Today I was back visiting my client after a 6mth gap previous detail (http://"http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=81595&highlight=vxr8"), since I last did the car it has had the wheels painted graphite, lowered 25mm and had to have a big repair due to the valet parking at the airport parking the car on a curb with the front bumper then reversing off and ripping all the lugs and undertray.
I could tell that it had been in the bodyshop because of some bad swirling now showing.
Firstly here are some before pics:
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Firstly I tackled the wheels using some as smart wheels and a selection of brushes, ez detail and swissvax style brushes, the tyres were cleaned using some g101 and the arches with virasol and then washed off with the kranzle.
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Then I cleaned all the door/boots shuts with my swissvax style brush and some g101, then the engine was soaked with some virasol and left for a few mins then agitataed again with my selection of swissvax style brushes, tyhen rinsed at low pressure.
The car was then given a pre-wash some warm citur de-greaser to cut through the dirt, this was applied to the lowers and the bonnet and left for a few mins then rinsed, next up was a APC snow foam to remove any protection left on the car, left to dwell for 5 mins then rinsed.
Then a 2bm wash using a Z sponge and dodo born to be mild shampoo leaving it looking like this.
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The car was then clayed using dodo gentle grey, no pics because hardly any contamination removed, then re-washed and dried using my RV drying towel and last touch as a drying aid.
Now time to inspect the paint to see how it was looking :doublesho
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swirling and light scratches visible, I am going to persude the owner to have a correction in the summer as I love this car and It needs to look its best IMHO.
Now time for the Dodo LP applied panel at a time and buffed, did the whole car and then went round with some poorboys blackhole glaze to fill a few of the marks and enhance the gloss, pre wax shots.
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I then applied a coat of Dodo Supernatural and left to cure while I had a sarnie and cleaned the exhausts yusing some fine 00 grade wire wool and AG metal polish.
Before:
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Afters:
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Then dressed the tyres/acrhes using some rubber/plastic dressing, and then I buffed off the SN using my eurow buffing cloths.
I then cleaned all the exterior windows with some megs glass cleaner and my glass cloths, the engine bay was then dressed using plastic/rubber dressing.
And now time for the interior, this was fully hoovered and a wipedown with some g101 and a mf, then the leather was conditioned using some sonus.
Finally a quick spritz with some duragloss 951 applied/buffed leaving the car looking like this.
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A quick inspection under the brinkmann:
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Loads better considering this was a protection detail and not a correction, there still is a fair few swirls that hopefully the owner will let me do the works on it later on.
Now time for the BEAST :D
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Interior:
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And finally:
Before:
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After:
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Before:
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After:
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Before:
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After:
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Thanks again to Bob for letting me work on the beast.
Total time was 7 hrs
All comments welcome as usual.
Paul