Honda CRV full detail for a member here!

parttimer

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A member was looking for a detailer in his area and I offered my services. We exchanged messages and ended up setting up last weekend for a full detail on his wife's CRV. So here are the results:



Here she was at drop off:
Car had some great swirls to knock down for this one step, which would test my patience!















Interior was going to be some scrubbing as well!










After gathering my tools, speedmaster, woolies, boars hair brush, wheel well brush and lug brush I started with a wheel wash and exterior wash. Wheels were cleaned with Sonax, tires Tuffshine and wells were hit with Zep Citrus. Temps Sunday were about 90 with similar humitdy so, needless to say, it was HOT. Here are the tires and wheels getting scrubbed up:







After all the wheels were cleaned I moved to a full wash with Megs Gold Class, iron/fallout was Americana Amerrid and finally speeyd prep medium grade wipe with ONR as lube. After that, into the garage to turn on the AC and get some work done!


So I ran my tape line and started testing.






I tried old Duragloss, white hybrid and Rupes but ended up with hazy paint so I swapped to Rupes yellow pad and Blackfire TPS and was happy:







With the temps being so high and crappy it tooks smaller sections and more time but all ended up well. I wiped the trim with PERL, tires were coated with Black Diamond.


Interior was wiped with Zep Citrus followed by DP Interior surface protectant. Carpet was sprayed with a mix of odo-ban and carpet extractor solution and water. Heavily soiled areas where scrubbed, all was vac'ed out. Floor mats were nice aftermarket liners. With the installation of my hot water faucet outside, cleaning them was breeze. Zep and a scrub brush along with water straight from the hot water tank made easy work! Everything turned out excellent!


Exterior post cleaning:









Interior:






 
parttimer:
Just some observations and questions:
1) I assume that the boards under the tires makes for easier access to the bottom the tire during cleaning and apply said tire shine, which also negates the having to get in the vehicle to move it, either by starting and driving it or placing the transmission in "neutral (N)l" and pushing it.
2) What Rupes model are you using: the 15 or 21mm?
3) You seem to use Zep's Citrus cleaner, both inside and out. What do you like about it and how well does it clean compared to other APCs or degreasers/cleaners you have used in the past?

By the way, very nice work with the Blackfire TPS and Rupe's yellow pad on the paint.
 
Great work. I'm happy to hear Blackfire TP&S was able to do such a good job on the exterior. I better not let my wife see this thread cause then she will think I am too hard on her about keeping her CR-V interior clean. This one was filthy! How do people let a car newish car get that bad? Where is the pride?
 
Awesome job parttimer!

I remember when this member was in chat looking for a reputable detailer in his area. After hearing so many detailing related horror stories, it has to be stressful for some perspective clients to trust someone with their vehicle for several hours of the day. Let alone for a car guy. I'm sure everyone on this forum hears about shops that take customer cars out for joy rides, or detailers who promise flawless results and end up doing serious damage to the vehicle. So I'm glad he was able to find you.

Keep up the good work!
 
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