Today I did some detailing...

Neilw

Black_Knight wrote: »

A bit of hard rain last night hasn't done those bumpers much good. White spots coming back already in places.

Hmm, interested to see how this pans out. C4 is expensive stuff to wash away.

MetzgerMeister

You can't let water come into contact with a surface with C4 on it for around 3 hours.

Black_Knight

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You can't let water come into contact with a surface with C4 on it for around 3 hours.

Sure now ya tell me. Gave it a massive scrub down with some high concentrate APC, and applied again. We'll see.

Gave the 95 corolla a going over also. Washed down, 2 buckets and some shampoo. APC on the bumpers and wheels (hubcaps). If I was to do it right id of added claying, detarring, pressure wash the wheel arches, machine polishing (a few scuffs here any there over its 18 year life) and waxing.

Anyways, on with the pics.
Full Car:



Near side rear bumper:



Exhaust (autosol) Better pic later:



Near side front bumper:



Door panels - I know, pics are of different sides, but the soiling was the same:



Front bumper:



Offside rear bumper (and exhaust- shiny):




Also debugged, and and shampoo'd a nice A4.


Very impressed with the products I got of Detailingshed:
Microfiber madness incredimitt is pretty awesome. Very plush, lots of soakage and cleans very well.
ORCHARD AUTOCARE BRAMLEY BUBBLE BATH was great to work with. Great smell, great foam and cleaned very well. Much better than that gallon of ****e ive been trying to finish off for years.
Orchard Autocare APC worked wonders (when diluted right).
Autosol for the exhaust was effective, albeit required lots of elbow and persistence. Ive never used alternatives so im not sure how it holds up against others.

randy hickey

^ The finished result on that exhaust is impressive Black Knight!
That sort of turnaround takes a fair bit of persistence and effort.Fair play.

IK09

Rented the "rug doctor" from Woodies at the weekend. Interior Valeted 6 cars.
04 E220, no pic unfortunately
03 E46 320D (bottom 2 pics)
03 Clio (top 2 pics- just drivers seat)
03 A4 (no pics)
06 A4 (no pics)
04 Corsa (no pics)

Curran

Great work - fair play on the removal of the seats....proper bit of detailing there!

randy hickey

IK09 wrote: »

Rented the "rug doctor" from Woodies at the weekend. Interior Valeted 6 cars.
04 E220, no pic unfortunately
03 E46 320D (bottom 2 pics)
03 Clio (top 2 pics- just drivers seat)
03 A4 (no pics)
06 A4 (no pics)
04 Corsa (no pics)

I see the carpet-striping virus is spreading!:eek:

IK09

Haha ya saw it on a youtube video, with some American guy who knows what hes at. Looks the job. The man with the merc said that when he bought the car (new) thats the way the carpets were. Starting to do a good few interior valets now. Only doing it at the weekends (its the only way i can afford with the price of renting the machine) still doing the work from home, but getting proper results, no carpet thread left unturned. If ye know anyone looking for an interior valet in Galway, send them my way!

BillJ

Currently in the process of DA'ing the car. My god does it take a long time.

The wheels will be done after. I picked up Autoglym Alloy wheel Seal when it was on offer a few months ago, http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_204977_langId_-1_categoryId_212511, is it any good?

Or should I splash out on CG wheel wax. I'd rather not have to spend more money!

Curran

Dont know if its any good or not, but its better than nothing!

And given that is fairly handy to use, being a spray...even if it only lasts from week to week and means cleaning is easier from week to week - go ahead and use it all up!

Then consider your options!

Ahem; gtech**q C(3+2)

MetzgerMeister

gtech**q C(3+2) = gtech**q C(1+0)

BillJ

right if I start saving now so I might have enough for some gtech**q stuff in about 3 years

Any plans for DS to start stocking it?

Curran

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

gtech**q C(3+2) = gtech**q C(1+0)

Fanboi! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

C5


But as I said to you before, I heard that all the products are pretty much the same...not sure how true that is though!

Curran

BillJ wrote: »

Any plans for DS to start stocking it?

To become an official stockist, it is a crazy minimum order!

And in Ireland, with one main customer (we all know who), it doesnt make sense right now!!
But if the fanboi keeps plugging it, who knows!!

Black_Knight

Curran wrote: »

Fanboi! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

C5


But as I said to you before, I heard that all the products are pretty much the same...not sure how true that is though!

I may invest when I get around to buying my Interlagos alloys.

MetzgerMeister

Curran wrote: »

Fanboi! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

C5


But as I said to you before, I heard that all the products are pretty much the same...not sure how true that is though!

C5 IS the exact same thing as C1 but you're getting better value when you buy C1.

Curran wrote: »

To become an official stockist, it is a crazy minimum order!

