Today I did some detailing...

My buddy in Cork city wanted his dads BMW 3 series convertible detailed as it was looking a bit weathered and faded, the car is used only on the weekends and has covered only 30,000 miles in its lifetime, taking that into account I advised on the following:

• Soft top restoration.
• One stage polish.
• Polish Angel Escalate lotion and Master sealant.
• Trim restoration.

After a thorough wash, de-tar, clay I got on with the roof.

This picture is during the cleaning process.



Lots of green algae being lifted from the fabric.

I rinsed the whole exterior once more and dried it in preparation for the re-dying of the soft top.



This picture shows the difference, Left is before re-dying and Right is after re-dying.

After drying for twenty four hours I app-lied a fabric sealer to lock in and protect the nice, clean and revived fabric.

Next I focused on the paint work, being over a decade old it was in good condition but could be much much better.



This is a 50/50 of the boot lid after the one stage polish.

Next i machine applied Polish Angel Escalate Location and let it sit for 40 minutes, after that i applied the protection which was Polish Angel Master Sealant and again this was applied via machine.

Finished and looking amazing :cool:























Best thing about this detail was driving this car too and from cork, roof down driving is my favorite way to go.

Thanks.

I used solution finish on the trim.

It's a dye that is able to soak into the pours of plastic unlike silicone products that lay on top and come off after a few washes, like I said easy use, cost effective and is good at what it does.

It's a no brainer buy.

Haven't been using it long enough to tell, keeping in contact with the vehicle owners will give me a good idea.

Would like to see some up close reflection shots on that bmw. Nice.

If it's not in good nik then happy days
Free car wash ha

Curran wrote: »

Should be easy enough for you buddy to tell you when its gone off the car!
Though that BMW is a low miler!

29k mls, it's a nice driver too.

myshirt wrote: »

Would like to see some up close reflection shots on that bmw. Nice.

I have a video I will upload to photobucket if you like ?

Perfection! Always thought you had a hatch vectra! Was it you that had your car written off, a red one? It was just after me joining here, so I'm not sure.

Treated the arches on my OH's MINI today as part of a good clean as its being sitting in our mechanics for 6 weeks. Very impressed with my go to product Chemical Guys New look gel, however it doesn't last long on the car, think of investing in some c4 as the MINI has a load of black plastic!

Are you giving the tyres a good cleaning before applying - you'd should give them an APC clean each time you apply a dressing.

To be honest, they're all like that....if you want to get the most out of them!
They'll pick up a lot of dirt between coats, so you dont want to be putting on a fresh coat over dirt.

A buddy from the local boxing club asked me if i could give his van a little lift, the tirm was looking weathered and both outside and inside needed cleaning, the paint needed a bit of a polishing and the break calipers were to be painted.

With eight hours on tap to get it done i was in for a busy one, Sure why not says i

He wanted the calipers colour coded to the body so i got the paint matched and mixed then a serious wash with acid was in need before a scrub with a wire wheel.





Next that ugly, weathered trim was to take on a whole new appearance.





8 hours and i'm finished, breaks, inside, outside done and ready for a photo shot.











Thanks for looking.

What did you use to brighten up the plastic trim? Bumper etc.?