BMW M3 CS Sunday clean by an amateur!
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Hello
Having had my car detailed last year, I have since been spending some of my hard earned on various cleaning products trying to keep the car in as good condition as I can. This detailing lark is pretty new to me since I have bought the car and so I have been reading lots of threads on various forums about the sort of products I should use etc etc. With this in mind I have now bought the following products you see below. Please let me know your thoughts on what I have. I am totally open to suggestions of products I should use!
This is the car as of 10:15am. Not too bad, but I have cleaning products and they need using!
Front wheels with a reasonable amount of brake dust on!
Dirt on the front wings and door
And the rear bumper
Nasty black tail pipes
Not sure if you can see, but there is a bird dropping on the roof
So, first off are the wheels with Rim Seven
This is after about ten minutes
Then they were rinsed off
Now on to the snowfoam
This was a few minutes after the foam went on
Left to dwell for ten minutes or so and then rinsed off
Now on to the two bucket wash with two grit guard buckets and two woolly mits
Leaving this
I bought this as part of the smooth surface clay kit as I have never used clay before. I enjoyed this more than I thought!
The car was last clayed in September and it was amazing seeing just how much was pulled off the car.
Next up were the wheels. I'm not so keen on this part! They take ages...
Exhausts. They didn't come up much better than they are in this photo, but will do
Using a once white buffing towel and the quick wax from the smooth surface kit.
Dressing the tyres
The windows next
Now finished, here are the results. This was at 4:45pm!
Unfortunately the sun had gone in
Moved on to the road as I had my Dad's motor to do!
As I said I am open to any suggestions from anyone about products to try. This is my daily driver and I don't have the time to give it a weekly wash, but I do try and keep it reaonably clean. I have got Tom from All That Gleams coming over to give it the once over in May prior to a possible European jaunt!
Thanks for looking
Having had my car detailed last year, I have since been spending some of my hard earned on various cleaning products trying to keep the car in as good condition as I can. This detailing lark is pretty new to me since I have bought the car and so I have been reading lots of threads on various forums about the sort of products I should use etc etc. With this in mind I have now bought the following products you see below. Please let me know your thoughts on what I have. I am totally open to suggestions of products I should use!
This is the car as of 10:15am. Not too bad, but I have cleaning products and they need using!
Front wheels with a reasonable amount of brake dust on!
Dirt on the front wings and door
And the rear bumper
Nasty black tail pipes
Not sure if you can see, but there is a bird dropping on the roof
So, first off are the wheels with Rim Seven
This is after about ten minutes
Then they were rinsed off
Now on to the snowfoam
This was a few minutes after the foam went on
Left to dwell for ten minutes or so and then rinsed off
Now on to the two bucket wash with two grit guard buckets and two woolly mits
Leaving this
I bought this as part of the smooth surface clay kit as I have never used clay before. I enjoyed this more than I thought!
The car was last clayed in September and it was amazing seeing just how much was pulled off the car.
Next up were the wheels. I'm not so keen on this part! They take ages...
Exhausts. They didn't come up much better than they are in this photo, but will do
Using a once white buffing towel and the quick wax from the smooth surface kit.
Dressing the tyres
The windows next
Now finished, here are the results. This was at 4:45pm!
Unfortunately the sun had gone in
Moved on to the road as I had my Dad's motor to do!
As I said I am open to any suggestions from anyone about products to try. This is my daily driver and I don't have the time to give it a weekly wash, but I do try and keep it reaonably clean. I have got Tom from All That Gleams coming over to give it the once over in May prior to a possible European jaunt!
Thanks for looking
Not sure whether the moderators allow this, but I have found the post on Detailing World showing my car being detailed by All That Gleams last September
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=240...
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=240...
Cheers for the comments guys. I haven't purchased any wax yet as no idea which one to choose! When it was detailed last September it had Dodo Juice Supernatural that made it look very slick. Tom, from All That Gleams is coming down in May to work on it. I am hoping to take it to France later that month and he said that he may use a new Swissvax product on it
Seperately, I tried cleaning my exhausts with some fine metal wool and the Autosol, but couldn't shift the black stuff. I have read other threads about this. Any ideas??
Seperately, I tried cleaning my exhausts with some fine metal wool and the Autosol, but couldn't shift the black stuff. I have read other threads about this. Any ideas??
Cheers guys
I was bored today so thought I would thoroughly hoover and dust the interior. I thought I would go for the tennis lawn look on the mats!
iPhone quality photo
In regard to the exhaust tips I have seen these on ebay. Is this the stuff I should be getting?
Britemax Twins
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110813528587?ssPageName=...
Metal Polishing and Compound Kit
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290686382853?ssPageName=...
I have a power drill so would like to use that if needed. Any help would be much appreciated!
Regards
I was bored today so thought I would thoroughly hoover and dust the interior. I thought I would go for the tennis lawn look on the mats!
iPhone quality photo
In regard to the exhaust tips I have seen these on ebay. Is this the stuff I should be getting?
Britemax Twins
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110813528587?ssPageName=...
Metal Polishing and Compound Kit
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290686382853?ssPageName=...
I have a power drill so would like to use that if needed. Any help would be much appreciated!
Regards
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