An almost vintage car, an Alfa Romeo Spider back from XX century, paid us a visit this time.
I started work on a Friday afternoon with a thorough cleaning of the interior – vacuuming all surfaces, cleaning floor coverings using steam and then manually (because I did not want to wet the interior), manual cleaning of leather, plastics and other elements such as the interior of the trunk under the carpet, door bays and spare wheel. Finally, a special conditioner was applied on the leather and all plastics were refreshed and protected.
On Saturday morning, Colin arrived, and from that moment we have worked together. The car was thoroughly and carefully washed – we tried not to allow the water to get into the various nooks and into the car. Fabric roof was separately cleaned with a special product and a soft brush.
After washing and decontamination, we dried it very carefully using a machine that generates strong and warm air stream. Next 14 hours (the rest of Saturday and half of Sunday) we spent correcting the paint, which was very difficult to work with – on some panels soft and on the others very hard. This “chessboard” really slowed our work, because we often had to try different combinations of compounds/polishes and pads. When the paint was almost perfect, the car was again very carefully washed and dried, and we proceeded to the final stage of protecting all external surfaces. Painted elements and the windows were covered with product based on nanotechnology, which gives an amazing slipperiness, glassiness and resistance to weathering for a long time. Plastics and rubbers were treated with special products produced in Poland
. Finally, we secured the fabric roof – this step took us most of the protecting time, because the product should not be sprayed on any other surface than fabric, and this means that we had to tape the windows and the paint very precisely.
After nearly 30 hours of work this beautiful car looks great in our opinion.
Cleaning and restoration of the interior:
Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner (1:10)
4nano Predator APC
Chemical Guys Fabric Clean (1:10)
4nano Plastic & Wrapped Cleaner
Shiny Garage Care for Me Leather Cream
Poorboy's Natural Look
Shiny Garage Buff Up Exterior Sealant
4nano Glass Shine (1:90)
George dry vacuum cleaner
Wash & decontamination:
4nano Rim Cleaner+
Meguiar's Wheel Brightner (1:4)
Shiny Garage Red Devil HD Nano (1:1, 1:5)
4nano Ultra Violet Shampoo
CarPro IronX (distributed with a sponge throughout the car)
Prickbort MAC124 tar&glue remover (distributed with a sponge throughout the car)
Bilt-Hamber Medium Clay
Dodo Juice Born Slippy Concentrate (1:5 as clay lube)
4nano Glass Shine (1:90)
Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner (1:4)
303 Fabric and Vinyl Cleaner
Karcher K5.700
Metro Vac Air Force Blaster
Polishing:
Meguiar's #101
Meguiar's DA Microfiber Correction Compound (D300)
Menzerna SF4000
Meguiar's DA Microfiber Cutting Discs 5"
Chemical Guys HexLogic white, black pads 5,5"
Flex3401
Rupes LHR15
Zaino Z-12 Clear View Glass Polish
Chemical Guys Metal Shine Extreme Polish & Protection
CarPro Eraser
4nano Final Wipe
Protection:
Gtechniq C2V3 (paint, wheels, windows and lights)
303 High Tech Fabric Guard (roof)
Shiny Garage Back2Black Tire Dressing (tires and rubbers)
Shiny Garage Jet-Black Exteriro Trim Restorer (plastics)
Please, look at the pictures and video.
Before.
I started work on a Friday afternoon with a thorough cleaning of the interior – vacuuming all surfaces, cleaning floor coverings using steam and then manually (because I did not want to wet the interior), manual cleaning of leather, plastics and other elements such as the interior of the trunk under the carpet, door bays and spare wheel. Finally, a special conditioner was applied on the leather and all plastics were refreshed and protected.
On Saturday morning, Colin arrived, and from that moment we have worked together. The car was thoroughly and carefully washed – we tried not to allow the water to get into the various nooks and into the car. Fabric roof was separately cleaned with a special product and a soft brush.
After washing and decontamination, we dried it very carefully using a machine that generates strong and warm air stream. Next 14 hours (the rest of Saturday and half of Sunday) we spent correcting the paint, which was very difficult to work with – on some panels soft and on the others very hard. This “chessboard” really slowed our work, because we often had to try different combinations of compounds/polishes and pads. When the paint was almost perfect, the car was again very carefully washed and dried, and we proceeded to the final stage of protecting all external surfaces. Painted elements and the windows were covered with product based on nanotechnology, which gives an amazing slipperiness, glassiness and resistance to weathering for a long time. Plastics and rubbers were treated with special products produced in Poland
. Finally, we secured the fabric roof – this step took us most of the protecting time, because the product should not be sprayed on any other surface than fabric, and this means that we had to tape the windows and the paint very precisely.After nearly 30 hours of work this beautiful car looks great in our opinion.
Cleaning and restoration of the interior:
Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner (1:10)
4nano Predator APC
Chemical Guys Fabric Clean (1:10)
4nano Plastic & Wrapped Cleaner
Shiny Garage Care for Me Leather Cream
Poorboy's Natural Look
Shiny Garage Buff Up Exterior Sealant
4nano Glass Shine (1:90)
George dry vacuum cleaner
Wash & decontamination:
4nano Rim Cleaner+
Meguiar's Wheel Brightner (1:4)
Shiny Garage Red Devil HD Nano (1:1, 1:5)
4nano Ultra Violet Shampoo
CarPro IronX (distributed with a sponge throughout the car)
Prickbort MAC124 tar&glue remover (distributed with a sponge throughout the car)
Bilt-Hamber Medium Clay
Dodo Juice Born Slippy Concentrate (1:5 as clay lube)
4nano Glass Shine (1:90)
Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner (1:4)
303 Fabric and Vinyl Cleaner
Karcher K5.700
Metro Vac Air Force Blaster
Polishing:
Meguiar's #101
Meguiar's DA Microfiber Correction Compound (D300)
Menzerna SF4000
Meguiar's DA Microfiber Cutting Discs 5"
Chemical Guys HexLogic white, black pads 5,5"
Flex3401
Rupes LHR15
Zaino Z-12 Clear View Glass Polish
Chemical Guys Metal Shine Extreme Polish & Protection
CarPro Eraser
4nano Final Wipe
Protection:
Gtechniq C2V3 (paint, wheels, windows and lights)
303 High Tech Fabric Guard (roof)
Shiny Garage Back2Black Tire Dressing (tires and rubbers)
Shiny Garage Jet-Black Exteriro Trim Restorer (plastics)
Please, look at the pictures and video.
Before.
