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Today I did some detailing...

randy hickey · 2013-06-25 10:10:42

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…

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#3242 15-06-2015 10:15AM

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Glenviewjf wrote: »

A3 looks unreal!

Just bought a clay towel to see what its like!

Have a family wedding in August and have a few cars to do so can't wait to try some of the liquid elements order I received a few weeks back aswell

Which L.E. products did you buy?

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#3243 15-06-2015 10:32AM

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vectra wrote: »

Which L.E. products did you buy?

I got some of their snow foam, fallout remover, wheel furbys and the sample range of the protection (paint freeze, carnauba creme and gloss boost).

Also got some collinite off Curran which I can't wait to use

Have a week off before the wedding so my DA will be flat out!

Need to stop buying now though have so much I could open a shop.

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#3244 15-06-2015 10:35AM

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Make sure you use the Collinite on bare paint.

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#3245 15-06-2015 10:41AM

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6 hours Friday evening. I need to work on the photo skills.

Wash, Detar, Wash, Clay, Wash, AG SRP, Seal, Carnuba wax.
Pics are pre-wax

First time doing this so was delighted with the results. Car was covered in spots of tar before and the paint felt gritty.

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#3246 15-06-2015 05:59PM

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Curran wrote: »

Looking good Ian!

I must have a chat with you about polishes. The AG SRP is almost finished and I want one to work on silver & black VAG paints. A matching wax might be needed also.

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#3247 15-06-2015 06:40PM

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Clay and 2 coatf of Collinite 845 ^^^

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#3248 15-06-2015 11:48PM

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jacksie66 wrote: »

You wanna come over to New Zealand and give my legacy a clean :rolleyes:

Do i turn left or right at the airport doors ?

Glenviewjf wrote: »

A3 looks unreal!

Just bought a clay towel to see what its like!

Have a family wedding in August and have a few cars to do so can't wait to try some of the liquid elements order I received a few weeks back aswell

Clay towels are the way forward, for me anyway.

ya ya ya you can't see the contamination coming off but the feel from the these is way better than clay alone. Hot soapy water and let it sit to get nice, pliable and soft ready to hug the paint clean.

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#3249 16-06-2015 12:49AM

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Polished her up last week. Covered in dust again, but looked good for 5 minutes. Them 5 minutes were totally worth it though.

http://i.imgur.com/7nzPiTa.jpg

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#3250 16-06-2015 08:18AM

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JAMES VTI S wrote: »

Clay towels are the way forward, for me anyway.

ya ya ya you can't see the contamination coming off but the feel from the these is way better than clay alone. Hot soapy water and let it sit to get nice, pliable and soft ready to hug the paint clean.

What towel are you using?
Might get one in for the Passat when it arrives.

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#3251 16-06-2015 08:20AM

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i need to pluck up some courage to take pictures of the car outside of the house

Some new supplies last week so washed the car Friday evening.

1) Snowfoam with Bilt Hamber Auto Wash
2) Handwash with Meguiars Luxurious Lambs Wool Wash Mitt - bucket with grit guard - 5ml autowash in bucket
3) Rinse down with nilfisk
4) Dry with Micro madness dry me crazy (best thing ever)
5) Hoover inside
6) Leather wiped with Dr Leather Advanced leather wipes..

Happy with the results.. car looks great still apart from a some bird attack on the back windsceen..

Next time I'll take pictures..

Thanks to curran for the supplies

I have this dustbuster over a year now and its the first one I've had that does a reasonable job on the carpets

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BLACK-DECKER-Lithium-Compact-Titanium/dp/B00IUK800O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434439069&sr=8-1&keywords=black+and+decker+dust+buster+18v

Easily as good as breaking out the house hoover..

I've yet to venture into the world of waxing or claying or polishing but I'm sure I'll get there!

Cheers,
Mick

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#3252 16-06-2015 08:24AM

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Liquid elements

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#3253 17-06-2015 01:53AM

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No sooner has it been nice and polished, and someone does this to it....

What path do I take here boys? I know the pictures aren't the clearest, but does it appear too deep to polish out? It's on the front passenger door.

http://i.imgur.com/qfdEl0I.jpg

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#3254 17-06-2015 10:34AM

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I'd try machine polish it, it might take the nasty look off it, but if it's deep, it will need paint

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#3255 17-06-2015 10:36AM

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Touch it up with a couple of light coats of paint.
Wet sand off excess
Fill with a couple of coats of Lacquer,
Wety sand again and machine polish

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#3256 17-06-2015 11:11AM

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Finally a bit of rain to check out the beading.

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#3257 20-06-2015 12:11AM

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Not a big job, but one of those jobs that makes a serious difference when done. A few months ago i noticed the headlights on the Vectra were looking, well, crap. They were faded, dirty looking and really took from the look of the car.

I made an attempt, a poor one at that, to clean them up before, but they did not turn out as good as i would have liked. Not having the right stuff i stopped with the intention of doing them again.

Roll on today and i had had enough so decided to finally tackle them. I bought 800, 1500 and 2000 grit sand paper. Got a basin of lukewarm water with plenty of fairy liquid in it. I had bought the Meguiars headlight restoration kit so got it ready along with some cloths. I taped off the body work around the side panels, bumper, etc.

I kept the sandpaper/headlight well soaked and worked each grade of sand paper in vertical then horizontal and back to vertical strokes. I continued sanding until i felt little to no resistance then moved onto the next, finer, grade. When i had it all sanded i dried the headlight extremely well. Then moved onto the Meguiars. I used a cordless drill for this, and gave it two coats/going overs. Then polished with a clean terry cloth.

Have to say i'm delighted with the results. Was not a big job at all and makes the front of the car much cleaner and fresher looking. total time from start to finish was about 45 minutes.

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#3258 20-06-2015 03:23PM

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I NEED you to do my car, she is not as new and shiny as that Audi but my E Class would love some of that attention to detail. I doubt I could even buy that kind of service in a vallet center.

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

Boy OH Boy this car pops!
Daytona grey on these diamond cut rims reaches legend status :eek:

Thanks for looking.

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#3259 20-06-2015 04:53PM

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Cass wrote: »

Not a big job, but one of those jobs that makes a serious difference when done. A few months ago i noticed the headlights on the Vectra were looking, well, crap. They were faded, dirty looking and really took from the look of the car.

I made an attempt, a poor one at that, to clean them up before, but they did not turn out as good as i would have liked. Not having the right stuff i stopped with the intention of doing them again.

Roll on today and i had had enough so decided to finally tackle them. I bought 800, 1500 and 2000 grit sand paper. Got a basin of lukewarm water with plenty of fairy liquid in it. I had bought the Meguiars headlight restoration kit so got it ready along with some cloths. I taped off the body work around the side panels, bumper, etc.

I kept the sandpaper/headlight well soaked and worked each grade of sand paper in vertical then horizontal and back to vertical strokes. I continued sanding until i felt little to no resistance then moved onto the next, finer, grade. When i had it all sanded i dried the headlight extremely well. Then moved onto the Meguiars. I used a cordless drill for this, and gave it two coats/going overs. Then polished with a clean terry cloth.

Have to say i'm delighted with the results. Was not a big job at all and makes the front of the car much cleaner and fresher looking. total time from start to finish was about 45 minutes.

The result is nice but the problem is the haziness is caused by a bad UV protection coat that has been burned over the years.

When you sanded these lights you have basically removed anything that was left from the UV protection coat and now these lights will become even more hazed after a while.

What I recommend is to clean the lights, give them a wet sand, coat the headlight in about 4 coats of clear acrylic lacquer, wet sand with 2000 grit LIGHTLY (to remove the bumpy lacquer coat) and then polish the headlight with normal car polish or using a kit like you have used there.

I made a guide a while back: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=95626812

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#3260 20-06-2015 05:47PM

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Cheers for that link.

I kinda guessed that cleaning them as i did would remove any protection, but my God they were bad. If nothing else the look of them alone made me cringe. Looking at them today and they look far better but i reckon they could do with another going over. I doubt the sandpaper will be needed just the polishing treatment. As the little bit left is so subtle only i would notice it.

As for laquering i'll be honest that it never really crossed my mind until you mentioned it to re-apply some sort of prrotection. I have the products you mentioned so might just give it a bash today.

Quick question for ya. Would you suggest i just use your method in the link or would it be okay/recommended to give them another going over with the Meguiars before applyying the coating/protection/laquering?

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#3261 20-06-2015 06:23PM

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Cass wrote: »

Quick question for ya. Would you suggest i just use your method in the link or would it be okay/recommended to give them another going over with the Meguiars before applyying the coating/protection/laquering?

When I wet-sanded mine I didn't even bother polishing them. I went straight for the lacquer and then sanded it down a tiny bit to smooth the lacquer and then I polished it.

If you polish it with Meguiars the lacquer may not stick properly.

Basically just wetsand with 2000, the lights will look horrible, spray 4 coats of lacquer leaving the paint to dry for 15 minutes before a new coat and after the 4th coat let the lacquer dry (it said 2 hours on my can).

Then do the wetsanding again with the 2000, your goal is to make the lacquer coatings smooth because the surface will be rough after lacquer and it you don't put enough coats of lacquer you could sand the lacquer off.

After all that polish the lights and job done.

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#3262 21-06-2015 10:58AM

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Well.
Had to do a trip to Dublin on Friday. Basically up, Have a bite to eat and return.

Not sure if it was the protection of Fusso on my car.
OR
Is it the effectiveness of the Bilt Hamber Snow foam. But There was a fair amount of flies on the front and the tailgate was black from road spray in the rain.
As you will see in the before pics it was pretty manky.
Basically foamed.
Let dwell for 3 or 4 minutes
Brushed the fly's with a detailing brush.
Foamed the front again while I brushed the remaining door gaps/badges etc.

Rinsed with pressure washer.
Washed with Kristal Klean Shampoo

Was very pleased at how easy the flys were removed even prior to washing.

Pics will explain.

BEFORE

AFTER Foam Rinse.

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#3263 21-06-2015 11:02AM

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After wash ~ Dry.

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#3264 21-06-2015 12:23PM

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The bloody motorway (literally) - heading to the big smoke myself on Tuesday! Plan to wash the car tomorrow (if its dry) and then it will probably resemble your before pics by the time I come home

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#3265 21-06-2015 10:05PM

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Looking good, Eugene.

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#3266 26-06-2015 12:52PM

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Shine up last weekend.

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#3267 26-06-2015 01:12PM

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Lovely car ^^
What spec is she?

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#3268 26-06-2015 01:53PM

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vectra wrote: »

Lovely car ^^
What spec is she?

Felt spec

Only kidding....cracking looking motor!! She cleaned up well!

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#3269 26-06-2015 03:49PM

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vectra wrote: »

Lovely car ^^
What spec is she?

Thanks Vectra, Curran.
141 Sline TDI Just put a new set of tyres on last week after returning 40.000k on the originals.

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#3270 27-06-2015 12:05AM

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The Audi is sweet.

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#3271 27-06-2015 06:53AM

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what tyres on the original, 40k is good

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