Today I did some detailing...

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Cheers man, would be the summer before I'd get a proper chance to lash into it. With the results it gives I can see how it can become addictive!

No problem man whenever you want it its there unless you get one
It's great seeing the change from before and after!

Would be usually the next day when I order with detailing shed so I would think it will be out for delivery to you in the morning.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Child at Christmas kind of job, want to get one car done before the weather breaks.

I'd be the same myself ordered a load of of stuff for the car in Jan+Feb getting ready for March as its usually a very slow month in work.

What happens the boss decides he needs a holiday gone off for a month I'm on 6 days till next month.

The weather better be good the first week of April haha.

Was given a handy project to work on for the last two weeks, only able to spend one day at the weekends at it so only got it done today!











Midway:



Finished Product:









Exterior:











Exterior procedure:

Snow Foam with Kleen Freaks and a thorough rinse down
Wheels and Tyres cleaned with 2D Wheel Cleaner
2 Bucket Wash with 2D Shampoo
De-Tarred with 2D Annihilate Tar Remover
De-Ironed with Kleen Freaks Iron Remover
Clay Barred
Compounded with Chemical Guys V32 on an Orange Hex Logic Pad
Polished with Menzerna PF2200 on a 2D White Diamond Glide Pad
Waxed with Chemical Guys Butter Wax
Exterior Trims and Tyres dressed with Chemical Guys Tyre and Trim.

Interior:

Seats removed
All plastics and door jambs cleaned with a strong dilution Kleen Freaks APC
Carpet brushed and Hoovered
Seats APC'd and Wet Vac'd
Dash Dressed with 50.Cal Interior Dressing
Chemical Guys Stripper Scent
Interior and Exterior Windows cleaned with Kleen Freaks Glass Cleaner.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Just wondering whats the usual delivery time from detailing shed, said it was dispatched Friday - Tomorrow/Tuesday? Couriers always ring at like 8 in the morning :mad:

Have you got it yet! :P

Or rather some detailing was done recently.
Engine detail by Elite Autoclean in Blanchardstown. I didn't take ant before picture but they did a smashing job - engine bay is like new!

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MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Great job FN! Is the glovebox trimmed in the same material as the seats or is it just totally discoloured????

Sound, it's trimmed the same but also discolored

All sorted. Out trying them out for the evening.

Question, can you put p40 polish on trim? Got a small bit on yesterday, but it seemed to enhance it?

Stayed away to be safe. While we're at it, suggestions for trim enhancer/restorer to give a fresh look to rub strips, mirror surrounds etc?

I finally got around to cleaning my exhaust tips today. I bought by Mk6 GTi last November and before that I doubt the tips had been cleaned since the day it left the factory in 2011. They were absolutely filthy, completely black, baked in carbon.

Before:


After doing some research online I picked up some steel wool and Autosol metal polish and went to work as soon as I got home this evening. I used the steel wool in a bucket of warm soapy water and a heck of a lot of elbow grease.

After one pass with the steel wool (excuse my very dusty car):


After I got off the heaviest of the baked on carbon with the steel wool, I gave the tips a good going over with the Autosol which worked very nicely. Then I gave them a quick lick of AG Super Resin Polish and HD Wax for posterity.

They're not perfect, still some pitting, but they're heaps better than they were and it was very satisfying to get them shining again.

Voila!

Dropped the car into D&D detailing for a ceramic coating and picked it up earlier. Fair play to them, the car was clean looking going in from a distance but there was a lot of fallout and the likes in the hard to get to places. Nothing was left unturned and I'm delighted with the results.








Can't recommend D&D enough, whenever I've had work done by them it's been faultless and they've gone beyond the brief. They even took the plates off and did a rust repair where the dealers drilled through with the original plates and touched it up with matching paint. Little things like that make all the difference.

vectra wrote: »

Great job.
Car is looking class.
Now you just need to learn one thing. How to
" Hold on to the car without chaging it every few months"

Did you get any after care products?

We'll see.

Nothing afterwards, just don't use any product on it for a week.

Just a follow up on the tackling of the parents motorhome with Collinite. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=98978115&postcount=3987

The usual bugbearer of black streaks on coachbuilt motorhomes now just run off with your finger, whereas before a good rub of a cleaner & wash mitt was needed. It's cut down the time needed to wash it and Ma I think has changed her tune about myself and Da "wasting" most of a day doing the 'van.

Also, no detailing was done since then (so no posts), just basic washing, drying, wheels & tyres, glass & hoover.

cnoc wrote: »

Would anyone of you recommend or not recommend using a waxed car brush to clean off light dust on the car.

No even the wiper blade type water clearers absolutely destroy paintwork.