Lightroom Shots from my Detailing Studio!

[anson89]

To all Autopians and Darren,



I will be going back to Malaysia in a week to visit friends and family. I will definitely drop by Darren`s man cave and keep everyone updated!

[macdude]

It` been a while since the last update so here`s something recent! This week was pretty packed with a number of cars after the Chinese New Year festivities.



A peek at the batcave earlier this week...





Maranello`s latest stallion:





Working through the phletora of aerodynamics:





The engine bay is turned flawless...





The undercarriage gets worked on as well :-)





Ensuring a spotless finish...





The interior gets a spot of magic!





Brake assembly, suspensions and coachwork exterior has to be immaculate...





Ferrari`s finest being detailed in tandem...





The finished product after a week of intensive detailing!





Cheers!

[Thomas Dekany]

Stunning!!!!!!!!!

[David Fermani]

It` Ensuring a spotless finish...

Thanks for the update! What are you doing in this pic? Steam?

[macdude]

Thanks for the update! What are you doing in this pic? Steam?

Hey David!



Yup, we`re utilizing pressurized steam here to ensure that each vent is spotless

[Accumulator]

..Yup, we`re utilizing pressurized steam here to ensure that each vent is spotless..

When doing that, where does the dirt/etc. (whatever you`re cleaning off with the steam) go?



That particular concern keeps me from using my steamers for many of the tasks that others use them for :think: Unless I can catch/adsorb the condensation/run off/etc. with a towel or something, I hesitate to use the steamer for jobs like this lest it just "blast the dirt away to someplace else that`s merely out of sight". Perhaps you can allay my fears.

[macdude]

When doing that, where does the dirt/etc. (whatever you`re cleaning off with the steam) go?



That particular concern keeps me from using my steamers for many of the tasks that others use them for :think: Unless I can catch/adsorb the condensation/run off/etc. with a towel or something, I hesitate to use the steamer for jobs like this lest it just "blast the dirt away to someplace else that`s merely out of sight". Perhaps you can allay my fears.

Hi Accumulator,



The same thought process applies when washing a car. Control the directional angle of the nozzle, understand which areas can be steamed, make sure there is sufficient overflow and Bob`s your uncle. Towels have its place inside the cabin, engine bay and other sections that require as such.



Cheers!

[Dirty-Sanchez]

Awesome work space! Love the lighting. WOW!

[Accumulator]

Hi Accumulator,



The same thought process applies when washing a car. Control the directional angle of the nozzle, understand which areas can be steamed, make sure there is sufficient overflow and Bob`s your uncle...

Heh heh, thanks...I appreciate the reply even though it still has me back where I started with my concerns



Yeah, I know..it seems so intuitively obvious but I wondered if I was somehow missing something; I keep wondering whether there isn`t *some* way to use the steamer for more applications than I currently do. You know...like the way some people use it in cases where the dirt just ends up out of sight/out of mind (for the time being), only with some way to do that properly.

[autoconcierge]

Thought is curious that someone would question were the steam goes...........gravity takes it down to the ground and in tight areas you dissipate the dirt and as mentioned you wipe up the excess, pinpoint steam does wonders for engine bay cleaning and grills in conjunction with various smaller brushes.



The facility and pics are unreal!!, love the line up of "Tightness", but would sure like to see the work being performed(Sans the products & process...)as everything is on point it would be great to see the crew doing the work and 50/50`s on the finish.

[Accumulator]

Thought is curious that someone would question were the steam goes...........gravity takes it down to the ground and in tight areas you dissipate the dirt and as mentioned you wipe up the excess, pinpoint steam does wonders for engine bay cleaning and grills in conjunction with various smaller brushes...

Heh heh, gee...didn`t mean to sound clueless or anything, maybe I`m not being clear :think: When I see people using steam to emulsify/dissipate/relocate dirt I seldom see how they then clean up that dirt (brake/etc. parts are different; the steam condenses and the dirty water drips down onto the ground...simple eough). E.g., when I steam engine compartments the actual steaming is only the first half of the job, collecting the dirty-stuff is often the more challenging part of it...if I`m not careful I merely displace the dirt into some place where it might be even harder to clean up.



I asked macdude about it because in the pic I didn`t see how the dirt/whatever was being collected after being steamed away from/off of the plastic latticework. I wouldn`t think he`d just let the now-dirty steam condense back inside there, redepositing the dirt someplace else.



It`s like using steam to clean dash vents- if you open up the ductwork to clean out the displaced dirt, then OK. But I sometimes get the feeling that people just blow the dirt down into the ductwork where it might be out of sight/out of mind, but it`s still down in there.

[autoconcierge]

Steamer + a powerful electric leafblower handles this issue nicely.

[C. Charles Hahn]

The facility and pics are unreal!!, love the line up of "Tightness", but would sure like to see the work being performed(Sans the products & process...)as everything is on point it would be great to see the crew doing the work and 50/50`s on the finish.

I too would enjoy 50/50 shots, would be a great demonstration of how the high tech inspection lighting and equipment works for the process.



As far as seeing the crew I wouldn`t be surprised if they`re under "witness protection" since they deal with exclusive and discreet clients and pre-release/concept cars :chuckle:

Steamer + a powerful electric leafblower handles this issue nicely.

Or an air compressor. I love the Tornador blow gun for that application.

[Accumulator]

Yeah, I sometimes use the compressor for this, but eh...I just prefer to soak the dirty stuff up with something. The compressor can evaporate the dirty condensation, leaving the dirt behind. OK, sorry...this is bordering on a thread-jack so I`m gonna quit.

[macdude]

Heh heh, gee...didn`t mean to sound clueless or anything, maybe I`m not being clear :think: When I see people using steam to emulsify/dissipate/relocate dirt I seldom see how they then clean up that dirt (brake/etc. parts are different; the steam condenses and the dirty water drips down onto the ground...simple eough). E.g., when I steam engine compartments the actual steaming is only the first half of the job, collecting the dirty-stuff is often the more challenging part of it...if I`m not careful I merely displace the dirt into some place where it might be even harder to clean up.



I asked macdude about it because in the pic I didn`t see how the dirt/whatever was being collected after being steamed away from/off of the plastic latticework. I wouldn`t think he`d just let the now-dirty steam condense back inside there, redepositing the dirt someplace else.



It`s like using steam to clean dash vents- if you open up the ductwork to clean out the displaced dirt, then OK. But I sometimes get the feeling that people just blow the dirt down into the ductwork where it might be out of sight/out of mind, but it`s still down in there.

It sounds odd that you would question the effectiveness of using a dedicated steam cleaner until I realized that perhaps you might not have understood that we don`t just use ordinary steam cleaners but their more advanced industrial counterparts. Our steam cleaners are high-pressure equipped(>90 psi) and when I say it dislodges dirt, you won`t find residue. Literally. We are also equipped with very powerful 30 horsepower screw-driven compressors. HTH!