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Today I did some detailing...

randy hickey · 2013-06-25 10:10:42

We have the "Today I Did Something To My Car" thread out in the main forum, and a lot of the posts on it pertain to detailing. I thought it would be a good idea to give our various detailing activities a thread in their proper home. I'll get the ball rolling. Today ( ahem, last night really!), I snow foamed the car Wasn't…

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#1622 19-04-2014 11:46pm
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nd wrote: »

Is it odd that one or two watermarks on the outside drives me mad, while inside rubbish doesn't bother me?

Nope I'm the same

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#1623 20-04-2014 12:15am
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Some crap photos after giving the car a wash

And the exhausts

There's still some corrosion which I'll tackle when I get my hands on heavier duty steel wool, 0000 is too fine.

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#1624 20-04-2014 10:02am
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@harcrid

Nice job, great you have a metal drain off in ground.

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#1625 20-04-2014 10:12am
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The car got is first proper clean of the year yesterday.

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#1626 20-04-2014 10:26am
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Am jealous of all the people washing their cars - I'll want to do it tomorrow and it'll be raining probably

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#1627 20-04-2014 11:23am
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Northern Monkey - is she a 325i or 335i??

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#1628 20-04-2014 12:07pm
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Northern Monkey - is she a 325i or 335i??

Sadly just a 320d Dave. The next one will hopefully have a bit more poke, but this one has served me well in almost 5 years of owning it. That's my first time using Blacklight. I'm really impressed with how wet it leaves the paint looking.

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#1629 20-04-2014 1:12pm
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Started at 10 A.M yesterday Morning and finished at 6 P.M

Washed.
Dried.
Nothing else needed as was de tarred & clayed last week.

Few touch up's I did last week were sanded and good to go.

Straight on to the DA pro.

CG MF Pads
Cutting pad first combined with Wolfs "The Correctional Utility"

This combo definitely moved the process on in terms of speed of cut and finish.

Was delighted with the finish and gloss after this session.

Continued on with MF Polishing pad and wolfs chemicals " The Jeweler" as I felt there was not any need for "The Medium" stage of the wolfs product.

Washed and dried after this

One coat of Britemax Blackmax applied via the D.A.

buffedd off

One light coat of Britemax Extreme elements

Buffed again.
LSP used was Britemax Vantage.

Have to admit the car was transformed after todays work.

Here she stands. :cool:

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#1630 20-04-2014 2:33pm
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currently in process of cleaning car, having cuppa so quick observation for first time i used orchard iron cleanse, used approx 1/3 in a spray bottle to 2/3rds water sprayed it on boy it stinks and it dried to dust almost immediately now car was in sunlight but panels didnt seem that hot, i took a picture and will upload later, did i get the ratio wrong, it worked fine on the alloys they turned to red as expected

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#1631 20-04-2014 2:39pm
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Northern Monkey wrote: »

Sadly just a 320d Dave. The next one will hopefully have a bit more poke, but this one has served me well in almost 5 years of owning it. That's my first time using Blacklight. I'm really impressed with how wet it leaves the paint looking.

The rear exhaust looks familar so I thought it may have been the 335

M-Sport model yeah? The paint looks incredibly deep! A coat of Collinite 845 on top of that would make it unreal!

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#1632 20-04-2014 5:26pm
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Did the wheels today.

Wash with wheel cleaner
Detar and scrub
APC and rinse.
2 coats of FK 1000.
Tyre dressing.

Done before the rain

Before:

After:

And the whole lot:

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#1633 20-04-2014 5:27pm
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Looking good!

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#1634 20-04-2014 9:09pm
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spent today detailing the car, i apologise for the pics there crap its only on laptop i realise how bad camera on phone is:rolleyes:

Snow foamed with Kleenfreaks sf
2bm using chemical guys wax safe shampoo
detarred using autosmart tardis
rinsed
orchard autocar iron cleanse (it didnt go to plan dried on contact)
rinsed
clayed with chemical guys supre fine clay (didnt lift too much?)
washed again 2bm
polished with autofinesse tripple all in one
waxed using dodo juice diamond white hard wax
glass cleaned using autogylm glass polish
trim used autofinesse trim restorer
(wheels were just power washed job for tomorrow)
trying to upload pics once i figure it out ill have them up:mad:
[IMG][/img]IMG_20140420_120316974 by Rigger-EI-2GFB, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]IMG_20140420_181305759_HDR by Rigger-EI-2GFB, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]IMG_20140420_181311691 by Rigger-EI-2GFB, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]IMG_20140420_190630976_HDR by Rigger-EI-2GFB, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]IMG_20140420_190751067 by Rigger-EI-2GFB, on Flickr

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#1635 21-04-2014 12:32am
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Spent a few hours removing the EGR & Inlet Manifold on the XTYPE Jag and cleaning. Dirty job but had to be done.

