New car valeters/detailers
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A few mates have just set up a new car detailers, so I'm doing a bit of unofficial advertising for them. Plus I'm trying to get some money out of them, so if you do use them, say steve passed you onto them D
They have a website www.executivedetailing.co.uk/content/ but its not completely finshed yet
Some previous examples of they're work
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=53514
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=52114
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=54154
They have a website www.executivedetailing.co.uk/content/ but its not completely finshed yet
Some previous examples of they're work
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=53514
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=52114
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=54154
Here's the full write up we did.
A special detail for everyone here today! Alex dropped off his Alfa Romeo Spider after travelling all the way from Luxembourg! He was visiting family over here and wanted us to make his drop top, drop dead gorgeous! Our international reputation proceeds us.
The cars around 7-8 years old with 130,000km (I think?) on the clock so you can imagine it's got a bit of wear over time, as well as the drive back from Luxembourg too!
This is how we took the car on a very cold boxing day.
As you can imagine you don't travel thousands of miles for a quick wash, this was for a full de-swirl and a fabric hood clean and protect.
The first job was to wash the car down with the Karcher Jet Wash, blowing off all the loose European dirt that had stuck to it over the past few days. Following that up with Meguiars Hyper Wash, 2 buckets, a couple of Lambs Wool Wash Mitts and cold hands.
That got the bodywork up to a much better level. We also started on the alloy wheels and arches, using Meguiars Super Degreaser on both. This was also a good time to try out our new C&S Bullet Shaped Alloy Wheel Brush. It seemed to do the trick around the wheel nuts and smaller hard to reach places but we carried on with our larger brush for the main part of the alloys. The arches were scrubbed with a long handled brush as well and the came up a treat!
Whilst cleaning the bodywork and wheels we also started work on cleaning the Fabric Roof.
This looked ok but was absolutely filthy judging by the water afterwards! This is the bucket after cleaning the fabric roof with Renovo's Fabric Cleaner.
The final part of the washing phase was to clay the car. Using Sonus Detailng Clay for this (Blue) we covered the entire bodywork. Most of the car was pretty clean but some were horrific, take a look at just 1 of the segments we used!
Another once over with Meg's Hyper Wash, Wash Mitts and the Karcher and she was ready to be tried off so we could move her indoors and get a little warmer!
Standard drying procedure, a couple of Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels with a spritz of Meguiars Last Touch. The car was nice and clean now but unfortunately it was hiding the state of the bodywork! Eeek!
Knowing what we were up against and the fact that Alfa paint is usually reasonably soft, we opted to go for Meguiars #83 in combo with the yellow Sonus Pad on the Porter Cable. We tested an area on the bonnet and it worked well, so decided to carry on around the car using this combination.
Here's me in action.....
......... and here's the pre-wax but post-machine polishing result!
During all this polishing, we also treated the roof with some Renovo Colour Restorer and once that had dried, Renovo Proofing, to make it, well waterproof!
After speaking with Alex earlier, he wanted to go with longer lasting protection, rather than full on shine. For this we chose to use good old Collonite 476, or rather 2 coats of it! The first coat was put on top of a layer of Clearkote Moose Glaze Sealant, the second coat was applied the next day, giving the first time to dry properly. Should see him through the snowy European winter thats approaching!
Amongst all of this (in no particular order), we also treated and protected the tyres using Meguiars Hot Wheels, give the alloys a coat of rim wax, treated the rubber and all plastic trim (inc under the bonnet) with Meguiars #38, blinged up the exhaust with Megs NXT Metal Polish and cleaned the glass using Autoglym Fast Glass! Phew!
Here are the final results and thanks for reading!
A special detail for everyone here today! Alex dropped off his Alfa Romeo Spider after travelling all the way from Luxembourg! He was visiting family over here and wanted us to make his drop top, drop dead gorgeous! Our international reputation proceeds us.
The cars around 7-8 years old with 130,000km (I think?) on the clock so you can imagine it's got a bit of wear over time, as well as the drive back from Luxembourg too!
This is how we took the car on a very cold boxing day.
As you can imagine you don't travel thousands of miles for a quick wash, this was for a full de-swirl and a fabric hood clean and protect.
The first job was to wash the car down with the Karcher Jet Wash, blowing off all the loose European dirt that had stuck to it over the past few days. Following that up with Meguiars Hyper Wash, 2 buckets, a couple of Lambs Wool Wash Mitts and cold hands.
That got the bodywork up to a much better level. We also started on the alloy wheels and arches, using Meguiars Super Degreaser on both. This was also a good time to try out our new C&S Bullet Shaped Alloy Wheel Brush. It seemed to do the trick around the wheel nuts and smaller hard to reach places but we carried on with our larger brush for the main part of the alloys. The arches were scrubbed with a long handled brush as well and the came up a treat!
