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Well, I spent my weekend on a fall detail for my MCS. There have been a number of threads asking about what to do and when. I figured I would post my steps as well as a few pics with before and after shots. Enjoy! Now I'm off to get some ibuprofen...
Here are the steps I followed (note I used Prima products for the most part; pad references are for the Dealers Paradise pads):
Day 1:
Dawn wash car and wheels
Clay
Rinse car
Nero'ed the trim to help protect against wayward polish
Swirl w/ orange pad
Swirl w/ white pad
Wipe w/ Monster Fluffy
Amigo w/ white pad
Wipe w/ Monster Fluffy
Epic with black pad
Ate lunch
Buff w/ Monster Fluffy
Trim w/ Black Wow
Spruced up tires w/ Tire Wet
Shined wheels w/ Slick
Exterior windows w/ Clarity
Cleaned interior w/ Nero and Clarity
Cleaned and conditioned Leather w/ Lexol products
Day 2:
Dust w/ Monster Fluffy
Epic by hand
Buff w/ Monster Fluffy
Miller time!
As I'm not an expert, anyone out there that knows better please correct me on my ordering. I'll change my procedure for the spring cleaning!
Here are the pics:
Before:
An example of some of the damage I was trying to clean up:
Tools I used:
Scratched area after Amigo:
Scratched Area after Epic:
All Done!
Cleanup Time (sorry it's out of focus):
That's it. Sorry for the long post. Hope someone gets some value out of it!
-Ed
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2006 CRB MCS
15% Reduction, Alta CAI, too many interior mods to list...
did you weigh yourself before and after the detail? (should've lost a few
lbs. oh, but that huge lunch you ate, and the many bottles of miller.... maybe not).
did you weigh yourself before and after the detail? (should've lost a few
lbs. oh, but that huge lunch you ate, and the many bottles of miller.... maybe not).
i like how deep your red is.
Ha! If it had been the middle of summer, I probably would have dehydrated; but it was only in the mid-60's here in WI, so it wasn't too bad. Suffice it to day, if I could lose weight detailing, I would detail my friends and neighbors cars every weekend! Much more fun than working out...
Thanks for the compliment on the red
-Ed
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2006 CRB MCS
15% Reduction, Alta CAI, too many interior mods to list...
Nicely done ! It's a lot of work, but well worth it. And you only have to do it twice a year.
Funny thing about Chili Red... if the sun hits it at a certain angle, it comes out looking orange on photographs (like in your second pic). But when it's polished and waxed and the lighting is right, it's deep and gorgeous.
I did a detail a couple of weeks back on my wife's XC90, while she was at work. It took me 5 hours. when she asked what Idid that day, I told her it took me 5 hours to do the inside and out of her car. Her response. "right.."
Good work takes time.
__________________ Babaganoosh:2007 MCS Lightning Blue|White roof w/ Union Jack |Cold Weather|Sport Pkg|17" Web spoked wheels|Performance Run Flats|LSD|PDC |Comfort Access|Xenons| Rear Fogs|Punch Carbon Leather|Dk gray color line
Ordered: 07/20 | Born 07/28 | Shipped 07/30| Delivered 09/01||JCW Tuning kit Aug 2009|
__________________ Babaganoosh:2007 MCS Lightning Blue|White roof w/ Union Jack |Cold Weather|Sport Pkg|17" Web spoked wheels|Performance Run Flats|LSD|PDC |Comfort Access|Xenons| Rear Fogs|Punch Carbon Leather|Dk gray color line
Ordered: 07/20 | Born 07/28 | Shipped 07/30| Delivered 09/01||JCW Tuning kit Aug 2009|