And in Ireland, with one main customer (we all know who), it doesnt make sense right now!!
But if the fanboi keeps plugging it, who knows!!

Who's that??? :pac:

Nothing wrong with being a fanboi when I'm offering it as a service At least I do these things myself

Also, can I just say to people who are going to buy C1/C5 for their alloys, it will give a MUCH stronger, scratch resistant lacquer layer but it won't provide much hydrophobicity. If that's what you're after, get EXO too.

hoodie6029

Saw these wheels and they had to be cleaned. Car belongs to my GF's mother.
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After:
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The products:
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Not 100% clean but about 1000% better!

fanadman1

spent all day trying my hand at some paint correction well some of u people may say that its not really correction as i was not useing a hex logic pad or mersameaner :L never befor have i lifted a power polisher but as the paint work on the vectra was as bad as i was thinkin about a full respray i bit the bullet today and took a bottle of t cut color fast and my dads roatery to the paint i am so happy now that do not feel the need to spray serously thinkin on the hex logic pads now to get to them deeper scratchs wish i took pics now but after photos will be up tomorrow when i get some decent sunlight to take them

vectra

Good man
Just be careful with the rotary as with those you can go too deep very fast.

Last night I washed and clayed the new chariot.
Washed again after the calying.

Gave it another light wash this morning just to remove any dust that may have landed on it.

Hand polished it with Chemical guys Vertua Bond 408 Bonding Agent
Gave one coat of Dodo Juice soft wax.

Very pleased with the results.

Washed the wheels and gave them a quick wipe of Chemical Guys P40 Detailer Spray with Carnauba

Just to make them look the part until I get time to do a wheels off job on them.

Cleaned all glass and sealed them up with a glass sealer. ( No idea of the make )

Of course forgot to take a pic. Will post one or two tomorrow :P

Harcrid

This is the real reason you rejected the repair on your red VRS. You just wanted a new car to start detailing from scratch didn't you!

fanadman1

ok rain came last night so never got pics of the polished car in the dry but i know u guys love beading so tell me is this any good :P

markkelly2

Finally got a run at the car on Saturday.

Snow foamed with Honeydew Snowfoam
Washed with 2 bucket method and Microfiber Madness Incredimitt.
De tarred with Autoglym tar remover and rinsed again.
Next step was Orchard Iron Cleanse. Amazing product.
Amazing when you see the colour change that this that much hidden
dirt left on the car.
Washed again.
Clayed car next using Autobrite clay and Chemical Guys luber.
Was not looking forward to claying but once i got started
found it quite enjoyable.:D
Car washed and dried ready for Jetseal 109.
After two coats of Jetseal 109 and a coat of Orchard autocare
perfection I was happy with the results and f**ked
out tired.
Before and after

MAJJ

Well done looks great and epic effort getting all done in one day.

markkelly2 wrote: »

Finally got a run at the car on Saturday.

Snow foamed with Honeydew Snowfoam
Washed with 2 bucket method and Microfiber Madness Incredimitt.
De tarred with Autoglym tar remover and rinsed again.
Next step was Orchard Iron Cleanse. Amazing product.
Amazing when you see the colour change that this that much hidden
dirt left on the car.
Washed again.
Clayed car next using Autobrite clay and Chemical Guys luber.
Was not looking forward to claying but once i got started
found it quite enjoyable.:D
Car washed and dried ready for Jetseal 109.
After two coats of Jetseal 109 and a coat of Orchard autocare
perfection I was happy with the results and f**ked
out tired.
Before and after

Curran

Good job Mark!! Looking very well!! Nice motor!

randy hickey

^ +1 on this - white and silver are two of the most difficult colours to make an impact on detailing-wise, but you've managed it.Fair play!

vectra

Gave the combi a second coat of dodo juice soft wax yesterday,
Turned out not too bad ( for silver)

CianRyan

It's amazing what a bit of elbow grease will do to a Roomster.

toastedpickles

CianRyan wrote: »

It's amazing what a bit of elbow grease will do to a Roomster.

It's amazing what happens when you say to a Cork person "it doesn't look Cork enough" :pac:

Turned out well though vectra!

BillJ

Got the DA out again last weekend and went at the bonnet, much improved but not as good as I would have hoped, swirls gone but some random deep scratches still visible. After about 2 hours on the bonnet alone!



After that I was a bit sick of DA'ing so gave the wheels a bit of a clean and gave the interior a hover and cleaned the seats

Iron cleanse in action:


After:


Interior cleaned:



Bolster a bit worn as can be seen here, have stuff ordered to sort it hopefully:

Scortho

I'm jealous of all of yee with your DA's.
curran will you hurry up and get the das6 back in stock.