Some of my 2009 details - Page 2

blue-sun · 09-09-09, 12:37

And of course my Mazdaspeed3 (with a full write up, pretty much identical process on all the above cars except the 86 Mustang, that got some extra steps)

Pics:
-Wash with foam gun
-Rinse
-Clayed using soap from foaming gun as lubricant
-Rinse
-Wash again with foam gun and a fresh bucket of clean water and a new wash mitt
-Wheels, tires and wheel wells cleaned with Hi-Temp's Wheel cleaner
-Tires dressed with Meguiar's Hyperdressing 3:1 while wet
-Dry with California water blade
-Finish drying with waffle weave MF drying towel
-Polished paint with Meguiar's Dual Action Cleaner & Polish on a Meguiar's cutting pad via the Porter Cable 7242
-Applied Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax over entire car via PC
-While the NXT cured, the wheels/tires were cleaned with Quick Detailer and the tires dressed with Meguiar's Hyper Dressing (again). Wheels got a coat of NXT as well
-The exhaust was cleaned and polished with generic glass cleaner and #0000 steel wool
-Engine bay was cleaned with Meguiars APC 1:10 and dressed with Hyper Dressing(3:1) as well
-Exterior windows were cleaned with Stoners Glass Cleaner
-Then the NXT was removed with the PC and a MF bonnet
-Then the entire car was misted down with Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer and another MF bonnet on the PC
-Engine bay and door jams were cleaned with Meguiar's APC (1:10)

Here are the pics:

Before:

See how swirly my paint was after weekly washings for 14 months!

Clay bar after the hood was done, very dirty!

Rinsed after clayed the entire car

Hood after clay/rinse

After washing a 2nd time

Hood in the garage after drying, very swirled as you can see

Engine bay cleaned and dressed.

Exterior after first coat of NXT

Thanks for looking!

blue-sun · 09-09-09, 12:38

Back in April local Mitsu shop AMS called me to detail a hearse they had for sale (not sure if it's sold or not)

blue-sun · 09-09-09, 12:40

My brother in law has been hounding me for a while to detail his Toyota Tundra for him. He pulled his boat up to Canada in this Tundra a few weeks ago, so he wanted to wait until he got back to have me detail the truck for him.

I think he runs it through an automatic brush touch wash place and the hood/roof show the years of scratches from those places. I was able to get 95% of those scratches out, but some were too deep to get out.

Here are the pics:

scratches from the wash place:

All gone

More before

After

Fender before

After

Stock exhaust was very rusted, I tried my exhaust/metal restore technique on it and it got it pretty decent for a non-stainless
right half done, left have not.

All done

And some afters

This is my favorite pic I think, the chrome mirrors all polished

blue-sun · 09-09-09, 12:41

Did 2 details on Labor Day. I figured I'd earn the name and labor all day on some pretty cars.

This TXS belongs to the GF of the TL/86 Mustang I posted above, he had me come back a 3rd time and do her car. He got new wheels on the TL and washed it while I was buffing the TSX. The white DA in the background is his "toy" also.

Pics:

Before

Scratches on DS door

Scratches be gone!

Afters of the TSX and a few of the TL and the DA

blue-sun · 09-09-09, 12:43

After detailing the TSX, I grabbed some lunch and went up to do this 06 STi.

Man, I love me some white STi's.

Pics:

After wash/clay/wash/dry

The paint wasn't in too bad of shape for a subaru (they have soft clear coats unfortunately)

Rear fender before

After 1 pass with the buffer (the pics after the 2nd pass came out hella blurry)

All the WRX/STi's I've ever detailed (lots of them) fade/dull badly on the hood scoop and mirrors. This was no exception. Scoop before, you can see how it's dull and more yellow than the hood.

Another before of the scoop

The left half (the half closest to the windshield) buffed

All buffed

After wax/sealant

And some afters

PrinzII · 10-16-09, 10:00

Where's the Edge, man?

Crandallion · 10-16-09, 10:56

Everything looks amazing! Great job

blue-sun · 10-16-09, 04:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrinzII

Where's the Edge, man?

The Edge got hit this summer, so I've been waiting for the paint to finsih curing. It needs some light polishing, mostly from after the bodyshop washed it some micromarring on the doors.

been working 10 hrs a day at my regular job and a bunch of saturdays, so my free time is sparse these days.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crandallion

Everything looks amazing! Great job

thanks!