Whilst cleaning the bodywork and wheels we also started work on cleaning the Fabric Roof.
This looked ok but was absolutely filthy judging by the water afterwards! This is the bucket after cleaning the fabric roof with Renovo's Fabric Cleaner.
The final part of the washing phase was to clay the car. Using Sonus Detailng Clay for this (Blue) we covered the entire bodywork. Most of the car was pretty clean but some were horrific, take a look at just 1 of the segments we used!
Another once over with Meg's Hyper Wash, Wash Mitts and the Karcher and she was ready to be tried off so we could move her indoors and get a little warmer!
Standard drying procedure, a couple of Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels with a spritz of Meguiars Last Touch. The car was nice and clean now but unfortunately it was hiding the state of the bodywork! Eeek!
Knowing what we were up against and the fact that Alfa paint is usually reasonably soft, we opted to go for Meguiars #83 in combo with the yellow Sonus Pad on the Porter Cable. We tested an area on the bonnet and it worked well, so decided to carry on around the car using this combination.
Here's me in action.....
......... and here's the pre-wax but post-machine polishing result!
During all this polishing, we also treated the roof with some Renovo Colour Restorer and once that had dried, Renovo Proofing, to make it, well waterproof!
After speaking with Alex earlier, he wanted to go with longer lasting protection, rather than full on shine. For this we chose to use good old Collonite 476, or rather 2 coats of it! The first coat was put on top of a layer of Clearkote Moose Glaze Sealant, the second coat was applied the next day, giving the first time to dry properly. Should see him through the snowy European winter thats approaching!
Amongst all of this (in no particular order), we also treated and protected the tyres using Meguiars Hot Wheels, give the alloys a coat of rim wax, treated the rubber and all plastic trim (inc under the bonnet) with Meguiars #38, blinged up the exhaust with Megs NXT Metal Polish and cleaned the glass using Autoglym Fast Glass! Phew!
Here are the final results and thanks for reading!
Andy & Harry have just done my Merc 190E & they did a great job. Please see the link below
www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=60028&page=1
Cheers,
Mike
To save anyone going to another site I'll post the write up here! I've also removed the pictures website address.
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After a bit of a break for Detailing due to moving house, we were back on the band wagon with a belter! A 13 year old Mercedes 180E that's being smoked in for most of it's life. Mike, the new owner, had just bought it and wanted to be able to drive it without the need for nicotine patches every time he got out!
Our task was to completely clean the interior and get rid of the nasty yellowing that has stained pretty much every surface, from the dashboard, to the headlining. The outside was to have a basic wash and wax.
This is the state the 190 arrived in, just take a peek at the interior! Eeek!
We started off by cleaning the door/boot shuts and the wheel arches, thankfully no alloys to do this time!
For the door/boot shuts we used the ever flexible Meguiars Super Degreaser and a couple of soft bristled brushes to agitate the muck off. This was followed up with a gentle rinse from the Jet Wash. The foaming head was used for this as the De-Greaser tends to stick better when all foamy, thus cleaning the surface for longer. The 3rd pic along is the result.
The outside was then treated to a lovely soapy wash using the Gilmour Gun. For the solution we mixed up 3 plunges of Meguiars Hyper Wash (the gel type, not the new stuff) with warm water and stirred in with a fork!
Here's Harry squirting his load over the Merc! (Ahem)
After the mix was left to do it's work, we followed it up with another wash using Wash Mitts, 2 buckets and a few squirts of Meguiars APC in parts. We followed all this up by drying the car off with the usual spritz of Meguiars Last Touch and the lovely and soft Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels.
Now the outside was clean we decided we couldn't put off the interior any longer! The first thing we did was take out the front carpets, boot carpet, floor mats and air vents (from the dash) to make it easier for us to clean, and ultimately dry!
This is when our friend George came into play! But before he could work his magic we sprayed Chemical Guys Fabric Clean onto the more stubborn stains and agitated them with a Meguiars Interior Brush. Following on from that we filled up George with carpet shampoo mix and started work!
Here's Harry working on the boot carpet and a picture of the water George sucked up after the front carpets were done! As the front was taken out of the car we could dry those inside next to a radiator.
As only one of us could use the wet/dry vac we also started working on the headlining and dashboard. For the headlining we used a mix of Meguiars APC or CG Fabric Clean with the Meg's Interior Brush, followed up with a clean damp cloth. For the dashboard we used Meg's APC and a Meguiars Slide Lock Brush, liberally coating it with foamy APC and wiping it off with a damp cloth. The door panels were done using the same method.
As some parts of the interior were really yellow they required a little more time and a second application of APC.
