Today I did some detailing...

rainbowtrout

My first go at detailing. Myself and the rotate photo thing are not getting on tonight.

mossym

enforced detail and a bit more today. My nephew decided to run his toy all over my bonnet/wing, with the inevitable damage. it was actually pretty bad, car is only just gone a year old (A6 black edition) and i had been minding it big time. so was pretty annoyed at this.







so started with a snow foam, then a wash.then detar , wash again then it was onto the scratch correction. decided to give the Autoglym scratch repair a go, and happily it did exactly what i wanted. scratches removed, you wouldn't even know they were there now





so then another wash, and decided to try the G30 wax, here it is soon before wiping it off



and the results. good days work. scrathes removed, and a good protective layer put on





wheels tomorrow

Stallingrad

DA polished the rear lamp clusters with Manzerna 3800 with Scholl waffle black.

Very easy to do and they are swirl free now with deep shine.

Black_Knight

mossym wrote: »

BEHIND YOU!
Jaws music

Parapara2017

Overdue proper wash for Terenure tomorrow.

Nothing too exciting, snowfoamed x2, then washed wheels with bilt hamber shampoo and wheel cleaner. Tyres were very dirty dunno why, very hard to properly clean will have to buy something to tackle them properly. Only had them off recently for full clean...

Used tar remover on various spots before washing after the snow foam, probably should have done it after the washing.

Washed x2 and dried. Optimum tyre dressing applied to tyres and trim.

Exhausts washed but not polished, insides get very black i have found cif is the best at cleaning them... Have polished outsides with bilt hamber auto polish before.

Finis wax applied to wheels and front black grilled and badge. (Rest of the car is ceramic coated.

Was going to apply a layer of wax but honestly it looked great without it, coating doing well so didn't bother. Inside got a quick Hoover and will clean it in am.

mossym

Black_Knight wrote: »

BEHIND YOU!
Jaws music

ha

you could look at it another way, my kids know better than to try to squeeze their bikes between the wall and daddy's car. well trained

i had a lovely scratch along an F10 i had previously where a friends kid tried to squeeze their bike between two cars and didn't have the bike handling skills to make it

Truckermal

mossym wrote: »

ha

you could look at it another way, my kids know better than to try to squeeze their bikes between the wall and daddy's car. well trained

i had a lovely scratch along an F10 i had previously where a friends kid tried to squeeze their bike between two cars and didn't have the bike handling skills to make it

What you think of the A6 in comparison to the F10? Thinking about a 162 530 F10 or 181 A6..

MetzgerMeister

Haven't got many pics but I spent my spare time last week giving the car a refining polish. Had the main cutting process done from about a month agoso that's all it needed and came out very well. I also polished all the glass to remove old Gtechniq G1.

Saturday saw it get 2 coats of EXO V4 and the glass got fresh coats of G1. Took me from 10:30 am to 8:00 pm as I wanted to make sure I buffed every area properly when it came to the EXO. I was taking my time too with breaks in between etc.

Only pic I have at the moment:



Herself thought the bumper was damaged due to the reflection of the wall :pac:

mossym

Truckermal wrote: »

What you think of the A6 in comparison to the F10? Thinking about a 162 530 F10 or 181 A6..

very similar in some ways, very different in others. features wise they are the same car, some small differences, same with comfort, i am factoring in that my a6 is on a stiffer sport suspension and rides much lower.

the main difference is that the f10 feels more at home on the motorway, it fees like a heavier car that loves it when you give it some pedal and it gets to accelerate (mine was the 520, i drove a 530 when buying and it was even more so). the a6 feels more nimble, much nicer to drive around country roads. sticks to a turn more than the f10

that all sounds like i'm an aggressive driver, not the case.

the cars are aimed at the same market, makes sense they would be close. honestly i'd be happy with either one .of the two specific cars i had i prefer the a6 but that's because it's the black edition, if i had the M trim BMW that would have been a more equal footing.

so a long way of saying i can't tell you one is better!!

