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This is a pic from another Lapiz Blue 7R I did a couple of weeks ago. Its very similar in age and mileage to this car but look at how fewer swirls are on this car. You can see this car is better cared for, which is always a great thing and invariably means less clear coat needs to be...

The owner only wanted the paintwork sorted out - no engine bay, no interior, no wheels... It was easy enough to leave the engine bay and interior alone, but I simply just couldn't leave the wheels looking the way they were and hand the car back like that, so I did them anyway (obviously at no...

I have been wanting to detail one of these ever since they came out. I just love the color :drool: This one only had 25k km's on the clock but was sadly in shocking condition for such a new car. A combination of regular visits to the local 'let-me-pay-you-to-scratch-my-ride-for-me' car wash...

Its the biggest car I have done so far - the mirrors had probably 10mm each side coming through the entrance to the garage :crazy: When the owner dropped it off on Friday night he was like :eek: :fear: I felt the same way taking the car out on Saturday morning for the wash and decon and...

I originally detailed this car at the end of July. The original write up is here ->http://www.autopia.org/forums/click-brag-the-detailers-showcase/181930-obsidian-black-mercedes-c200-detailed-lawrence.html The long and short of it is the car was being used by someone else who managed to scrape...

After taking a couple of weekends off in a row I was really looking forward to detailing again :grin: It had been raining a fair bit during the week prior to the vehicle arriving so it was obviously quite dirty.... But before we get to that, let's sort out the interior...

There is nothing more satisfying for me than to detail a car for an owner who really wants their car detailed, especially when the car is not in great shape to start with, and I have stated many times before how much I love polishing red paint.... so this detail was one I really enjoyed. The...

This car was purchased 2nd hand by the current owner and having already had a couple of cars detailed by me, he knew it needed some attention to ensure he has a solid base from which to maintain. So he popped in on Thursday night for me to polish the headlights as he intended installing...

When I think of this car, I will think of how nice it felt to polish this paint, and how the flake looked once I was done - don't ask me why, but it really got me :oops: :grin: I've detailed 2 Obsidian Black Subarus, and they were nice, but this was just different.....but we will get to that...

Who doesn't love a red Mk2 Gti....and I had not detailed one as yet, so this was a really enjoyable detail for me spread out over 2 weekends (and a few hours in the evenings during the week between). All in all I spent 45 hours on it. This is a '89 version and really needed some love from the...

Two red cars in a row.... ah..... the detailing gods.... they be smiling on me :hurray: :grin: Seriously, I know a lot of detailers (myself included) love polishing black paint - it really shows the results of your hard work and gazing into puddles of wet blackness is something special for us...

Man I love polishing red paint :oops: :grin: I think even more so than black.... So this is a 2013 model, with around 10 000km's on the clock, and was in a bit of a sad state.... not only were the typical swirls present from poor washing and drying techniques, but the car had also been...

I was still busy completing the detail when the owner arrived to collect the car, about an hour after I had planned to be done and have the car outside for some after shots - which was long enough for the winter sun to disappear. But despite the lack of 'beauty shots' here it is... Up first...

This beauty was brand new... less than 600km's on the clock..... plastics covering most of the interior.....and that new car smell - I reckon if you could bottle it, you'd be a rich man :lol: So the objective of this detail was slightly different to my 'normal' work.... Despite the owner...

I am sure I am no different to the rest of the detailers in that one of the most rewarding feelings I get from detailing is seeing the customers' reaction when they collect their car after a detail. To see someone 'fall in love' with the their car all over again and knowing you had a hand in...

Overall the paint on this car had minimal swirls, but there were about 5 'patches' on the car where the paint was really bad... they were in random sections and are presumably from someone getting very aggressive when washing off ?Dirt/birdbombs? The paint was also pretty thin (got readings...

This was a special detail for me.... Not only was it the 100th full detail I have done, but I got to do it on a car I love. This particular one is still new with less than 6000 km on the clock. The car was dirty when it arrived, but once cleaned the paint was in fairly decent shape, but...

Let my start by apologizing for the lack of pics - I had limited time on this detail and so was head down and had little time to pause for pics - sorry. :oops: I will try make up for it this coming weekend. The car is still pretty new with around 20k Km's on the clock. Engine Bay -HP rinse...

Whoever did the painting and subsequent polishing on this car really needs to find a new way to earn a living :mad: That work of such poor quality passes as acceptable blows my mind, especially considering it is someone else's pride and joy they are hacking up.... They certainly left their...

So this vehicle was recently purchased by the owner and has been subjected to quite some abuse over the years. As you can see, it is a workhorse.... There was a lot to do and so I arranged to do the detail over 2 weekends, with some work done in the evenings after work in the week in between...