Today I did some detailing...

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Look at these jerks:

*Before Pic*

Sorted!

*After Pic*

I still see one...

Winter prep session yesterday and today. Using some new Autobrite (AB) products.

Wheels cleaned with AmmoNYC brute wheel soap, AB Berry non acid cleaner
Rinse
Snow foam - AB magifoam
Rinse
Wash with old autoglym shampoo and fairy mix to help breakdown any remaining wax/sealant
Rinse
Iron/tar/glue removal - AB purple rain/Just the tonic
Clayed with AB clay and fairy/water spray
Wash
Rinse

Wipe down with carpro eraser/AB crystal glass cleaner

Quick polish of paint and windscreen using AB final finish polish and clear vue glass cleanser polish using Hexlogic polish/finish pad and raylon fibre pad for glass.

Wipe down with carpro eraser/AB crystal glass cleaner

Sealed/waxed with Layer of AB Nano seal and 1 coat of AB Black magic wax

Finish for today






Then it was taken :eek:




Wait till saturday now and wash it again and give it anoth couple coats of black magic wax, should hopefully last the winter with just some quick wash n rinse sessions.


Will have to get bumpers resprayed at some point really bad chipping from mishaps and stones, edge of roof look bad when its cleaned to.

Curran wrote: »

Looks great Edburg!
Just a heads up from personal experience - AB Magifoam is very aggressive, it will cut through the wax in 2-3 coatings, maybe a bit longer if you had 2 coats on it, but dont use it if you dont want to be re-applying it to the car often....assuming it will be washed regularly!

Cheers,

Cheers though for heads up, yes already made mistake of mixing it wrong, astra had a purple sidekirt for a day after 1st use :pac::pac::pac::pac:

Just finished a full paint correction on my OPC, a lot of work but its paid off - beads on the paint after drive home:

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

This the one on Detailing Addicts? Looks unbelievable!

It is indeed can't wait to take some proper pictures of it

Quick once over, reload made that easy. Well impressed with it.

Used a heat gun on the plastic moulding on my car today.
Saw various YouTube vids and thought I'd give it a shot.
The front and rear bumper trims were particularly bad, should have been black, but were actually the colour of set concrete, ie pale grey.

The difference is................amazing!!!!
No more Back To Black, supposedly this procedure will last me for at least a couple of years.

Anyhoo, looks sooooo much better.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Nice work FN! DId you put any coating on them afterwards? Something like Gtechniq C1 or EXO, CarPro DLUX on them afterwards to stop them fogging again.

I didn't unfortunately, I don't have anything of the like yet, when I do I'll be doing both cars with it.

What would you recommend?

Hal1 wrote: »

I'm amazed how good they turned out, nice job.

Sound, delighted with the both of them myself!

*Kol* wrote: »

Any photos?

No sorry, it was only after I had finished that I thought about "before and after" pics

Looks great.

Where you based?

Seen a arden with darker snowflakes at cherrywood last month. I brought burg up there with a mate and his.

Kevin! wrote: »

I briefly stopped at cars and coffee last month - if they were smoked rear lights it was me. Some amount of OPC's at that, was suprised at the turnout

Aye good turn out all right, didn't see your rear lights seen you from distance side on. Just noticed wheels.

How long do you leave the Korrosol on the body Curran? Is that stuff diluted down or apply neat? Thanks .

Curran wrote: »

Yeah, she's a 318i - great car, just lacking, for me, 2 cylinders.

Also have an E39 525i, which my wife is currently driving, as she wont drive the 'hearse' :P So this was the pre-sale prep, so it can be replaced with something she will drive, so I can get my car back, and give it the TLC it deserves

Great job on the hearse! Does the de-iron/de-tar affect the HydrO2 treatment at all?

Even though the alloys are brand new they still need to be cleaned properly after 1 week! This is Bilt Hamber AutoWheel.

Blackend:




Bleeding:




Beading:

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Restored both my own and a buddy's new X5's headlights today. Wetsanded wth 400, 800 and 1200 grit. DA'd with Menzerna FG 400, PF 2200, SF 3800 and finally with Meguiars Plast-X:

Excellent job.

Is it possible to do this by hand, or is the rotary polisher necessary?

It is possible to make some improvement, but the little amount is often not worth the effort

Nice bleeding on the wheels there Metz.
Surprised at the narrowness of the tyres on a car like that.!
Would have thought they would be wider?

Yep, they're the front. The rears are 255/35/19.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The thing most needed for a job on headlights is that a D/A will create heat. It's this heat along with the polish and pad that make the polishing work. You'd be an absolute age trying to generate the same heat by hand (get your mind out of the gutter ya whelp) in order to make it work.

How is hear effecting the process, out of curiosity?

Buy tar remover :pac: :pac:


Um depends on how bad, a clay bar will remove minor tar spots but if surface has larger tar spots then a Tar remover product may be needed,

Have a look on a detail product site and see what products they have.

Detailingshed and DnDdetailing are both irish sites used by lots on here

I started using Autobrite products recently and there Just the Tonic tar n glue remover is very good.

Tardis is another product that was recommended to me to.

Not a lot but posted here as an on going thread on the Carpro products.

No point in posting twice.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97366657&postcount=30

The Leon was overdue a clean. I tried to start into it last week but had to abort and this was the front back then. It was even worse today!



I started with slapping wet microfibres onto the front to soften the bugs (This is last weeks photo. I got that far last week but I had to stop, no photos from today of this step)



Started today first thing as it was an ideal day, dry and overcast. Started with the same wet microfibre to soften them bugs. After an hour or so, snowfoam with 50cal Ambush. (You can see in the second photo where it was running off the car, cleaning it and see where it missed. That's annoying but I think I had the foam too weak.)





Then it was washed with the 2BM with AG shampoo, dried, detarred with AG Tar Remover, washed and then I tried out my new clay towel. I made up my own lube with water, APC and washing up liquid. The home made lube worked and of course I never noted the portions I used! I used the APC & washing up liquid as I wanted to take off the old finish. I had something else to try (I was shopping....)



It was bloody brilliant to use. It made claying the large panels easy and the claying was done in 20 minutes. A clay bar is still needed for the awkward corners.

I followed that up with a rinse and dry with a Dry me Crazy. I got myself some Collinite 845 and I tried it based on recommendations on here. I put on two thin coats, leaving about an hour between each. It was my first time using it and as the bottle said to apply a thin coat, I used a blob about the size of a 2c coin for the roof. (Yes I mixed it well before use and left the bottle in warm water before use to reduce the viscosity). It was buffed by hand.





I'm happy with it. I finished it off with AG Fast Glass (on the windows), Orchard Tyre Care (on the tyres naturally) and AG EGP on the wheels.

The next job is to try the Collinite on the Motorhome. Now that will be a horrid job. I think it will take more than one weekend!