Here we go..
This was my first BIG detail. And my first with a DA.
I'd ordered the Kestral but CYC rang and told me it was going to be a month until delivery, so I accepted their own DA, Which is exactly the same. (built on the same production line and everything).
I’m using a point and shoot camera for this so for some shots you’ll just have to take my word for it that the paint looks like deep water =]
Before shots:
My weapons of choice =P
Rinse with jet wash:
(Wheels off to be clean separately)
And onto the arches! These have never been done before. oops.
I used my own recipe for this; Bilberry, Snow foam, And Fairy liquid. topped up with water in a spray bottle. Worked pretty well. Here’s a before, during and after shot.
(I wasn’t after concourse standard, just cleaner)
Steelies on =]
Snow'd with PH Neutral foam:
And Jetted off. lookin better already =]
Next, 2 bucket method with Dodo b2bm and a brand new sheepskin mitt.
Dried with a water blade on flat panels and Dodo T2D everywhere else. (Sonus towel)
Shinyyy
Wiped down with Britemax spray and shine to remove and dust etc
I don’t have an inspection light, so sunlight had to do. (take into consideration the unique quality of my camera) swirls:
I spent most of the afternoon then practising on the bonnet with the sonus polishes, this is how it looked at the end of day 1. (Here come the hair jokes..)
Day 2.
Wheels.
Before:
Soaked with bilberry and ez wheel brush:
TAR!
Removed with AG intensive tar remover.
On of the wheels had this brown stain on the inside,
managed to remove most of this with some concentrated elbow grease. (don’t have a pic)
Back to polishing whilst my grandad AG SRP'd, EGP'd, and HD Waxed the wheels.
I decided to do the bonnet again, working up from sfx1 one this time because there was still some slight swirling/hollogramming.
Various stages in the process:
^My key scratch =[
After stopping for lunch, some dust from the trees over the road had fallen onto the car, so I doused with water and dried:
Polishing finished, Next was a layer of EZ Creme Glaze. I was so impressed with this I did it twice.
And then 2 layers of Jetseal 109.
Wheels finished!
I didn’t have time to wax with Dodo Blue velvet due to the gf nagging me to finish so we could go out for tea, and me going to Sheffield to pick up sport seats the next day.
Anyway, here’s some pics from the drive to Sheffield. (phone pics sorry, and the hazy sun didn’t help)
This was my first BIG detail. And my first with a DA.
I'd ordered the Kestral but CYC rang and told me it was going to be a month until delivery, so I accepted their own DA, Which is exactly the same. (built on the same production line and everything).
I’m using a point and shoot camera for this so for some shots you’ll just have to take my word for it that the paint looks like deep water =]
Before shots:
My weapons of choice =P
Rinse with jet wash:
(Wheels off to be clean separately)
And onto the arches! These have never been done before. oops.
I used my own recipe for this; Bilberry, Snow foam, And Fairy liquid. topped up with water in a spray bottle. Worked pretty well. Here’s a before, during and after shot.
(I wasn’t after concourse standard, just cleaner)
Steelies on =]
Snow'd with PH Neutral foam:
And Jetted off. lookin better already =]
Next, 2 bucket method with Dodo b2bm and a brand new sheepskin mitt.
Dried with a water blade on flat panels and Dodo T2D everywhere else. (Sonus towel)
Shinyyy
Wiped down with Britemax spray and shine to remove and dust etc
I don’t have an inspection light, so sunlight had to do. (take into consideration the unique quality of my camera) swirls:
I spent most of the afternoon then practising on the bonnet with the sonus polishes, this is how it looked at the end of day 1. (Here come the hair jokes..)
Day 2.
Wheels.
Before:
Soaked with bilberry and ez wheel brush:
TAR!
Removed with AG intensive tar remover.
On of the wheels had this brown stain on the inside,
managed to remove most of this with some concentrated elbow grease. (don’t have a pic)
Back to polishing whilst my grandad AG SRP'd, EGP'd, and HD Waxed the wheels.
I decided to do the bonnet again, working up from sfx1 one this time because there was still some slight swirling/hollogramming.
Various stages in the process:
^My key scratch =[
After stopping for lunch, some dust from the trees over the road had fallen onto the car, so I doused with water and dried:
Polishing finished, Next was a layer of EZ Creme Glaze. I was so impressed with this I did it twice.
And then 2 layers of Jetseal 109.
Wheels finished!
I didn’t have time to wax with Dodo Blue velvet due to the gf nagging me to finish so we could go out for tea, and me going to Sheffield to pick up sport seats the next day.
Anyway, here’s some pics from the drive to Sheffield. (phone pics sorry, and the hazy sun didn’t help)
