Barry Theal
New member
Hey guys after seeing all this great work you guys are posting I thought I would share one of the cars I had the pleasure of doing this weekend. This car was scheduled about a month ago and I was eager to make her mint! So here we go!
Decontamination
Dawn Wash
Motor - Meg APC Diluted 50/50
Door Jams - Meg APC Diluted 50/50
Tires / wheel wells / undercarriage - Meg APC Diluted 50/50
Wheels- Meg. Wheel Brightener
Paint- Ardex Fallout Remover
Dawn Wash
Final Rinse
Paint Prep
Micro-surface sheets 4000-12000
3m tape
Compounding
Ardex 1000 Black 6.5 Micro Surface Wool
M205 Meg. Yellow Wool
Polishing
3m Ultrafina Blue Ultrafina 3m pad
3m Ultrafina White 6 inch Edge Finish Pad
A straight spray and wipe of IPA 91% was performed at every step till this point.
LSP
Wolfgang Deep Paint Gloss Paint Sealant
Topped with Wolfgang Fuzion *2
Interior
Ardex New Wave Degreaser diluted 4/1. Various brushes and tools were used.
Wheels
Paint polished with M205 topped with Colinites 845. Rubber Received a treatment of Ardex Back to Black. Wheel wells were treated with 3M undercoating.
Windows
Stoner's invisible glass cleaner, Rhodite Glass Polishing Compound.
Now onto some before pictures!
Now as you can see this car clearly was dirty from everyday where and tear. On white cars I try to spend alot of time during the decontamination stage of the detail. Proper prep makes a lot of the later work much easier.
First I scrubbed the motor down and rinsed clean, then as I began to inspect the wheels I found they suffered from years of build up so I decided to remove all wheels and give a though scrubbing.
Here is what the wheel wells looked like.
By agitating every aspect of the wheel and rotor, and under carriage she looked a little better.
Even the bushing got clean.
A caliper close up
Then I moved onto the wheels. I clean them with Meg wheel Brightener and agitated with a wheel brush. Once rinsed I remounted the wheel and began to clean the center cap with Meg Apc.
I know you're thinking why clean the back of the center cap? It just felt right for me to do.
Decontamination
Dawn Wash
Motor - Meg APC Diluted 50/50
Door Jams - Meg APC Diluted 50/50
Tires / wheel wells / undercarriage - Meg APC Diluted 50/50
Wheels- Meg. Wheel Brightener
Paint- Ardex Fallout Remover
Dawn Wash
Final Rinse
Paint Prep
Micro-surface sheets 4000-12000
3m tape
Compounding
Ardex 1000 Black 6.5 Micro Surface Wool
M205 Meg. Yellow Wool
Polishing
3m Ultrafina Blue Ultrafina 3m pad
3m Ultrafina White 6 inch Edge Finish Pad
A straight spray and wipe of IPA 91% was performed at every step till this point.
LSP
Wolfgang Deep Paint Gloss Paint Sealant
Topped with Wolfgang Fuzion *2
Interior
Ardex New Wave Degreaser diluted 4/1. Various brushes and tools were used.
Wheels
Paint polished with M205 topped with Colinites 845. Rubber Received a treatment of Ardex Back to Black. Wheel wells were treated with 3M undercoating.
Windows
Stoner's invisible glass cleaner, Rhodite Glass Polishing Compound.
Now onto some before pictures!
Now as you can see this car clearly was dirty from everyday where and tear. On white cars I try to spend alot of time during the decontamination stage of the detail. Proper prep makes a lot of the later work much easier.
First I scrubbed the motor down and rinsed clean, then as I began to inspect the wheels I found they suffered from years of build up so I decided to remove all wheels and give a though scrubbing.
Here is what the wheel wells looked like.
By agitating every aspect of the wheel and rotor, and under carriage she looked a little better.
Even the bushing got clean.
A caliper close up
Then I moved onto the wheels. I clean them with Meg wheel Brightener and agitated with a wheel brush. Once rinsed I remounted the wheel and began to clean the center cap with Meg Apc.
I know you're thinking why clean the back of the center cap? It just felt right for me to do.
:wow: 