CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

Interior shampoo :

Brush
Cleaner APC
Protecteur mat look UV
Horse hair brush
Leather cleaner conditionner









Using the air compressor to blow between crack



Cleaned and protected!
















Applying the convertible protector:

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Finishing touch.

I let haze the sealant


Here's a luxury wet-looking LSP



























Here's a video I did to show the wetness and reflection when you walk around the car.

YouTube - MOV02819

[Tony-R32]

hoooooooo man! the headlights on the si and the engine bay of the audi!!! so good!

I would go out on a limb to say that audi is your best job!

[cobrAA]

hoooooooo man! the headlights on the si and the engine bay of the audi!!! so good!

I would go out on a limb to say that audi is your best job!

Thanks!!

But you think the audi is nicier than the Black GTR I did?

[Tony-R32]

What page is it on, i don't know if i've taken a look at that....thats your gtr right?

From overall start to finish, the work you did on that audi was impressive it looks like it just rolled off the manufacturing line. IMO grey is harder to make look spotless than black...i have a black car too, and all the funeral vehicles at work are black so i know how frustrating black can be because it shows all your imperfections...but grey has a tendancey to look dirty all the time, and you did a good job of fixing that!

[cobrAA]

What page is it on, i don't know if i've taken a look at that....thats your gtr right?

From overall start to finish, the work you did on that audi was impressive it looks like it just rolled off the manufacturing line. IMO grey is harder to make look spotless than black...i have a black car too, and all the funeral vehicles at work are black so i know how frustrating black can be because it shows all your imperfections...but grey has a tendancey to look dirty all the time, and you did a good job of fixing that!

I made a thread just for that job ( actually, I did 3 skylines so I have 3 different thread + this one all in the media section)

[cobrAA]

Here's another one... 2-step Mazda 3 black.



| Carpet shampoo |

Cleaned with the extractor
Carpet brush
APC
Salt remover
CG scent / anti-bacterian

Before:




After :







| Wheel |

Megs APC
Wheel brush
Rubber protector
Wheel sealant

Avant :


After :




Clean!


| Polishing |

Rotaty makita
2-step polishing Poorboys
Ricardo clay bar
Defalsko paint gauge
++ !

See, how fade the paint is... and it's not even 5 yr old!













Like i told you.. Paint is real thin!


50-50 :





After :

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| Finishing Touch |

Klasse sealant for winter protection and give a little candy look.

Go back to see how faded the paint was and now the reflection!

[cobrAA]

White Skyline GTR

It's cool to put love on his built but some love on the paint is cool too! I will let frank gives his own opinion about the job, he might post something on his epic built thread too lol!

So you might have already commented on how clean his car was or seen his pictures on the calendar but I can say there's a little me inside this clean GTR


Anyhow, here's my job:

Times: about. 3h30 - 4 hours.

- 2 wash bucket with grit guard method
- Meg Shampoo+
- Wheel brush
- Meguiars wash mitt
- MF drying towel
- Meg's QD with Ricardo blue clay bar everywhere
- Meg 1-step polishing
- Hand polishing with Wolfgang applicator
- Wheel sealant
- DP Max Wax
- Glass cleaner with glass towel.
- Tires dressed with Autoglym

I certainly must have forgetting something but oh well.. lol!




Condition of the car: Very dusty, so I had to use more soap in order to have a more lubricated solution to avoid scratching the paint. Car didn't move for the past 4 months.Some parts like side skirt and front bumper were removed because they are beeing repainted.

Oh yeah and the owner loves to track his WHITE GTR = Lots lots of brake dust everywhere!



See, what I told you about brake dust ? even wheel are white LOL!


Little rusted contaminants .. yes this car need a major clay bar job!


Here you can see my 2 wash bucket method with grit guard.





Here's some 50/50 shot.

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So, I tried some polish and pad combination until I found out the best combination that would end up with good reflection and a good correction. I'm very pleased with the correction for a 1-step polishing. It show that the paint was in good shape under it's 2 inch thick of dust and brake dust !!

Test spot was done with Brinkmann Dual spotlight.







Look perfect! Actually, it look like an arena haha ( all the hockey player will know what I’m talking about)

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Now, enjoy the after-shot!!



Freshly waxed under this light, the paint look like an ice!



Remember the condition of the wheel and now look at this shine! Sick









No, I didn’t forget under the spoiler .




















Enjoy!:bigup:

[Tony-R32]

thats sweet! it does look like ice right after the Zamboni is done. good work yet again cobraa! every time i look at your thread i get anxious about detailing mine!

[cobrAA]

thats sweet! it does look like ice right after the Zamboni is done. good work yet again cobraa! every time i look at your thread i get anxious about detailing mine!

here's a true hockey player just there! Nice comments!

[cobrAA]

For a 11year old truck that go everywhere, let me tell you, I think I couldn't do any better than this!!

Car soap
2 bucket with grit guard
Natural Sea Sponge
Riccardo clay bar
APC+ for wheel
Wheel brush.


Initial condition :









See, how dirt that truck was haha!



Drying the car with high quality microfiber towel that reduce to the minimum swirls.



Correction :


Before: take a look careful at how oxided/faded the clear is!








After: Now you see how crips is that red!? Major difference!







Here's a 50/50. Right side has been corrected and left side was untouched, you can see the left side is slightly pinkish.

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Polishing the bug deflector, see this is what I call detailing, taking care of the small details.





After




These sections are impossible to be done with a machine so I try my best to remove the oxydation and hand polish these areas.

Note how wet it look! And there’s no wax haha













| Finishing Touch |


I let the wax haze while I finish detailing the wheels and windows.



And tadam!












Go back to the beginning, the difference is shocking!!

[evilgtr]

CobrAA how much to ship you and all your cleaning supplies to Moose Jaw sask for a few days to clean all my cars and my friends cars ?

[Tony-R32]

I've been looking for a good drying towel, the chamois we have at work are leather and good at absorbing water but I think they leave bad swirl marks. What kind of microfiber cloths do you use?