Gave the ClubSport his first clean today after almost 3 weeks of exited, new car fun - I have 1,200 miles clocked already! I am quite new to detailing and the car is ceramic coated, so it was only a basic job, but I am learning as I go.
Rinse with Nilfisk C110
Snowfoam with Koch Chemie Gentle Snow Foam & AutoBrite Foam Lance
Rinse
3-bucket contact wash using CarPro Reset shampoo, Microfibre Madness Incredimitt & Incrediflair Wheel Mitt, Wheel Woolies & Envy Detailing brushes
Rinse
Towel-dry using Klin Korea Evo
Quick Detail using FeynLab Detailer (matches my coating), Costco yellow MF cloths & Klin Korea Zero finishing cloth to buff
Exterior glass clean with AngelWax Vision & In2Detailing Korean Waffle Weave Glass Cloth
I left it quite late in the day and, being somewhat of a detailing newbie, took longer than I thought, so ended up struggling for light and had to streamline my planned regimen on the fly. Ideally I wanted to use my new BLO AIR-S dryer, wanted to AngelWax H2Go the windscreen and wanted to polish up the exhaust tips with Auto Finesse Mercury but, alas, I was beaten by the sands of time.
Some thoughts...
The GSF went on well, once I had played around with the nozzle and mixture screw - it wasn't that thick but clung & ran off nice, though I felt it really didn't have the cleaning power. I know the GSF isn't going to have the oomph that other foams have, as the clue is in the name....or maybe it was my mixture screw setting, as I only used just around half of the litre bottle on the whole car. I will give it another go next time and see how it fairs.
On the other hand, I found Reset to be brilliant. Whilst doing my research, I have seen lots of people raving about it and now I know why. It suds up great, it glides the mitt across the paint and the grime that was concerningly left behind after the foam and rinse came away with barely any effort. Very impressed.
The Incredimitt, IncrediFlair Wheel Mitt, Wheel Woolies & Envy brushes all worked great, although getting even the medium Wheel Wooly (small one isn't long enough) into the barrel of the front wheels (18s), past those ClubSport big brakes, was not happening. I will need to see if I can get a thinner brush.
The Klin Korea Evo drying towel. What a bit of kit this is! Using pat-drying on the horizontal surfaces and gentle wiping for the vertical ones, it dried the whole car, no bother, no wringing out, in a few minutes. Highly recommended. Just get one!
FeynLab Detailer. Used it because it's the same brand as my coating. Goes on nice, buffs up nice, adds a nice gloss and it smells great! Applied with Costco specials and buffed off with the Klin Zero, which seems a really nice finishing cloth.
With very little light remaining, I gave the exterior glass a wipe down with AngelWax Vision glass cleaner. To be honest, I probably should've left this, as I was unable to see if there was any streaking, but hey ho, lesson learned. I'm not sure about the cloth. Ok for the first wipes but when flipped over to buff off, it really felt overly grabby. I will give it another go in better conditions and maybe look for a different one to compare it to.
So, as I was out of light, I was unable to get any photos as I needed to pack away my kit (Booooo!) but I will try to grab a few in the morning before I head off to work. All-in-all, I felt I did a decent job but definitely learned some lessons along the way. Hopefully I can improve next time.
I will add some photos tomorrow, if it isn't raining in the morning.