The favour that nearly broke me

[VIICarCare]

Hiya peoples, good weekend I hope? So a few weeks ago my MD asked me to clean his truck up. He has a tasty audi tt s that I've wanted to get my mitts on for ages, so me doing this as a freebie may convince him let me do the tt!

Anyway, It took 2.5 days. And, I felt it!

Here we go ..... Arrival

So the usual, wheels Iron x'd, autosmart, g101 on the tyres. Arches had a hell of alot of tar on them :doublesho Tardis didn't really hold up too well against that lot. Time was short, so I did what I could in the time I had.

All washed, Iron x'd, tardis'd & clayed. Took around 4 hours!

Goodies

Few little inspections

Now, the paint seemed very low from what I've seen before. Paint gauge at the ready, the rotary, 3m green pad & 105 .... go!
First tackle

I proceeded

205 applied via 3m blue

End of day 1, half way round.

Other side, some places req' spot wet sanding. Notice the egg etching, no avail so I had to have another go. Bloody egg farmers!

So, after I finished correction I applied Blackhole & Colli 945 or which ever one it was. The interior was given a good going over, brisk on the upholstry, poorboys trim dressing on the inner trims.

Few finished pics

And that was that! Glad that one's over!

 

[Marky_]

Nice work!

2.5 days of free work though! I don't envy you.

 

[VIICarCare]

he's done alot for me at work, so i didn't mind

 

[-J-]

Great job, nice finish on that colour, lots of depth.

 

[James105]

Top work Dawn, hopefully you get your mitts on the TT now then!

(This reminds me of that bl##dy blue transit I did a few months back)

 

[MDP91]

Looks like quality work, love to have the money to get my LY done properly.

 

[VIICarCare]

cheers peoples, could have done with another two weekends to get her 100% but hey ho!

cheers

 

[generaljake]

Good work! I bet he was pleased

 

[Danith]

If I were to ask for something like this on my Clio, what exactly would I be asking for?! Sorry to sound stupid but I once mentioned 'claying' to a guy and he didn't have a clue!
Loads of car washes in Manchester that do 'valets' but think it would just be a bit of autoglym etc.

What/where could I get this done (around Manchester/Wigan) and how much would it cost?

 

[Rob]

Nice work Dawn, I'd love to get a chance to actually bring a car down to you! Great shine/reflection on that, hope he was pleased?

Needs more tyre shine in the finished pics though IMO

 

[Kane.]

Yep, tyres let it down

 

[Wick]

Freebie! It's bloody massive! I could understand maybe a little hatchback but those panels are huge... No wonder it took 2 1/2 days!

 

[VIICarCare]

Ha, cheers boys! I did apply ample dressing, maybe the pics are taken before?

Just bring the beemer down Rob

I dont think the boss will see it before it goes in for a service

 

[Fletcher]

Much better

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Good effort.

Nice work Dawn, I'd love to get a chance to actually bring a car down to you! Great shine/reflection on that, hope he was pleased?

Needs more tyre shine in the finished pics though IMO

Two things, Robert...:

1 ) Am I not good enough for you any more ?

2 ) You haven't brought me tyre shine...

:dapprove:

 

[Rob]

Ha, cheers boys! I did apply ample dressing, maybe the pics are taken before?

Just bring the beemer down Rob

I dont think the boss will see it before it goes in for a service

I am tempted, money's tight at the moment but maybe in a few months. I wasn't only yankin' your chain on the tyre shine, sort of

Good effort.



Two things, Robert...:

1 ) Am I not good enough for you any more ?

2 ) You haven't brought me tyre shine...

:dapprove:

1) Of course you are darling, I've been looking into cleaning then sealing the roof, a task for next time! (I also want to give it a going over once it's out of the 'shop)

2) Last time I popped in was random on the way back from work, I don't carry random tyre shine. Next time dude, next time.

 

[Wick]

I don't carry random tyre shine

Such a liar it's untrue :rasp:

 

[daydotz]

epic work

 

[Rob]

Such a liar it's untrue :rasp:

LOL! Twice now with you FFS.

I needed some new stuff for Rob though.

 

[aucky]

Nice work as always.

Brilliant turnaround considering..

 

[Christopher]

Nice work!

 

[plymcl172]

good work just let down by the tyre shine

 

[Gally]

Heavy work hun. I did an A3 Sportback at the weekend and i'm still recovering.

Great finish!

 

[VIICarCare]

cheers guys, tyre shine was addedd very last. so no worry there, or let downs

cheers Gally, pics?

 

[Scrooge]

Great works as always, I need to get all my detailing gear out again, need to machine polish a few things.

 

[Silent_Scone]

great work Now ask him to pay up

 

[Revels]

All that effort to clean it so you can put more effort into cleaning another car? Lol.

 

[Gally]

cheers guys, tyre shine was addedd very last. so no worry there, or let downs

cheers Gally, pics?

I'll get a write up done soon.

 

[NFox]

Great job

 

[VIICarCare]

cheers peeps :approve: