Polished Bliss®: Elise 111R Swissvax detail...
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:57 pm
Copied across from Detailing World, this is Alan's write-up on Neil's 111R which spent some time with us last week.
Enjoy!
This Lotus was booked in for a 2 day enhancement detail as the owner wanted the paint cleaned up a bit with some extra gloss added in
Here it is sat in the studio before we started:
And now on with the detail!
Pre rinse of the wheels, tyres and arches first:
Then out with the Wheel Woolies and Raceglaze Brushes after the wheels had been sprayed with R222 wheel Gel:
Tardis next:
Removing with an old MF towel:
Then a rinse:
Iron-X was then sprayed on to remove what was quite alot of contamination:
With the wheels being black it didn't show up too well on camera but as you can see on the ground, quite alot of purple started to bleed out!
Once that had been rinsed off I applied Meguiars Super Degreaser to the tyres and arches and agitated with a brush:
Then rinsed again:
303 Convertible Top cleaner was then sprayed onto the hood:
Meguiars All Surface Interior Brush used to agitate:
Then rinsed thoroughly on low pressure:
Meguiars APC through the Foam Lance at 60 degrees was used to foam the car:
Rinsed off at high pressure after a few minutes:
The only downside to using hot water in the colder months is all the steam!
APC again for all the exterior trim and panel gaps etc:
After a quick rinse the car was washed with a Lambswool Mitt and Shampoo Plus:
Another rinse followed before applying Tardis to the paint and glass:
This was wiped off with a soft MF towel and then rinsed again.
The car was then put inside and clayed with Meguiars Mild Detailing Clay:
Very little contamination present:
I then dried the car off with the Black Baron:
Clark then took some paint readings with the composite gauge to make sure there weren't any really thin areas:
On a whole the car was nice and healthy showing around 20-35 microns of clear coat:
A few defect shots now with the 3M Sun gun:
As this was an enhancement detail we weren't aiming for full correction but just a good improvement so we went with Meguiars 205 on a Tangerine Hydro-Tech pad with the Das-6 Machine:
This gave very good results with just the deeper marks remaining:
After the car was dusted down the paint was cleansed with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and a MF Applicator Pad:
Wax of choice was Swissvax Crystal Rock:
Swissvax Nano Express was applied to all the black plastics:
The engine bay was cleaned by hand and APC then dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant:
The hood was hoovered:
Then protected with 303 Fabric Guard:
Meanwhile, Clark had been cleansing the wheels with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and protecting with Swissvax Autobahn:
Before:
After:
Tyres were dressed with Swissvax Pneu.
Swissvax Metal Polish cleaned the tailpipes up nicely:
I then turned my attention to the interior:
First I went round all the nooks and crannies with a Swissvax Detail Brush:
Then thoroughly hoovered:
All surfaces were then wiped down with APC...
...Before cleaning the leather with Swissvax Leather Cleaner and Brush:
Followed by Swissvax Leather Milk:
Interior glass was cleaned with Swissvax Crystal:
(Exterior glass polished and protected with Werkstat Prime Strong)
And here are the finished results:
Thanks for looking!
Enjoy!
This Lotus was booked in for a 2 day enhancement detail as the owner wanted the paint cleaned up a bit with some extra gloss added in
Here it is sat in the studio before we started:
And now on with the detail!
Pre rinse of the wheels, tyres and arches first:
Then out with the Wheel Woolies and Raceglaze Brushes after the wheels had been sprayed with R222 wheel Gel:
Tardis next:
Removing with an old MF towel:
Then a rinse:
Iron-X was then sprayed on to remove what was quite alot of contamination:
With the wheels being black it didn't show up too well on camera but as you can see on the ground, quite alot of purple started to bleed out!
Once that had been rinsed off I applied Meguiars Super Degreaser to the tyres and arches and agitated with a brush:
Then rinsed again:
303 Convertible Top cleaner was then sprayed onto the hood:
Meguiars All Surface Interior Brush used to agitate:
Then rinsed thoroughly on low pressure:
Meguiars APC through the Foam Lance at 60 degrees was used to foam the car:
Rinsed off at high pressure after a few minutes:
The only downside to using hot water in the colder months is all the steam!
APC again for all the exterior trim and panel gaps etc:
After a quick rinse the car was washed with a Lambswool Mitt and Shampoo Plus:
Another rinse followed before applying Tardis to the paint and glass:
This was wiped off with a soft MF towel and then rinsed again.
The car was then put inside and clayed with Meguiars Mild Detailing Clay:
Very little contamination present:
I then dried the car off with the Black Baron:
Clark then took some paint readings with the composite gauge to make sure there weren't any really thin areas:
On a whole the car was nice and healthy showing around 20-35 microns of clear coat:
A few defect shots now with the 3M Sun gun:
As this was an enhancement detail we weren't aiming for full correction but just a good improvement so we went with Meguiars 205 on a Tangerine Hydro-Tech pad with the Das-6 Machine:
This gave very good results with just the deeper marks remaining:
After the car was dusted down the paint was cleansed with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and a MF Applicator Pad:
Wax of choice was Swissvax Crystal Rock:
Swissvax Nano Express was applied to all the black plastics:
The engine bay was cleaned by hand and APC then dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant:
The hood was hoovered:
Then protected with 303 Fabric Guard:
Meanwhile, Clark had been cleansing the wheels with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and protecting with Swissvax Autobahn:
Before:
After:
Tyres were dressed with Swissvax Pneu.
Swissvax Metal Polish cleaned the tailpipes up nicely:
I then turned my attention to the interior:
First I went round all the nooks and crannies with a Swissvax Detail Brush:
Then thoroughly hoovered:
All surfaces were then wiped down with APC...
...Before cleaning the leather with Swissvax Leather Cleaner and Brush:
Followed by Swissvax Leather Milk:
Interior glass was cleaned with Swissvax Crystal:
(Exterior glass polished and protected with Werkstat Prime Strong)
And here are the finished results:
Thanks for looking!
