*FINISHED PICS* My day of detailing - pg3 #50 - Saxperience

furioAL^m · 24th August 2007, 23:44

Heya guys, well after my autopia spending spree and the 'apparent' good weather... i thought id get to work on my car!

So here is my cleaning kit collection..

This is what the car looked like before i got to work..

I jetted the car down...

And washed it using the two bucket method with an excessive amount of megs gold class wash to make it nice and foamy

I used two wash mits, one for the car, and an older one for the wheels and exhaust... Once the car was washed it was jetted down again and then dried with an absorbant microfibre...

I then assessed the paint and decided it didn't need claying, i have done this recently, and there weren't many surface contaminants.. so i popped the car in the garage and went onto the next step detailing...

Updated in next post

furioAL^m · 25th August 2007, 00:08

Some may think the car is clean.... but under closed inspection you'll see it looks like it's been cleaned with a scourer! the swirls are that bad... that's the main reason for me buying a UDM...

Then the car was masked up ready for detailing...

I decided it was best to do the wheels first before correcting the paintwork... poorboys sealant was applied....

Buffed off with a microfibre.. then megs endurance gel tyre shine was applied..

One tasty looking wheel

On with the paint correction...

Well the paint was a state to be honest... first off i started off with the white pad and sonus SFX-1 cutting compound... i started off gently whilst getting used to the UDM.. ended up going over with the SFX-1 about three times to get rid of the majority of the swirls... i then went over with the sonus SFX-2 and then finally with sonus SFX-3, this was then buffed to a high gloss finish before wax was applied... i applied P21's carnauba wax by hand.. i then removed this by hand with a microfibre, before buffing the panel with the UDM again...
(my brother thought he'd take some 'arty shots' lol

)

biceps are nothing im comparison to yatesy!

Im quite pleased with the results so far... i haven't completely finished the car yet.. when i do i will update the thread with some finished pictures... but it needed it, so im taking my time...

The finish isn't much different in terms of gloss, but now there are very few surface imperfections.. and eventually i'll invest in some blackfire compounds to give a more 'wet look' appearance...

Continued....

furioAL^m · 25th August 2007, 00:13

Finally last thing tonight i thought id mask off half of the door, and work on one half just to give a direct comparison of the results achieved...

Before:

After:

And that is all for tonight

Will update this thread tomorrow with my finished pictures once the whole car has been detailed

Cheers,
Alex

Matt_e · 25th August 2007, 00:15

looks good so far, how much did that lot cost you

Jungle_Jim^m · 25th August 2007, 00:17

alex insisted the lighting was for inspection purposes but really he just wanted to look "good" in the pics - well so he thought

Nick_T · 25th August 2007, 00:17

do mine please

please al

will pay

kateandjohn · 25th August 2007, 00:17

Looks very good so far mate carn't wait to see the finished pictures tomorrow

John

Baz · 25th August 2007, 00:18

very nice Al

Krys_23 · 25th August 2007, 00:21

Good work.. what make is that exhaust looks tasty

Martinsaxo · 25th August 2007, 00:21

Looks good Al , want to come and portal cable thing my car

got loads of surface marks

But yeh it looks good mate the red comes up luuussshhh!

Martin.

DarylVTR · 25th August 2007, 00:22

Nice one mate, do mine next lol

Jungle_Jim^m · 25th August 2007, 00:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by K600RYS

Good work.. what make is that exhaust looks tasty

its a piper 4 inch slash cut mate

Mark51^p · 25th August 2007, 00:34

looking good mate, how long didi it take?

furioAL^m · 25th August 2007, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark51

looking good mate, how long didi it take?

It took ages bud, i started at about 12ish.. took an hour just to properly wash and dry it all.. got it in the garage at about 1pm.. must have spent 6-7hours on the detailing alone.. and still have a lot more still to do... but it's the first time i've used the UDM so im taking it easy... i did another panel last thing tonight and it was a lot quicker now im used to it, and i know what im doing.... so i anticipate a couple more hours tomorrow and it'll be sorted..

I wreckon about 10hours total for the job...

Alex

Martinsaxo · 25th August 2007, 00:48

Where did you get your UDM mate i want to get something like that

and i take it you got used to using it quite easily?

Martin.

Mark51^p · 25th August 2007, 00:50

did you not clay bar it?

furioAL^m · 25th August 2007, 00:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark51

did you not clay bar it?

You didn't read

i clayed my car last time i cleaned it.. after washing it there were no tar spots or surface contaminants.. the paint was very smooth so i didn't think it was necessary... i did give it a wipe over with megs detailer to ensure there were no water spots left....

furioAL^m · 25th August 2007, 00:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martinsaxo

Where did you get your UDM mate i want to get something like that

and i take it you got used to using it quite easily?

Martin.

I got mine for Autopia buddy.. search for the thread i made the other day here in the car cleaning forum..

Yes, i got used to using it fairly quickly.. took awhile to do the bonnet as it was the first panel.. but im speeding up a bit now i've got used to the techniques... i did a fair bit of background reading.. reading tutorials, watching videos etc.. beforehand which certainly helped

Martinsaxo · 25th August 2007, 00:57

Nice one, yeh ive had a look at a few tutorial vids etc, so once i get paid ill probably get one, especially with results like that

cheers

Martin.

jaybiss · 25th August 2007, 01:00

good job and your still a noob so it can only get better...

...unless your go absolutley mad and go through the paint