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Today I did some detailing...
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micks_address wrote: »Hi folks
What do people recommend for Matt black dash cleaner? Also interior class cleaner? New car smell spray?
Thanks
Mick
Matt black dash cleaner - if you mean cleaner; then a mild dilution of APC. If you mean dressing; a few options; I like Poorboys Natural Look or 50Cal Precision.... but you may not like the bubblegum smell of them if you are looking for a New Car Smell. Both leave a lovely natural look though.
Interior Glass? cleaner - 50Cal 20:20
New Car Smell - Chemical Guys have one, and surprisingly its called New Car Scent
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FN, do you know what stove was in that before the Pinto was dropped in as the heat blanket is on the induction inner wing. It looks to be a much better build than quite a few fast road mk2's I've seen.
Not 100% sure to be honest, I just know it's mint :PNice Escort and I presume the bonnet underside with Frank Kelly's autograph will never be cleaned again.
It's already laminated over on it
Matt black dash cleaner - if you mean cleaner; then a mild dilution of APC. If you mean dressing; a few options; I like Poorboys Natural Look or 50Cal Precision.... but you may not like the bubblegum smell of them if you are looking for a New Car Smell. Both leave a lovely natural look though.
Interior Glass? cleaner - 50Cal 20:20
New Car Smell - Chemical Guys have one, and surprisingly its called New Car Scent but cannot say if its nice or not, as Ive not opened one yet.
I can back 50. Cal's Precision, love it! The CG New Car Smell is terrible IMO, Stripper Scent for me!0 -
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I bought my GTi late last year. It needed a bit of work when I got it. The driver's door and boot needed a respray due to deep love marks that I assume came from various supermarket car parks. The paint was poor too, I doubt the previous owner ever gave it more than a dirty sponge, every panel was swirled. The wheels badly needed a refurb too, they're the 17in Denvers so not as prone to kerbing as the 18s, but in this case I think the last owner must have been aiming at the kerbs. The front two were particularly bad, with big gouges taken from the wheels.
It's been a mental year, so I only just got around to getting the necessary work done. I spent last weekend de-ironing, de-taring and claying the car and then I sent it in for the body and wheel work to be done last Monday. I left it there for the week and was very impressed with the results when I collected it on Saturday. The car had been machine polished so I spent a few hours on Saturday applying Hyrdo2 Lite and AG HD wax to the body and then a good coat on the wheels.
In true Galway style, it started to mist as soon as I had finished. Excuse the crappy picture, the light was fading fast and the clouds we're getting darker by the minute, but I think it gives an idea of how it looks - particularly on the driver's side. It has that wet look with a really nice deep shine, the reflections off the paint are lovely:) (you can just see the mist catching on the front of the bonnet).
I should have taken a before picture of the wheels but this is the result. Minty.
The paint isn't perfect, nor was I expecting it to be, but I'm very happy with the results. I'm seriously thinking of investing in a DA and getting to work on the remaining swirls!0 -
First time "snowfoaming" this car.
Tbh, the NCT was that day and I wanted their class powerwasher to get in under the body of the car, arches etc.
** Note the absence of their sponges and brushes, and the addition of my second bucket and mitt
Got my bits there Friday Curran, didn't try them out yet. Thanks
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1st time posting on this forum, but have slowly increased my products and am finally ready this summer to do some detailing.
Only had a few hours yesterday but tackled my 2010 Fiat 500. Black paint is hard to keep but it shows up great after some care.
1. Snowfoam with 50cal neutral snowfoam.
2. 2 Bucket wash method.
3.detarred and deironed 6 weeks ago so went straight to wax with Chemical Guys Blacklight.
4. Sealed With Chemical Guys V7.
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Got at the merc a little this eve, admittedly I was slightly rushing to beat the evening moisture.
My process was:
2bm wash with AG shampoo conditioner
Fallout & Tar removers
Rinsed
Quick clay bar - rushed it a bit so I'll definitely have to do it again
2bm wash & dry with dry me crazy
Polished the metal (didn't do the plastic bottom bits) with AG SRP & a meguiars applicator & orange hex pad - I must be doing something wrong though as the hex pad seems to just absorb all of the polish
Aaand that's as far as I got as daylight & humidity defeated me, I would have liked to get wax on but I have to go over everything again anyway I reckon so would be a waste of wax.
I'm not the greatest for progress photos, I tend to plough on and forget, but here's some of the korrosol doing it's thing on the wheels - I actually cleaned these quickly on sunday with IronX too!
And the finished product, you can see where I've polished the wing a little in this one too, there's a lot of oxidation on the car, paint has a layer of guck on it, but comes out really good underneath.
Some befores:
And some afters
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I must be doing something wrong though as the hex pad seems to just absorb all of the polish
I read online that you need to prime a fresh or just washed polishing pad because it will naturally absorb polish when it's dry.
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Another Mk2 in for some work. This one we set out to do paint correction on but due to the lack of lacquer on it just ended up giving it a general machine polish using Menzerna 2200 on a Green Hex-Logic Pad, this was sealed with Fusso.
It was quite faded when it came to me:
Lots of overspray from a previous owners attempted jobs:
Gone:
Final Result:
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The rain finally stopped and I got a chance to tackle the engine bay, a job I've been wanting to do for ages as it was minging.
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I doubt it had ever cleaned before as everything was covered with a layer of grime. I hit it first with some BH Surfex HD, using a wheel brush and tooth brush to work it in. It's savage stuff, I only used about a 10:1 concentration but it made light work of all of the gunk. I had covered the alternator and anything electric that was exposed and rinsed the bay with water from a spray bottle - wasn't brave enough to turn the hose on it:pac:
I let it dry and then treated everything with CarPro PERL. I used a 1:1 concentration and it really took things to another level. I'm delighted with the results:)
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So I had two full days of polishing and cleaning the car. Started at 12 noon yesterday and finished up around 4 ish today.
