lawrenceSA
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Friday evening
Interior - 6 hours
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Smartwax Smartleather
Smartwax Smartdressing
Various brushes
MF Cloths
Foam Applicator pads
I started by blowing out all dirt from the dash/vents/interior and followed this with a vacuum. The leather seats were fairly dirty and so I started with an APC clean - to illustrate just how much dirt was lifted I snapped a before pic of the MF cloths I was using to clean the seats
I then cleaned the passenger seat using the Cyclo CM30 at 20:1 (only the part your bum goes on, not the back rest section) and the cloth on the left shows how much dirt came off on the first attempt. It took 2 attempts over each section to get the seats properly clean.
Once that was done, and AIO leather cleaner/conditioner was applied, which as you can see below looks quite wet/greasy on application, but quickly soaks into the seat leaving a dry matte finish
Before
During
Once completed with the seats, all the plastic trim/ dash were dressed.
Before
During
After
Saturday
Wheels and arches - 3 hours
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Turtle Wax - Platinum Series Revitalising Tyre Dressing
Sonax Extreme Wheel Cleaner
Autofiness Oblitarate
Autofinesse Iron Out
Collinite #845
Various Brushes
HP washer
MF cloths
Foam Applicator pads
These wheels were cleaned on the car in an attempt to save some time on the detail as the owner originally wanted me to restore the headlights on the car too as it would seem that someone else had previously attempted this, making a complete hash of it in the process, however as you will see later on in the write up paint correction took a lot longer than expected and I never landed up with the time to get to the headlights anyway.
What the headlights looked like
:fear:
On arrival the wheels showed the usual build up of road grime, tar and embedded brake dust
The arches and tires were first scrubbed clean and an initial clean then performed using the Sonax Wheel Cleaner which removed some of the embedded brake dust, however as can be seen below, the Iron-Out definitely pulled out a lot more contamination. All the tar spots were also removed from the faces of the wheels.
Once cleaned the wheels were treated to some Collinite and the tires dressed
Badges/Emblems/Door Jambs/Boot jamb - 1 hour
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Autofinesse Oblitarate
Various Brushes
HP washer
MF Cloths
Before
After
Before
After
I was also asked to remove 2 reflectors which were stuck on the back bumper. When removing the one on the right it revealed a hole in the bumper and so I am assuming these reflectors were initially placed on the bumper to hide the hole.
Engine Bay - 2 hours
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Sheen Natural Plastic/Vinyl/Rubber Care
Various Brushes
HP washer
Nilfisk Blower
MF Cloths
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Wash/Dry - 1 hour
Products used
Cyclo CM 30
Cyclo Polymer Hand Wash
Chenille Wash Mitt
2 buckets
HP washer
Foam Cannon
The entire car was then snowfoamed and washed using the 2BM
Decontamination - 4 hours
Products used
Autofinesse Oblitarate
Autofinesse Iron Out
Clay Magic Clay (Blue)
Optimum No Rinse
MF Cloths
First all the tar spots were removed
Interior - 6 hours
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Smartwax Smartleather
Smartwax Smartdressing
Various brushes
MF Cloths
Foam Applicator pads
I started by blowing out all dirt from the dash/vents/interior and followed this with a vacuum. The leather seats were fairly dirty and so I started with an APC clean - to illustrate just how much dirt was lifted I snapped a before pic of the MF cloths I was using to clean the seats
I then cleaned the passenger seat using the Cyclo CM30 at 20:1 (only the part your bum goes on, not the back rest section) and the cloth on the left shows how much dirt came off on the first attempt. It took 2 attempts over each section to get the seats properly clean.
Once that was done, and AIO leather cleaner/conditioner was applied, which as you can see below looks quite wet/greasy on application, but quickly soaks into the seat leaving a dry matte finish
Before
During
Once completed with the seats, all the plastic trim/ dash were dressed.
Before
During
After
Saturday
Wheels and arches - 3 hours
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Turtle Wax - Platinum Series Revitalising Tyre Dressing
Sonax Extreme Wheel Cleaner
Autofiness Oblitarate
Autofinesse Iron Out
Collinite #845
Various Brushes
HP washer
MF cloths
Foam Applicator pads
These wheels were cleaned on the car in an attempt to save some time on the detail as the owner originally wanted me to restore the headlights on the car too as it would seem that someone else had previously attempted this, making a complete hash of it in the process, however as you will see later on in the write up paint correction took a lot longer than expected and I never landed up with the time to get to the headlights anyway.
What the headlights looked like
:fear:
On arrival the wheels showed the usual build up of road grime, tar and embedded brake dust
The arches and tires were first scrubbed clean and an initial clean then performed using the Sonax Wheel Cleaner which removed some of the embedded brake dust, however as can be seen below, the Iron-Out definitely pulled out a lot more contamination. All the tar spots were also removed from the faces of the wheels.
Once cleaned the wheels were treated to some Collinite and the tires dressed
Badges/Emblems/Door Jambs/Boot jamb - 1 hour
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Autofinesse Oblitarate
Various Brushes
HP washer
MF Cloths
Before
After
Before
After
I was also asked to remove 2 reflectors which were stuck on the back bumper. When removing the one on the right it revealed a hole in the bumper and so I am assuming these reflectors were initially placed on the bumper to hide the hole.
Engine Bay - 2 hours
Products used
Cyclo CM30
Sheen Natural Plastic/Vinyl/Rubber Care
Various Brushes
HP washer
Nilfisk Blower
MF Cloths
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Wash/Dry - 1 hour
Products used
Cyclo CM 30
Cyclo Polymer Hand Wash
Chenille Wash Mitt
2 buckets
HP washer
Foam Cannon
The entire car was then snowfoamed and washed using the 2BM
Decontamination - 4 hours
Products used
Autofinesse Oblitarate
Autofinesse Iron Out
Clay Magic Clay (Blue)
Optimum No Rinse
MF Cloths
First all the tar spots were removed
It was also very obvious that someone else had attempted to polish the car before, and in all honesty, did more damage than good.... I also found many areas where it looked like someone had tried to remove some form of dirt with one of those kitchen sponges with the hard green stuff on the one side :crazy: 
