DeanMachine
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So I am in the process of practicing on cars that don`t belong to family or friend before I go at this as a weekend money maker. I am trying to nail down a process and make sure that when I leave my house I have everything. Well, I forgot my camera. Lucky for me the kind fellow who owns this car happily brought his camera out to take some pics. Because I was on a time crunch, we didn`t really get any good shots of the exterior before. This all took place on Sunday (7/12/09).
http://www.autopia.org/forum/southwest-usa/120901-ba-detailing.html#post1289167
My process was:
Engine bay:
-Diluted simple green in pressure sprayer to soak engine bay
-hand scrub with assorment of brushes and towels
-Polished metal with DWG metal polish
-Hit painted metal with Klasse AIO
-Dressed hoses and such with 303
-(note for future: should have brought high temp spray paint for the exhaust manifold covers)
Exterior:
-pressure rinse
-ONR wash (Viking MF mitt)
-Clay (Meg`s mild wth ONR as QD lube)
Paint was pretty oxidized and had a heavy layer of fine fallout/contamination with some sap. The clay took the paint further than I thought. I am still brand new to my PC, but this brave soul let me go to town.
I started with P&S medium cut on Uber flat green pad. Looked better, but I could only spend a few hours on this ride so I will come back with a heavier cut and Uber flat orange pads .
We finished off with KAIO on black pad (next time I will use KAIO on green), then topped with Megs NXT.
Pics aren`t that great as I am in need of some photo practice as well.
HERE YA GO!
engine bay before:
engine bay after:
hood before:
hood after:
Random after shots.
Some reflection shots with my ride and EvoVIII:
And my engine bay (photo taken same day):
THANKS FOR LOOKING!:getdown
http://www.autopia.org/forum/southwest-usa/120901-ba-detailing.html#post1289167
My process was:
Engine bay:
-Diluted simple green in pressure sprayer to soak engine bay
-hand scrub with assorment of brushes and towels
-Polished metal with DWG metal polish
-Hit painted metal with Klasse AIO
-Dressed hoses and such with 303
-(note for future: should have brought high temp spray paint for the exhaust manifold covers)
Exterior:
-pressure rinse
-ONR wash (Viking MF mitt)
-Clay (Meg`s mild wth ONR as QD lube)
Paint was pretty oxidized and had a heavy layer of fine fallout/contamination with some sap. The clay took the paint further than I thought. I am still brand new to my PC, but this brave soul let me go to town.
I started with P&S medium cut on Uber flat green pad. Looked better, but I could only spend a few hours on this ride so I will come back with a heavier cut and Uber flat orange pads .
We finished off with KAIO on black pad (next time I will use KAIO on green), then topped with Megs NXT.
Pics aren`t that great as I am in need of some photo practice as well.
HERE YA GO!
engine bay before:
engine bay after:
hood before:
hood after:
Random after shots.
Some reflection shots with my ride and EvoVIII:
And my engine bay (photo taken same day):
THANKS FOR LOOKING!:getdown