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First Detailing of my Car
« on: April 22, 2016, 02:52:12 pm »
Had the car about 6.5 years now and never bothered to wax or polish it, just a normal good clean.

Thankfully someone i know had just set up a detailing business so i thought i'd put his skills to good use, i'm very happy with the results as the car has never looked or felt so good.

After about a full 9 hour day in quite cold gusts he's attention to detail was spot on, then thankfully the sunshine broke out for the final pics, sadly all were taken before the final product was applied as i had to go to work but still looks awesome.

FYI hes based around Medway/Tonbridge/Maidstone areas of Kent

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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2016, 03:44:48 pm »
Beautiful. Can't beat a dbp R32. That shot with the reflection of the tree in the bonnet shows how good a job he's done.
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2016, 07:09:46 pm »
Quote from: AJP on April 22, 2016, 03:44:48 pm
Beautiful. Can't beat a dbp R32. That shot with the reflection of the tree in the bonnet shows how good a job he's done.

Must admit when i was reviewing the pics i thought to myself that was by far the best pic of all of them, the bonnet was always quite dull after my washes, i've never seen gleaming paintwork before. wish it would last years.
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2016, 08:29:46 pm »
Great job,do R32's come in any colours beside DBP  :grin:
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2016, 09:19:57 pm »
Looks cracking!  The peelers look really good too! Are they 18or 19"?
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2016, 10:11:36 am »
Quote from: SI-R32 on April 22, 2016, 02:52:12 pm
Had the car about 6.5 years now and never bothered to wax or polish it, just a normal good clean.

Thankfully someone i know had just set up a detailing business so i thought i'd put his skills to good use, i'm very happy with the results as the car has never looked or felt so good.

After about a full 9 hour day in quite cold gusts he's attention to detail was spot on, then thankfully the sunshine broke out for the final pics, sadly all were taken before the final product was applied as i had to go to work but still looks awesome.

FYI hes based around Medway/Tonbridge/Maidstone areas of Kent

www.protechniqdetailing.com  (coming soon)

stewart@protechniqdetailing.com

Stewart  07498 923344

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I do that on an average day with my hand polish :signLOL:

Where are the ops sensors fitted as I can't see the front ones?.

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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2016, 10:36:20 am »
I sneakerly removed them with photo shop as at the time of taking the pictures the car wasn't 100% finished and had Polish in the holes.
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2016, 10:50:22 am »
Quote from: SI-R32 on May 01, 2016, 10:36:20 am
I sneakerly removed them with photo shop as at the time of taking the pictures the car wasn't 100% finished and had Polish in the holes.
:signLOL: nice car though  :happy2:
I used to polish wax my uno turbo every three days when the crap used to gather up the rear end from the 4" exhaust  :stupid: turtle wax and I didn't even know what I was doing because wax is a protective coat and I thought it was polish  :doh:

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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2016, 11:13:57 am »
Looks excellent,cant beat a freshly detailed car
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2016, 04:03:50 pm »
Those wheels suit it so well
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2016, 06:17:17 pm »
Cheers guys,  much appreciated,  just got to keep it that way now.

@Gmac there 19's
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2016, 06:19:49 pm »
I'm going go for original turtle wax as I think it's the best thing for car paint work and I've used it before so know what it does now  :stupid: protects and keeps the shine  :signLOL:
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2016, 06:32:10 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on May 01, 2016, 06:19:49 pm
I'm going go for original turtle wax as I think it's the best thing for car paint work and I've used it before so know what it does now  :stupid: protects and keeps the shine  :signLOL:
Woah there. Things have moved on a bit.

Autoglym Super Resin Polish then a good wax, Autoglym HD is very easy to use.

Use microfibres.

I guarantee you'll get twice the finish and protection that you would with Turtle Wax.
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2016, 06:35:17 pm »
@AJP what wax everyone using?.  :signLOL: I'm an old timer so pardon me  :indifferent:
I have micro fibre cloths lime green blue
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Re: First Detailing of my Car
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2016, 06:39:22 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on May 01, 2016, 06:35:17 pm
@AJP what wax everyone using?.  :signLOL: I'm an old timer so pardon me  :indifferent:
You can go silly with wax, but the Autoglym HD stuff I mentioned is excellent. £40 a tub which lasts ages. Easy on and off. Mix of carnauba and synthetic.

But the finish after the wax will only be as good as the finish you attain after the polish. Autoglym SRP is very good. Contains fillers so works on microscopic scratches that dull paintwork. It can get chalky, so microfibres help.

Better still would be a machine polish.

Then seal it up with the wax.
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