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Before I got the car I was thinking do I get it detailed or do it myself and eventually decided I'd do it myself.
So after two weeks of ownership and decent weather this weekend I got the chance. I had splashed out on some new products so thought I'd give them a try.
I was planning on getting it all done in one day but not having a garage to work in that's big enough it was sun dependant. Just my luck bright sunshine at 11am when it was forecast to be cloudy oh well it'll be a two day detail then.
Day 1
Before
First on with W6 Iron and General fall out remover, and some bug remover to soften up the bugs on the front of the car, not too much Iron but than I've only cover about 550 mile in the 14 days I have had the car.
Bugs where another matter they were epoxied to the screen.
Next onto with the washing Tried out the W4 Citrus Foam, first time using it but wasn't happy with he foaminess so on with my usual ultimate snow foam.
Rinsed off with the jet wash and then onto two bucket wash with some Gyeon Bathe, not used it before but was impressed.
Rinsed again with Jet wash and then filtered water to avoid watermarks
I had been bought a car drier so thought I'd give it a go and was really pleased how it got all of the water out of panel gaps and the majority off the bodywork. Just left a little which I left to air dry, to try to avoid touching the paintwork as much as possible.
Next onto the exhaust tips which came reasonable clean with just a wash. The M1 metal polish worked wonders. Back to nice and shiny.
At this point it was full sunshine and hardly a cloud in the sky so I abandoned my plan to apply C1 and Exo. and just chose to clay the wheels ready to application of C5 tyre armour, but the wife had other ideas and wanted to go out. So finished claying the wheels and rinsed. And gave the wife's car a quick wash and rinse and went out in her car for the rest of the afternoon.
Day 2
So weather forecast on Saturday night looked more promising but when I woke up it was bright sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. Fortunately the driveway has partial shade. so thought I'd crack on as cloud was forecast later in the day.
Started with a very light wipe over to remove any dust, and then onto panel wipe ready for the C1 had to move the car round to the front of the house so it was out of the direct sun just to finish of the roof. I had not used C1 before but found it very easy to apply and removed, went heavy on the microfiber wiping it off but pleased with the result. (sorry poor quality IPhone photo).
Next onto the wheels time for the C5 tyre Armour, found this harder to apply as you could not see where you had put it on, hopefully done a good job though. And then wait for 4 hours, Fortunately the driveway was in the shade so then on with two coats of Exo2. Really easy to apply on top of the C1.
Onto the interior, leather protector on the seats and some I1 smart fabric on the carpets, mats and rear seat backs, then ran out so the boot carpet will get done next time.
Change the plates over for the Ultratek ones. The old ones had a huge amount of tape holding them on but they came off eventually.
Last job was the tyres where I used some T2 Tyre dressing. And the finished result. Just need to let it cure and I'll do some beading photos.
Really pleased with the results, now just have to see how it holds up
So after two weeks of ownership and decent weather this weekend I got the chance. I had splashed out on some new products so thought I'd give them a try.
I was planning on getting it all done in one day but not having a garage to work in that's big enough it was sun dependant. Just my luck bright sunshine at 11am when it was forecast to be cloudy oh well it'll be a two day detail then.
Day 1
Before
First on with W6 Iron and General fall out remover, and some bug remover to soften up the bugs on the front of the car, not too much Iron but than I've only cover about 550 mile in the 14 days I have had the car.
Bugs where another matter they were epoxied to the screen.
Next onto with the washing Tried out the W4 Citrus Foam, first time using it but wasn't happy with he foaminess so on with my usual ultimate snow foam.
Rinsed off with the jet wash and then onto two bucket wash with some Gyeon Bathe, not used it before but was impressed.
Rinsed again with Jet wash and then filtered water to avoid watermarks
I had been bought a car drier so thought I'd give it a go and was really pleased how it got all of the water out of panel gaps and the majority off the bodywork. Just left a little which I left to air dry, to try to avoid touching the paintwork as much as possible.
Next onto the exhaust tips which came reasonable clean with just a wash. The M1 metal polish worked wonders. Back to nice and shiny.
At this point it was full sunshine and hardly a cloud in the sky so I abandoned my plan to apply C1 and Exo. and just chose to clay the wheels ready to application of C5 tyre armour, but the wife had other ideas and wanted to go out. So finished claying the wheels and rinsed. And gave the wife's car a quick wash and rinse and went out in her car for the rest of the afternoon.
Day 2
So weather forecast on Saturday night looked more promising but when I woke up it was bright sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. Fortunately the driveway has partial shade. so thought I'd crack on as cloud was forecast later in the day.
Started with a very light wipe over to remove any dust, and then onto panel wipe ready for the C1 had to move the car round to the front of the house so it was out of the direct sun just to finish of the roof. I had not used C1 before but found it very easy to apply and removed, went heavy on the microfiber wiping it off but pleased with the result. (sorry poor quality IPhone photo).
Next onto the wheels time for the C5 tyre Armour, found this harder to apply as you could not see where you had put it on, hopefully done a good job though. And then wait for 4 hours, Fortunately the driveway was in the shade so then on with two coats of Exo2. Really easy to apply on top of the C1.
Onto the interior, leather protector on the seats and some I1 smart fabric on the carpets, mats and rear seat backs, then ran out so the boot carpet will get done next time.
Change the plates over for the Ultratek ones. The old ones had a huge amount of tape holding them on but they came off eventually.
Last job was the tyres where I used some T2 Tyre dressing. And the finished result. Just need to let it cure and I'll do some beading photos.
Really pleased with the results, now just have to see how it holds up
