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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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TJ Mackie

Silly question, but we have a Karcher K1.120 power washer - I presume this is okay if I was to purchase the above lance as it has a Karcher attachment?

i.e. is the problem with people getting milk rather than snow usually down to the lance and not the washer itself?

Thanks.

JAMES VTI S

Give me a call some day and ill bring mine over so you can see if you want to buy one or not ;-)

JAMES VTI S

http://www.cleancar.ie/heavydutysnowfoamlance-variousfitments.html

65 quid iiiiiiisssss a strech IMO - BUT you get foam not milk and its a strong unit so unlike the one you have which is all plastic i guess

Mc Love

Karcher K series one

Thanks for commenting on one of my pictures too! Although this is a much nicer one:

JAMES VTI S

If you use too much it will dust, if you cant see through the windows :pac: your doing it wrong.

What foam lance have you go Eion ?

Mc Love

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

Nice work Eoin, what products did you use and what did you do.

Tried the snow foam with warm water as I think Curran suggested, but gave up after one side as it was doing nothing and looked more like watered milk than anything!

Used the Bilt Hamber Wheel clean - the stuff is brilliant and leave's such a shine! Left it to work and then PW-ed them with a bit of help with a brush to remove some stubborn dirt.

So just power washed it (i must say having the wax on from the last time really helped as there wasnt much dirt to take off). Still using the OBM as I havent gotten around to buying another one! Used AG Shampoo which I am nearly out of - will probably use the Hyperwash again soon.

PW-ed it again, dried with 2 microfibre drying towels (dab dab dab

)
Cleaned the side and rear windows with AG Fast Glass (one thing that really annoyed me was the dust (which I think was coming from the microfibre cloths? Why would these be like this?)
Windscreen with Rain-x (might as well use it before I can get the Hydrophobe)
Used Turtle Wax wheel protector on the alloys to keep the brake dust at bay (at least for a while anyway)
Used AG Tyre Dressing (Spray not the foam) on the tyres!

Finally waxed it with Meguiars Mirror Glaze 16!

JAMES VTI S

Nice work Eoin, what products did you use and what did you do.

Mc Love

Sidewayslarry

The original G3 is a compound by Farecla which can only be described as liquid sandpaper. It is a very abrasive compound which needs to be kept lubricated as you use. Its basically an old skool compound that some guys in the body shop trade won't move away from. I have had a pot in my workshop now for nearly 10 years and only use it as a last resort. In saying that, I can't remember the last time it was used, must be 3 or 4 years ago now.

Farecla did bring out a range of polishes and waxes last year under the G3 name basically to play on how popular the G3 name was. I was curious so tried them out and they are no better than the usual Halfords junk. They are ok, and will put a shine on your car, but the polish is more of a glaze than a polish and the wax only lasted two washes and it was completely gone.

I was going to say 'you get what you pay for' but this stuff was really dear so that actually doesn't count here.

To give you an idea where I would place this stuff, I would put it somewhere in the middle of Halfords own brand gear and Autoglym, somewhere between 'Useless' and 'Average'

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randy hickey wrote: »

G3 refers to Farecla G3:
http://www.farecla.com/products/g3-premium-range

So they are just polishes and such?

Are they really that much better than most products, or is the general opinion of them somewhat exaggerated?

vectra

Deleted User wrote: »

. what's G3? I was reading a thread on Detailing World, and they were banging on about it in a thread were some fella detailed an old red car (it was a worn old, faded red, and he brought it up to 'as new' (well, relatively)).

I'm pretty sure I've heard the name mentioned on here before a couple of times. Is it just a polish (albeit a high end branded one?)

randy hickey wrote: »

G3 refers to Farecla G3:
http://www.farecla.com/products/g3-premium-range

It is also somethnig you would have to carefully choose which one to use as the paint on your Toyota is pretty soft as far as I am aware.

randy hickey

G3 refers to Farecla G3:
http://www.farecla.com/products/g3-premium-range

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Harcrid wrote: »

Thanks Man. It's a Passat CC.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88201410&postcount=810

I'm a real SUV/jeep-y type of person (in that I generally much prefer those over 'normal' cars, appearance wise), but i have to say I do like that. And I seen that photo before, so im not sure why i didnt put 2 and 2 together to figure out that it would be that car the interior belonged to

.

Fair play, man.

Question for you guys (one of those silly questions).. what's G3? I was reading a thread on Detailing World, and they were banging on about it in a thread were some fella detailed an old red car (it was a worn old, faded red, and he brought it up to 'as new' (well, relatively)).

I'm pretty sure I've heard the name mentioned on here before a couple of times. Is it just a polish (albeit a high end branded one?)

Harcrid

Thanks Man. It's a Passat CC.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88201410&postcount=810

[Deleted User]

Harcrid wrote: »

After doing the exterior last week and with the weather being so good today I decided to tackle the interior. It wasn't bad to start with but needed a going over.

Nothing fancy at all, just a hoover, dash and plastics polish and treated the leather as well.

What's the car, out of curiousity?

I love the back seats. and although I generally hate that 'wooden panel' look that gets thrown onto the interior of some cars (regardless of subtlety) but it actually looks decent enough there.

Very nice interior altogether, in my opinion. Lovely job you did on it, too!

Harcrid

Just a bog standard can of Bond Auto dash polish that I got in a local Auto factors ages ago. Cheap and cheerful but does the job.

Newtown90

@Harcrid looking very nice! What products did you use on your dash?

[Deleted User]

tony melia wrote: »

Funny man who writes your scripts LES DAWSON

Ah come on bud, sense of humour is critical

Also being a member since 2009 and having 118 posts, you really should know where you're posting by now

tony melia

randy hickey wrote: »

Nope, keep going straight on to the next crossroads after the scrapyard on the left, and you'll be in the Motors forum.

Funny man who writes your scripts LES DAWSON

randy hickey

Nope, keep going straight on to the next crossroads after the scrapyard on the left, and you'll be in the Motors forum.

tony melia

is 150k on an audi a4 09 to much daughter wants to pay 10k for this is this milage to high it had one owner from new. Not sure this the right tread

Harcrid

After doing the exterior last week and with the weather being so good today I decided to tackle the interior. It wasn't bad to start with but needed a going over.

Nothing fancy at all, just a hoover, dash and plastics polish and treated the leather as well.

[Deleted User]

Ah, I don't think I'd ever justify that kind of money on, what is essentially a strong torch.

Unless I start detailing millionaire's cars for a living, I don't think I'd be all too keen to go mad on a torch at all. Something cheap, cheerful and strong would do for me.

Ah, I'm sure I'll pick up something sooner or later. It's not a huge issue for me.

I am wondering lately though about the interior of the car. Can ye guys give any advice or product suggestions for cleaning the material in a car? Fabric seats, for example.

Or the ceiling (my car has leather seats, but my ceiling, which is a light greyish colour (same in most cars I believe) has some annoying black marks on it. Wouldn't mind trying to get rid of them.

Planning on doing a number on my brothers car next week. His is very badly scuffed, scratched and generally chipped away at, so I reckon if i do a thorough clean and then use the DAS6 on his car, firstly it means that if I do any damage it won't really matter as he's not going to care, so gives me a chance to get to grips with it, and secondly, also means that I can use it across the variety of scrapes and scuffs to his car to give me a more realistic idea as to what I can expect the DAS6 and polish to do to different levels of damage to paint work (that is, I'll know to what extent it can 'fix' things).

But his has fabric seats, so I wouldn't mind having a shot at cleaning them.

I picked up a Tesco Upholstery Cleaner ages ago. It's a spray can. I haven't used it yet though. I'm afraid it'll just make things worse.

Sidewayslarry

These are the proper job for showing defects, but are very expensive;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-PPS-Sun-Gun-Color-Matching-Light-Auto-Spray-Paint-Car-Detailing-/370501029742

But there is a cheaper option but a little DIY is needed to make one;

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/63906-how-make-3m-sun-gun-10u-s-less.html

My personal favorite;

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=205820

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CianRyan wrote: »

You want a halogen lamp, the kind you'd see on a building site.
The orangish glow I better than the stark white light for seeing detail.

Thought that's what it was called alright. I think I'll wait and see if one pops up on special offer anywhere along the way.

[Deleted User]

Also, just seen halfords have rubber mats for a tenner;

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_978469_langId_-1_categoryId_212549

I have a load of these (well, rubber mats in general, not these exact ones) and they're fantastic if you ever need to get on the ground, or if your floor/ground is concrete (stops the cold getting up through your shoes!).

€10 is great value. If I hadn't already got far too many, I'd be heading straight over to get some myself. Also handy to line the boot with if you carry stuff that could damage the carpet. The ones I have can be cut with a Stanley kinife to get them to fit awkward spaces, too.

Just thought I'd post them up.

CianRyan

You want a halogen lamp, the kind you'd see on a building site.
The orangish glow I better than the stark white light for seeing detail.

[Deleted User]

Quick question: I seen on a thread here before some guy was using a handheld portable lamp of sorts to see the details of the paint clearer.

It was like a workers lamp of sorts. Quite strong, to show up the defects. My shed isn't all that bright so something like that'd be handy. He said he paid €12 in Aldi for it (but if i recall correctly the thread was a bit old, so it was presumably a one-off offer they did).

Can anyone recommend something similar to what I have described? I see halfords have an 'inspection lamp'

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_215628_langId_-1_categoryId_212549

But it doesn't really look idea (and a bit more than I'd like to spend if someone managed to get a better one for €12!) :P

Mc Love

stimpson wrote: »

Don't mean to sound condescending, but are you filling the bottle with water after adding an inch of snow foam?

I knew there was something I wasnt doing....no I am not that stupid

stimpson

Mc Love wrote: »

Nah its Limerick actually!

Thanks - I even tried it with a different PW still Karcher though but more powerful and the results were still milky. Lance stripping it is then!

Don't mean to sound condescending, but are you filling the bottle with water after adding an inch of snow foam?