Anthony O.
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Had some rain yesterday so I decided to detail this Maserati in an underground parking garage.
Put on some Stevie Ray Vaughn and a few smooth jazz Cd's and went to work washing the car and then detailing the interior.
I like to do the interior first and when doing rag tops I always put the tops down (after drying them) as this gives me more light and more room to work with. I first polished the rear area or lid that rag top boot area as this area many times gets neglected because it is covered up by the top. These areas can get real dusty and grimy if left unchecked, also I vacuumed out the storage area where the rag top rests in when in the down position. This is also very important as any dirt left in there has the potential of scratching the plastic window.
I cleaned an dpolished this area with Poorboys Trio of SSR2, SSR1 and sealed with EX. All of this area was done by hand. Klasse Leather/Vinyl Protectant was used to dress the materials in this area.
Then we moved to the front area of the cockpit, cleaned the leather and vinyl with "Deep Down" and used Platinums Leather Conditioner for the seats but I left the rest of the interior natural.
Here is a tid-bit for those detailing rag tops. Always try and do as much of the area around where the tops rests while in its up position by hand while the top is in the closed position.....I hope that made sense:kneel Doing this will mean that you can then use your buffer at a safer distance from the top thus reducing the chance of hitting the rag top fabric with the pad, which is a real pain to remove
After you have polished and waxed this area open up the boot area that hides or covers the top and clean out the "gutter" areas. Lots of crud builds up in these places and can look real nasty, especially if the car is really clean but then when the top is being opened or closed you see all kinds of dirt and grime which then takes away from the whole detail job.
After buttoning up the top and closing the windows we then did by hand all the areas that the buffer would have a difficult time reaching. I again used the Poorboys #2 then #1 for these areas. Then came the buffing with the Menzerna Powergloss, which is just an awesome product as it leaves the paint super smooth with very little dusting. As a side not ehere, PG will dust up if left to dry on the pad and then re-used again later. To avoid this always rinse out your pad if left to dry.
After the PG treatment we then went around the paint with Menzerna Final Polish and then applied the Menzerna Glaze by hand. This was really easy to apply and also remove and it was my first time using it. Very impressed with it:mohawk
Because of the color I decided to top it off with P21S.
Now as I said before it was raining off and on as I was detailing this baby and I really wanted the sun out so I could get some nice reflections off the paint and then see just how the Menzerna Glaze really works! BUT I am rather pleased at how nice the pictures came out. The overcast skies gave the paint a very liquid look, or I should say that I believe it was the Menzerna Glaze that did it but the overcast skies enhanced or brought that look out even more.
I only got to take a few pictures before it started raining and I had to race the car back in under the garage so Ihave no interior shots
I hope you enjoy the pictures,
Anthony
Put on some Stevie Ray Vaughn and a few smooth jazz Cd's and went to work washing the car and then detailing the interior.
I like to do the interior first and when doing rag tops I always put the tops down (after drying them) as this gives me more light and more room to work with. I first polished the rear area or lid that rag top boot area as this area many times gets neglected because it is covered up by the top. These areas can get real dusty and grimy if left unchecked, also I vacuumed out the storage area where the rag top rests in when in the down position. This is also very important as any dirt left in there has the potential of scratching the plastic window.
I cleaned an dpolished this area with Poorboys Trio of SSR2, SSR1 and sealed with EX. All of this area was done by hand. Klasse Leather/Vinyl Protectant was used to dress the materials in this area.
Then we moved to the front area of the cockpit, cleaned the leather and vinyl with "Deep Down" and used Platinums Leather Conditioner for the seats but I left the rest of the interior natural.
Here is a tid-bit for those detailing rag tops. Always try and do as much of the area around where the tops rests while in its up position by hand while the top is in the closed position.....I hope that made sense:kneel Doing this will mean that you can then use your buffer at a safer distance from the top thus reducing the chance of hitting the rag top fabric with the pad, which is a real pain to remove
After you have polished and waxed this area open up the boot area that hides or covers the top and clean out the "gutter" areas. Lots of crud builds up in these places and can look real nasty, especially if the car is really clean but then when the top is being opened or closed you see all kinds of dirt and grime which then takes away from the whole detail job.
After buttoning up the top and closing the windows we then did by hand all the areas that the buffer would have a difficult time reaching. I again used the Poorboys #2 then #1 for these areas. Then came the buffing with the Menzerna Powergloss, which is just an awesome product as it leaves the paint super smooth with very little dusting. As a side not ehere, PG will dust up if left to dry on the pad and then re-used again later. To avoid this always rinse out your pad if left to dry.
After the PG treatment we then went around the paint with Menzerna Final Polish and then applied the Menzerna Glaze by hand. This was really easy to apply and also remove and it was my first time using it. Very impressed with it:mohawk
Because of the color I decided to top it off with P21S.
Now as I said before it was raining off and on as I was detailing this baby and I really wanted the sun out so I could get some nice reflections off the paint and then see just how the Menzerna Glaze really works! BUT I am rather pleased at how nice the pictures came out. The overcast skies gave the paint a very liquid look, or I should say that I believe it was the Menzerna Glaze that did it but the overcast skies enhanced or brought that look out even more.
I only got to take a few pictures before it started raining and I had to race the car back in under the garage so Ihave no interior shots
I hope you enjoy the pictures,
Anthony
