Detailed my SL - 2009 Revisit

Baracuda

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It's been over 1 year since my first polish. During this time i've read a lot and watched many threads in order to improve my skill in detailing.



I felt confident that i could improve my previous detail that i presented here.

http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-brag/107933-my-first-detail-sl55-blog.html



So...let's have a look at what i have been up to



Wheels -



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Prewash with snow foam and maxi suds then applied billberry and agitated with a brush



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Tar spots were removed with a tar remover, then the rim was polished with P21S and then treated with Jetseal 109



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Interior -



Mats where sprayed with biocarpet and then liquid extracted



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Interior vacuumed



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Hard to reach areas were cleaned with the magic stick :)



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APC agitated with a brush



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Interior was wiped down with Leatherique Pristine Clean



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Rubbers were treated with 1Z Gummi



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Glassmaster Pro on interior windows



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Heated the seats to prepare them for L Rej Oil treatment



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Rej Oil massaged into the seats using a MF glove



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It was left overnight to do the job. Cleaned with Pristine clean.



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Exterior -



Snow foam + CG citrus (high concentration to strip the layers)



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Dried with miracle and compressed air. Under the lights i was happy to see that there were no major defects, some random light scratches and some very fine swilrs. The defects were corected with a LC spot pad and SIP



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My first wetsanding :)



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Megs 2500



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Drivers mirror before



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Megs 2500



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106FA + Megs Plastx via LC orange spot pad



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Passenger side



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Megs 2000 (Nasty scratch in the corner)



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Megs 2500



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106FA + Platx



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After the local corection i did a soft "peeling" with LC white and a combination of 106FA and 85RD



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Jeweling stage was done with a Sonus red and 85RD and gave the following result



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Washed it again to remove any dust and polish residue. Prewax was done with Lusso Oro (I love this product ! )



It was followed by Z Concours and on the spoilers/side skirts jetseal 109





End results



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Thank you for watching. Enjoy
 
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