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Today I did some detailing...
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While washing my other half's i30 today, I gave the wheels a blast of Iron X. As you can see they were pretty dirty;
Iron X working it's magic!
After a little bit of work with a wheel brush and a rise with the hose they were shining once again. I then treated them with some CarPro HydrO2 Lite. I sprayed it onto the wet wheel and then blasted it with the hose. It immediately beads up and the wheels great!
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shietpilot wrote: »Lookin well! I'd say Gavman had a red neck after that clean
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Not sure if this counts as detailing, but it improves some of the detail on the interior of the car so why not.
The seat rails had seen better days and rust was unsightly. Was the first thing you could see when opening the door.
It's all in the prep....fiddly job getting it down to the bare metal
Two/Three coats of primer
Two/Three coats of satin black, and back on.
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vintagevrs wrote: »Not sure if this counts as detailing, but it improves some of the detail on the interior of the car so why not.
*snip*
Now to do the other side.....:o
You should post a thread in the projects and builds forum. Would be interesting to see overall progress on your new toy in one place
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shietpilot wrote: »You should post a thread in the projects and builds forum. Would be interesting to see overall progress on your new toy in one place
Yeah I'm a bit all over the place posting things on here with it. Starting a build/project thread sounds too much like a commitment to me
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Will see how it goes, I have some time off work coming up soon so few things on it I really want to get stuck into.
Must get back to reading about squeezing an S85 under the bonnet:D0 -
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »Need to do the same with the mondeo. Did the focus wheels early on in the year, put a coat of polish on them, went to attack them last week, no need, with just a wipe of a micro fibre, and all the dust and dirt was gone.
Ironx or bilt hamber, which one, want to get one.
I used IronX on my wheels last weekend and it removed dirt I couldn't remove the previous 10 washes with normal shampoo, a brush and a mitt. It's amazing stuff but the smell is rotten 0 -
shietpilot wrote: »I used IronX on my wheels last weekend and it removed dirt I couldn't remove the previous 10 washes with normal shampoo, a brush and a mitt. It's amazing stuff but the smell is rotten
Same with the BH Korrosol. Might give the ironx a go.0 -
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Car had only recently been washed, but I must have hit every bug in the country.
I didn't have the time to go crazy on the car, just a wash and spray wax.
Did a bit to the Mrs' car as well. More details than detail..
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »New Knobs
2 focus'?
Yep, I had my own focus, and the Mrs inherited her dads car recently. They're a grand car, but i'm no fanboy! 0 -
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Have a bit of a mega update on the Cupra. My first nano coating experience
(RIP Mobile users)
After some spirited driving for the first week or two it was looking like this:
Gave it a foam with Chemical Guys Mr Pink
Then a two bucket wash with Mr Pink as the shampoo also
Then I dried it and used CarPro Trix which is like an iron x tar x hybrid. I couldn't believe how much crap was on it considering its only manufactured a few weeks. You can see lots of fallout in the following pics
I let the trix dwell for a few minutes and wiped it off with a microfiber. Then I rinsed the car and clayed the whole thing. The clay actually turned to mush after a while. never happened before. I was using a weak Mr Pink solution as a lube. Not sure if that did it or maybe there was still some trix on the paint work
Anyway after the clay it got another quick two bucket wash and a dry with a dry me crazy towel
Then I moved it to get some shelter, here it is looking very Spanish
Then the whole car got wiped down with CarPro Eraser, which is like their fancy IPA. Now it was finally ready for the CarPro CQuartz I was about 6 hours in at this stage!
Its an interesting product to work with. When the applicator pads are new it just glides on, its like a solvent and it will "glide" on, when it feels a bit draggy that pad needs to be changed. I think the humidty and heat over the last while made the application a bit harder. Anyway, I did a 50*50cm panel most of the time as the car has a lot of large panels. Its a time consuming process doing the front and rear bumpers and the bootlid etc, but its not difficult.
I just finished the first coat as I ran out of light. I got up the next morning and did a 2nd coat. Probably about 16 hours invested at this stage After letting that dry for an hour I gave the whole car a liberal coat of CarPro Reload, applying with one microfiber and buffing off with a dry microfiber. At this point I was a believer. The car had a deep glossy shine and the microfiber would slide off the bonnet it was so slippery!
Anyway photos:
Action shot!
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Then a few days later the wheels and arches got the same treatment, this time with Carpro DLUX which is for wheels and trim / plastics.
New car on axle stands, neighbours were probably like WTF
Again there was a surprising amount of grime and fallout on the rims
Liberal application of trix, then I agitated with a brand new toilet brush rinsed them, washed them with a mitt and CarPro Reset shampoo. Rinsed and dried and into the shed
Wipedown with Eraser
Thirsty work
Anyway DLUX in that humidity is not particularly nice to work with, Its not as easy as CQuartz anyway, instead of flashing or hazing, it leaves a more stubborn residue. Anyway they got a coat and I called it a night. They got a second coat of DLUX the following day then after an hour they got a spray of reload
High on fumes I decided to scrub the arches and calipers, CarPro Reset and a mitt, dried, wiped down with Eraser and a coat of DLUX and a coat of Reload
Liberal use of VAG parts bin
Hopefully this will keep the calipers in good nick and a simple power hose should keep the arches clean
You may notice this is only one side of the car. Need to do the rest tomorrow
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Then a few days later the wheels and arches got the same treatment, this time with Carpro DLUX which is for wheels and trim / plastics.
New car on axle stands, neighbours were probably like WTF
Again there was a surprising amount of grime and fallout on the rims
Liberal application of trix, then I agitated with a brand new toilet brush rinsed them, washed them with a mitt and CarPro Reset shampoo. Rinsed and dried and into the shed
Wipedown with Eraser
Thirsty work
Anyway DLUX in that humidity is not particularly nice to work with, Its not as easy as CQuartz anyway, instead of flashing or hazing, it leaves a more stubborn residue. Anyway they got a coat and I called it a night. They got a second coat of DLUX the following day then after an hour they got a spray of reload
High on fumes I decided to scrub the arches and calipers, CarPro Reset and a mitt, dried, wiped down with Eraser and a coat of DLUX and a coat of Reload
Liberal use of VAG parts bin
Hopefully this will keep the calipers in good nick and a simple power hose should keep the arches clean
You may notice this is only one side of the car. Need to do the rest tomorrow
Over and out
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Busy two evenings for me, yesterday an Individual E36 for an interior and Leather clean and today a mint Mk2 Escort for a Decontamination, Seal and engine bay clean.
Leather was fairly bad, first picture is first pass of cleaning the center:
Result:
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shietpilot wrote: »Nice job! You've got some very cool cars to work on lately
Cheers, I have a few more nice ones lined up over the remainder of the summer, will see how it goes!0 -
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