evening guys 
detailed this Clio R27 yesterday (thanks again for the referal Russ). started about 10am, finished 4pm- ish, overall the car was'nt too dirty (the dealer had 'washed' it the other day when it went in for a new roof vinyl even though they were told not to by the owner). anyway, we were very impressed with the finished results (this colour is stunning in the sun) even though the sun did'nt come out for the after pics so they don't do the car justice imo.
tools / products:
nilfisk c120
foam lance
vax 6131
bilberry @ 10:1
meguiars apc @ 10:1
ez brush
envy brushes
vikan arch brush
upholstery scrubbing brush
SN shampoo
espuma activo foam (very impressed with this - i used a whole 250ml sample bottle today = about an inch in the foam lance bottle) i'll be ordering a larger bottle soon
uber drying towels
lots of screwfix MF's
meguiars triple duty brush
eurow shagpile MF's
meguiars foam, MF and sonus applicators
Zaino Z2
Zaino Z8
FK1000p
FK #108 top kote dressing
carlack glass twins
valet pro tar remover (first use of this today - impressive product imo)
CYC sheepskin wash pad
can't remember what air freshener we used :wall: was the one from i4detailing that smells like terrys chocolate orange though :thumb:
FK 425
interior first:
rubber mats were cleaned with meguiars apc @ 10:1 and an upholstery scrubbing brush before being rinsed with the PW and left in the sun to dry
(got the foaming heads for the spray bottles - one for apc one for bilberry the other, don't know why i did'nt get them soon tbh superb imo)
interior was then thoroughly hoovered including under seats, boot area and door trims seats and dashboard with brush attachment
meguiars triple duty brush used to aggitate some dirt from the pile of the carpet so i could hoover it up
once the hoovering was finished, meguiars apc @ 10:1 was used with screwfix MF's to clean all the pastics including the door trims, dashboard, centre console (around gearstick and handbrake) with a meguiars triple duty brush being used with apc on the heel pad (not sure if thats the right name for it) and the pedals - which are showing a suprisingly large amount of wear after just 10,000 miles..
envy brush used for crevaces
finished interior (few sprays of air freshener under front seats to finish, mats put back in at the end of the detail, once dry)
exterior next:
wheels were cleaned with bilberry @ 10:1, meguiars apc @ 10:1 for the arches and tyres aggitated with the usual brushes. valet pro tar remover was used for the backs of the wheels, which removed the tar fine but there was old balancing weight sticky pad residue left that i could'nt shift
love my kneeling pad i got from Tim @ Envy Valeting :thumb:
and rinsed before doing the other wheels, tyres and arches in the same manor
bodywork:
rinsed off @ high pressure before a good layer of espuma activo foam (very impressed with this) keeping it off the roof vinyls where possible and not letting it dwell for too long on the other vinyls
after foam had dwelled for a few minutes, during which time the badges, griles etc were cleaned with an envy brush and meguiars apc @ 10:1
then a rinse, wash with the usual TBM, CYC sheepskin wash pad (very nice to use imo) and SN shampoo - BTBM en route to try
car was then clayed with sonus green and a zymol shampoo + water mix for lube (did'nt pick anything up that was worth photographing tbh)
followed by a final rinse, then a dry with uber plush drying towels. then a coat of Zaino Z2 was applied (no pics as the camera battery had to go on charge)
the exterior glass was treated to the carlack twins (applied by MF applicators today - i usually follow the instructions on the bottles but i tried this way for a change today and it worked just as well imo) buffed off with a few sprtiz of FK 425 (used to clean inside of glass too)
wheels sealed with FK1000p (getting to the backs was a nightmare)
tyres dressed with FK #108 top kote dressing
then the paintwork was given a final wipe-down with Zaino Z8 to finish (the pics don't do this stunning colour any justice as the sun had buggered off)
thanks for looking
kev
detailed this Clio R27 yesterday (thanks again for the referal Russ). started about 10am, finished 4pm- ish, overall the car was'nt too dirty (the dealer had 'washed' it the other day when it went in for a new roof vinyl even though they were told not to by the owner). anyway, we were very impressed with the finished results (this colour is stunning in the sun) even though the sun did'nt come out for the after pics so they don't do the car justice imo.tools / products:
nilfisk c120
foam lance
vax 6131
bilberry @ 10:1
meguiars apc @ 10:1
ez brush
envy brushes
vikan arch brush
upholstery scrubbing brush
SN shampoo
espuma activo foam (very impressed with this - i used a whole 250ml sample bottle today = about an inch in the foam lance bottle) i'll be ordering a larger bottle soon
uber drying towels
lots of screwfix MF's
meguiars triple duty brush
eurow shagpile MF's
meguiars foam, MF and sonus applicators
Zaino Z2
Zaino Z8
FK1000p
FK #108 top kote dressing
carlack glass twins
valet pro tar remover (first use of this today - impressive product imo)
CYC sheepskin wash pad
can't remember what air freshener we used :wall: was the one from i4detailing that smells like terrys chocolate orange though :thumb:
FK 425
interior first:
rubber mats were cleaned with meguiars apc @ 10:1 and an upholstery scrubbing brush before being rinsed with the PW and left in the sun to dry
(got the foaming heads for the spray bottles - one for apc one for bilberry the other, don't know why i did'nt get them soon tbh superb imo)
interior was then thoroughly hoovered including under seats, boot area and door trims seats and dashboard with brush attachment
meguiars triple duty brush used to aggitate some dirt from the pile of the carpet so i could hoover it up
once the hoovering was finished, meguiars apc @ 10:1 was used with screwfix MF's to clean all the pastics including the door trims, dashboard, centre console (around gearstick and handbrake) with a meguiars triple duty brush being used with apc on the heel pad (not sure if thats the right name for it) and the pedals - which are showing a suprisingly large amount of wear after just 10,000 miles..
envy brush used for crevaces
finished interior (few sprays of air freshener under front seats to finish, mats put back in at the end of the detail, once dry)
exterior next:
wheels were cleaned with bilberry @ 10:1, meguiars apc @ 10:1 for the arches and tyres aggitated with the usual brushes. valet pro tar remover was used for the backs of the wheels, which removed the tar fine but there was old balancing weight sticky pad residue left that i could'nt shift
love my kneeling pad i got from Tim @ Envy Valeting :thumb:
and rinsed before doing the other wheels, tyres and arches in the same manor
bodywork:
rinsed off @ high pressure before a good layer of espuma activo foam (very impressed with this) keeping it off the roof vinyls where possible and not letting it dwell for too long on the other vinyls
after foam had dwelled for a few minutes, during which time the badges, griles etc were cleaned with an envy brush and meguiars apc @ 10:1
then a rinse, wash with the usual TBM, CYC sheepskin wash pad (very nice to use imo) and SN shampoo - BTBM en route to try
car was then clayed with sonus green and a zymol shampoo + water mix for lube (did'nt pick anything up that was worth photographing tbh)
followed by a final rinse, then a dry with uber plush drying towels. then a coat of Zaino Z2 was applied (no pics as the camera battery had to go on charge
) the exterior glass was treated to the carlack twins (applied by MF applicators today - i usually follow the instructions on the bottles but i tried this way for a change today and it worked just as well imo) buffed off with a few sprtiz of FK 425 (used to clean inside of glass too)
wheels sealed with FK1000p (getting to the backs was a nightmare)
tyres dressed with FK #108 top kote dressing
then the paintwork was given a final wipe-down with Zaino Z8 to finish (the pics don't do this stunning colour any justice as the sun had buggered off)
thanks for looking
kev
