With Adam's Polishes just becoming a new sponsor, I thought I would treat everyone to a detail write up on a pretty special Mini. This car belongs to a close friend of mine who is also a member here. The car was due for a end of summer detail with some minor paint correction. Hope you enjoy!

The befores:








I started with the interior first. The Mini was vacuumed with a MetroVac, then the entire interior was scrubbed and wipes down with Adam's Leather and Interior Cleaner. Protection was added with Adam's Leather Conditioner.




All weather floor mats were cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner and rinsed.



Next was the engine bay and wheels. Engine was sprayed down with Adam's APC , then agitated with a Boar's Hair Brush and dried with the MetroVac.



Tires and wheel wells were sprayed with APC and cleaned with a Fender Brush.


Adam's Green Wheel Cleaner was sprayed on wheels. Rims were cleaned with a PowerStick and wheels/calipers with a Boar's Hair Brush.



Results:


The exterior was up next. All plastic trim was sprayed with APC and scrubbed with a Dressing Applicator. This set preps these surfaces for a coat of Adam's Super VRT later in the detail.


Adam's Foam gun time!


After a rinse down the exterior was completely sprayed with Adam's Detail Spray. This step help lubricate the paint for drying and neutralizes the water, preventing water spots.

Door jams cleaned with Adam's Waterless Wash.

Car was completely clayed including all the glass.



The swirls in the Pepper White paint were hard to photograph, but the black roof shows the paint condition well.

A Porter Cable 7424XP was used with a Orange 7.5" Adam's foam pad with Swirl and Haze Remover, then followed with a White 7.5" pad with Fine Machine Polish.


Results:

A coat of Adam's Premium Americana Paste Wax was added for protection and paint depth.

Interior painted surfaces were treated with Adam's Brilliant Gaze.


The cars trim was up next. Adam's water repellent Super VRT was applied.



All of the hard to reach area's were sprayed with Adam's In and Out Spray.

All metal surface were then clean with Adam's Metal Polish.




Glass was the final step. The glass inside and out were cleaned with Adam's Glass Cleaner and Glass Microfiber towel. The windshield was protected with a coat of Adam's Glass Sealant. This help the water bead on the glass to the extent you barely will every use your wipers in the rain again.

Hazing of product before it is removed.



And finally the "afters":













Cheers!

 

Great to see you as a sponsor here!!!

I'm in love with your all-purpose cleaner and in and out spray! Gotta order the APC by the gallon!

 

Thank's Chicklet. Our APC is great stuff. Have you tried any of our new water repellent VRT? It works wonder on the black plastics that Mini uses.

 

No I haven't tried the VRT...its on my list of the many Adam's products . I've been using the in&out on the black trim and love the flat non-clingy finish.

 

How much to do that to my car!

 

What do you suggest to clean the cream white color line? I've got a few spots on my drivers side arm rest, but am not quite sure what kind of product to use on that surface.

Nice detail

 

Do the same process I did with the seats. Adam's Leather and Interior Cleaner with a boars hair interior brush to agitate the dirt. I then like to take a cheap microfiber towel and wipe off the loose dirt. I would spray it down a second time and just wipe it dry with the microfiber again. Hope that helps!

 

Mario, any reasoning for using the paste wax over the buttery wax? What's the difference in terms of shine/protection?

 

You will definitely get more depth/gloss/protection using our Americana paste wax compared to our Buttery liquid wax. The benefits of the paste waxes are only as good as the paint condition and polish correction that was done before. The Buttery wax is incredible easy to apply and remove and truly is "almost" as good as the Americana. The Americana was designed for the person who want's that little bit extra "pop". You can't go wrong either way. Hope that helps!

 

Beautiful. Love the detailed photos.

 

Did my first oil change last weekend (outside maintenance plan), so I'm really intrigued by how clean that engine looks. Man, that was a dirty mess!

 

I have a carbon fiber hood, its starting to look really ugly with water marks... do you have any suggestions/products i can use to fix/clean it?

 

How did you get the calipers so clean and the brake disc looking clean with out rust looking spots? I am OCD about cleaning my car but those two areas appear to give me the most trouble.

 

Where did you get the drill attachment? What is the brand or name of it?