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Korrosol doing its thing
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Hard to see on black paint, but can be clearly seen on the ground.
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Washed the car down using a 2bm and cleaned the wheels. Moved onto polishing. The car wasn't badly swirled but still had a few that would show up on a nice summers day.
The phone couldn't focus with the light directed at the paint work so can't take any proper before pics.
Light pad with a medium compound seem to work best for the level of correction I required.
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I applied masking tape on all rubber and platic strips including all badges etc. and of course I didn't take any pics of all this work
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Dealership applied GardX to the car and some of it dried in and around panel gaps and badges.
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A spray of quick detailer and a hog hair brush to soften up and easily removed with a wipe of MF cloth
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After the external, the next job to tackle was the interior.
Cleaned all rubber mats
After a good period ot time hoovering (not showing any before pics I don't want ye to see how much of a pig I can be at times)
Moved onto cleaning all plastics. I'm an engineer so would carry alot of dirt and muck into the car a times. With little details on the door cills muck dries in and can be difficult enough to remove. So with the use of 50 cal and a small detailing brush, I just worked it into the cracks and wiped with a cloth.
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Finished interior
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So finally onto some finished pics
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Reflections
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Oh clean boot... how could I forget:pac:
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Seems anyone cleaning in Cork seems to end up here to take a picture. So I said why not join
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Great job Ron.
But are we missing what you sealed up the paintwork with.?
Applied two coats of Kleen Freaks Spray Coat. Apply first coat using a Suede MicroFiber going from side to side (east-west). Allowing it time to flash (about 5-7 mins) buff off with a MF. Then the second coat is applied up-down (north-south) direction, again allowing it time to cure/flash and wipe off. Finally I applied Kleen Freaks liquid wax. Due to time of the evening and light issues. I used a finishing pad on the DAS 6 to apply the liquid wax. Again allowing 5 min to flash and buff off. All completed on Friday evening.
Yesterday I had planned on polishing the front and rear bumper but I only have a 5.5 inch backing plate so this wasn't going to allow me to work on the smaller panels. I didn't seal the bumpers on Friday so gave the car a quick blast of a powerwasher and a quick snowfoam. Until I get the 3inch backing plate for the DAS 6 (hopefully someone has one in stock) I won't get near the bumpers. Applied Kleen Freaks Quick Detailer over the entire car.
This should do fine until next weekend when I hope to have a 3 inch backing plate.
I think I want to apply a coating you put on the Passat, but if I do I think I'll miss doing this level of detail.... yes I know people are wondering why I would put myself through this level of work but I enjoy it 0 -
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I got her done today. She's a big auld tank of a yoke, legs are in bits :pac:
wash (AG Bodywork Shampoo Conditioner)
dry
de-tar (TarX)
rinsed
de-iron (IronX)
rinsed
claybarred (Bilt Hamber Auto Clay)
rinsed
washed again
polished (medium cut with Menzerna PF2500, 2 passes)
cleaned down with CarPro Eraser
sealed with Collinite 845
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Made a late decision this afternoon to head to Nenagh show tomorrow, I havent been feeling cars for sometime and was not going to go. So I pulled Astra around and took deep breath and got the bits out for outside wash.
No pics before but suffice to say it wasnt great as I havent officially cleaned it since before Limerick show some 6 weeks ago.
Look even got tyre shine out
A quick summary:
Snow foam - AB Magi foam
Fall out remover - AB Purple rain v2.0
Tar attack - AB just the Tonic
Wheel spray - AB cherry non acid
3 bucket wash down - rinse bucket clean water, shampoo and wheel clean
AmmoNYC shampoo, mix of a few drops of CG honeydew shampoo/AB Purple rain v2.0/AB Cherry non acid for wheels
skim of wax on flat surfaces to top it up - AB Obsession wax0 -
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After doing the engine bay yesterday, I spent about seven hours on the car today, the arms are worn off me!
It got the works, it had been clayed and de-ironed the week before so it was washed, then CarPro Eraser to take off old polish and wax. After that two coats of polish, then Hyro2 Lite followed by a good coat of HD wax. Then I treated all the external rubbers and trim with PERL. Finally the interior got a seeing to. The results.
No, that's not a picture of the side of my house, it's a reflection:)
Awesome shine:
It's the cleanest I've ever had it, I'm delighted with it. Enjoying a well earned beer now:D0 -
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Gave the gs it's first proper clean today, bought a half decent da polisher since the aldi muck I was using before, differance is unreal. Learning the tricks of the trade slowly but surely... clar bar this time! And a bit for technique research. Still not finished but getting there. 2nd car detailed, addictive to see the difference it can make, esp on a new car you have bought which has only every been washed in a petrol station once a year
I need to pick up some some proper pads from detail shed soon for my DA
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Did some detailing inside and outside on the car today in between the rain.
Got some Dr Leather off Detailing Shed yesterday and used it on the seats today. Very impressed with it, used a light brush to get into the smaller areas and they came up a treat. Still have the back seats to do though!
After that, a wash, detar, fallout remover and began claying the outside. Eventually ran out of daylight so hoping to finish claying and then a polish and some wax over the weekend.
Seem to be having trouble uploading these pictures as they keep rotating(?). Not sure how to stop that from happening sorry folks!0 -
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Nice job ^^
What polish and what wax?
Now that's where things get a bit tricky. I only have AG SRP polish with me as well as Chemical Guys P40 polish I think.
I bought the OKD Concours wax on Wednesday, was half tempted to not polish it and apply the wax straight onto the clayed paintwork, thoughts?ronnie3585 wrote: »Is that a Brera beside it?
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