Sun shining time for a detail!

[Malaman172]

Gonna get on it now and detail my 172 nice and shiny for a sunday drive tomorrow lets see how it goes!

 

[Cliotoby]

Right-o chap!

 

[aucky]

Neato gang!

 

[Malaman172]

Started on the car at 2 o clockish finished up around 5! Will get some photos on tomorrow of the finished product! This is my first attempt at this sort of thing but goodness it makes you feel good when the car is finished! Had some tar spots which were a bit of a b*****d to remove using autoglym intense tar remover! Anyway got there in the end though!

 

[aucky]

What did you do?
It takes me about 3 hours to wash and decontaminate!

 

[Coby.]

Was thinking the same Aucky, Pics and a write up might help this thread.

 

[yellowbelly]

Was thinking the same Aucky, Pics and a write up might help this thread.

I think its beyond that Coby

 

[Daniel]

3 hours for a detail??

You should apply for a job at white details. He takes 3-4 days sometimes. It sounds like you could set the pace.

 

[Malaman172]

It was not a thorough detail just a very good clean decontaminate etc... Just waiting for photos to upload

 

[Mr R.]

So why call it a "detail" if you know what the difference is?

 

[yellowbelly]

Am I the only one cringing right now...

 

[Matt W]

Nice thread.

 

[Malaman172]

Here's some pics not brilliant though taken this morning quite dull outside would look so much nicer in the sun!

Basically it was a de tar and then wash then iron out then wash then dry then clay bar then polish then carnuba wax

 

[Mr R.]

Looks "clean"

 

[Matt W]

Tyre shine.

 

[Jaff.]

Tyre shine.

You have issues x

 

[Malaman172]

In response to above the term "detail" can mean more than one thing! My detail in particular consisted of an external one therefore the detail was just the outside (paintwork and trim). I did actually give the tyres a rub with a sponge and then applied some autoglym tyre shine or whatever it's called was ok but nothing special really! For washing, decontaminating, polishing and waxing i used some auto finesse lather, iron out, clay bar with glide, tripple polish and finished off with desire carnuba wax. Also used imperial wheel cleaner and revive trim enhancer!

 

[JD]

Looks great!

"A detail" is everything covered. You did some detailing. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Cliotoby]

Thy Hath Sinned

 

[Rob]

It looks clean, I'll give you that. Threads like this are MUCH more interesting with progress pictures/befores and afters though.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Car looks great buddy. You did well to get all that done in 3 hours. I'm old and decrepit and it usually takes me all day to do mine.

 

[Craig_fell]

Never 'detailed' a car, but i polish it once in a while!

Just a shame the kerb chewed my nearside front wheel the other day :banghead:

 

[Cliotoby]

Poor workman blames his tools iirc.

Looks good. its time to step up your game and look into spray sealants or wax and proper glazes and polishes.

Inb4 Tyre gel.