Waxon Detailing Forum

The time came to give the wife's car a detail ... permission was finally obtained. Not really!

Due to time constraints I split the detail over two weekends; initially focusing on the wheels, chassis and engine before polishing the body panels and cleaning the interior.

Some befores:









Did the usual rinse, foam, wash with CG Maxi-Suds II and Blade APC, followed by claying using the Megs Smooth Surface kit, before drying and taping the car for polishing:



Here's a quick before and after pic once I completed a single hit (6 section passes) with Menz Power Gloss on a green LC pad.

Before:


After 1 x 6 passes:


I eventually polished each panel 3 x 6 passes with the Power Gloss and green LC pad before completing with Final Finish on a yellow 3M polishing pad.

Here are some before/after pics from the previous week:

Wheels were removed, cleaned using APC and clayed before being sealed with Wolfgang Deep Gloss paint sealant 3.0:




While the wheels were off the car, I gave the calipers, wheel arch's trim and sound insulating material a good scrub with APC:




I gave the exhaust pipes the same treatment as with with Audi ... MacGyver'd a wool bonnet over a drill bit and let loose for about 5 minutes on each side. Here's a comparison between the two (right pipe was only hand polished at this stage):


The engine was sprayed with APC, brushed and rinsed before the Megs Engine Dressing was applied and wiped:


Interior was vacuumed, leather cleaned using a mild APC dilution, brushed and wiped. Megs leather foam was allowed to soak before being wiped off. Sonax matt cockpit cleaner was applied to the other bits:


Car was then re-washed, dried and a coat of Wolfgang Deep Gloss paint sealant 3.0 applied and allowed to cure overnight. The next day a final coat of Collinite Marque de Elegance was applied and the wheels dressed with Megs Endurance tyre gel.

The afters:






Thanks for looking!

Nice through work... I hope the wife was happy with the results. :-)

Outstanding work and great results

Nice work man! Love the sound of those bmw v8s!

Looking good bud, sure the wife was pleased

Great work Lambros !!!

Great job. Well done. Love the pipes.

Its very nice man Outstanding job.

btw, which speeds you used for the Power Gloss and the Final Finish?

Thanks

Thanks for comments guys!

(10-03-2011 02:25 PM)zckid Wrote: [ -> ]Its very nice man Outstanding job.

btw, which speeds you used for the Power Gloss and the Final Finish?

Thanks

Thanks zckid! I started with 5.5 (Shield DAS6) and medium pressure for the Power Gloss and reduced to 4 on the final passes. I Kept the Final Finish speed at 3 with very light pressure.

Really nice work bud.