One dry, the dashboard was treated with the fantastic Einszett Cockpit Premium, which I have to say we're well impressed with. Imagine your typical interior spray but take out the silicone shiny effect and this is what you have!
Another product that we used to great effect (which smells great too) that we'd like to introduce to the forum is Holts Odor Kill - Anti Tobacco (in Peach). It just sprays on and does the job, kind of like Febreeze but in a range of different smells.
Here's some pics of the usual suspects mentioned above, as quite a few people will just scan through and never know whats used.
After working on the interior alone for some hours, we finished off the exterior with a layer of Meguiars #20 Polymer Sealant, followed by Collonite 476S, both put on using applicator pads. The tyres were dressed with Meg's Hot Shine Tyre Spray and the black plastic and rubber with Meg's #38. The glass was cleaned using Meg's Glass Cleaner.
Here's the pics and thanks for staying awake through all this!
Phew! Job done and a very happy (and hopefully soon to be returning) customer!
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After a bit of a break for Detailing due to moving house, we were back on the band wagon with a belter! A 13 year old Mercedes 180E that's being smoked in for most of it's life. Mike, the new owner, had just bought it and wanted to be able to drive it without the need for nicotine patches every time he got out!
Our task was to completely clean the interior and get rid of the nasty yellowing that has stained pretty much every surface, from the dashboard, to the headlining. The outside was to have a basic wash and wax.
This is the state the 190 arrived in, just take a peek at the interior! Eeek!
We started off by cleaning the door/boot shuts and the wheel arches, thankfully no alloys to do this time!
For the door/boot shuts we used the ever flexible Meguiars Super Degreaser and a couple of soft bristled brushes to agitate the muck off. This was followed up with a gentle rinse from the Jet Wash. The foaming head was used for this as the De-Greaser tends to stick better when all foamy, thus cleaning the surface for longer. The 3rd pic along is the result.
The outside was then treated to a lovely soapy wash using the Gilmour Gun. For the solution we mixed up 3 plunges of Meguiars Hyper Wash (the gel type, not the new stuff) with warm water and stirred in with a fork!
Here's Harry squirting his load over the Merc! (Ahem)
After the mix was left to do it's work, we followed it up with another wash using Wash Mitts, 2 buckets and a few squirts of Meguiars APC in parts. We followed all this up by drying the car off with the usual spritz of Meguiars Last Touch and the lovely and soft Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels.
Now the outside was clean we decided we couldn't put off the interior any longer! The first thing we did was take out the front carpets, boot carpet, floor mats and air vents (from the dash) to make it easier for us to clean, and ultimately dry!
This is when our friend George came into play! But before he could work his magic we sprayed Chemical Guys Fabric Clean onto the more stubborn stains and agitated them with a Meguiars Interior Brush. Following on from that we filled up George with carpet shampoo mix and started work!
Here's Harry working on the boot carpet and a picture of the water George sucked up after the front carpets were done! As the front was taken out of the car we could dry those inside next to a radiator.
As only one of us could use the wet/dry vac we also started working on the headlining and dashboard. For the headlining we used a mix of Meguiars APC or CG Fabric Clean with the Meg's Interior Brush, followed up with a clean damp cloth. For the dashboard we used Meg's APC and a Meguiars Slide Lock Brush, liberally coating it with foamy APC and wiping it off with a damp cloth. The door panels were done using the same method.
As some parts of the interior were really yellow they required a little more time and a second application of APC.
One dry, the dashboard was treated with the fantastic Einszett Cockpit Premium, which I have to say we're well impressed with. Imagine your typical interior spray but take out the silicone shiny effect and this is what you have!
Another product that we used to great effect (which smells great too) that we'd like to introduce to the forum is Holts Odor Kill - Anti Tobacco (in Peach). It just sprays on and does the job, kind of like Febreeze but in a range of different smells.
Here's some pics of the usual suspects mentioned above, as quite a few people will just scan through and never know whats used.
After working on the interior alone for some hours, we finished off the exterior with a layer of Meguiars #20 Polymer Sealant, followed by Collonite 476S, both put on using applicator pads. The tyres were dressed with Meg's Hot Shine Tyre Spray and the black plastic and rubber with Meg's #38. The glass was cleaned using Meg's Glass Cleaner.
Here's the pics and thanks for staying awake through all this!
Phew! Job done and a very happy (and hopefully soon to be returning) customer!
Edited by ardandy on Monday 5th March 13:58
Killer2005 said:
Bump for scott (maybe of use for your thread in General gassing, not too sure if they do engines though
cheers Steve, I think I'll go pay them thar boys a visit at some point!
£15 for engine bay detailing?
I dont need the actually engine cleaning at the moment, I just want it to look a bit better...at some point I want the engine actually cleaning and the rocker cover powder coated black with the raised parts silver and generally tart it up a little bit, but not quite yet
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