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Today I did some detailing...

randy hickey

We have the "Today I Did Something To My Car" thread out in the main forum, and a lot of the posts on it pertain to detailing.
I thought it would be a good idea to give our various detailing activities a thread in their proper home.

I'll get the ball rolling.

Today ( ahem, last night really!), I snow foamed the car
Wasn't able to follow through and wash it properly as my back went, but couldn't believe how well it looked this morning!
In fairness I have a fair bit of LSP on it, but there was ten days worth of road film and tree sap on it.

Well impressed.

Over to you!

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Gumbo

Wheels off job is on my list too.

Top job!

Admldj

Finally got around to doing the meguiars 3 step today the full process was as follows:

Rinse with power washer
Wash with AG shampoo 2 buckets and microfiber mitt
Rinse
AG polar blast snow foam
Dry with blade and microfiber towel
Meguiars deep crystal paint cleaner
Meguiars deep crystal polish
Meguiars deep crystal carnauba wax
AG clean wheels and deep scrub
AG wheel protector when dry
AG Instant tyre dressing
Turtle wax clearview glass cleaner

Tough going, but sun came out just as I finished which was nice.

Clayed it last week so had a good start, not sure about the paint cleaner and the polish was hard work but the results are good.

Admldj

Finally got around to doing the meguiars 3 step today the full process was as follows:

Rinse with power washer
AG polar blast snow foam
Rinse
Wash with AG shampoo 2 buckets and microfiber mitt
Rinse
Dry with blade and microfiber towel
Meguiars deep crystal paint cleaner
Meguiars deep crystal polish
Meguiars deep crystal carnauba wax
AG clean wheels and deep scrub
AG wheel protector when dry
AG Instant tyre dressing
Turtle wax clearview glass cleaner

Tough going, but sun came out just as I finished which was nice.

Clayed it last week so had a good start, not sure about the paint cleaner and the polish was hard work but the results are good.

vectra

Admldj wrote: »

Finally got around to doing the meguiars 3 step today the full process was as follows:

Rinse with power washer
Wash with AG shampoo 2 buckets and microfiber mitt
Rinse
AG polar blast snow foam
Dry with blade and microfiber towel
Meguiars deep crystal paint cleaner
Meguiars deep crystal polish
Meguiars deep crystal carnauba wax
AG clean wheels and deep scrub
AG wheel protector when dry
AG Instant tyre dressing
Turtle wax clearview glass cleaner

Tough going, but sun came out just as I finished which was nice.

Clayed it last week so had a good start, not sure about the paint cleaner and the polish was hard work but the results are good.

Just a couple of things here,
Did you wash before snow foaming?
It should be the other way round.
Also
Open your bin and dump the blade into it.
Other than that. The car looks fantastic. :cool:

Admldj

vectra wrote: »

Just a couple of things here,
Did you wash before snow foaming?
It should be the other way round.
Also
Open your bin and dump the blade into it.
Other than that. The car looks fantastic. :cool:

Yes, correct, snow foam first.
Googled the blade after you mentioned it, today was the first time using it, it will also be the last! Microfiber towel all the way

Wailin

Finished the rears today. Coated and stored now until tomorrow.

Hate leaving the car up on axle stands overnight but has to be done.

vectra

Good time to do under the arch detail !

Wailin

Done! Front arches done yesterday. They weren't too bad but not much driving either.

vectra

Wailin wrote: »

Done! Front arches done yesterday. They weren't too bad but not much driving either.

Are they black plastic liners or fiber type material?

Wailin

That horrible fibre material that seems to make everything cling to it. Used a brush and shampoo and it came up well.

Sexual Chocolate

Admldj wrote: »

Yes, correct, snow foam first.
Googled the blade after you mentioned it, today was the first time using it, it will also be the last! Microfiber towel all the way

Why I don't get my car dried at any of the hand wash places anymore.

vectra

Wailin wrote: »

That horrible fibre material that seems to make everything cling to it. Used a brush and shampoo and it came up well.

I usually snow foam them while doing the car,
Then flush the foam lance through with apc mix, I also shoot this solution under arches ( multi purpose

)
That usually shifts the dirt on them for me.

Damo 2k9

Got some CarPro Perl and Surfex HD to try out.

Wheels were done with Surfex HD 10:1, agitated with a brush for the tires. Alloys were Reflect Alloy Cleaner 4:1. Fairly bad so I went over them again.

Reflect Magic Foam, agitated with detail brush around windows, badges etc.
2BM with Reflect Wash 'n' Wax
Reflect Super Cold Wax at 2:1
Dried
Reflect Quick Detailer.
Trim was sprayed with Surfex again and agitated with detailing brush to try prep for Perl.
CarPro Perl @ 3:1 for the exterior trim, and 1:1 for the tires.

Reflect Super Vision Glass Cleaner for Windows.

Really happy with how it turned out, could have done a better job on the arches but ah well.

hoodie6029

Nice work. I always find the before and afters on wheels particularly satisfying.

