washed, hence some dirt, just took 5 mins up the road for some afters:
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