MirrorFinish
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- Jun 30, 2011
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Another one of my detailis from old Englandshire.
A few hectic days at Mirror Finish HQ. And a fair few hours put in as well.
First up on Monday morning was a nice BMW 1 Series in for a 2 day full detail plus correction.
The car was in really good condition with just some light swirls on it's paint.
Great little car though, fully loaded and auto, I am definately having an auto next.
So on with the process and pics.
How it arrived.
Washed, usual foam and 2 bucket method, clayed, de tarred and Iron X also applied.
Paint was generally good, just some slight marring from car washes and slightly dull paint.
Cracked on with the machining work. Paint readings taken and were all healthy.
Started off with Fast Cut+ on a yellow pad, worked really well that gave me the correction I was happy with, so the whole car was corrected with this combo. Back lights were also corrected this way as well. Eric followed up with Ultrafina on a blue pad and also polished the front lights.
Back light before.
And after.
Door Pillar before.
And after. Some marks were pretty deep so had to stay in.
Not forgetting the badges, by hand and cotton bud with fast cut.
This polishing lark sure causes a lot of dust. Easily blasted off.
Radiator Grill and cotton buds again.
Before.
During.
And after.
Onto the interior as they car was also booked for a full steam sterilisation service and air con clean.
Steaming the mats.
Leaving this.
The whole of the interior was vacuumed out and completly steam cleaned. Paying special attention to the switchgear, stitching on steering wheel (in tests the stitching on wheels can carry staph infection) door handles, gear stick, hand brake and other areas.
All the windows were also steam cleaned then wiped with IPA on the insides.
All fabric was treated with Gtechniq fabric care and all leather treated with Gtechnic leather guard.
No interior dressings were applied. A, as I don't like them and b, the steam strips off any on there and makes the interior look like a factory fresh car.
Finished interior.
After.
All door shuts. lights and boot shuts were treated to an application of Opti Seal.
Windows were treated to Gtechniq G1.
And finally as the car was booked in for a Gtechniq C1 application we finally started to apply the C1.
The whole car was C1'd then wiped off with a MF after a few minutes. Leaving us with this..
And some finished shots.
[video=youtube_share;oGMqEA5lpWs] - Gtechnic C1 Beading and water sheeting.[/video]
Then inside.
Is all go at Mirror Finish.
Enjoy!!!!
First up on Monday morning was a nice BMW 1 Series in for a 2 day full detail plus correction.
The car was in really good condition with just some light swirls on it's paint.
Great little car though, fully loaded and auto, I am definately having an auto next.
So on with the process and pics.
How it arrived.
Washed, usual foam and 2 bucket method, clayed, de tarred and Iron X also applied.
Paint was generally good, just some slight marring from car washes and slightly dull paint.
Cracked on with the machining work. Paint readings taken and were all healthy.
Started off with Fast Cut+ on a yellow pad, worked really well that gave me the correction I was happy with, so the whole car was corrected with this combo. Back lights were also corrected this way as well. Eric followed up with Ultrafina on a blue pad and also polished the front lights.
Back light before.
And after.
Door Pillar before.
And after. Some marks were pretty deep so had to stay in.
Not forgetting the badges, by hand and cotton bud with fast cut.
This polishing lark sure causes a lot of dust. Easily blasted off.
Radiator Grill and cotton buds again.
Before.
During.
And after.
Onto the interior as they car was also booked for a full steam sterilisation service and air con clean.
Steaming the mats.
Leaving this.
The whole of the interior was vacuumed out and completly steam cleaned. Paying special attention to the switchgear, stitching on steering wheel (in tests the stitching on wheels can carry staph infection) door handles, gear stick, hand brake and other areas.
All the windows were also steam cleaned then wiped with IPA on the insides.
All fabric was treated with Gtechniq fabric care and all leather treated with Gtechnic leather guard.
No interior dressings were applied. A, as I don't like them and b, the steam strips off any on there and makes the interior look like a factory fresh car.
Finished interior.
After.
All door shuts. lights and boot shuts were treated to an application of Opti Seal.
Windows were treated to Gtechniq G1.
And finally as the car was booked in for a Gtechniq C1 application we finally started to apply the C1.
The whole car was C1'd then wiped off with a MF after a few minutes. Leaving us with this..
And some finished shots.
[video=youtube_share;oGMqEA5lpWs] - Gtechnic C1 Beading and water sheeting.[/video]
Then inside.
Is all go at Mirror Finish.
Enjoy!!!!
