MY DETAILING SESSION YESTERDAY!
04 May 2006, 10:00 AM
#1
MY DETAILING SESSION YESTERDAY!
As the show season is nearly upon us I finally manged to finish off the paintwork today as the sun was shining for a change.
A lot of the other detailing has been carried out over the last month or so a bit at a time. Items including wheel arches, alloys, most of the engine bay re cleaned, removed the intercooler and turbo heat shield for hand polishing.The exhaust heat shields were also removed and hand polished.
Todays detailing consisted of .......
Rinse off with power washer.
Washed with lambs wool mitt neilson suds and 2 buckets.
Re- rinsed with a running hose.
As I work in the motor trade I was able to "borrow" some machine compounds and glaze all ferecla products.
After 1 pass on the g10, the car was buffed off using mf cloth.
2nd pass with machine glze then agained buffed off with mf cloth.
It was then washed and rinsed as above.
I decided to give the whole car 1 application of clearkote hand glaze and buffed off using the sealey buffer.
Finished that off again by hand with mf cloth.
I then applied 1 layer of nattys blue and then another using the spit/shine tecnique.
The paintwork was then buffed off with a mf cloth.
The glass, door shuts door inners, boot shut and plastics etc were treated with poor boys spray and gloss.
The tyres were then re- dressed with poor boys bold and bright to finish off I gave the inside and outside of the rear silencer a coating of ALU begome which turned up today from ebay.
THE FOLLOWING PICS ARE FROM OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS BUT THE PAINTWORK SIDE IS FROM TODAYS HANDY WORK!
TURBO HEAT SHIELD BEFORE.
AND AFTER
ENGINE BAY
EXHAUST HEAT SHIELDS
FINISHED UNDER ARCHES
JUST INCASE YOU WERE WONDERING? THE ARCHES BEFORE CLEANING
A FEW INTERIOR SHOTS..
OH THIS IS HOW IT ALL STARTED 18MONTHS AGO!
A lot of the other detailing has been carried out over the last month or so a bit at a time. Items including wheel arches, alloys, most of the engine bay re cleaned, removed the intercooler and turbo heat shield for hand polishing.The exhaust heat shields were also removed and hand polished.
Todays detailing consisted of .......
Rinse off with power washer.
Washed with lambs wool mitt neilson suds and 2 buckets.
Re- rinsed with a running hose.
As I work in the motor trade I was able to "borrow" some machine compounds and glaze all ferecla products.
After 1 pass on the g10, the car was buffed off using mf cloth.
2nd pass with machine glze then agained buffed off with mf cloth.
It was then washed and rinsed as above.
I decided to give the whole car 1 application of clearkote hand glaze and buffed off using the sealey buffer.
Finished that off again by hand with mf cloth.
I then applied 1 layer of nattys blue and then another using the spit/shine tecnique.
The paintwork was then buffed off with a mf cloth.
The glass, door shuts door inners, boot shut and plastics etc were treated with poor boys spray and gloss.
The tyres were then re- dressed with poor boys bold and bright to finish off I gave the inside and outside of the rear silencer a coating of ALU begome which turned up today from ebay.
THE FOLLOWING PICS ARE FROM OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS BUT THE PAINTWORK SIDE IS FROM TODAYS HANDY WORK!
TURBO HEAT SHIELD BEFORE.
AND AFTER
ENGINE BAY
EXHAUST HEAT SHIELDS
FINISHED UNDER ARCHES
JUST INCASE YOU WERE WONDERING? THE ARCHES BEFORE CLEANING
A FEW INTERIOR SHOTS..
OH THIS IS HOW IT ALL STARTED 18MONTHS AGO!
04 May 2006, 10:59 AM
#5
Originally Posted by Rice Rocket
no words can say how clean that is!!
Is this your everyday driver or only a show car?
RR
Is this your everyday driver or only a show car?
RR
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05 May 2006, 03:02 PM
#13
Originally Posted by PaulGooda
Looking nice and clean! Well done.
one question I notice you have 2 head units, what are they for?
Cheers
one question I notice you have 2 head units, what are they for?
Cheers
05 May 2006, 05:18 PM
#18
Originally Posted by Silver Scooby Sport
Car looks fantastic once more 
I've got to ask how you achieved this finish under the arches ?
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ISHEDARCH1.jpg
Is is fresh blue paint over the top of the underseal if so is that simply a good clean and then a spray over ?
Simon
I've got to ask how you achieved this finish under the arches ?
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ISHEDARCH1.jpg
Is is fresh blue paint over the top of the underseal if so is that simply a good clean and then a spray over ?
Simon
it is fresh paint, although the black dirty membrane was removed 1st. the whole arch then fully degreased, washed, then treated to a plastic trim product on the liners, repainted all the black suspension,steering parts and polished the lower control arm. in all around 4hrs a corner
4 hours that is a detailed job 
06 May 2006, 08:14 PM
#29
I reckon you used to be in the RSOC and done this to old Escorts or Cossies.
Been there done that, plenty of hours spent under my Series 1 Turbo painting out the arches and re-spraying struts etc..etc...
Once you get it that clean it's quite easy to maintain, beleive it or not. As the dirt washes off quite easily.
nice work, may do similar to my classic some time....
Been there done that, plenty of hours spent under my Series 1 Turbo painting out the arches and re-spraying struts etc..etc...
Once you get it that clean it's quite easy to maintain, beleive it or not. As the dirt washes off quite easily.
nice work, may do similar to my classic some time....
