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Hi all, it's been a while.
After some time I got some customers who wants to do full detailing.
The car is not in bad nick, 15,000KM in 2 years.
So as usual, clean the wheels using Turtle wax wheel cleaner, also tyres and HD Total on wheel arches.
Car got Foam bath, just bought foam lance for karcher, 16 bucks and works a treat. Then mix HD Total with Bilt hamber shampoo, 2 buckets wash.
Clay it and HD final touch(don't buy chinese **** clay, I bought this one under 3M brand and marring all the paint).
Upon inspection, the bonnet and roof only got 80-90 microns. The rest of the car got 170-250 microns. I ask my cust, and he said that the car has been repainted the whole panel. No wonder its not sticky paint like normal japanese car got.
Then I try to polish using Meguiars DAMF system D300 correction compound and Cutting MF disc. Works a treat but I did 1 more step which is using HD Polish to make it glossier. Whole car got the same treatment unless tight areas and side skirts using HD Cut and Polish using LC cut pad and LC polish pad.
Before:
After Polish:
Foam Bath again to remove polishing oil:
Then after LSP Nitro Seal:
Tyres dressed with Zaino Trim and tyre dressing, also with other trims.
Interior is normal clean up, just vac and wipe down. Exhaust tips using autosol. Windows using Meg's Glass Cleaner. Door handle HD Cut hand polish.
Just a note to apply nitro seal, since I put too much Part A, it makes the whole process a bit longer. Just put 1-2 pea size to the pad, and you good to go for 1 whole panel. Not too wet and you'll be ok. I'm tired removing those part a and b plus need to wait for 1 hour plus to fully cured.
18 man hours to do this job, the longest I'd ever done. But I'm grateful with this job and great cust family, very friendly, feels like home.
Thanks for looking. Comments appreciated.
After some time I got some customers who wants to do full detailing.
The car is not in bad nick, 15,000KM in 2 years.
So as usual, clean the wheels using Turtle wax wheel cleaner, also tyres and HD Total on wheel arches.
Car got Foam bath, just bought foam lance for karcher, 16 bucks and works a treat. Then mix HD Total with Bilt hamber shampoo, 2 buckets wash.
Clay it and HD final touch(don't buy chinese **** clay, I bought this one under 3M brand and marring all the paint).
Upon inspection, the bonnet and roof only got 80-90 microns. The rest of the car got 170-250 microns. I ask my cust, and he said that the car has been repainted the whole panel. No wonder its not sticky paint like normal japanese car got.
Then I try to polish using Meguiars DAMF system D300 correction compound and Cutting MF disc. Works a treat but I did 1 more step which is using HD Polish to make it glossier. Whole car got the same treatment unless tight areas and side skirts using HD Cut and Polish using LC cut pad and LC polish pad.
Before:
After Polish:
Foam Bath again to remove polishing oil:
Then after LSP Nitro Seal:
Tyres dressed with Zaino Trim and tyre dressing, also with other trims.
Interior is normal clean up, just vac and wipe down. Exhaust tips using autosol. Windows using Meg's Glass Cleaner. Door handle HD Cut hand polish.
Just a note to apply nitro seal, since I put too much Part A, it makes the whole process a bit longer. Just put 1-2 pea size to the pad, and you good to go for 1 whole panel. Not too wet and you'll be ok. I'm tired removing those part a and b plus need to wait for 1 hour plus to fully cured.
18 man hours to do this job, the longest I'd ever done. But I'm grateful with this job and great cust family, very friendly, feels like home.
Thanks for looking. Comments appreciated.
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