Today I did some detailing...

Mc Love

The stones can be a bit of a pain though. Not everyone drives slow on them.

keano25

Some tyre shine would finish that car! Ya the stones can be a pain alright, will you rar it down the line?

Mc Love

keano25 wrote: »

Some tyre shine would finish that car! Ya the stones can be a pain alright, will you rar it down the line?

I have a coat of glitz on them, should have put more on.
I'll just have to put a speed ramp up to stop the lunatics

Ded_Zebra

The other day I did a spot of headlight restoration. These lights are on a parts car that my dad got for his MR2. The headlights on his have become crazed and cracked. I would have masked up except the bodywork on this car isn't needed.

Here they are before I started.



First, I cleaned them with a little APC to get the mud off. Then it was on to wet sanding. First 1500 then 2500 grit.



Now with the sanding residue removed. Has to look worse before it looks better!!!



Then it was time for V34 and an Orange HexLogic pad. Starting to get there Looks perfect in the picture but in real life they were hazy still



It was then polished with V36 on a green pad and then V38 on a white pad. Came up well

Curran

Good work - nice to have a practice car to use and not have to worry about taping up etc!

Ded_Zebra

Curran wrote: »

Good work - nice to have a practice car to use and not have to worry about taping up etc!

Suits me well anyway! I fooking hate masking stuff up, awful boring :pac:

*Kol*

Only managed to get the wash done before poor light stopped play!!

randy hickey

^ Pics not showing up for me.

*Kol*

randy hickey wrote: »

^ Pics not showing up for me.

I think I did something wrong with the link. Should be better now.

Hal1

What sealent did you use ag extra gloss protection?

randy hickey

*Kol* wrote: »

I think I did something wrong with the link. Should be better now.

Sorted now!

*Kol*

Hal1 wrote: »

What sealent did you use ag extra gloss protection?

I didn't use anything yet. I only got as far as the foam and rinse and then it got dark. Will wash again tmw and then give it a Meguiars wax and wheel dressing. The windows could do with a polish too.

georgefalls

First mild day yesterday, and the compulsion to wax was overwhelming.
Coat of AG HiDef

myshirt

I'm really jealous of your set up!

cena

No Sign of swril marks on the paint

HJL

georgefalls wrote: »

Did you turn an Alfa seat into a computer chair?!

georgefalls

HJL wrote: »

Did you turn an Alfa seat into a computer chair?!

I did indeed. I was given two of them from a 166. I had the bases welded on, and gave one back to the kind donor

HJL

Nice one, looks great.

ShaunieVW

My seats were badly stained, I planned to clean it first with CG fabric cleaner but had no spare spray bottle! Anyway we got a fairly nifty vax steam cleaner a few weeks bad so decided to lay into the seats. They still arent fully dry so the verdict is still out however it looks good so far

Before, looked worst in reality actually.





After, drying patchy as I went over some areas more, hopefully itll be even.





Also did the pedals with the steam cleaner, ideal for it as there is no slippy products used!

Curran

You might find that seats will dry with a slight tide line or not quite 100%...a light going over again, should have them spot on! Good work!

ShaunieVW

Yeah they have in parts, thanks for the tip I'll go over it again lightly! Any advantage in spraying on some Chemical Guys fabric clean first?

TheBigGreen

Used the new products from Detailing Shed. Loving them!












After 15 minutes of dwelling ^


After the power washer, looks clean! :-) ^






Finished! Still a lot of tar on the bodywork, must sort out. ^

Curran

Slight improvement!!
Though; puts mine to shame!

RandomAccess

I've noticed since moving to Dublin the interior glass gets totally filthy in no time.
I cleaned it today with a sponge-cloth & APC and couldn't believe the amount of black soot on the cloth.

Diesel smoke? Not sure how the soot gets through the cabin filter, I'm guessing its pretty fine... tomorrows job is to see what colour the filter is

myshirt

RandomAccess wrote: »

I've noticed since moving to Dublin the interior glass gets totally filthy in no time...

Wait until you get a load of the Sahara dust that visits us in Dublin aswell!!

myshirt

@TheBigGreen

What do you make of the 50cal stuff?

Curran

And the Wheel Woolies? :P
I also see that 50Cal recently lowered their prices across their range!
Being able to buy raw material in larger bulk meant they can reduce costs and they've passed it on! Most would pocket the extra profits!

RandomAccess; anyone got a 2nd key to your car and use it on occasion? Smoking in the car on the sly? Just a thought!

myshirt

I seen that Morgan posted that aswell. Good stuff.
Wonder will we see the savings on this side of the border

Curran

Yes; prices have been adjusted on any site Ive browsed!

randy hickey

Always welcome to see prices coming down.
Not sure about the reason given though seeing as the guys that own 50Cal also own Rocara, a company that supplies chemicals to industry, a bit like R&D Laboratories/Mistral.
A welcome development all the same.