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Detailer's Domain: 2012 VW Golf R - New Car Prep - Opti Coat - Clear Film Install

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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Detailer's Domain: 2012 VW Golf R - New Car Prep - Opti Coat - Clear Film Install

Subject: 2012 VW Golf R
Requirements: New Car Prep with Opti Coat and Full Front Clear Film including: Full Hood, Full Fender, Full Bumper, Headlights, Mirrors, Rockers, Door Cups, Gas Cap - Full Interior with Wolf's Textile Sealant

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat Guard
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Interior
- Interior Vac
- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned
- Plastic - wiped down and protected
- all the carpets and plastics have been sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System on the hood and various areas
Menzerna SF4000
Optimum Opti Guard
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Cockpit
1Z einszett Deep Cleaner
1Z einszett Leathercare
Wolf's Nano Textile Sealant
Wolf's Nano Glass Guard

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before Interior












During Interior



1Z einszett Deep Cleaner on the pedals


After Pedals


Before Trim


After Trim


Before Shift Boot


After Shift Boot



Before Trim


1Z einszett Deep Cleaner


After


Vac and Dirt and Grime Removed from the mats then Wolf's Nano Textile Sealant









Wolf's Textile Sealant on all the plastics and carpets



After Interior









Exterior
Before
















Prep - Wash, Decon, AutoScrub, Wheels, Tires,

Sonax Full Effect on the Wheels







Wheel wells get cleaned up












AutoScrub


After the Rinse




After we polished out the car




Opti Coat installed


Clear Film Installation














Before Exhaust Tips (at arrival)


Clean tips


Debadge



After


Finishing touches
Glass


After
































 
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 12:04 PM
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Damn that's clean.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 02:15 PM
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thanks!
 
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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Nice! How long do those films last?
 
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 02:32 PM
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depends on a lot of things but 3-5 years should be about right.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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as always, stunning
 
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