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This job was done last year, guess it got lost in the mix. We spent a total of 80 hours or so over 7 days on this car. We restored the paint to like new conditions, the before pictures will show you all the burn marks, holograms, swirls, and damage left by the previous detailer. The interior was cleaned up, and the engine was done as well.
Take a look at what was done –
Exterior
– Wheels were prepped with P21S Wheel Gel and cleaned up with various brushes
– Tires were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
– Wheel wells were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
– Wash down and rinsed
– Door jambs were cleaned up
– Clayed
– Dried
– Paint inspected and measured
– Wheels polished and protected with Swissvax Autobahn
– Tires dressed with Swissvax Pneu
– 3 Step Paint correction (Power Gloss, SIP, and PO85RD)
– Inspection with various lights
– Swissvax Divine
– Rubber and Plastics Treated
– Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
– Exhaust tips cleaned
Interior Detail
– All interior surfaces cleaned and protected, including glass, and all
vinyl/plastic surfaces.
– Carpets and upholstery vacuumed.
Product List:
Exterior:
Adam’s Car Wash
einszett Blitz
Uber Yellow Wash Sponge
Swissvax Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer
Einszett Spray Wax
Menzerna Power Gloss
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna PO85RD
Swissvax Divine
Wheels and tires:
Uber Wheel/Wheel Well/Tire/Engine Kit
Interior:
Einszett Cockpit
Adam’s Glass Cleaner
Leather Master Trio
Tools:
Infratech 5300
Flex 3403
Makita
Metabo
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of “Uber” Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Brushes
Interior clean up
Before shots
10k on this one
These were extremely rare #10 of 12
Dusting the crevices and vent
Wiped down and polished
Carpets being vaccumed
Cleaning/Treating the leather
Using the vac to clean up the ashes from the ashtray
50/50 shot of the ashtray
Before Ashtray cover
After
50/50 of the door sill trim
Before shot of the lighter
After
After shots of the interior (sorry didn’t take much on the afters)
Before shots (the car was in storage for a few years on a battery tender)
Thick coat of dust
Wheels were not bad but were cleaned up later
Imperfections in the paint
Bug and tar on the grill
Bug and tar on the mirror
After taking a look at the car we started to pre-soak the car with P21S TAW, spraying down the tires, wheel wells, engine bay, bug and tar etc…
Before engine
P21S Total Autowash applied, Dan brushing down the engine bay
Thorough rinse down
After shots (engine)
Wheels and tires
Foam gun with Adam’s Car Wash (repeated this step a few times to ensure we removed the dust without making things worse)
Rinse down
After the rinse we went right to claying the car (we were in a shaded cool area)
Trashed clay bar
After claying we took some readings.
Masking Prior to paint correction
Compounding and Polishing
Before shots of the hood
50/50 of the hood
50/50 shot (right side cleaned up)
More Before
More After
Before shot of the rear taillights
After
Action shot
After 3 stages of correction
Final touches
Polishing up the Chrome wheels
Wiping down and Polishing the trim
After pictures
(Permission was granted by the owner to post photos and write up)
Awesome work as usual Phil!
I’m curious about the uber yellow wash sponge, is it really scratch-free?
And I’m assuming it’s the same as the Z***l sponge?
Do you do international shipping?
yes we do ship internationally.
nothing is really scratch-free.
the 1z sponge is not the same as the uber sponge.
so you guys didn’t wipe down the car just went straigt into claying? did you still need to apply clay lube?
we did not dry the car, however we still used clay lube.