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Mike1
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Good Morning Fanatics
My client, a lady who purchased a MINI from me a while ago got in contact to have her lovely little Mazda 2 Individual detailed.
She was in a spot of bother with the car, the reason being that she works in an Industrial Area in the Cape Town Dockyard close to companies which rebuilt and re-spray boats.
This caused problems as over time the car was subjected to industrial fallout, sea salt; overspray and being a black car the sun had taken its toll on the bodywork.
We decided to go for a custom service, consisting of a clay session and a more durable wax to withstand the harsh environment the car spent most of its time in.
I collected the car from her the day before the detail and began work at 8am starting with a rather untidy car:
As usual, the mag wheels and arches were dosed in a healthy layer of APC and then scrubbed & agitated.
The car was then foamed with Chemical Guys Maxi Suds, left to dwell for 10 minutes and then re-washed by hand.
At this point I mixed up a strong blend of Maxi Suds and introduced the car to its first ever clay session. The results were horrific.
This is what the clay looked like after not even a quarter of the bonnet. The car had so much paint contamination that the clay process alone took me 4 hours to complete. The reason being is simple:
The car was covered in overspray from the docks with loads of tiny white speckles all over the paintwork. Such was the damage that only after claying did I realize that the paint was not metallic but rather a flat black!
With the claying finally completed I gave the car yet another wash followed by a closer inspection of the damage on the paint.
The paintwork, now silky smooth was littered in fine markings, RDS and had very little to almost no clarity. The finish was hazy and dull.
I attacked the paintwork, working in two passes of Chemical Guys Pro Cut 2 followed by a pass with some Pro Polish and then finished with a very light pass of Ultimate Compound. The results were astonishing:
With the polishing phase complete and only another 2 hours to work on the car I finished off by a quick re-wash and two layers of Collonite Wax, Opti-Seal and for added gloss (even though this was excessive and not required) a very light coat of Wet Butter Wax.
The mag wheels were coated in Rim Wax, trim dressed and interior vacuumed and cleaned. The glass was given a pass with some Autoglym Fast Glass and the arches, engine bay tyres were dressed.
With time running out a quick photoshoot was in order followed by delivery to my customer at 6pm.
Happy with the results, although more could have been done I dropped the car off leaving a happy customer to enjoy her freshly pampered car:
This detail was rather challenging as I really had to push myself to complete the car in time and remain constant in terms of the premium finish and service I deliver.
I hope you enjoyed reading this, all comments are welcome.
Mike
My client, a lady who purchased a MINI from me a while ago got in contact to have her lovely little Mazda 2 Individual detailed.
She was in a spot of bother with the car, the reason being that she works in an Industrial Area in the Cape Town Dockyard close to companies which rebuilt and re-spray boats.
This caused problems as over time the car was subjected to industrial fallout, sea salt; overspray and being a black car the sun had taken its toll on the bodywork.
We decided to go for a custom service, consisting of a clay session and a more durable wax to withstand the harsh environment the car spent most of its time in.
I collected the car from her the day before the detail and began work at 8am starting with a rather untidy car:
As usual, the mag wheels and arches were dosed in a healthy layer of APC and then scrubbed & agitated.
The car was then foamed with Chemical Guys Maxi Suds, left to dwell for 10 minutes and then re-washed by hand.
At this point I mixed up a strong blend of Maxi Suds and introduced the car to its first ever clay session. The results were horrific.
This is what the clay looked like after not even a quarter of the bonnet. The car had so much paint contamination that the clay process alone took me 4 hours to complete. The reason being is simple:
The car was covered in overspray from the docks with loads of tiny white speckles all over the paintwork. Such was the damage that only after claying did I realize that the paint was not metallic but rather a flat black!
With the claying finally completed I gave the car yet another wash followed by a closer inspection of the damage on the paint.
The paintwork, now silky smooth was littered in fine markings, RDS and had very little to almost no clarity. The finish was hazy and dull.
I attacked the paintwork, working in two passes of Chemical Guys Pro Cut 2 followed by a pass with some Pro Polish and then finished with a very light pass of Ultimate Compound. The results were astonishing:
With the polishing phase complete and only another 2 hours to work on the car I finished off by a quick re-wash and two layers of Collonite Wax, Opti-Seal and for added gloss (even though this was excessive and not required) a very light coat of Wet Butter Wax.
The mag wheels were coated in Rim Wax, trim dressed and interior vacuumed and cleaned. The glass was given a pass with some Autoglym Fast Glass and the arches, engine bay tyres were dressed.
With time running out a quick photoshoot was in order followed by delivery to my customer at 6pm.
Happy with the results, although more could have been done I dropped the car off leaving a happy customer to enjoy her freshly pampered car:
This detail was rather challenging as I really had to push myself to complete the car in time and remain constant in terms of the premium finish and service I deliver.
I hope you enjoyed reading this, all comments are welcome.
Mike
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