Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
... by FailSport.
So, last night the Trophy got its bi-annual clean
purely as Ollie got so fed up with it looking rank that I got ordered over to the bodyshop for a spruce up. Needless to say, as we are all keen detailers, we thought we should document the process we used so that others could marvel at our dedication to cleaning. In addition, by holding the camera, it meant that I didn’t actually have to clean it, I have non-washing standards to keep you see.
Firstly we covered the car in ‘snowfoam’ or to be more exact, ‘Truckwash’. When we asked Ollie what it actually was, he merely stated that it was the type of stuff they used to dissolve dead deer from the front of lorries – apparently it’s also ideal for removing the CL dust & other ground in muck from the paint of limited edition Renault hatchbacks.
Having spent 5 minutes covering the car in this stuff, it was time to move onto the actually cleaning. Obviously we used the fabled one bucket method, complete with a sponge that we found on the floor of the sprayshop. I’m not sure what shampoo was in the bucket (from memory, the only thing that is normally allowed to touch a Trophy - according the owners club guidelines - is the sperm from the loins of a young unicorn), but in all seriousness it smelled like Herbal Essence
Unfortunately, on the lower door areas, even the industrial strength truck cleaner & brillo pad/sponge weren’t powerful enough to get the grime off so we had to use Ollie’s secret weapon, his detailing brush. Personally, seeing as he got it out of the bathroom in the workshop, I think it was more than likely the thing they use to clean the bog, but meh, it had bristles
Mike also chose to use it on the door shuts. Hand on heart, these hadn’t been cleaned in 14 months, so as you can imagine, the dirt was fairly in ground! In fact, I bet he wished his hair was as permanent as this, no chance of this stuff just falling out … I didn’t even realise that the doorsills were supposed to be silver.
Once that was done, it was all pressure washed off by Nick, & dried by driving up & down the road a few times. The finished article:
Unfortunately (as you can see Mike & Nick laughing at the boot in the last picture), all of this still wasn’t enough to really clean it, with the entire still feeling like a piece of sandpaper, it really does need a longer detailing session next time, it’s actually still dirty in places, so I’ll have to buy a couple of packets of claybars & spray the whole thing with Tardis I think. Followed by a quick going over with the machine polisher
And this morning, I took some better pictures. In my opinion, it looks stunning (from 10 feet away)
Hope you love my little sh1tbox as much as I do
So, last night the Trophy got its bi-annual clean
Firstly we covered the car in ‘snowfoam’ or to be more exact, ‘Truckwash’. When we asked Ollie what it actually was, he merely stated that it was the type of stuff they used to dissolve dead deer from the front of lorries – apparently it’s also ideal for removing the CL dust & other ground in muck from the paint of limited edition Renault hatchbacks.
Having spent 5 minutes covering the car in this stuff, it was time to move onto the actually cleaning. Obviously we used the fabled one bucket method, complete with a sponge that we found on the floor of the sprayshop. I’m not sure what shampoo was in the bucket (from memory, the only thing that is normally allowed to touch a Trophy - according the owners club guidelines - is the sperm from the loins of a young unicorn), but in all seriousness it smelled like Herbal Essence
Unfortunately, on the lower door areas, even the industrial strength truck cleaner & brillo pad/sponge weren’t powerful enough to get the grime off so we had to use Ollie’s secret weapon, his detailing brush. Personally, seeing as he got it out of the bathroom in the workshop, I think it was more than likely the thing they use to clean the bog, but meh, it had bristles
Mike also chose to use it on the door shuts. Hand on heart, these hadn’t been cleaned in 14 months, so as you can imagine, the dirt was fairly in ground! In fact, I bet he wished his hair was as permanent as this, no chance of this stuff just falling out … I didn’t even realise that the doorsills were supposed to be silver.
Once that was done, it was all pressure washed off by Nick, & dried by driving up & down the road a few times. The finished article:
Unfortunately (as you can see Mike & Nick laughing at the boot in the last picture), all of this still wasn’t enough to really clean it, with the entire still feeling like a piece of sandpaper, it really does need a longer detailing session next time, it’s actually still dirty in places, so I’ll have to buy a couple of packets of claybars & spray the whole thing with Tardis I think. Followed by a quick going over with the machine polisher
And this morning, I took some better pictures. In my opinion, it looks stunning (from 10 feet away)
Hope you love my little sh1tbox as much as I do
