Today I did some detailing...

Curran

No pleasure without pain!

Though I would habe thought I would have beem a bit easier to apply. That said, they are durable waxes so there's probably going to be a bit of work in applying it.

vectra

Curran wrote: »

No pleasure without pain!

Though I would habe thought I would have beem a bit easier to apply. That said, they are durable waxes so there's probably going to be a bit of work in applying it.

Yes,
I spoke with Jesse last night and he said this is how it was designed and why it is so durable.
He also said it is the hardest of the 3 waxes but none of the other 2 give shine as good, nor would be as durable.

MetzgerMeister

Ummm 845 is extremely durable and a pleasure to apply and buff unlike its brother 476!

Gavman84

Car all ready for chauffeur duty tomorrow for sisters wedding 2bm dried and then a coat of D and D special sauce for a quick detailer!

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MuppetCheck

Getting there...still have to do the inside. 5 hours in but it was in a bad way prior to this.




Also started while it was in the driveway...now I remember why I never wash the car on the sloped driveway...garage is a little soggy now...

MuppetCheck

Done!

Curran

Nice motor..looking very well!

MuppetCheck

The info a few pages back on how to remove the bugs worked a treat. Bought a snow foam Lance this morning especially.

So it was a blast of the hose, snow foam, hose, wet towels, 2BM, detar a few spots again and then another blast of the hose.

Quick coat of 845 and it was done.

vectra

Found some Wolfs Body wrap I bought 4 years ago,in my shed today.
Decided to try it on the E60 after a bit of polishing with the ep801 rotary and some wolfs Polishes,
Happy with the results.

Now to get on the Detailingshed site and order some Hardbody and other Wolfs Products.

The more of these products I use the more I love using them.

Noccy_Mondy

Put on megs tire shine with a cloth, result wasn't great, bit patchy. Went over it with the stuff on a sponge and it looked much better. I suppose what I'm getting at is what's the best way of applying it?

vectra

Apply with sponge
Leave to settle/Soak
wipe excess with cloth or it will fling averywhere.

MetzgerMeister

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Put on megs tire shine with a cloth, result wasn't great, bit patchy. Went over it with the stuff on a sponge and it looked much better. I suppose what I'm getting at is what's the best way of applying it?

Ah Noccy!! Sponge applicator all the way!

Ded_Zebra

The Primera was looking a bit worse for wear so I gave it a wash and then a coat of Auto Balm. The ability of that stuff to hide scratches it amazing! I always feel like I'm cheating when I use it :pac: I got it very cheap when clean car had their sale on too

Before






and after









I know it's in dreadful shape but at least it's relatively presentable again… Especially from a distance

eringobragh

^ They are a great car as reliability motoring goes - 1.6 is a bit unliely but a decent engine for its era - done over 200,000 in mine before I passed it on..

Is the MR-S yours BTW?

Ded_Zebra

eringobragh wrote: »

^ They are a great car as reliability motoring goes - 1.6 is a bit unliely but a decent engine for its era - done over 200,000 in mine before I passed it on..

Is the MR-S yours BTW?

It's a dirty Diesel in mine unfortunately! 373,000 miles on mine now and the engine is still great! Body rust is letting it down now, not many years left in it without some proper work being done.

It's actually an MR2 not an S. Form the north originally and it's my dads not mine

eringobragh

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

It's a dirty Diesel in mine unfortunately! 373,000 miles on mine now and the engine is still great! Body rust is letting it down now, not many years left in it without some proper work being done.

It's actually an MR2 not an S. Form the north originally and it's my dads not mine

Sweet - must give them a try - hae a hairdressing rep but meant to be seriously good fun to drive..and we all know hairdressers cant handle mid engines :P

On the rust just try and slow it down - the bilt hamber stuff is great - some dunax s50 cavity wax should sort it.

debabyjesus

2 coats of srp on a recently bought 97 A4 Avant quattro. Looks like brand new. Leaving it overnight and gonna break out the extra gloss protection tomorrow and seal that newness in.

