Today I did some detailing...

vectra

166man wrote: »

Now that's where things get a bit tricky. I only have AG SRP polish with me as well as Chemical Guys P40 polish I think.

I bought the OKD Concours wax on Wednesday, was half tempted to not polish it and apply the wax straight onto the clayed paintwork, thoughts?

If it weere me I would only use the P40 polish. I had this before and found it excellent to prep paint for sealing after.

SRP contains fillers and would affect the durability of the OKD wax.

Curran

If it were me, I'd use the P40 to help remove very light defects and add depth to the colour. But then to make sure there would be no issue layer it with ODK Glamour, I'd wash it off with an APC. The Glamour will do some masking also.

micks_address

Couple of hours this morning...

Two bucket wash, clay bar, colinite.. Tyres dressed with meguiars had done the interior Thursday night

166man

Applied two thin coats of ODK Concours to the 156. Very very impressed with the wax so far.




(My pics keep rotating not sure why)

quadrifoglio verde

That one has uploaded fine actually :pac:

Arbo94

Cant post photos yet but today consisted of:

-Tfr to remove old wax/bugs
-rinse
-detar using tar x
-rince
-snow foam using CG mr pink
-wash 2BM using autoglym bodywork conditioner
-clay using g3 clay mitt and ONR clay lube
-another foam
-wash again
-dried using a twisted grey drying towel (testing compared to dry me crazy)
-coat of fusso
-coat of king of gloss

Started to top it off with bouncers done and dusted but stopped after 2 panels as I didn't think they played well together! was my first time using both so I'm a little disappointed that i cant really review either.

Ded_Zebra

Picked this Civic up cheap recently off a work colleague. Hadn't been washed in a number of years so I spent the whole day on it. I'll let the pics do the talking.













Could really do with one or 2 more applications of auto wheels but it's good enough for the moment.



Here it is fully decontaminated. Washed, de-tared, de-ironed and clayed.



Polishing started. Everyone likes a 50:50



Reflection.



Headlights were restored. 1500 grit, 2500 grit, V32 on an orange pad, V38 on a green pad finally V38 on a white pad. (hex-logic pads BTW)



Interior grot.

Ded_Zebra

ronnie3585

Great work DZ!!

Foxhole Norman

Serious job DZ, completely different car!

I did my buddies E36 yesterday, single stage polish and nano coating in prep for the Airlift Performance stand at VAGE today but due to being on it's period, it didn't make it







And of course gave my own a wash today, loving CSL + EXO

Ded_Zebra

He can be you're numberplate buddy

what sort of damage do bonnet bras cause from a detailing point of view? Did you have it off today for polishing?

Foxhole Norman

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

He can be you're numberplate buddy

what sort of damage do bonnet bras cause from a detailing point of view? Did you have it off today for polishing?

Not 100% sure to be honest, the Rack + Bra was off while I was doing it, he has those on for shows, not sure if they cause much damage to be honest as there was nothing noticeable from it before I polished it!

Ded_Zebra

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Not 100% sure to be honest, the Rack + Bra was off while I was doing it, he has those on for shows, not sure if they cause much damage to be honest as there was nothing noticeable from it before I polished it!

I know they protect from stone chips but I would be worried it would leave a load of fine scratches near the edge where they flap in the wind.

Foxhole Norman

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I know they protect from stone chips but I would be worried it would leave a load of fine scratches near the edge where they flap in the wind.

Yeah I would've thought that too but to be honest his bonnet was pretty much perfect, even from multiple uses!

quadrifoglio verde

Really think these are pointless. And they make the car that they're on ugly as feck.

Whether it protects the paint or not, it's stated job is to prevent against stone chips. But what's the point if you can't see the paintwork in the first place. So completely pointless in my opinion.

Then again I'm not the biggest fan of any sort of bra so perhaps I'm a little bit biased

Mc Love

Finally managed to get some free time and give the black beauty a wash. It was well dirty from multiple road trips and I didnt really want to post any of the dirty pics

Use Bilt Hamber Auto Wheel on the wheels, and rinsed, then power washed the car.

Used ODK Jet and rinsed. Then used CarPro Hyro2foam in the lance and washed with mitt and then rinsed. The way the water reacts to it is fantastic, made it a pleasure to towel dry off.

Noccy_Mondy

Keeping with the mondeo theme

Exact same process as the focus a few posts back.

However, I took off all the wheels yesterday, detarred them, deironed and polished them. Should make the dirt easier to remove again.

I never treated the interior of them wheels before, badly needed doing. They were never done I'm thinking, there was so much sticky marks from balancing weights, must have gone through some amount of tyres before I got them!

About 16 hours work gone into it between today and yesterday. Cleaned all the arches yesterday

Today, car paintwork got:

Wash - 2 bm - microfibre
Dry - micro fibre towel
Removed reg plates
Detar
Wash
Clayed
Rinsed
Dried
Polished - P40 Polish (Buffed with machine polisher)
Waxed - Butterwax
Tyres dressed
Interior got a thorough vacuuming and dash cleaned, along with a new air freshener. Must get a lad to wet vac the seats soon too.

A few pics

Mc Love

Well done on getting the wheels done, always an arduous task. Would like to do mine again at some stage.

MetzgerMeister

Just after finishing the CSL/EXO application:




Some EXOllent beading:

Shane732

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Just after finishing the CSL/EXO application:




Some EXOllent beading:

What's the car Metzger?

ronnie3585

330d?

MetzgerMeister

Shane732 wrote: »

What's the car Metzger?

