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Offline Booth11

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1010 on: 04 May 2017, 21:00 »
Welcome back Dave.  Hope the weather holds tomorrow for the decon and DA work. Take it slowly and make sure you eat a good breakfast to set you up for the day.  Good luck and let us know how you get on.
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1011 on: 04 May 2017, 21:11 »
First wash after the Detailer work.




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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1012 on: 04 May 2017, 22:33 »
First wash after the Detailer work.






Bet you treated it like a newborn baby, lol.  Looks gorgeous.
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1013 on: 05 May 2017, 09:12 »
First wash after the Detailer work.



Bet you treated it like a newborn baby, lol.  Looks gorgeous.

Your not wrong there but having the right kit makes such a difference.

Bilberry wheel cleaner with Gtechniq spray bottle
EZ wheel brush
Valet pro snow foam with Mesto foamer pressure sprayer
Dodo juice supernatural shampoo
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1014 on: 07 May 2017, 14:48 »
The usual maintenance wash.

Car was full of sand left by the recent rains so wanted to get rid of as much of that at the ‘touchless’ pre-wash stage.

Snow foam and citrus pre-wash at the ready



Snow foam



Wheels rinsed off after just snow foam (and a squirt of Bilberry)


 
Citrus pre-wash


 
90% clean after the pre-wash stages, before the 2 bucket wash 


 
Bucket wash done and final open-ended final hose rinse - Swissvax Best of Show wax still repelling water well

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Few after pics on a very dull day (what’s happened to the sun!)


 



 


Tucked away for the rest of the day


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Offline Pinky1959

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1015 on: 07 May 2017, 17:34 »
None been at Kames race circuit Muirkirk watching a car rally .
Have to go wash the cars now as they are both covered in dust and flies .
Then will watch British Touring cars on tv

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1016 on: 07 May 2017, 18:05 »
Detailed the car.
Started with a power wash/snow foam
Then used iron X
Then a de-tar
Then clayed
Washed again
Used Werkstatt Prime
Applied 3 coats of sealant
Waxed the wheels

Then realised I missed the exhaust trims which are filthy.

Started at 9:30,finished 4:30
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1017 on: 07 May 2017, 18:06 »
Detailed the car.
Started with a power wash/snow foam
Then used iron X
Then a de-tar
Then clayed
Washed again
Used Werkstatt Prime
Applied 3 coats of sealant
Waxed the wheels

Then realised I missed the exhaust trims which are filthy.

Started at 9:30,finished 4:30

No pics?  :tongue:

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1018 on: 07 May 2017, 19:58 »
Nothing. But have made a Wo-Wo order including a clay mitt. Looking forward to giving it a go and thenconsidering a DA.....
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1019 on: 08 May 2017, 07:50 »
Gave her a good going over at the weekend - been 3 weeks since the last wash and it was looking pretty minging. Also having seen a CSG Clubsport at the dealership over the weekend, I needed to get my GTD's mojo back :-)















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