Hi all,
Well today I wanted to get the exterior up to scratch, as good as it came up with a hand polish, I knew it needed claying as certain areas were a little rough to touch, the worse being the flat panels, bonnet roof and tail gate.
So the process:
- Decontaminate alloys (Iron X)
- Thorough wash of exterior, every nook and cranny was cleaned
-Decontaminate paintwork (iron X and clay bar)
- Machine polish with a DA polisher, no need for rotary as the paintwork wasn't bad enough to justify it.
- Re apply sealant to re protect
- All other bits and bobs clean such as glass, plastics etc and dressed
Just a few pics from today, I didn't capture every part of the detail as I needed to crack on but here are a few any way, then the final pics :-)
The Iron X dissolving brake dust etc
Excellent product! I didn't think the wheels could get much cleaner, then this stuff does its thing and they look even better, well chuffed!
Rinsed off
After cleaning the door shuts, fuel cap, under bonnet etc the car got a thorough clean,
The door trims were driving me mad because they were stained and didn't look like I knew they could, so out came the G101 and a tooth brush and pulled all the dirt out, they were filthy, I highly recommend doing this as the difference is amazing after.
And after applying dressing and buffing, excuse the smear :-)
And to washing
And rinsed
Iron X was applied to the entire car and allowed to sit for 5 minutes, you can just about see it working in the next pictures
Another good wash and rinse and I was onto claying, Removed a good amount from the paint and was amazed at the difference made to the paint already just after doing this
The paint now being silky smooth I washed the car again, dried and taped up delicate areas
I then machined every panel to leave a crisp sharp and very smooth finish, I used a Yellow 3M pad and polish used was a Menzerna fine polish, I didn't need a cutting compound of any kind as the car doesn't require that, just enough cut to give the results that the paint has now.
I gave the paint and alloys an IPA wipe down to remove polishing oils and applied Jetseal 109 as my LSP I love this stuff, easy on, easy off, lasts for donkeys and leaves a real nice finish
Whilst that was curing I attended to everything else:
Treated the doors shuts
Polished the exhaust
Cleaned the glass, dressed the arches and tyres, and dressed all plastics, and finally removed the sealant from the paint and alloys
and here are the final results, I'm over the moon, and fallen in love with the car even more awwwwww