Marathan weekend !!! - Knackered now

[kalimon]

Amazing work, I was exhausted just reading your post so I can only imagine how you felt when you'd finished!!

[Wo-Wo]

Stunning work - both look fantastic!

[Booth11]

@ Sootchucker

Out of interest, why did you clay before the de-iron and de-tar stages?  Better to do it the other way round, as then the majority of the embedded contaminants will be first removed by the iron and tar removers, which are almost 'touchless' processes, leaving much less contaminant for the aggressive clay stage to remove. Thus less clay marring to be corrected by DA afterwards. Not a criticism, just an observation and wondered if there was a reason you did it the other way round. 

[dubber36]

Out of interest, why did you clay before the de-iron and de-tar stages?

I thought that too. I would have de-ironed and tarred before the hand wash stage.

[Sootchucker]

@ Sootchucker

Out of interest, why did you clay before the de-iron and de-tar stages?  Better to do it the other way round, as then the majority of the embedded contaminants will be first removed by the iron and tar removers, which are almost 'touchless' processes, leaving much less contaminant for the aggressive clay stage to remove. Thus less clay marring to be corrected by DA afterwards. Not a criticism, just an observation and wondered if there was a reason you did it the other way round. 

Rebecca, I actually did it as you said (i.e. clay was the last task) - just wrote it up incorrectly. Was exhausted when I did the write up (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it !)

[Booth11]

Out of interest, why did you clay before the de-iron and de-tar stages?

I thought that too. I would have de-ironed and tarred before the hand wash stage.

I do it after the snow foam and 2BW.  After just snow foaming and pressure wash rinse there can still be a fair bit of grime on the car which could get rubbed in when agitating the tar and iron remover.  Less risk of that if car is properly clean.

[Booth11]

@ Sootchucker

Out of interest, why did you clay before the de-iron and de-tar stages?  Better to do it the other way round, as then the majority of the embedded contaminants will be first removed by the iron and tar removers, which are almost 'touchless' processes, leaving much less contaminant for the aggressive clay stage to remove. Thus less clay marring to be corrected by DA afterwards. Not a criticism, just an observation and wondered if there was a reason you did it the other way round. 

Rebecca, I actually did it as you said (i.e. clay was the last task) - just wrote it up incorrectly. Was exhausted when I did the write up (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it !)

Lol.

It's hard enough doing all that detailing (especially on 2 cars!) then having to write it up and sort photos too.  That bit takes nearly as long as the detail. 

[silver38]

Cars look superb. The sound with the sport & sound pack is very addictive.
Are the mats in your GTD dealer supplied?

[jv]

Stunning work!

[Sootchucker]

Are the mats in your GTD dealer supplied?

No mate. Got the ones that came with the car in the boot (still in their wrappers). These come from Carmats2u (as recommended by Booth11 - Rebecca). Superb quality and pretty much customizable to how you want them.

Thanks all for the complements.