Eventually, it did end up being detailed - although i forgot to take the last pics!

Same as a Mondeo TDCI 2.0D.

http://imgur.com/a/0hfsr

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#1636 21-04-2014 2:13pm
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Gave it a good clean yesterday, then it rained, and brought with the rain, dust. Dirty again.

Gave the tyres a good scrub though:

Thanks detailingshed!

Then I googled the type of tyres that came with the car when I got it. Ugh. Tyrereview.co.uk lists them under "Budget Brand Tyres". Time to buy some 18s and proper rubber.

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#1637 21-04-2014 2:38pm
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Black_Knight wrote: »

Time to buy some 18s and proper rubber.

Hankooks,

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#1638 21-04-2014 6:02pm
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vectra wrote: »

Hankooks,

Was looking at alloy-wheels.ie. They have a bundle on the alloys I want, with a set of fulda sport control tyres for a touch over 1k. Though it would be nice to get genuine VW alloys, rather than replicas

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#1639 21-04-2014 6:15pm
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Black_Knight wrote: »

Was looking at alloy-wheels.ie. They have a bundle on the alloys I want, with a set of fulda sport control tyres for a touch over 1k. Though it would be nice to get genuine VW alloys, rather than replicas

Some of those replicas out there are very very good.

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#1640 21-04-2014 6:20pm
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Decided to give the wheels on the Clio a quick clean before the bank holiday weekend.
Jacked the car up and popped two wheels off at a time.

While the wheels were off, I decided to give the brakes a quick clean
Before

After

Then on to the wheels, some before pictures

After a quick rinse with some AutoGlym Car Shampoo (pretty badly marked with tar)

Then used Wonder Wheels to shift the tar

Then after a quick polish with Chemical Guys - Wheel Guard Wax - Wheel & Rim Gloss Protection below are the finished results

Applied some copper grease before putting the wheels back on....fairly happy with the results

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#1641 21-04-2014 6:21pm
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Gave the car a quick polish with Chemical Guys Black Light

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#1642 21-04-2014 6:23pm
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That is a deadly little car fletch! Lovely job on the alloys too

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#1643 21-04-2014 7:25pm
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Did a fair few miles over the weekend so I waited until this evening and a snow foam and bug shifter left the car lovely and clean after last weeks polishing session. I did another layer of EGP using a tip from detailingworld - trigger head in the bottle:

2 sprays onto a MF is just perfect for a panel. It gets distributed evenly over the cloth and only leaves a tiny layer. It's like using a quick detailer. Oh, if you do this then be sure to wash out the head afterwards as apparently EGP will kill it. This gives you an idea of the coverage:

Leaving it on while I put the kids to bed and have some dinner. After pictures to follow if there is any light left

Edit: quick snap after buffing:

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#1644 21-04-2014 8:33pm
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A friend put up a picture of two BMWs in the house. The boyfriend using a sponge on a red 06. I told her he was running the paint using a sponge , told her to what to use and do the two bucket method.

She didn't want to hear of it and the red beemer is hers.

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#1645 21-04-2014 8:37pm
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looks like every one was cleaning alloys today:D

[IMG][/img]IMG_20140421_131645225 by Rigger-EI-2GFB, on Flickr

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#1646 21-04-2014 8:48pm
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No offence to you or anything deaglan, but IMO them alloys never did anything for the A4's of that vintage.

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#1647 21-04-2014 8:54pm
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

No offence to you or anything deaglan, but IMO them alloys never did anything for the A4's of that vintage.

im in too minds about them, they came on the car and have really fresh vredestians on with loads of thread, so ill prob wear them out id love some s4 avus rims, then at time i really like them:cool:

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#1648 21-04-2014 10:05pm
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The AG quick detailer is very good

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#1649 21-04-2014 10:09pm
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fletch wrote: »

Gave the car a quick polish with Chemical Guys Black Light

Dont want to sound like an ass, but you didnt polish the car using Black Light.

Also, the protection offered by Blacklight wouldnt be fantastic, and its best to use a wax or sealant over it. It will give protection for a short period though.

Cracking motor...would love an auld test drive of one! Looks very tidy!

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#1650 21-04-2014 10:37pm
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Curran wrote: »

Dont want to sound like an ass, but you didnt polish the car using Black Light.

Also, the protection offered by Blacklight wouldnt be fantastic, and its best to use a wax or sealant over it. It will give protection for a short period though.

Cracking motor...would love an auld test drive of one! Looks very tidy!

Ha thanks. I used a Chemical Guys sealant too (that I got as part of a bundle on cleancar.ie) on top of the black light.

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#1651 21-04-2014 10:41pm
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Good man - no issues so!! Carry on! :P

JetSeal109? If so, that'll have you sorted for a few months!

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