Today I did some detailing...

*Kol* wrote: »

Defeated by the weather yesterday I tackled under the hood.

Interesting how far inboard the suspension strut tops are.

You know you've got a detailing problem when you clean places nobody will ever see, and you dont even see them too often yourself!
Good work!

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

Can do, if they need it. A shoe polishing brush is brilliant.

And obviously not used ones

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

What do ye use for cleaning wheel arches. Mine are starting to turn a browny colour from dirt, as opposed to the grey/black that it should be. Just APC and a scrub is it? They're plastic btw. It's quite difficult to get into them. I meant to give them a right going over as I was changing the wheels (when the wheels were off) but it slipped my mind. The excitement of getting them on and all :pac:

Wheels off.
Blast off heavy dirt
APC mix > Dwell > Scrub
Pressure wash again
DeTar
APC > Scrub > Pressure wash,
Inspect,
if happy
Squirt of CG Barebones .

I detailed this spanish Focus in Cork city last week for a buddy, they were heading off to the sun and wanted to restore and protect their new ride :cool:

The to do list:

• Exterior detail
• Polish Angel Paint Protection
• Restore Faded Trim
• Interior Valet

Sorry about my potato phone pictures i forgot my DSLR :rolleyes:
Thanks for looking.

No I just drive up when needed.
Dublin in two weeks time :-D

Bpmull wrote: »

@JAMES VTI S

Class work as usual.

What do you use there to restore all the black plastic trims. Or what product would you recommend to use that that give a lasting shiny look. Thanks

Look up detailingshed.ie

Curran on here has a lot of stuff.

I got quartz plastics stuff off him have yet to use but its meant to be deadly

Got a call from a friend to come and detail his Bentley Continental GT, last time we agreed that there was not enough time to detail the engine compartment and it would have to wait so yesterday that wait was over!

To do list:

• Detail engine compartment.
• Wax exterior paint.

I didn't get a lot of photos as it was almost twenty degrees out :cool: meaning i had to work in a timely manner.

Before detailing

















Very greasy and grimey.

Precess:

1. Spray Meguiar's D108 everywhere inside engine compartment washing off over spray on surrounding/outside areas.
2. Dwell for a minute.
3. Agitate with Valet Pro 1" brush and Alaska F1 Premium Active Brush.
4. Power rinse with half pressure.
5. Spray White spirits on hinges and latches
6. Dwell for fives minutes
7. Steam clean to remove remaining grease.
8. Blow dry engine with compressed air.
9. Start engine to totally dry engine compartment.
10. Wash and Dry exterior with Optimum No Rinse.
11. Polish And Wax underneath of the bonnet with Optimum GPS.
12. Seal engine plastics with Aerospace 303 protectant.
13. Wax exterior paint with Swissvax Best Of Show.
14. Hoover and dust off interior.
15. Clean floor mats with Autosmart G101.
16. Shine up interior plastic trim with Autosmart Finish.
17. Clean glass with Autosmart Glassglow.
18. Drive home play Project Cars on PS4 :P

Thanks for looking.

Perfectly safe and safe on the pocket
I get it in B&Q.

Just used it in the hinges

Don't worry everything wash washed clean.

Of corse I did.

Gwan outta that...just showing off that you have the RS4!! :P
Always good to clean the leather regularly, even if it doesnt look dirty; often over looked with a dark interior! Knowing its clean is as good, even if you dont see dramatic results!

Do hinges and latches not need grease?

Any outside pics? Not many zetecs have full leather, are they heated?

Very nice, they did a good job on it! Is it a pre facelift, or was the centre console wrapped?

I carried out a ‪‎protection‬ ‪‎detail‬ on this super tidy ‪‎Seat‬ ‪‎Leon‬ ‪FR‬ in ‪Cork‬ city yesterday.

1. The paint got a soft hand wash with a lambs wool wash mitt and Autosmart duet duo.
2. The wheels were deep cleaned inside and out with an EZ ‪‎detailing‬ brush, ‪‎valet‬ pro 1" brush and Autosmart smart wheels.
3. Any tar spots were safely dissolved and wiped off with Dodo Juice ‪‎tar‬ & glue remover.
4. I washed, cleaned and polished the exhaust tips.
5. The paint was decontaminated with a Liquid Elements clay towel.
6. Then rinsed and dried with a Deluxe plush microfiber drying towel.
7. To protect and enhance the clean paint I applied Collinite No. 845 insulator wax.

James, any pics of the inside?! Looks fantastic!

Bandito909 wrote: »

James, any pics of the inside?! Looks fantastic!

The inside of that car is always spotless so probably not much to do for James

The car had 4/5 layers of different waxes so i thought to try striping them off and start again. This is what I did,

Washed using APC, rinsed, washed again using APC, rinsed, Washed using CG shampoo, rinsed, washed using CG shampoo, rinsed, a cost of Fusso for durability and couple of hours later another coat of Authentic for shine.

Wheels - washed with APC, then BH sprayed and left on for 5 minutes, rinsed. front wheels were treated twice as there was so much brake dust on em, there are still traces of dust on the front wheels. Need to buy CG wheel guards for protection but for the time being I applied the Fusso on the wheels too.

Special thanks to Curran and Vecta for their valuable advise, please carry on advising


Products used

Cleaned and de-greased the engine bay today





Gave the exhaust a good auto soling



And the usual wash/dry and tyre shine

Curran, or someone else, point me to the iron cleanse stuff? The stuff that makes the brake dust brown colour marring come off. Also what's the delivery process, just by post is it or what?