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So i havent posted in a while since i havent been able to detail due to moving. So today i finnaly got some time to work on a car, i scheduled the guy who did my web site 9 (i would do his car if he did my site.. i thought it was a good trade).
So its a perlecent orange eclipse, its a cool little car.

Proccess:

Spray down with p21 total auto wash
P21s wheel cleaner (left on while washed car, all the grime came right off)
Filled the bucket with water and added qew
QEW'd the whole car
QEW wheels and wells
Dried
Clayed using poli-clay, it wasnt strong enough so i moved onto VW clay (its not aggresive but a little more then poly clay).
Wipe off clay lube
Zymol HD-Cleanse the whole car (reminded me to do a review)
cleaned windows
applied VW concoours wax (man i love this wax)via foam appicator pad.

Then idid the inside, it was a basic detail, nothing special so i didint get any pics.

Here is the car before hand. it was nice and dirty, gota love calgary streets

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Heres the pre wash and wheel with cleaner

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After the wash

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me on the pre-wash, its in the wrong order but oh well

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and in the next post the finals... i didnt bother taking pics of each step but i did get a few throughout.
 
Here are a whole bunch of after shots, i hope you like them.. there are non of the back since i didnt want to show his plate. .so here they are


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any comments or questions would be greatly appricated. Thnkx


Mike
 
Great job Calgary...complete turn around...The VW really has a very nice look to it...It has a very warm look to it..especially on that color..which I like..

The car came out perfect...I hope he did as good a job on your website as you did to his car...

AL
 
Looks awsome... Mean that wheel cleaner works awsome
 
Thanks Al, the web site, I thought, looked awsome. (heres my shameless plug). YOu can check it out at www.calgarydetailer.com (to use as a comparision of work)
I love the VW, its to bad autogeek dosent carry it (perhaps max may want to look into it :D)

And Nuke p21s gell wheel cleaner is AWSOME. I use it straigh (i know osme people cute) and it will get anything off. I normaly let it sit while im washing the car but sometimes when the dirt is really bad a quick scrub makes them look awsome.

Thanks for the comments guys
 
Looking good. the VW wax sure looks like it lives up to it's reputation. how did the HD cleanse work out for you with the VW. were you using the VW concours red ? would love to get my hands on some of their lite clanse and concours red to try it out. do they still sell sampler type kits. thanks for any info you can provide. their website is very vague right now. thanks for the review.the P21s wheel cleaner is great. nice to know it is also very safe.
 
The zymol cleanse worked well. I have used lite cleanse a few times, and was looking for somthing new. HD cleanse did everything it said it would, it left the paiint smooth and did a good job of cleaning. To tell you the trust it did exaclty the same things as lite cleanse but for a hiighe price.

As for the web site.. they are doing an update. I would call David personaly.. tjhe number is on the site.. he is a great guy. I know when i ordered mine i just ordered the wax and he sent me a few extras. he will be able to hook you up. Trust me its worth the cal.. VW concours red is my staple wax... to bad im almost out i think a 12 oz jar will soon be needed.

p.s i have used the other waxes by VW before, they are all awsome. they do a wicked job but i was drawn to concours.. its what works for me
 
Nice work, cool colour on that car too.

Looks good clean.
 
Hey CalgaryDetail,

That car looks really good, the color looks really good. Wondering though how bad was the paint? Meaning any scratches swirls? If that is here in Calgary it has to have some scratches or swirls just because of where we live and how the roads are with rocks and all that. The paint looks really wet. You do good work my friend, well done.
 
Nica said:
Hey CalgaryDetail,

That car looks really good, the color looks really good. Wondering though how bad was the paint? Meaning any scratches swirls? If that is here in Calgary it has to have some scratches or swirls just because of where we live and how the roads are with rocks and all that. The paint looks really wet. You do good work my friend, well done.
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Thanks Nica, And before I forget. I havent forgout about you. I promose. Sorry to get to you so late. I know its now excuse but i just moved and eveything is in shams. I am very sorry

no back to the post.. lol... the car had some light swirls in it. I decided not to cut down the clear since they were not that bad, i am going to wait untill they get muuch worse so i dont have to grind clear twice for one job. The hd cleanse hid some light swirling, and actully in the sun (the 10 cseconeds me got) there where no swirls.
There was some minor acidnet scratching on the rear bumper which he asked me to touch up (he had the pen, and since hes a freind I said ok). It wasnt a gret job but it helped.
and i reallt appeite the comments. and again sorry for not calling yet. with the new house and needing to work another job to pay the bills.. (i know its not excuse for poor service)

Mike
 
Very nice work, Mike! Came out lovely! Boy was it dirty.
I love the orange color too - I considered that for my vette myself. Thanks for sharing!!:cheers:
Blessings,
Lauren
 
man i hate those salty cars, we gte them all day down here in florida(snowbirds) and they drive me nuts
 
I have found P21S Total Wash to be extemely valuable when cleaning cars of this degree. Use before wash and claying. Outcome looks very much like DP Max Wax on that orange metallic ...
 
CalgaryDetail said:
Thanks Nica, And before I forget. I havent forgout about you. I promose. Sorry to get to you so late. I know its now excuse but i just moved and eveything is in shams. I am very sorry

no back to the post.. lol... the car had some light swirls in it. I decided not to cut down the clear since they were not that bad, i am going to wait untill they get muuch worse so i dont have to grind clear twice for one job. The hd cleanse hid some light swirling, and actully in the sun (the 10 cseconeds me got) there where no swirls.
There was some minor acidnet scratching on the rear bumper which he asked me to touch up (he had the pen, and since hes a freind I said ok). It wasnt a gret job but it helped.
and i reallt appeite the comments. and again sorry for not calling yet. with the new house and needing to work another job to pay the bills.. (i know its not excuse for poor service)

Mike
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Hey Mike,

No worries my friend, the weather here is not really helping. Don't worry about not phoning me I totally understand, eventually we'll get together and I'm hoping you'll give me some pointers.

Car turned out great, I was going to say you must have been cold when you washed the car. I noticed your garage is like mine, not insulated and when it's cold out side you feel it inside. Makes the claying part really hard on the hands.
 
hey man,

nice detail and i really like the look of the ####. i have a couple of comments on the web site. pm me if youre interested.
 
Nica said:
Hey Mike,

No worries my friend, the weather here is not really helping. Don't worry about not phoning me I totally understand, eventually we'll get together and I'm hoping you'll give me some pointers.

Car turned out great, I was going to say you must have been cold when you washed the car. I noticed your garage is like mine, not insulated and when it's cold out side you feel it inside. Makes the claying part really hard on the hands.
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thanks nica, and it wasnt bad, i used QEW and put some very warm water in the bucket. It was only -1 when i worked on the car so nothing unberable. The only problem i found was that the clay would not work. I had to warm it up in my hands for a few minutes just t get it to pick up stuff.. ohh well next time ill take it to the wash we use
 
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