http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/ Detailed your car recently? Used a good or bad product? Tell us about it here and show us your detailing results. en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:38:37 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/images/styles/SeatCupra/misc/rss.jpg http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/ http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=283588&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:27:52 GMT *_BMW M3 SMG – Paint Enhancement _* Some of you might remember Dean car I detailed last year, the 106 Turbo pushing 450BHP. Detail thread can be found here: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=218668 As it’s not an everyday car, Dean decided to purchase an M3 to keep him busy... BMW M3 SMG – Paint Enhancement

Some of you might remember Dean car I detailed last year, the 106 Turbo pushing 450BHP. Detail thread can be found here: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=218668

As it’s not an everyday car, Dean decided to purchase an M3 to keep him busy during the week. He found a beautiful example but it needed sprucing up and protection for the winter. Here is what I found when I turned up at 8:30am.


















Products
Wash n Drying
Meguairs NXT Tech Shampoo
Dodo Juice Supernatural Shampoo
Meguairs All Purpose Cleaner
Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser
Autosmart Tardis
Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Valet Pro Snow Foam
Super Plush drying towel
Chemical Guys and Meguairs microfibres

Body Work
Sonus Green Clay
Menzerna Final Finish (106FA)
Meguairs Metal Polish
Meguairs Last Touch

Glazes, Sealants and Waxes
Autoglym HD Wax
Chemical Guys Blitz
Ziano Z6 Gloss Enhancer Spray

Plastics, Rubbers and Glass
Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel
Lusso Glass Polish
WD40

Tools
Meguiars G220 mk2 machine polisher
Karcher Pressure washer
Sonus foam applicators
Menzerna Polish Pad (Orange)
Sonus SwirlBuster Pad
Sonus Green Polishing Pad
Swissvax Detail Brush
Vikan Wheel Brushes
Polished Bliss Wheel and Arch Brush
Dodo Juice Buckets with Grit Guards
3M 3434 Masking Tape
500w Halogen

The weather was on our side and knowing the hard job in front I cracked on. ]]> jonjay http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=283588 http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=282922&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:49:46 GMT *DIRTY DIRTY DEISEL CORRECTION -----* The benefit of writing after you do a detail apart from the simple fact that the event hasn’t happened yet is that you can look back and assess what went right, what went wrong and what needs to change. I think with anything you do, in time you gain a... DIRTY DIRTY DEISEL CORRECTION
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The benefit of writing after you do a detail apart from the simple fact that the event hasn’t happened yet is that you can look back and assess what went right, what went wrong and what needs to change.
I think with anything you do, in time you gain a confidence and you want exposure to new challenges to keep things fresh. That’s all well and good until you hit something that knocks you for six. Try 3 years without a polish with a car that’s used as a daily driver and 186k on the clock! The car is a hybrid turbo diesel with a bad tendency to chuck out those dirty diesel fumes out its rear end.

Rams and I have been planning this detail forever and what turned up was a dirty dirty diesel car and it presented itself like so.

















Drawing on past experiences I already knew what products I was going to use. I have also almost relegated the Menzerna Intensive Polish to the bench with P203S being the star player. My logic behind this is that with intensive Polish you just don’t get the finish for the time it takes to properly break down the product. I find it dries up much quicker than the other Menzerna range. I still used Menz IP on the bonnet where it needed that extra cut.


Products
Wash n Drying
Meguairs NXT Tech Shampoo
Meguairs All Purpose Cleaner
Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser
Autosmart Tardis
Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Valet Pro Snow Foam
Super Plush drying towel
Chemical Guys and Meguairs microfibres

Body Work
Cleanyourcar fine polyclay
Menzerna Power Finish (203S)
Menzerna Intensive Polish (3.02)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime
Meguairs ScratchX
Meguairs Metal Polish

Glazes, Sealants and Waxes
Autoglym HD Wax
Meguairs Last Touch

Plastics, Rubbers and Glass
Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel
Autoglym Glass Cleaner
WD40

Tools
Meguiars G220 mk2 machine polisher
Karcher Pressure washer
Sonus foam applicators
Menzerna Polish Pad (Orange)
Sonus SwirlBuster Pad
Sonus Green Polishing Pad
Swissvax Detail Brush
Vikan Wheel Brushes
Polished Bliss Wheel and Arch Brush
3M 3434 Masking Tape
500w Halogen ]]> jonjay http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=282922 http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=282031&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:09:56 GMT Just thought i would post a couple of pics from the other morning Applied a soft then hard then additional soft layer of the DW / DoDo Double waxes a couple of weeks ago. Havent had chance to wash the car since last weekend (15th Aug) so this is from rain overnight and over a weeks use... Just thought i would post a couple of pics from the other morning

Applied a soft then hard then additional soft layer of the DW / DoDo Double waxes a couple of weeks ago.

Havent had chance to wash the car since last weekend (15th Aug) so this is from rain overnight and over a weeks use (circa 500 miles).







So then we spent the day in Rhyl with the kids... we took a trip on the sky tower so i thought i would take a couple of pics of the car from 250ft above sea level...



Zoomed right in... Can just make out cloud reflections in the roof :D



Pics taken with a Fujifilm JX530 ]]> n_d_fox http://www.SEATCupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=282031