Damo 2k9

hoodie6029 wrote: »

Nice work. I always find the before and afters on wheels particularly satisfying.

Yeah definitely! Happy with how they turned out, the arches were annoying me afterward but wasnt too bothered about getting the stuff back out.

Tzardine

Lovely day for it today. Gave the car a quick going over.

Citrus pre-wash
Snow Foam
Two bucket wash
Dry
Fusso Soft99 wax
Vacuum and clean the interior.

First time using the Fusso. Went on nice and not too much of a pain to get off. Very happy with the results and shine.

Wailin

Pre-cleaned with bilt hamber auto wash
Washed with carpro reset shampoo
Towel dried and decontaminated with tar-x
Rinsed and dried again.
Protection with gtechnic C2V3. Not ideal conditions to apply with sunlight but went on ok and a nice glossy finish when buffed.
Wheels were done previously so just a shampoo wash and tyres dressed with meguiars endurance gel.

vectra

Tzardine wrote: »

Lovely day for it today. Gave the car a quick going over.

Citrus pre-wash
Snow Foam
Two bucket wash
Dry
Fusso Soft99 wax
Vacuum and clean the interior.

First time using the Fusso. Went on nice and not too much of a pain to get off. Very happy with the results and shine.

Looks great,
Use a damp applicator when applying Fusso, and apply as light as possible,
If you want extended durability, give the car a rinse down tomorrow and give it a second coat of Fusso.:)

Tzardine

vectra wrote: »

Looks great,
Use a damp applicator when applying Fusso, and apply as light as possible,
If you want extended durability, give the car a rinse down tomorrow and give it a second coat of Fusso.:)

Thanks for that

[Deleted User]

Can't beat a lovely evening, tunes, Gtechniq W5 and 303 Aerospace Protectant...

Stallingrad

^ While the shroud looks great you know 99% of us are looking at that dirt on your OS strut tower...

[Deleted User]

Stallingrad wrote: »

^ While the shroud looks great you know 99% of us are looking at that dirt on your OS strut tower...

No dirt there lad only shine

The pipe going down beside the oil filler cap was how all the plastic was before application so there is a noticeable difference.

Ciano35

Got a Silvia s15 yesterday, needs a bit of TLC and the headlights were badly faded so tackled them today. Didn't turn out too bad I think, makes a big difference to the front of the car.

From this...

To this:

[Deleted User]

Spent the day doing a job on the passenger side wheels of the car.

Wash
Decontaminate
Detar
Dry
Polish
Panel Wipe
2 coats of Gtechniq C5

I wanted to get up early and do both sides but my head wanted a sleep in so the other side will be done tomorrow.

Didn't take any pics up until they were done.

Curing in the roasting hot sun:

While they were curing I tackled the disc hubs and calipers and applied 2 coats of Gtechniq Exo to the calipers. I'm not expecting it to last too long as I had it left over from when I coated the car last summer. It's supposed to be used within a few months of opening so we'll see.

Never did it before but I used 0000 steel wool and Meguiars metal polish on the disc hubs. It brought them up a treat, especially the fronts as they were replaced a few years ago, rears are original.

I also removed the old M badges as they were quite cloudy and crap and replaced with new ones.

Before (rear disc but they were both as grubby):

After:

vectra

Great job Dave :cool:

[Deleted User]

vectra wrote: »

Great job Dave :cool:

Cheers!

I don't know why it took me this long to do this job as normally I would have it done within a few months of buying a car. Looking forward now to ease of cleaning and possibly not needing to use auto wheel each wash. The problem there is that despite having dedicated wheel mitts, wheel woolies and a geyon MF wheel brush nothing will fit between the calipers and wheel barrels. I'd say I'll have to do what I can and move the car to expose those areas.

vintagevrs

I remember having a look up close at an Koenigsegg Agera front wheels/brakes a few years ago. There was about a mm between them. The caliper had what looked like a little bit on it to clear away any debris from the inside of the wheel. The barrels were ruined with scores and scratches, and those were carbon fibre wheels too.:eek:

[Deleted User]

vintagevrs wrote: »

I remember having a look up close at an Koenigsegg Agera front wheels/brakes a few years ago. There was about a mm between them. The caliper had what looked like a little bit on it to clear away any debris from the inside of the wheel. The barrels were ruined with scores and scratches, and those were carbon fibre wheels too.:eek:

Feck that!

I think you did something similar with your disc hubs recently did you? I saw it on Forensic Detailing a week or so ago.

Next job (although it won't be seen) is to remove the wheels again, wire brush off all the loose rust in the disc (axle) hubs and treat with Bilt Hamber Hydrate80 along with a wheel arch detail and treat any rust in there too.

vintagevrs

Yeah, just a quick job I did on my own, didn't spend much time on it but brought them up to 90%. Really helps freshen up the wheels doing it, more so than I thought.

[Deleted User]

As I said, my front discs came up beautifully because they are new enough. I would need more time and probably a drill with wire brush attachment to bring the rears up as well.