A friend asked me to carry out a detail on his Leon. He is more about power than showcasing his car, and you can tell...with over £8k spend on performance parts and the car producing over 360bhp its a rocket (been known to beat RS4's, Evo's etc). The owner does not wash the car himself and used a local car wash, resulting in the car being covered in Swirls. So since he was at Crail this weekend for a Vauxhall day, he wanted the car looking good (might have something to do with the Porsche Carrera 4S i detailed the day before).
Some pics on its arrival:
Initially the car was rinse and then the Alloys were cleaned with Wheel Cleaner and the tyres and arches, door sills and petrol cap with APC
Then moved onto the Engine bay, applied APC and aggrigated it with a detailing brush to remove as much grime and oil as possible. Then the engine was run to allow to dry.
The car was then snowfoamed and rinsed, then washed (3 bucket method) and rinsed. There was a lot of tar on the car so this was removed using a tar and glue remover.
then the car was clayed, washed again, rinsed again then dried using the blower and finished off using a waffle drying towel.
Checking the paint work, I found a consistancy of swirls all over it:
I used various pad and polish combinations.
The results:
The paintwork was then cleansed using a pre wax cleanser and the same applied to the alloy wheels. once removed then wax was used on the paint work,
PTFE wan used on the alloys, tyre dressing on the tyres, spray sealent on the plastic trim, window cleaner on the windows, Seal feed on the rubbers, Engine bay was treated with an engine detailer, interior was cleaned with APC and hoovered, Exhaust was treated with a Metal Polish and some steel wool.
The end results:
The owner was really happy with the result and noticed whilst cleaning the car and him helping out a little bit of OCD was coming out lol
Thanks for looking
Robert
Some pics on its arrival:
Initially the car was rinse and then the Alloys were cleaned with Wheel Cleaner and the tyres and arches, door sills and petrol cap with APC
Then moved onto the Engine bay, applied APC and aggrigated it with a detailing brush to remove as much grime and oil as possible. Then the engine was run to allow to dry.
The car was then snowfoamed and rinsed, then washed (3 bucket method) and rinsed. There was a lot of tar on the car so this was removed using a tar and glue remover.
then the car was clayed, washed again, rinsed again then dried using the blower and finished off using a waffle drying towel.
Checking the paint work, I found a consistancy of swirls all over it:
I used various pad and polish combinations.
The results:
The paintwork was then cleansed using a pre wax cleanser and the same applied to the alloy wheels. once removed then wax was used on the paint work,
PTFE wan used on the alloys, tyre dressing on the tyres, spray sealent on the plastic trim, window cleaner on the windows, Seal feed on the rubbers, Engine bay was treated with an engine detailer, interior was cleaned with APC and hoovered, Exhaust was treated with a Metal Polish and some steel wool.
The end results:
The owner was really happy with the result and noticed whilst cleaning the car and him helping out a little bit of OCD was coming out lol
Thanks for looking
Robert
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