Background
My first paid detail! Colleague’s 2007 Avensis 2nd hand. Silver ash (I think), DD, kept outside, washed in car washes perhaps once every 4-6 months (no info on previous owner’s regime).
I promised a thorough wash (including Iron-X) / clay / 1-step polish / glaze / sealing. Nothing was to be done on the interior. I just ended up doing a quick clean-up/303 session of the dash and front doors.
Products/tools used
1Z anti-insect
TW wash&wax shampoo (left over that I need to use)
Iron-X
ONR (as clay lub)
1Z clay & meg’s white clay
Menz PO203S
1Z acrysol
EZ crème
Optiseal (on paint and wheels)
FK425
303 protectant
1Z glass spray
Surf city garage beyond black tyre pro
CG new look trim gel
mf’s
mf pads
foam pads
MF mitt
3M blue tape
Tyre scrubber
Tyre foam applicator
LC orange 5,5 CCS
Buelle rotary
PD8 PTG
The process (around 11 hours)
Car on delivery. Looks a handfull, dull and dirty.
After pre-wash / wash / Iron-X / claying. My 1Z clay didn’t do very well with ONR so I used meg’s with no issues.
ONR evidence.
Time to inspect the finish and check paint thickness. Expected swirling and RIDS. Looked like marks from bushes or something similar along the sides. Paint thickness was healthy overall. The RHS back door troubled me both with its duller finish and higher paint thickness. It turned out that it was a replacement door after a collision.
Finished shots. The 203-orange-rotary took out only the light swirling and lessened some RIDS. Polishing only time about 4 hours. Another 1,5 hours for glazing, OS, FK425 wipe down and 30 mins on the wheels-tyres.
Overall the owner was happy. I was happier because I convinced him to buy a basic kit (I bought it for him) for the maintenance of the car. Perhaps the shine will be maintained a bit longer
.
Thanks for your time! Any comments/questions more than welcome!
My first paid detail! Colleague’s 2007 Avensis 2nd hand. Silver ash (I think), DD, kept outside, washed in car washes perhaps once every 4-6 months (no info on previous owner’s regime).
I promised a thorough wash (including Iron-X) / clay / 1-step polish / glaze / sealing. Nothing was to be done on the interior. I just ended up doing a quick clean-up/303 session of the dash and front doors.
Products/tools used
1Z anti-insect
TW wash&wax shampoo (left over that I need to use)
Iron-X
ONR (as clay lub)
1Z clay & meg’s white clay
Menz PO203S
1Z acrysol
EZ crème
Optiseal (on paint and wheels)
FK425
303 protectant
1Z glass spray
Surf city garage beyond black tyre pro
CG new look trim gel
mf’s
mf pads
foam pads
MF mitt
3M blue tape
Tyre scrubber
Tyre foam applicator
LC orange 5,5 CCS
Buelle rotary
PD8 PTG
The process (around 11 hours)
Car on delivery. Looks a handfull, dull and dirty.
After pre-wash / wash / Iron-X / claying. My 1Z clay didn’t do very well with ONR so I used meg’s with no issues.
ONR evidence.
Time to inspect the finish and check paint thickness. Expected swirling and RIDS. Looked like marks from bushes or something similar along the sides. Paint thickness was healthy overall. The RHS back door troubled me both with its duller finish and higher paint thickness. It turned out that it was a replacement door after a collision.
Finished shots. The 203-orange-rotary took out only the light swirling and lessened some RIDS. Polishing only time about 4 hours. Another 1,5 hours for glazing, OS, FK425 wipe down and 30 mins on the wheels-tyres.
Overall the owner was happy. I was happier because I convinced him to buy a basic kit (I bought it for him) for the maintenance of the car. Perhaps the shine will be maintained a bit longer
.Thanks for your time! Any comments/questions more than welcome!
