Well I went a little nuts today. After work I was going to go and do a full interior only on my truck because I plan on quitting smoking on July 1st and want no remnants of cigarettes anywhere.
All went well, I did a full on interior detail on my truck and it came out awesome. When I was done, I wanted to do something else so I decided to detail my engine for the first time ever. I dont know why I never detailed the engine bay before. I think it has been a fear of it not starting up after I was done cleaning it.
So I grabbed my orange blast that I got from walmart, some megs APC 4:1, some terry towels and a little brush.
The engine was cold because of the interior detail so I was ready to go. I sprayed down the engine bay with the Orange Blast and let it sit for a few minutes. I brushed a few things to loosen some dirt but nothing extreme. I then proceeded to rinse. Most of the gunk came off but I decided to do one more step just to make sure. I sprayed it again with a mix of APC 4:1 and some more Orange blast. (Im really starting to like my APC by the way. I use it on carpets, floormats, dashboards, tires, and now engines!)
After spraying it down, i wiped off some excess water and ran the engine for 5 minutes. Then I sprayed the plastic and rubber hoses with Megs Vinyl/Rubber protectant.
Heres how it came out!
Before: Sorry I only had my camera phone:
And now for the afters: (why on Earth have I never done this before!)
I was veryhappy with the way it came out. This is the same feeling I got the first time I polished a car! Im pretty ecstatic about this. Now should I include this in my detailing packages...:nixweiss
After the engine I was pretty pumped up so I QEW'd the truck and put on a layer of XXX hardcore paste wax!
So an interior detail turned into a full on detail!
Hope you enjoyed!
Jim
All went well, I did a full on interior detail on my truck and it came out awesome. When I was done, I wanted to do something else so I decided to detail my engine for the first time ever. I dont know why I never detailed the engine bay before. I think it has been a fear of it not starting up after I was done cleaning it.
So I grabbed my orange blast that I got from walmart, some megs APC 4:1, some terry towels and a little brush.
The engine was cold because of the interior detail so I was ready to go. I sprayed down the engine bay with the Orange Blast and let it sit for a few minutes. I brushed a few things to loosen some dirt but nothing extreme. I then proceeded to rinse. Most of the gunk came off but I decided to do one more step just to make sure. I sprayed it again with a mix of APC 4:1 and some more Orange blast. (Im really starting to like my APC by the way. I use it on carpets, floormats, dashboards, tires, and now engines!)
After spraying it down, i wiped off some excess water and ran the engine for 5 minutes. Then I sprayed the plastic and rubber hoses with Megs Vinyl/Rubber protectant.
Heres how it came out!
Before: Sorry I only had my camera phone:
And now for the afters: (why on Earth have I never done this before!)
I was veryhappy with the way it came out. This is the same feeling I got the first time I polished a car! Im pretty ecstatic about this. Now should I include this in my detailing packages...:nixweiss
After the engine I was pretty pumped up so I QEW'd the truck and put on a layer of XXX hardcore paste wax!
So an interior detail turned into a full on detail!
Hope you enjoyed!
Jim
