Executive Detailing
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Just had my car done this weekend. Ive gotta say i was well chuffed with the results. Didnt realise just how bad the swirling was. Below is the rundown of the processes used and the pics to show, taken from the original thread started on www.306gti6.com (original thread http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=665...
The pictures probably dont do justice to how good the paint now looks, but you can get the general idea!
We have one of my favourite cars here, the Seat Leon Cupra R! Simon and his missus came up from Birmingham to sunny Yorkshire (no it really was sunny!). Here's the car.
A full machine polish was in order and we began by giving the car a bloody good jetwash and started the washing process.
The arches, alloys and door/boot shuts were the first to get the 'Executive' treatment! Meguiars Super Degreaser and APC was used in these areas.
From that point we started the washing process using the Gilmour Gun combined with a mix of warm water, Meg's hyper Wash and Snowstorm. Lambs Wool Wash Mitts, a couple of buckets and the jetwash also featured.
The car was clayed all over, not too much came off it, and was then re-washed using the same process.
The Cupra was then dried off with Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels and Meguiars Last Touch, making sure any water traps and the shuts were dried off too!
At this point we could see what we were up against, in this case a very swirly Leon with hard VAG paint!
Here's the swirls.
Having found out on a test area that Meguiars #83 alone was not good enough, we eventually decided on a combination of Menzerna Power Gloss and then Megs #83. The sun was very hot so we had to break out the canopy at times but it did ease off as time went on. Here's me in action!
We carried this on for the whole car and got sun burnt in the process! The alloy wheels were waxed using Collonite, the plastic and rubber trim were cleaned and treated using Meguiars #38 and the glass was done using Megs Glass Cleaner. The whole car was treated to 2 layers (24 hours apart) of Collonite 476S, which was Simons preference as he wanted a longer lasting option.
I had planned on having a lot of pics for each step but we were too busy that we forgot! I'd say that on some parts of the car (mainly the rear quarters and above the doors) were so heavily swirled that we only achieved a 70-80% de-swirl on those areas. If we'd have realised this we would have planned for more time.
Here are the finished, polished and waxed piccies of the Cupra R! Thanks For Reading.
This is a snapshot of what we used for doing this!
The pictures probably dont do justice to how good the paint now looks, but you can get the general idea!
We have one of my favourite cars here, the Seat Leon Cupra R! Simon and his missus came up from Birmingham to sunny Yorkshire (no it really was sunny!). Here's the car.
A full machine polish was in order and we began by giving the car a bloody good jetwash and started the washing process.
The arches, alloys and door/boot shuts were the first to get the 'Executive' treatment! Meguiars Super Degreaser and APC was used in these areas.
From that point we started the washing process using the Gilmour Gun combined with a mix of warm water, Meg's hyper Wash and Snowstorm. Lambs Wool Wash Mitts, a couple of buckets and the jetwash also featured.
The car was clayed all over, not too much came off it, and was then re-washed using the same process.
The Cupra was then dried off with Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels and Meguiars Last Touch, making sure any water traps and the shuts were dried off too!
At this point we could see what we were up against, in this case a very swirly Leon with hard VAG paint!
Here's the swirls.
Having found out on a test area that Meguiars #83 alone was not good enough, we eventually decided on a combination of Menzerna Power Gloss and then Megs #83. The sun was very hot so we had to break out the canopy at times but it did ease off as time went on. Here's me in action!
We carried this on for the whole car and got sun burnt in the process! The alloy wheels were waxed using Collonite, the plastic and rubber trim were cleaned and treated using Meguiars #38 and the glass was done using Megs Glass Cleaner. The whole car was treated to 2 layers (24 hours apart) of Collonite 476S, which was Simons preference as he wanted a longer lasting option.
I had planned on having a lot of pics for each step but we were too busy that we forgot! I'd say that on some parts of the car (mainly the rear quarters and above the doors) were so heavily swirled that we only achieved a 70-80% de-swirl on those areas. If we'd have realised this we would have planned for more time.
Here are the finished, polished and waxed piccies of the Cupra R! Thanks For Reading.
This is a snapshot of what we used for doing this!
Nice work indeed but way too aggresive polish process.
I had an LCR in black a couple of weeks ago and it needed nothing more aggresive than Menzerna PO106FA via a polishing pad - hitting it with a PC, cutting pad an Powergloss is completely unnecessary IMHO.
She does look nice though!
I had an LCR in black a couple of weeks ago and it needed nothing more aggresive than Menzerna PO106FA via a polishing pad - hitting it with a PC, cutting pad an Powergloss is completely unnecessary IMHO.
She does look nice though!
belleair302 said:
The object circled is a Gilmour II Foamgun. You connect it to your hosepipe, fill the bottle with shampoo and the car is covered with bubbles!!
See 5th picture above for it in action!
Needs a good concentrated shampoo though. Any cheap stuff will not really do the job.
Snow Foam is supposed to be one of the most concentrated - though I haven't managed to get round to trying it yet.
Edited by PJ S on Sunday 29th July 18:10
They're there to pressurise the water and chemical contained to do various parts where the gilmour unit wouldn't reach.
You can get them from the likes of B&Q, but also www.autobritedirect.co.uk who do the snow foam and a host of other stuff.
You can get them from the likes of B&Q, but also www.autobritedirect.co.uk who do the snow foam and a host of other stuff.
PJ S said:
belleair302 said:
The object circled is a Gilmour II Foamgun. You connect it to your hosepipe, fill the bottle with shampoo and the car is covered with bubbles!!
See 5th picture above for it in action!
Needs a good concentrated shampoo though. Any cheap stuff will not really do the job.
Snow Foam is supposed to be one of the most concentrated - though I haven't managed to get round to trying it yet.
Edited by PJ S on Sunday 29th July 18:10
I have both, and wouldn't be without either though.
Yes, you're right.
Gilmour is a handy little unit for the money, but if you already have a power hose, then the lance attachment is the option to go for, at similar money.
That said, you can get some very thick foam with the snow, but it does tend to disappear sooner than the "leave for 5 mins" the label suggests.
Found that the soap foams better when watered down a bit and shook before commencing to apply.
Mind you, I was only using about 25-30 ml or so, and comparing to a few other "regular" washes to see how they faired with the Gilmour method.
Some better than others, but on the whole, not really suited compared to the amount suggested to be mixed with 1 gal of water in a bucket - often 2 capfuls.
Gilmour is a handy little unit for the money, but if you already have a power hose, then the lance attachment is the option to go for, at similar money.
That said, you can get some very thick foam with the snow, but it does tend to disappear sooner than the "leave for 5 mins" the label suggests.
Found that the soap foams better when watered down a bit and shook before commencing to apply.
Mind you, I was only using about 25-30 ml or so, and comparing to a few other "regular" washes to see how they faired with the Gilmour method.
Some better than others, but on the whole, not really suited compared to the amount suggested to be mixed with 1 gal of water in a bucket - often 2 capfuls.
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