It has been a while since I last posted but work has kept me busy and then winter was not so great to do much work on the car. I had done a full detail in November anyway so left it until now to get the car looking it's best.
I had time off last Thursday and in time too so what did I get up to? Well you go out and prepare your ride so that you can show it off on the weekend of course!
I am well happy with the results, again, and glad that the winter grime has come off the car.
Exterior Procedure:
Wash
Dry with Waffle Weave Towels from Pakshak
Meguiar's Clay
Meg's #80 Speed Glaze to remove swirls and provide a nice gloss (these were caused by SC Honda who were told not to wash the car. I managed to get 95% out)
At this stage the car looked awesome and I could have applied either a sealant or wax and be done with it but that would be too easy.
I then applies Clearkote Vanilla Moose (glaze) for a little more depth
Then Poorboy's EX-P sealant to provide durability and protection
Finally a coat of Natty's wax for that extra pop to the colour. As I said before I could have skipped at least two steps but these extra steps do provide more depth and wetter look.
Then the interior:
Clean Vinyl and dress the rubber bits with NXT Tech Protect
Clean Leather with Zaino Leather Cleaner
Leather Cream Zaino Leather in a Bottle
Vacuum
Glass with Meg's Glass Cleaner using terry cloth towels bought from boots.
Exterior Misc:
Alloys waxed with Meg's #16 wax
Exhaust with Silvo
Tyre walls with Meg's Hot Tire Shine
Time spent = 11 hours
What will be my next task? Well keep it clean every week with Zaino QD or washing. Top up wax every month. Apply EX-P and VM every three months. Clay every 6. Also my GB and diff oil were just changed and tomorrow the car goes in for it's first service. Hope you like the effort because I sure do.
I also hope that it gives some others some inspiration to do likewise and get posting.
I had time off last Thursday and in time too so what did I get up to? Well you go out and prepare your ride so that you can show it off on the weekend of course!
I am well happy with the results, again, and glad that the winter grime has come off the car.Exterior Procedure:
Wash
Dry with Waffle Weave Towels from Pakshak
Meguiar's Clay
Meg's #80 Speed Glaze to remove swirls and provide a nice gloss (these were caused by SC Honda who were told not to wash the car. I managed to get 95% out)
At this stage the car looked awesome and I could have applied either a sealant or wax and be done with it but that would be too easy.
I then applies Clearkote Vanilla Moose (glaze) for a little more depth
Then Poorboy's EX-P sealant to provide durability and protection
Finally a coat of Natty's wax for that extra pop to the colour. As I said before I could have skipped at least two steps but these extra steps do provide more depth and wetter look.
Then the interior:
Clean Vinyl and dress the rubber bits with NXT Tech Protect
Clean Leather with Zaino Leather Cleaner
Leather Cream Zaino Leather in a Bottle
Vacuum
Glass with Meg's Glass Cleaner using terry cloth towels bought from boots.
Exterior Misc:
Alloys waxed with Meg's #16 wax
Exhaust with Silvo
Tyre walls with Meg's Hot Tire Shine
Time spent = 11 hours
What will be my next task? Well keep it clean every week with Zaino QD or washing. Top up wax every month. Apply EX-P and VM every three months. Clay every 6. Also my GB and diff oil were just changed and tomorrow the car goes in for it's first service. Hope you like the effort because I sure do.
I also hope that it gives some others some inspiration to do likewise and get posting.
