Today I did some detailing...

heroics

gave the car a quick rinse today. Only have it a week.

BH autofoam prewash
BH auto wheel on the alloys
CG hybrid v07 soap
CG hybrid v07 sealant
CG window cleaner.

GustavoFring

heroics wrote: »

gave the car a quick rinse today. Only have it a week.

BH autofoam prewash
BH auto wheel on the alloys
CG hybrid v07 soap
CG hybrid v07 sealant
CG window cleaner.

I've never overturned a car while cleaning it;)

vectra

heroics wrote: »

gave the car a quick rinse today. Only have it a week.

BH autofoam prewash
BH auto wheel on the alloys
CG hybrid v07 soap
CG hybrid v07 sealant
CG window cleaner.

Wow :eek:
You really "turned it around" :pac::pac::pac:

heroics

vectra wrote: »

Wow :eek:
You really "turned it around" :pac::pac::pac:

Doh never noticed. Looks fine on the phone 😀 also no idea how to fix it on the mobile. I’ll try on the laptop tomorrow

ianobrien

Well, it's not really detailing....

The car was filty, almost brown so was massively overdue a wash. The car was rinsed down, snow-foam with the usual BH Auto-Foam, 2BW with BH Auto-Wash, wheels with BH Auto-Wheel and finished with a spray of BH Auto-QD (diluted 1:4) when wet and dried with the Dry-me-Crazy.



And no, I'm not a Bilt Hamber fanboi at all.....

JAMES VTI S

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

After doing the interior of this BM a week before hand and also washing, de-tarring one half i had to call it a night at 11pm due to mist mucking up the wax application :rolleyes:



So yesterday i started the exterior AGAIN :P (rinse - TFR - Rinse - foam - rinse - dry - de-tar - wax - trim/tyers - windows) :pac:

5 years 7months ago, my first.... Working into the dark (11pm!) and to return a week later to finish the exterior. Seems like madness these days.

I want to thank everyone that commented or thanked my posts, this forum really helped through the years.

MetzgerMeister

Some pics from a work in progress. My boss's 635CSi which is going to be classic in April. It's been in storage for a number of years and the paint had oxidized so I was tasked with bringing it back. Being single stage it meant having to be a lot more careful with the polisher and leaving some scratches as I didn't want to remove too much. The goal was to bring life back into the paint which I have done but still have half the car left to do. With restoring lacquered paint you don't have anywhere near as much build up on the pads which meant having to wash them after each panel as they become ineffective. All my pads are now red.

Start-out:

- Wheels - Didn't do much as they are chrome lipped with quite a lot of pitting and the spokes have baked-on brake dust that wouldn't budge. They badly need a refurb.
- Wash with lambswool mitt and Gtechniq G-Wash
- Clay with G3 Clay mitt (my new weapon of choice)
- Wash
- Dry
- Remove oxidation using Lake Country yellow pad and Chemical Guys V32
- Jewel stage using Lake Country finishng pad and Menzerna SF 3500















Left section of bonnet done:





50/50 of bootlid:







Bottom red section not done yet. Difference is noticeable here:

MetzgerMeister

And a few more pics of the roof after polishing:





Once polishing is done I'll be breathing life back into the black trim with Gtechniq C4 Permanent Trim Restorer and doing a job on the interior glass. Possibly applying G1 to the exterior glass but that remains to be seen.

Stallingrad

Beautiful car to work on, thanks for sharing.

Duff

Excellent work and a beaut of a car. Please tell me he's getting the wheels refurbished?!

MetzgerMeister

Thanks Duff!

I hope he will down the line but for now he has asked me to give the lip a polish. How it'll turn out I don't know but it's definitely going to look off as I'm not removing it, just going to do what I can in situ.

bbari

Hi guys,
The car had its 1st NCT and I'd to remove the tint from the front 2 windows . The window was left with a lot of residual glue. I used CarPro Tar remover to take the glue off, unless I was doing something stupid, it didn't really do the magic. is there another way to clean the window?

punisher5112

bbari wrote: »

Hi guys,
The car had its 1st NCT and I'd to remove the tint from the front 2 windows . The window was left with a lot of residual glue. I used CarPro Tar remover to take the glue off, unless I was doing something stupid, it didn't really do the magic. is there another way to clean the window?

Hot soapy water....

NBar

and use a razor blade, be careful using soapy water as it will get into electrics on the inside which are normally protected

bbari

NBar wrote: »

and use a razor blade, be careful using soapy water as it will get into electrics on the inside which are normally protected

Seriously ?

EPAndlee

bbari wrote: »

Seriously ?

Single edge blades is what I use

Hebegeebee

Something like a hob scraper will hold the SE/DE blade safely to allow you to get the job done. Failing that, plenty of masking tape

bbari

Hebegeebee wrote:

Something like a hob scraper will hold the SE/DE blade safely to allow you to get the job done. Failing that, plenty of masking tape

Its caked on and won't come off with masking tape.

ILikeBoats

Hairdryer?

Hebegeebee

You could also try nail polish remover (acetone) on a cloth but be very, very careful with it! Don’t let it near any plastic trim or rubber and try an inconspicuous area of the window first in case it takes anything off the window that you won’t want it to.

MetzgerMeister

bbari wrote: »

Hi guys,
The car had its 1st NCT and I'd to remove the tint from the front 2 windows . The window was left with a lot of residual glue. I used CarPro Tar remover to take the glue off, unless I was doing something stupid, it didn't really do the magic. is there another way to clean the window?

What you need is HG sticker remover. You can thank me later

bbari

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

What you need is HG sticker remover. You can thank me later

Great, the local hardware store has it. TIA

bbari

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hot soapy water....

Couldn't get the HG sticker remover. Tried the hot water with washing powder and it worked. Thanks.

MetzgerMeister

The finished product after a wash, IPA wipedown and 2 coats of C2V3:



That E60 in the background is the one I did the other enhancement on recently:















The exterior glass got Gtechniq G1 and the black trim received a coat of Gtechniq C4.

Thankfully the alloys will be sent to Rim Solutions for a full refurb.

PGE1970

What a beauty MM!!

If you could, would love to see some photos of the interior?

punisher5112

It needs black/silver plates..... Would really look well on it.

MetzgerMeister

PGE1970 wrote: »

What a beauty MM!!

If you could, would love to see some photos of the interior?

I'm afraid that since I didn't do any work on the interior I don't have any pics. The car is now back in the owner's shed with a cover on it

punisher5112 wrote: »

It needs black/silver plates..... Would really look well on it.

I said that to him and he's considering it. I think either those or normal pressed plates.

vectra

Fantastic result Dave,

Parapara2017

In for some ceramic coating done by Brian at Spirit Detailing, great work.

More pics over at his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/802702693120831

Parapara2017

First proper wash (by me) and took the opportunity to throw some coats of bilt hamber hydra wax. Looks great.

Two bucket with sonax wash which I got recently decided to give it a try, happy enough with it. Snow foam was bilt hamber.

Didn't clay, although some spots do need it as I discovered when waxing, just some stubborn dirt but didnt go and fix it as I was too far in and couldn't be bothered :P Next time!

Didn't get the wheel wells either which is disappointing but very hard to access on it and also need to invest in some more cloths etc for wheels and waxing.

Also threw some wax on the alloys, looks great discovered some weird scuffy marks on them in places in the corners may be stubborn dirt looks like it or someone took some bad washing gear to them before will try clay on them next time. I'm sure the wax on them wont last very long but it looks great on the gloss black

Happy with the overall results Im sure it will lash rain tonight now!