martinmac
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Finally got round to getting the car detailed yesterday. I was using someone local for the first time and was very pleased with the results.
I knew the Nissan paint was pretty poor but the results I got were shocking. Pretty much down to 60 to 70 all round. No paint correction done.
Here is the detailed stuff.
Brief description of process.
Cleaning:
Foamed with ValetPRO (VP) neutral snwowoam + VP pink shampoo mix and rinsed after 3 mins.
Foamed with VP neutral snowfoam + G101 all purpose cleaner – all detail areas etc agitated with Envy brush – rinsed.
Shuts/reveals cleaned with G101, agitated with Envy brush and lightly rinsed.
Washed 2BM + lambswool mitt with Swissvax Car Bath
Exhausts sprayed with VP Citrus tar remover, left to soak, then cleaned with ultrafine steel wool + Duragloss metal cleaner
Wheels cleaned with VP Bilberry
Lower flanks sprayed with VP tar remover and wiped with MF to remove heavy tar deposits
Body clayed with Sonus Ultrafine Green with Meg’s detailing spray (50:50) as lube
Rewashed with 2Bm Swissvax Car Bath
Dried with yellow Envy waffle towel
Polishing:
Readings with Positec 400 – wildly varying, many areas in the 70 microns range, few in the 60’s – lowest spot read 62 microns – possibly a world record low!
Decision made to gloss paintwork ie light cut, what comes out comes out.
Metal/carbon areas glossed with Flex and LC Kompressor white + mix of Menz IP + Menz FF (106) – 10 passes speed 5, 5 at 3 at 2 at 2
Plastic areas polished with PC and Menz FF (85) basically until the polish cleared
IPA wipedown
Wax:
Dodo Supernatural via Sonus green mf pad
Sundries:
Wheels waxed with Collinite Insulator Wax
Tyres dressed with Swissvax Pneu
Plastics treated with Swissvax Plastic Restorer
Swissvax Plastic Restorer to wheel arches.
Swissvax Crystal glass cleaner
Other:
Engine bay quick blitz with Karcher mini-steamer with AutoGlym Super Sheen to finish
Interior cleaned with Auto-Rae Quad & Go (cleaner/dressing in one)
Seats treated to Croftgate Leather Oil
***
Just over 10 hours the lot.
And some pics, it was very grubby.
Swirls. :scare:
I knew the Nissan paint was pretty poor but the results I got were shocking. Pretty much down to 60 to 70 all round. No paint correction done.
Here is the detailed stuff.
Brief description of process.
Cleaning:
Foamed with ValetPRO (VP) neutral snwowoam + VP pink shampoo mix and rinsed after 3 mins.
Foamed with VP neutral snowfoam + G101 all purpose cleaner – all detail areas etc agitated with Envy brush – rinsed.
Shuts/reveals cleaned with G101, agitated with Envy brush and lightly rinsed.
Washed 2BM + lambswool mitt with Swissvax Car Bath
Exhausts sprayed with VP Citrus tar remover, left to soak, then cleaned with ultrafine steel wool + Duragloss metal cleaner
Wheels cleaned with VP Bilberry
Lower flanks sprayed with VP tar remover and wiped with MF to remove heavy tar deposits
Body clayed with Sonus Ultrafine Green with Meg’s detailing spray (50:50) as lube
Rewashed with 2Bm Swissvax Car Bath
Dried with yellow Envy waffle towel
Polishing:
Readings with Positec 400 – wildly varying, many areas in the 70 microns range, few in the 60’s – lowest spot read 62 microns – possibly a world record low!
Decision made to gloss paintwork ie light cut, what comes out comes out.
Metal/carbon areas glossed with Flex and LC Kompressor white + mix of Menz IP + Menz FF (106) – 10 passes speed 5, 5 at 3 at 2 at 2
Plastic areas polished with PC and Menz FF (85) basically until the polish cleared
IPA wipedown
Wax:
Dodo Supernatural via Sonus green mf pad
Sundries:
Wheels waxed with Collinite Insulator Wax
Tyres dressed with Swissvax Pneu
Plastics treated with Swissvax Plastic Restorer
Swissvax Plastic Restorer to wheel arches.
Swissvax Crystal glass cleaner
Other:
Engine bay quick blitz with Karcher mini-steamer with AutoGlym Super Sheen to finish
Interior cleaned with Auto-Rae Quad & Go (cleaner/dressing in one)
Seats treated to Croftgate Leather Oil
***
Just over 10 hours the lot.
And some pics, it was very grubby.
Swirls. :scare: