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Detailer's Domain: 2006 STI Clean Up
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| 03-11-2011, 10:27 AM | #1 |
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Detailer's Domain: 2006 STI Clean Up
What was done -
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 - Pre Washed with Car Pro Iron X - Wash down and rinsed - Door jambs were cleaned up - Clayed - Dried - Tires dressed - Masking - 1 Step - Menzerna Power Finish - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight - Last Step – Einszett Glanz - Rubber and Plastics Treated - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed - Exhaust tips cleaned - Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed - Jambs steam cleaned Interior - Alcantara cleaned -Dash and plastics steamed and dressed -Carpets Vacuumed and Steamed Products used: (feel free to click the link below for more info) Exterior: Car Pro Iron X 1Z einszett W99 Adam's All Purpose Cleaner Uber Yellow Wash Sponge Uber Clay Bar kit with Optimum No Rinse Einszett Spray Wax Menzerna Top Inspection Menzerna Power Finish 1Z einszett Glanz Wheels/Tires Uber Wheel and Tire Kit Glass Adam's Glass Cleaner Adam's Glass Sealant Interior Sonax Dashboard Cleaner Leather Master Foam Cleaner Car Pro So Pure Tools: Infratech 5300 Fenix TK11 Brinkmann Fenix TK40 Porter Cable 7427XP The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch) Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels Uber Drying Towels Brushes Kranzle K1120 Pressure Washer Cam Spray Foam Canon Dupray Hill Injection Interior Clean Up Before     Derek with the Dupray steam cleaning the interior   Brand New Uber MF Towel  Uber MF Towel after all the steam cleaning  Close up  Car Pro So Pure   After shots        Exterior Before shots      Before wheels  We removed the salt and grime from the tires and wheel wells with Adam's APC and the Uber Wheel Well Brush     Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner workings its magic    Tires, wheel wells, wheels all rinsed down     Pre washed with Iron X to remove all the iron deposits     Rinsing the Iron X off   Washed the STI with einszett W99     Final rinse  Next we clayed the car. Not much after the Iron X and W99  Tires and Wheel Wells dressed   Door jambs cleaned up  The imperfections were much like this all over the car.  Paint Measurement (higher than usually numbers)  Porter Cable used on this job  After polishing shots     Roof spoiler and all the plastic trim around the STI were polished  Glass cleaned and sealed (Adam's Glass Cleaner/Adam's Glass Sealant/Uber Glass MF)  Pre Wow was used on the cowl Before - Dried and faded   Before exhaust Exhaust tip was cleaned up with Optimum Metal Polish  After shot  1Z einszett Glanz was used as a last step   Afters shots                   Enjoy (Permission for this write up granted by the owner) |
| 03-11-2011, 11:41 AM | #3 |
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Nice job!
By the way, where in New York State are you?
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| 03-12-2011, 07:30 AM | #8 |
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This kind of thread pisses me off because I know I'll never be able to do even half the job on my car, lol.
Great work, you guys should get paid extra to detail in the winter. Can I ask a question, how important is it to measure your paint? What is the point of it on a fairly new car (2009)? |
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| 03-12-2011, 02:30 PM | #9 |
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Nice work!
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