my 4 week exterior zaino, klasse and s100 carnauba hand detail!

[whiteyanderson]

the wife thinks i'm nutso and i guess, maybe i am! but, here are the results after my 4 week hand detail. it's really not as bad as it sounds after the first week. the 2-4th weeks are merely applying extra coats of protection. pretty happy with the results for a hand job but, i wasn't able to totally get all the swirls out by hand. i'll purchase a PC and some swirl soon and get ready for a late summer detail before MTTS here in L.A. also just got the windows tinted.

week 1: ICE wash-clay (clay magic)- zaino pc polish- klasse AIO- 1st coat of klasse SG. for the SG i do one panel at a time then, immediately go back and wipe it off. then onto the next panel.

week 2: wash-dry- 2nd coat of klasse SG

week 3: wash-dry - 3rd coat of klasse SG

week 4: wash- dry - 2 coats of s100 carnauba paste. a.k.a. p21s but, marketed for motorcycles and costs more than 50% less than p21s for the same size tub.

week 5: the final results -just an ICE wash and dry. the results are shown in the pics

other products used: black wow for trims, light coat of endurance on the tires and a 50% windex solution diluted with water on the windows. towels and applicators are sonus and i use the big white waffle weaves from DP (OG) for the drying.

the last picture is just of my door pulls and the leather covers i used to cover the scratched and worn tubes until i get enough "stones" to pull and repaint them. right now i'm restoring the interior to as new with the interior chrome line and new shift and ebrake boots. doesn't need too much work though just little things.

after that i am going to repair my front stone chips, add a clear bra, repair my OEM rims (slight rash in spots) and i guess for the time being the MINI will be complete other than an OEM wing.

let me know what you think...

yes, the grass is terrible and riddled with weeds! but, we're renting and the gardeners are slackers...

[whiteyanderson]

ok no comments? not looking for anyone to stroke the ego. just wanted to know if it looks ok? too shiny? not enough depth? pictures suck?

opinions and what i could do to make it look better? granted you can't see the swirl that were left but, there are some...

[edijak]

Whitey:
I found it very helpful and to h... with those that do not appreciate your info . How can you ever be too clean and polished? Pictures look just fine to me. Ego stroke, no way-just appreciative.

[lotsie]

Looks great What did you use with the clay, QD or soapy water? I use soapy water when doing the whole car, cheaper, and a QD when just doing small touch-ups. I need to get some Prima Glide some day and give it a try.

Some day I would like to do a repaint of the interior. I do plan on painting my grill and hatch handle body colour(BRG) soon. I also want to black out the chrome belt line and maybe the headlight trim.

Mark

[kyriian]

some of the shine maybe lost by the fact its overcast... try to take a nice picture during sunset... the color'd just come right out

im interested that you buff after doing one panel with SG... might try that when i do my mom's audi (i got klasse on her car, zaino on mine)

[that7guy]

Looks good. Ive always wanted to try Zaino.

It might just be the pictures but it doesnt look much shinier then my 24 hr detailing session a few weeks ago with Maguires products:

[whiteyanderson]

actually i only used the zaino pc polish for swirls. all the rest is klasse and carnauba. doing a panel at a time with the klasse SG makes it very easy to buff off. still protects just as well too as opposed to letting it sit for a long time.

will try to take some pics around sunset after i give a wash this weekend.

i used the clay lube that comes with the clay magic bar.

i think maybe the initial SHINE is close with megs products but, you'll find that the klasse will endure way longer. nothing against megs products though- i use them as well for my tires, and dash etc.