Ded_Zebra

eringobragh wrote: »

Sweet - must give them a try - hae a hairdressing rep but meant to be seriously good fun to drive..and we all know hairdressers cant handle mid engines :P

On the rust just try and slow it down - the bilt hamber stuff is great - some dunax s50 cavity wax should sort it.

As soon as you drive one you forgive the looks alright! Beautiful beautiful drive :cool:

I think that would be too little too late for my Primera. The previous owner (seemed very honest, maybe there was more that he wasn't telling me!!) said that the sills were repaired with fiberglass a few years ago for the NCT because there were holes in them. The boot floor was fixed at the sides with stainless steel sheet, bathroom sealant and stone chip! Before that you could see into the boot from under the car apparently :P. The strut towers at the front are rotten now too. It still drives and handles absolutely perfect! Better than some "100,000 mile" cars I've driven. Body is still very ridged too despite the rust

ianobrien

Just a quick going over this time. A wash, dry, light application of Autoglym rapid detailer, tyre dressing, glass clean and a buff with a lambswool mitt. It was just to bring up the car after the last lot of work that was done.





The worst thing is that it isn't even my car!

DMW22

Today I decided to tackle the faded grill and the exhaust on the gti

Some photos:



Work in Progress





Exhaust

Before


After

Curran

What products did you use for each job? Im sure there are plenty of people who would be interested in knowing what products given those good results.

vectra

Curran wrote: »

What products did you use for each job? Im sure there are plenty of people who would be interested in knowing what products given those good results.

Exactly
I am curious about what was used on the front grill as those honeycomb grills are a pain.:o

DMW22

Sorry guys, I used auto glym bumper and trim on the grill and auto glym metal polish on the exhaust with some steel wool like curran advised. My fingers were fairly sore after that grill

MetzgerMeister

Great work on the grill but that will wear off in time to come. To get a permanent finish, I would use either spray lacquer as a cheap option or Gtechniq C4 Permanent Trim Restorer as a relatively dear option.

opinionated3

C4 is very good albeit expensive. I have used it on faded trim on some cars that i have done and it's still going strong. A little goes a long way too. ..

ShaunieVW

A quick job I did for a friend this evening on his mk2 Jetta. This was pink with faded bumpers at 6 oclock this evening. All done by hand no DA or rotary unfortunately so we did what we could. I have more pics but here is some for now. As always we forgot to taken before pics . And yes they are genuine RM's fake replicas can Fcuk off.

Black_Knight

opinionated3 wrote: »

C4 is very good albeit expensive. I have used it on faded trim on some cars that i have done and it's still going strong. A little goes a long way too. ..

Heads up for anyone thinking of using it. Clear the be-jebus out of the plastic work before applying the C4. Good mix of APC and give it a deep clean.

I made a half assed clean on my GFs Mini (plastics were in a horrible state) and applied C4. Next day I wasnt impressed at all. Gave them a through clean after that and applied a 2nd time. About 15 months on now they're still a lovely black. The Mini (twice) and an old Corolla used about 2/3s the bottle.

MetzgerMeister

You're supposed to clean the surface thoroughly with IPA or alcohol wipes in order to remove any silicone or grease. The more of this prep you do the better chance the C4 has of doing its job.

vectra

Decided to do a bit of Touch up's on the front of the E60 over the past few days.
Got the
IPA - paint - Lacquer - 2500/300 water paper.

Touched up as many spost as could be seen easily .
Allowed them to dry.

Wet sanded the touched up areas to show there thouch ups were.
Dropped lacquer in to hollow spots.
Allowed to dry and sanded them down with a spot sander.
Decided to sane most of the bonnet as there were a few light scratches etc. in the lacquer.
Pic here shows half way through sanding with 2500
3000 followed to smooth it up a bit.



Then used the EP801 rotary with combination of polishes and pads.

End result is only polishing with no lsp and straight from phone.

Not bad if I say so myself

JAMES VTI S

Nice work Eugene!.

I just love the EP it's smooth and light and with a quality backing plate it's even better, I use it with a 6' mostly now.