💦 Detailing Saturday Detail v. It's been too long

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

It's been at least 3-4 years since Barney has been fully detailed.
waterless wash and a quick detail once a month over the summer has been it.

I purchased Wolfgang's Uber ceramic coating @ Xmas time due to a killer deal and it was meant to be used on the car but with a new truck that sits outside ( for now ) I changed my mind.

I plan to be at the Algonquin Commons car show tomorrow so what better time than now to go all out.

Cleaned the interior dash and trim with woolite diluted in water.
303 Aerospace protectant to "dress"
No real after pics but here's what driving around with T tops off with get you:

Even though the seats are 1/2 leather I wanted to try Leather Masters products, mainly because of this thread:
Nero Mondial Cab: Classic Ferrari Detailing in Michigan

It was difficult to capture the "clean" part of the seat vs the existing condition. I previously used the same diluted woolite "wash" to clean the seats and blue magic leather conditioner.
Here goes, before:

Here is a shot of 1 section cleaned:

The seats in the Ferrari are black and smooth, so I think it showed better.
Here's what the towels looks like:

I will try and get some outdoor sun shots tomorrow of both the leather and the rest of the car.

Optimum No Rinse Wash, clayed with Meg's clay, Polished with Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover via the PC and white polishing pad and sealed with WG Deep Gloss Paint Sealant.

First time using the Total Swirl remover... as I said in the detailing thread, smells like Menzerna ( the companies worked together to come up with the product ). Could it just be a repackaged Menzerna item ? Maybe.
It also creates more dust than I was expecting. I would just stick with the SIP from Menzerna.

The wheels had wheel wax applied back in May. I will use some Optimum Car Wax tomorrow once I get to the show. I will dress the tires with Meg's hyper dressing 3:1 too

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[greasy]

Paint looks amazeballs, great job!

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

luckily it wasn't trashed.
I've been using the DGPS on the car since 2004

 

[The Beast]

How many cars usually show up to this show in Algonquin ?

 

[CntrlFreak]

Awesome job, love the WG products. I have been as of late using the McKees pad conditioner and it really cuts down on the dust.

 

[Bub]

damn that looks minty

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

@beast already about 50, I would assume more are coming

 

[SleeperLS]

Car looks great! Nice work

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Around 100 cars

 

[SleeperLS]

Yours still the shiniest?

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Fo sho

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

And I really liked this one... and no not because it was yellow

 

[Euro]

Damn, that car is gorgeous Gav.

Tell me more about Woollite diluted with water to clean the dash. Never heard of that before.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Damn, that car is gorgeous Gav.

Tell me more about Woollite diluted with water to clean the dash. Never heard of that before.

I read about it years ago on Autopia.org
one of the members ran his own mobile detailing business. ScottWax

He used this to clean most interior surfaces... I figured I would give it a shot.
It seemed to work well, so I kept using it.

The ratio he would suggest is 20:1 ( water to woolite ).
I normally use 1/4 to 1/2 bucket of water and about 1/2 a cap full of woolite.

Add the woolite 2nd and try not to create too many suds

 

[Euro]

I'll have to give that a shot on my wife's car and see how it'll do since she's a smoker. Then maybe give a whirl on a customer or 2!

 

[Mook]

Hey I know scottwax. He's very active on another forum I'm on.
[MENTION=453]Wells[/MENTION]

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

rly:

 

[SleeperLS]

I'll have to give that a shot on my wife's car and see how it'll do since she's a smoker. Then maybe give a whirl on a customer or 2!

If that doesn't cut the smoke smell down, the trick I used on my wife's car(prior owner was a heavy smoker) was a small ozone generator. I haven't had any carpet or seats cleaned at all, just cleaned the interior very well and ran that generator for a bit... you can't tell at all that there was ever a cigarette burned in that car.

 

[Euro]

If that doesn't cut the smoke smell down, the trick I used on my wife's car(prior owner was a heavy smoker) was a small ozone generator. I haven't had any carpet or seats cleaned at all, just cleaned the interior very well and ran that generator for a bit... you can't tell at all that there was ever a cigarette burned in that car.

That was going to be my next option. I can't really smell the odor of cigarettes, but I'm in the car almost every day and I'm sure I'm just used to it. I try to keep it clean but a day in the life of a wife with 2 small children makes that almost impossible

 

[SleeperLS]

That was going to be my next option. I can't really smell the odor of cigarettes, but I'm in the car almost every day and I'm sure I'm just used to it. I try to keep it clean but a day in the life of a wife with 2 small children makes that almost impossible

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055F3INQ/?tag=tcg21-20

Worth every penny if you decide you need one.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

well, since the truck received the WG Uber Ceramic Coating and there was still a ton left over....Barney received a clean up today.

WG Uber rinseless Wash + 2 bucket method
1 additional wipe down with WG Rinseless wash as a QD

Here's the QD sitting on the hood:

Polished with Menzerna Final Polish II on a white pad
Applied WG Uber Ceramic Coating:

I don't think there's going to be much sun tomorrow... I will try and get better shots.
As of now, it looks about the same as the WG DGPS

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Didn't make it out today... but took this as I was leaving.
Garage door open obviously but a bit of natural light

 

[Mook]

damn girl

 

[EmersonHart13]

My GTO needs you