As ronnie said, 330d

punisher5112

Here are a few pics of the finish on the vRS.
Used blacklight and finalised using collinite 845.

Foxhole Norman

Did my buddies parent's 5 Series GT over the weekend, needed a badly needed detail inside and out!

Exterior Before and Afters:





A previous spray job on the door left unfinished...



Fixed:



Neglected Tips:



All clean!









Interior leather was caked with dirt/dye:



Sorted and protected with Dr. Leather Dye Block against future transfer:







Engine bay got a badly needed clean:





Happy out!

Noccy_Mondy

Lovely job, but they are an awful looking car, what were BMW thinking!?!?

Curran

punisher5112 wrote: »

Here are a few pics of the finish on the vRS.
Used blacklight and finalised using collinite 845.

Ye missed a bit....there on the drivers wing!!

Sorry, couldnt resist!! :pac:

punisher5112

Curran wrote: »

Ye missed a bit....there on the drivers wing!!

Sorry, couldnt resist!! :pac:

It's been like that nearly 4 years nearly part of the car now....

I would love to get a wing but any crashed I come across are hit on front or gone.

ianobrien

Finally gave mine an overdue wash.....

Bilt Hamber auto-foam first.



First time using the auto-foam as I'd being using the 50Cal Ambush Super foam up to now. I prefer the Bilt Hamber as it seem to cling better and also clean better. This is straight after the auto-foam was rinsed off.



Then it was the usual, 2BM with AG Shampoo, BH Autowheels and wheel woolies and Dry-me-Crazy. Ya the photo below is just before the drying as its getting dark.....

MyStubbleItches

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

As ronnie said, 330d

Did you have it parked in Sarsfield Street in Thurles yesterday by any chance?

GustavoFring

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Lovely job, but they are an awful looking car, what were BMW thinking!?!?

But those back seats are pretty epic!

ronnie3585

Attacked the interior with CarPro PERL at the weekend and it came up fantastic, lovely matte black finish. Used 1:1 concentration which worked a treat, no smearing or oily residue.

Foxhole Norman

Had a Tesla Model S in work today, I got to work on it We gave it a full decontamination and sealed with Fusso, the interior got a good tidy up. Savage machine, the owner was kind enough to give us a spin in it too :D

In not such a great state, always parked under trees too so caked in sap!





Finished:







Twin calipers!





My as usual terrible photos!

MetzgerMeister

MyStubbleItches wrote: »

Did you have it parked in Sarsfield Street in Thurles yesterday by any chance?

I sure did

MyStubbleItches

I was drooling over it. Stunning car. Mine was the E91 parked beside it that's in dire need of a good cleaning. My father in law was the parking attendant for !the green'!

MetzgerMeister

MyStubbleItches wrote: »

I was drooling over it. Stunning car. Mine was the E91 parked beside it that's in dire need of a good cleaning. My father in law was the parking attendant for !the green'!

Ah you're the son in law he was talking about haha! My uncle lives in No. 8 and I was in to cut hedges only to find the petrol tank empty on the machine!

I know your brother in law and mother in law fairly well. Not sure Michael knew who I was when chatting to him though!

The "green" hasn't been green in a century I'd say :pac:

MyStubbleItches

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Ah you're the son in law he was talking about haha! My uncle lives in No. 8 and I was in to cut hedges only to find the petrol tank empty on the machine!

I know your brother in law and mother in law fairly well. Not sure Michael knew who I was when chatting to him though!

The "green" hasn't been green in a century I'd say :pac:

He knows you alright, he told me you were in school with Mike and that you were there to cut hedges! Mick has the lowdown on everyone!

MetzgerMeister

MyStubbleItches wrote: »

He knows you alright, he told me you were in school with Mike and that you were there to cut hedges! Mick has the lowdown on everyone!

He most certainly does

The worst thing about Sarsfield street is that on match days people just dump their cars along the road without any thought for the people living on the road. Bloody awful!

Curran

You two finished your bro-mance?
Im clicking in here expecting to lovely cleaned cars, but noooooo!! :rolleyes:

:pac:

Curran

Is his stubble giving you a rash too! :P

Sorry, couldnt resist! :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Redid the F31 I protected earlier in the year, this time with a Ceramic Coating on the body, calipers, wheels and the exhaust. Some of the trim received a Trim Restorer/protectant.

She was fairly manky from the trip down from Tip, these photos are from just after the wheels were cleaned.











Some photos of the work in progress, wheels all cleaned and ready for coating:









Finito:

MetzgerMeister

He only put on a wax or sealant last time. This time was ceramic coating.

Foxhole Norman

Yeah before it was a sealant, GTechniq's C2V3 at the time, protected it well to be fair!

MetzgerMeister

One application of C2V3 is supposed to last 8 months.

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

One application of C2V3 is supposed to last 8 months.

I must really order some more of it!

MetzgerMeister

Get a litre bottle of it. It'll last you a year

Foxhole Norman

Also gave my own a well needed clean!

vectra

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yeah before it was a sealant, GTechniq's C2V3 at the time, protected it well to be fair!

I thought it was CG butter wet wax you put on it?

Foxhole Norman

vectra wrote: »

I thought it was CG butter wet wax you put on it?

I had that as the top coat, used C2V3 to seal it first!

vectra

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I had that as the top coat, used C2V3 to seal it first!

Ah,
Right Ted.

SoupyNorman

Sorry, very new to the Deatiling world.

Whats the pink stuff you all use to clean the Alloys?

Going to attack my car this weekend, never gave her a clay bar treatment so should get some nice before and after shots.