This was going to be just a detailed thread, but as you may have guessed by the thread title, its a bit more interesting than that, but as it was going to be a detailing thread, I am going to carry on and write it as one.
So this morning I decided it was about time the Cup got some attention in the form of a good detail! This morning I was using:
i4detailing snow foam
i4 detailing lance
Britemax Shampoo
Tropicare Mitt
Autoglym Aqua-Dry
i4detailing micro fibres
Autoglym Intensive Tar remover
Autoglym Glass Polish
Foam Applicator Pad from i4detailing (I forget which ones)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime
Dodo Juice Light Fantastic
Theres more in the picture as I intended to do more than I ended up doing but the onset of a little rain stopped play.
So before any cleaning began, the poor cup which hadn't been cleaned this year was looking like this:
So first step was the snow foam. I decided to use a stronger than normal mix as the car was quite so dirty. Pics arent great as I was a bit slow grabbing the camera.
I left it for about 5 minutes to let the foam do its job and then rinsed it off suing the pressure washer. I have to say I was pretty impressed by what I was greeted with!
Then it was on to the two bucket method using Britemax shampoo. I really love this stuff, makes cleaning the shampoo stage very easy! I decided, again, because the car was so dirty, to shampoo the car in 3 stages. First off was a quick once over, not touching the worst bits of the sills or the arches or wheels. Second go over the sills and arches, and then last another quick shampoo all over and the wheels.
Pics after first shampoo:
Then while doing the third round of shampoo, I did the door sills and boot. It was while doing the boot I discovered this:
Yep, thats rust. It looks as though water is getting in the boot lid and its slowly rusting from the inside out, and because the boot has drain holes its now embedded it self onto the bumper as well. No prizes for guessing who I will be on the phone to first thing Monday!
Anyway, on with the detail. After the shampoo I decided to give it a quick run over with AG Intesive tar remover where it was needed. TBH I really couldnt be bothered to spend hours getting rid of every last bit of tar, so just got rid of the worst of it. Some pics after AG tar removal:
I then gave her another quick rinse, dried her off and got to work with Dodo Juice. Not only does the Dodo Juice Lime Prime smell fantastic, its really easy to use on a white car. Once fully dry it does dry to a white haze, but as your first applying it it does stay slightly green, making it nice an easy to see where you have put it. Once round the car putting it on using a Round Foam Applicator Pad, around again using a microfibre to remove, then apply the Dodo Juice Light Fantastic soft wax with another round applicator. I can't pass much judgement on this compared to other waxes as its the only one I have used, but it smells just like hunny, goes on easy, and comes off easy. The combination of Lime Prime and Light Fantastic also gives a much better finish the AG SRP and AG EGP but not only is the finish better, it last much longer to. Ok so its a lot more money than the AG combo, but its worth it! Especially as when I bought it I got the Lime Prime free
I did intend to continue and SRP&EGP the wheels, but it started spitting with rain so ended play.
Final Pictures of the day:
Comments appreciated, both on the detail and on the rust
So this morning I decided it was about time the Cup got some attention in the form of a good detail! This morning I was using:
i4detailing snow foam
i4 detailing lance
Britemax Shampoo
Tropicare Mitt
Autoglym Aqua-Dry
i4detailing micro fibres
Autoglym Intensive Tar remover
Autoglym Glass Polish
Foam Applicator Pad from i4detailing (I forget which ones)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime
Dodo Juice Light Fantastic
Theres more in the picture as I intended to do more than I ended up doing but the onset of a little rain stopped play.
So before any cleaning began, the poor cup which hadn't been cleaned this year was looking like this:
So first step was the snow foam. I decided to use a stronger than normal mix as the car was quite so dirty. Pics arent great as I was a bit slow grabbing the camera.
I left it for about 5 minutes to let the foam do its job and then rinsed it off suing the pressure washer. I have to say I was pretty impressed by what I was greeted with!
Then it was on to the two bucket method using Britemax shampoo. I really love this stuff, makes cleaning the shampoo stage very easy! I decided, again, because the car was so dirty, to shampoo the car in 3 stages. First off was a quick once over, not touching the worst bits of the sills or the arches or wheels. Second go over the sills and arches, and then last another quick shampoo all over and the wheels.
Pics after first shampoo:
Then while doing the third round of shampoo, I did the door sills and boot. It was while doing the boot I discovered this:
Yep, thats rust. It looks as though water is getting in the boot lid and its slowly rusting from the inside out, and because the boot has drain holes its now embedded it self onto the bumper as well. No prizes for guessing who I will be on the phone to first thing Monday!
Anyway, on with the detail. After the shampoo I decided to give it a quick run over with AG Intesive tar remover where it was needed. TBH I really couldnt be bothered to spend hours getting rid of every last bit of tar, so just got rid of the worst of it. Some pics after AG tar removal:
I then gave her another quick rinse, dried her off and got to work with Dodo Juice. Not only does the Dodo Juice Lime Prime smell fantastic, its really easy to use on a white car. Once fully dry it does dry to a white haze, but as your first applying it it does stay slightly green, making it nice an easy to see where you have put it. Once round the car putting it on using a Round Foam Applicator Pad, around again using a microfibre to remove, then apply the Dodo Juice Light Fantastic soft wax with another round applicator. I can't pass much judgement on this compared to other waxes as its the only one I have used, but it smells just like hunny, goes on easy, and comes off easy. The combination of Lime Prime and Light Fantastic also gives a much better finish the AG SRP and AG EGP but not only is the finish better, it last much longer to. Ok so its a lot more money than the AG combo, but its worth it! Especially as when I bought it I got the Lime Prime free
I did intend to continue and SRP&EGP the wheels, but it started spitting with rain so ended play.Final Pictures of the day:
Comments appreciated, both on the detail and on the rust