MetzgerMeister

And where would we be without a few beading pics?

mossym

agreed, more beadage

vectra

nice beads,
But where did ye get all this rain from??

punisher5112

vectra wrote: »

nice beads,
But where did ye get all this rain from??

Probably went out with the jet washer and sprayed a mist...

mossym

Rained all day Saturday here.

MetzgerMeister

It was misting heavily here on Monday.

Gavman84

Gave the new motor its first wash yesterday! Snow foam, 2 bucket wash, de tar and coat of c2v3 and D and D quick detailer also.

Truckermal

Is that the 1.0 Dickied up?

vectra

Truckermal wrote: »

Is that the 1.0 Dickied up?

1.1 non turbo

Tzardine

My Fiesta is also a 1.1 non-turbo

Cleaned up today in advance of Kilkenny car show tomorrow.

vectra

Tzardine wrote: »

My Fiesta is also a 1.1 non-turbo

Cleaned up today in advance of Kilkenny car show tomorrow.

https://i.imgur.com/j0dRLu6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/G6XnKus.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Tq0jdDv.jpg

Wow :eek:
That Fiesta looks fantastic.:)

MetzgerMeister

Love the Fiesta! Brings back memories

MidMan25

Amazing car Tzardine!

ianobrien

Doing a bit of a job at the moment and I was scraping the bottom of the barrel(s) this evening..... I finished up the bottles of BH Auto-QD (Have to get more), Chemical Guys Honeydew Foam / Autowash (I won't get it again!) and a bottle of Gtechniq C2V3 (New bottle already on the shelf!)

Photos may follow tomorrow.............

DuckSlice

My car has been very neglected in the last 3/4 months. I cant even remember the last time I washed it. Made a burst the weekend and decided to clean it up and get the summer grime of it.

wheels with Bilt Hamber wheel cleaner
bilt hamber snow foam
2 bucket method with carpro hydro2
and dried with some fluffly drying towel. I think dry me crazy?

Also washed my parents car.

Noticed some specs under the paint on the back bumper, looks like they are painted over so will have to investigate further

ianobrien

ianobrien wrote: »

Doing a bit of a job at the moment and I was scraping the bottom of the barrel(s) this evening..... I finished up the bottles of BH Auto-QD (Have to get more), Chemical Guys Honeydew Foam / Autowash (I won't get it again!) and a bottle of Gtechniq C2V3 (New bottle already on the shelf!)

Photos may follow tomorrow.............

I've no photos, the vehicle is gone on a 3 month road trip around the Iberian peninsula 2 days after I finished.......

MrMusician18

Was very busy the last few weeks so only got to give the car a much needed wash at the weekend. Things didn't go right.

Did my rinse and then my snowfoam. Guess I let it dwell a little too long because I got white staining/runs/damage to the clear coat on the driver's door and cill. It was like it etched or oxidized the clear coat.

Had to get the DA out then to restore it. It's not noticeable now unless you're looking for it but I'm disappointed with the snowfoam. Never had it happen before.

vectra

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Was very busy the last few weeks so only got to give the car a much needed wash at the weekend. Things didn't go right.

Did my rinse and then my snowfoam. Guess I let it dwell a little too long because I got white staining/runs/damage to the clear coat on the driver's door and cill. It was like it etched or oxidized the clear coat.

Had to get the DA out then to restore it. It's not noticeable now unless you're looking for it but I'm disappointed with the snowfoam. Never had it happen before.

What snowfoam did you use?

MrMusician18

vectra wrote: »

What snowfoam did you use?

Hydro2

doh1988

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Hydro2

There is your problem - Hydro2 contains Sio2 which will stain and be difficult to remove if left to dry without being rinsed off properly.

MrMusician18

doh1988 wrote: »

There is your problem - Hydro2 contains Sio2 which will stain and be difficult to remove if left to dry without being rinsed off properly.

I'll know for again. I've never had much time for the product anyway, and that foaming was a wasted 10mins.
A good pre rinse I've found to be just as effective on its own compared with pre rinse and foam.