LawrenceSA
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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 and very improper home washing had taken their toll on the paint, and everything was just really dirty and uncared for. It had also recently been sent for a polish and predictably there was plenty of wax and/or old polish residue left for me to clean up, along with the obligatory buffer trails.
Bird droppings should be removed as soon as possible, failing which they will start to etch into the clear coat and can often require the removal of large amount of clear coat to remove. Another point to note is that they will often be very gritty in nature which can lead to scratches when removed using the incorrect techniques.
Leave a bug like this on your car and go straight to washing and you will rub that all over your paint, leading to scratches.
Yuck
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It was still quite early and so the sun wasn't out in full force yet but you get an idea of what the paint looked like...
Engine bay
-Blow loose dust off with air blower
-Clean with Cyclo APC, MF Towels and various Brushes
-Clean/Polish/Protect (AIO) using AF Tripple by hand with a MF applicator
-Dressed with Autofinesse Dressel
Arches, Tires, Wheels
First the lug nut covers were removed
To make it easier to clean all of this mess out
This is what the wheel looked like before
-HP rinse arches, tires and wheels.
-Clean arches with a Cyclo APC using a Mothers Fenderwell Brush
-HP rinse
-Clean tires with Valet Pro Billbery Wheel Cleaner @ 1:6 and a Mothers Tire brush.
-HP rinse
-Repeat tire cleaning
-HP rinse
-Wash wheels and brake calipers with VP Bilberry Wheel Cleaner @ 1:6, Daytona and Daytona Jnr brushes and Valet Pro Boars Hair Brushes
-HP rinse
-Dry
-Remove tar using Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover
-Spray with APC and HP Rinse
-Dry
-Remove bonded and embedded ferrous contaminants on wheels and brake calipers with Autofinesse Iron Out, Daytona (big and small) brushes and Valet Pro Boars Hair Brushes
-HP Rinse + flood rinse
-Dry
-Polished with Menzerna 3-in-1 on a Mothers Power Cone
-Tires dressed with 2 coats of Gyeon Q2 Tire
Wash
-HP rinse
-Applied Carchem Snowfoam via Crazy Detailer V2 Foam Cannon, left to dwell
-HP rinse
-Applied Valet Pro Citrus Pre-wash via a spray bottle, left to dwell
-HP rinse
-2BM wash using lambswool wash mitts and Cyclo Shampoo
-HP Rinse
-Flood Rinse
-Dried using ONR and WW drying towels
Decontamination
-Tar removed using Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover
-Iron removed using Autofinesse Iron Out
-Remaining contamination was clayed off using Shield Heavy Duty clay with ONR as lube.
Paint correction
The paint readings ranged from 115µ to 145µ
Menzerna FG400 / Blue Lake Country Hybrid Foamed Wool
Menzerna 3-in-1 / White Lake Country Hybrid
Before
After
Glass
- Clayed using Shield Heavy Duty clay with ONR as lube
- Glass polished using the Flex 3401 / Autoglym Glass Polish / 6" Green Lake Country Polishing pad
- Cleaned using Autoglym Fast Glass
Door rubbers, window rubbers, exterior plastic trim
- Cleaned using Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner
- Protected using Aerospace 303
Interior
-Blow out loose dirt with blower
-Leather cleaned using Carchem APC and various brushes and MF Towels
-Leather protected with Collinite 855
-Plastics and dash cleaned with Carchem APC then given a final wipe using Autofinesse Spritz
-Vacuum
Some clarity was restored to these using Meguiars Ultimate Polish
Exhaust tip (these had been left far too long without a decent clean and the finish has become stained and pitted)
Before
-Cleaned using Carchem APC
-Polished using Menzerna Metal Polish followed by Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish
One of the attributes I like about the Meguiars Metal Polish is the protection it offers
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 and very improper home washing had taken their toll on the paint, and everything was just really dirty and uncared for. It had also recently been sent for a polish and predictably there was plenty of wax and/or old polish residue left for me to clean up, along with the obligatory buffer trails.
Bird droppings should be removed as soon as possible, failing which they will start to etch into the clear coat and can often require the removal of large amount of clear coat to remove. Another point to note is that they will often be very gritty in nature which can lead to scratches when removed using the incorrect techniques.
Leave a bug like this on your car and go straight to washing and you will rub that all over your paint, leading to scratches.
Yuck
It was still quite early and so the sun wasn't out in full force yet but you get an idea of what the paint looked like...
Engine bay
-Blow loose dust off with air blower
-Clean with Cyclo APC, MF Towels and various Brushes
-Clean/Polish/Protect (AIO) using AF Tripple by hand with a MF applicator
-Dressed with Autofinesse Dressel
Arches, Tires, Wheels
First the lug nut covers were removed
To make it easier to clean all of this mess out
This is what the wheel looked like before
-HP rinse arches, tires and wheels.
-Clean arches with a Cyclo APC using a Mothers Fenderwell Brush
-HP rinse
-Clean tires with Valet Pro Billbery Wheel Cleaner @ 1:6 and a Mothers Tire brush.
-HP rinse
-Repeat tire cleaning
-HP rinse
-Wash wheels and brake calipers with VP Bilberry Wheel Cleaner @ 1:6, Daytona and Daytona Jnr brushes and Valet Pro Boars Hair Brushes
-HP rinse
-Dry
-Remove tar using Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover
-Spray with APC and HP Rinse
-Dry
-Remove bonded and embedded ferrous contaminants on wheels and brake calipers with Autofinesse Iron Out, Daytona (big and small) brushes and Valet Pro Boars Hair Brushes
-HP Rinse + flood rinse
-Dry
-Polished with Menzerna 3-in-1 on a Mothers Power Cone
-Tires dressed with 2 coats of Gyeon Q2 Tire
Wash
-HP rinse
-Applied Carchem Snowfoam via Crazy Detailer V2 Foam Cannon, left to dwell
-HP rinse
-Applied Valet Pro Citrus Pre-wash via a spray bottle, left to dwell
-HP rinse
-2BM wash using lambswool wash mitts and Cyclo Shampoo
-HP Rinse
-Flood Rinse
-Dried using ONR and WW drying towels
Decontamination
-Tar removed using Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover
-Iron removed using Autofinesse Iron Out
-Remaining contamination was clayed off using Shield Heavy Duty clay with ONR as lube.
Paint correction
The paint readings ranged from 115µ to 145µ
Menzerna FG400 / Blue Lake Country Hybrid Foamed Wool
Menzerna 3-in-1 / White Lake Country Hybrid
Before
After
Glass
- Clayed using Shield Heavy Duty clay with ONR as lube
- Glass polished using the Flex 3401 / Autoglym Glass Polish / 6" Green Lake Country Polishing pad
- Cleaned using Autoglym Fast Glass
Door rubbers, window rubbers, exterior plastic trim
- Cleaned using Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner
- Protected using Aerospace 303
Interior
-Blow out loose dirt with blower
-Leather cleaned using Carchem APC and various brushes and MF Towels
-Leather protected with Collinite 855
-Plastics and dash cleaned with Carchem APC then given a final wipe using Autofinesse Spritz
-Vacuum
Some clarity was restored to these using Meguiars Ultimate Polish
Exhaust tip (these had been left far too long without a decent clean and the finish has become stained and pitted)
Before
-Cleaned using Carchem APC
-Polished using Menzerna Metal Polish followed by Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish
One of the attributes I like about the Meguiars Metal Polish is the protection it offers
