Today I did some detailing...

That's what I said!??

Great work looks lovely

vectra wrote: »

What did you think of the Reset shampoo Ryath?
I think it is a very nice shampoo. Feels very slick and easy to rinse.

Nice car by the way.

Seems very good I've little to compare it to beyond a cheap all in one turtle wax shampoo that definitely left residue and was harder rinse off. Drying of with the microfibre towel helps a lot I'd say. New paint I'm sure is a lot easier clean it's been 9 years since I last cleaned one!

That's only half done. Clean the barrel behind the spokes ya lazy ginger headed fvck :pac:

conzy wrote: »

Believe me my OCD wont let me away with it. I didn't have time that day but I'll probably take the wheels off and clean the insides this weekend. Maybe a coat of collinite or something will stop them from getting as dirty again

2 coats of collinte and that will help for a long enough time.

Big-Mac wrote: »

So the car is new 161 came with a sealant treatment already (they offered it for free and I said why not) it's doing a good job to be fair still ok after 3 months. Now I bought some soft99 fusso and want to apply the next dry day we get. Is there anything I should do first before applying the fusso other them washing and de-taring? Clay bar?

What sealant did they apply? It would be worth while removing the sealant prior to applying a soft99.

Depends on how much time and effort you want to put into it.
Give that at worst, its seen 3 full months of driving; the paintwork shouldnt be too bad. A good wash, de-tar and de-iron will do a good job of contamination....so you might save the step of claying for another while. Then two coats of the Fusso!

Obviously the traditional full decontamination is de-tar, de-iron and clay.

Car did look well when I was down chatting to Ian yesterday afternoon!

Had the pleasure of doing a brand new F31 320D M-Sport Touring on Sunday, almost straight out of the factory

As it arrived:







Finished Product:



















Because the dealer was told to not wash the car there wasn't much of any blemishes on the car bar one or two scratches which made the job that bit easier!

Body:

Snow Foamed - Kleen Freaks Snow Foam
2 Bucket Wash - Chemical Guys Hybrid V7 Shampoo
De-Tar - 2D Annihilate
De-Iron - Kleen Freaks Iron Remover
Clay Barred
Sealed with Gtechniq's C2V3
Waxed with Chemical Guys Butter Wet Wax

Wheels:

Cleaned - 2D Wheel Cleaner
De-Tar - 2D Annihilate
De-Iron Kleen Freaks Iron Remover
Clay Barred
Sealed with Chemical Guys Wheel Guard
Tyres - Chemical Guys Tyre and Trim Dressing

Leather - Sealed with Dr. Leather Dye Block

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Great job Norman.

My local detailer/valeter gets a lot of business from BMW on preparing brand new cars of sale so it must be a thing with bmw these days.

This wasn't from BMW directly but a friend that had just picked it up a few days beforehand!

vintagevrs wrote: »

Looks great, lovely car even when it's dirty. Are those valve caps standard from bmw?

Yeah they have gotten rid of the metal ones gray plastic ones the order of the day now:(

Always ones going around taking the caps off they may have done it due to replacement costs.

Super job FN

Someone likes their airwaves!!

Gave the car a rub, it was pretty bad. It is caked in crap again though but still comes up ok.

Hey all got working on Yaris so done a number of washes, de tared, apc wash, had to skip on clay bar can not find the bugger, had all prepared and got rotary to it using orange hex pad with Chemical guys V36 cutting polish.

Then washed down again and used machine to finish off using V38 finish polish.

After all this buffed off to see results and wss very happy with the transformation

Of course dried car off after another apc wash with my dry me crazy microfibre which was a joy to use and did extremely well probably could have got another 2 cars at least out of drying.

Got a jug of warm water placed Collinite 845 into it to soften up the wax and very lightly done a door or panel at a time and buffed off when would move onto another.

The results are unreal to what the car had been like dont actually believe its the same car at all.

It still has scratches and scuff marks but nowhere near the amount.

Extremely pleased now have a few other cars to do especially the vRS as it will hopefully vanish all the swirl marks.