cupra_clark
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A nice easy one to finish the end of last week with, a protection detail on this M3 Cab:
Overall not too bad, just the usual winter grime you get at this time of year:
As always, the pre-foam comes first - Hyper Wash @ 60 degrees:
Left to dwell for 5 mins:
Then rinsed off at high pressure, taking a good 10 minutes to get as much grime off as possible:
Menzerna 7.5 was sprayed onto the wheels and left for 30 secs:
Then agitated with various brushes:
After the wheels were rinsed off, the tyres and arches were cleaned with Megs Super Degreaser and then rinsed off:
Eimann Fabrik Engine Degreaser was used for the engine bay:
- Sprayed on and left for 30 secs:
Then agitated:
And then rinsed off:
After another foam, the car (including the shuts) was then washed with a lambswool mitt and the 2BM:
After rinsing, I removed some minor tar spots with Tardis and then put the car inside for claying.
Marsha helped for this bit as she'd finished packing all the days orders:
Gloss-It Mild clay was used, as you can see the paint had little contamination, this was the worst of it:
The car was then dried off with a MF towel and I then removed some transport wax that was still visible in the engine bay/shuts etc:
After some Tardis on a work towel:
With the paint nicely prepped and dried off, it was time to lay down the initial basecoat of sealant, using Werkstat Acrylic Prime:
This was worked into the paintwork using a damp MF pad and then buffed off after 10 mins.
Acrylic Jett was then applied with a plush MF:
3 coats of Jett were applied with 30 mins in between each coat. It's a great product especially for winter as the protection is awesome once there's several coats on and all the products work perfectly regardless of temperature
Whilst I was doing the paintwork Marsha polished up the tailpipes with Megs NXT metal polish:
She also sealed the wheels with Blackfire's Metal Sealant...
...then dressed the tyres with Gloss-It:
Once left for 15-20 mins and then worked in with an applicator pad, the tyres end up looking like this:
The product dries into the tyres with no excess residue so sling isn’t an issue
I Rain-X'd all the exterior glass:
I then turned my attention to the interior, which needed a quick hoover and then an entire wipe down of all surface areas.
It would appear the dealership gave it a nice going over with some shiny dressing. Here's a tip - If you're going to dress the interior, make sure you do all of it...
Gloss-It Leather Cleaner was used to wipe down all leather and vinyl/plastics:
Raceglaze Leather Balm was then used to feed the leather:
Interior glass was cleaned with Eimann Fabrik and the shuts were the polished/sealed with Werkstat Prime Strong:
Overall not too bad, just the usual winter grime you get at this time of year:
As always, the pre-foam comes first - Hyper Wash @ 60 degrees:
Left to dwell for 5 mins:
Then rinsed off at high pressure, taking a good 10 minutes to get as much grime off as possible:
Menzerna 7.5 was sprayed onto the wheels and left for 30 secs:
Then agitated with various brushes:
After the wheels were rinsed off, the tyres and arches were cleaned with Megs Super Degreaser and then rinsed off:
Eimann Fabrik Engine Degreaser was used for the engine bay:
- Sprayed on and left for 30 secs:
Then agitated:
And then rinsed off:
After another foam, the car (including the shuts) was then washed with a lambswool mitt and the 2BM:
After rinsing, I removed some minor tar spots with Tardis and then put the car inside for claying.
Marsha helped for this bit as she'd finished packing all the days orders:
Gloss-It Mild clay was used, as you can see the paint had little contamination, this was the worst of it:
The car was then dried off with a MF towel and I then removed some transport wax that was still visible in the engine bay/shuts etc:
After some Tardis on a work towel:
With the paint nicely prepped and dried off, it was time to lay down the initial basecoat of sealant, using Werkstat Acrylic Prime:
This was worked into the paintwork using a damp MF pad and then buffed off after 10 mins.
Acrylic Jett was then applied with a plush MF:
3 coats of Jett were applied with 30 mins in between each coat. It's a great product especially for winter as the protection is awesome once there's several coats on and all the products work perfectly regardless of temperature
Whilst I was doing the paintwork Marsha polished up the tailpipes with Megs NXT metal polish:
She also sealed the wheels with Blackfire's Metal Sealant...
...then dressed the tyres with Gloss-It:
Once left for 15-20 mins and then worked in with an applicator pad, the tyres end up looking like this:
The product dries into the tyres with no excess residue so sling isn’t an issue
I Rain-X'd all the exterior glass:
I then turned my attention to the interior, which needed a quick hoover and then an entire wipe down of all surface areas.
It would appear the dealership gave it a nice going over with some shiny dressing. Here's a tip - If you're going to dress the interior, make sure you do all of it...
Gloss-It Leather Cleaner was used to wipe down all leather and vinyl/plastics:
Raceglaze Leather Balm was then used to feed the leather:
Interior glass was cleaned with Eimann Fabrik and the shuts were the polished/sealed with Werkstat Prime Strong:
