2006 Honda Accord and 2007 Volkswagen New Beetle. I've posted these before but I want to take you through a typical maintenance/wash type job and how you can do them quickly and easily.
I normally clean the Accord owner's Titan at his office but he drove the Accord to work this time. He is on a maintenance plan, so basically, I do what the vehicle needs each time for a set price. That is only something I do on cars I have already completely detailed, or new cars I have done a polish/wax on. The interior really only needed a wipe down but the cloth seats in the new Accords are lint magnets, so my son had to run a lint roller over the seats after vacuuming. While my son was doing that, I got busy on the exterior. I had last waxed it in December and although it was still beading well (Natty's Blue, if I remember right), we had a tough few months of weather and spring rain is coming up. I decided to apply Optimum Car Wax while I washed it with Optimum No Rinse. Basically, I wash a section with ONR, make the first drying pass, spritz the area with OCW, and then make a final drying pass. Very fast way to wax a car and you only have to go around it once. The car was actually pretty dirty but silver hides it well, especially on a sunny, mid 70s late February day. No, your eyes do not deceive you, the tires, wheels and fenderwells are already done. I do them first, especially on windy days so any dressing overspray that gets on the car when spraying the fenderwells is washed off when I wash the body of the vehicle.
Fender washed/waxed, door untouched-the dirty film is most apparent on the door below the side molding:
Both sides finished:
Door untouched:
Door ONR'ed and OCW'ed:
Finished shots:
I had polished and sealed the New Beetle a couple of weeks ago, using Poorboy's Polish w/Sealant and Werkstatt's Acrylic Jett. Just an ONR wash this time.
This first shot really isn't indicative of the Beetle's color, the picture above where it is next to the Accord is more accurate. I included this pic especially for you people still freezing up north-you can see how my son is dressed in February in Texas (although, admittedly, it was in the 30s for highs last week).
No swirls....
A shot of the two together. They are not moved back to keep them out of the shadows for the pics but to make sure the tires are evenly dressed. I find that is it necessary to move the car so the tires are 180 degrees from their position when originally dressed to make sure the dressing is applied evenly all the way around the tires.
BTW, my son and I were in and out of there in 90 minutes.
I normally clean the Accord owner's Titan at his office but he drove the Accord to work this time. He is on a maintenance plan, so basically, I do what the vehicle needs each time for a set price. That is only something I do on cars I have already completely detailed, or new cars I have done a polish/wax on. The interior really only needed a wipe down but the cloth seats in the new Accords are lint magnets, so my son had to run a lint roller over the seats after vacuuming. While my son was doing that, I got busy on the exterior. I had last waxed it in December and although it was still beading well (Natty's Blue, if I remember right), we had a tough few months of weather and spring rain is coming up. I decided to apply Optimum Car Wax while I washed it with Optimum No Rinse. Basically, I wash a section with ONR, make the first drying pass, spritz the area with OCW, and then make a final drying pass. Very fast way to wax a car and you only have to go around it once. The car was actually pretty dirty but silver hides it well, especially on a sunny, mid 70s late February day. No, your eyes do not deceive you, the tires, wheels and fenderwells are already done. I do them first, especially on windy days so any dressing overspray that gets on the car when spraying the fenderwells is washed off when I wash the body of the vehicle.
Fender washed/waxed, door untouched-the dirty film is most apparent on the door below the side molding:
Both sides finished:
Door untouched:
Door ONR'ed and OCW'ed:
Finished shots:
I had polished and sealed the New Beetle a couple of weeks ago, using Poorboy's Polish w/Sealant and Werkstatt's Acrylic Jett. Just an ONR wash this time.
This first shot really isn't indicative of the Beetle's color, the picture above where it is next to the Accord is more accurate. I included this pic especially for you people still freezing up north-you can see how my son is dressed in February in Texas (although, admittedly, it was in the 30s for highs last week).
No swirls....
A shot of the two together. They are not moved back to keep them out of the shadows for the pics but to make sure the tires are evenly dressed. I find that is it necessary to move the car so the tires are 180 degrees from their position when originally dressed to make sure the dressing is applied evenly all the way around the tires.
BTW, my son and I were in and out of there in 90 minutes.
