[Rich9600]

Hey guys.

After reading a few posts on here with people asking about how to clean, polish and wax a car I thought I'd share the fruit of about 8-10 hours of hard 'detailing' over two days...

To make it make as much sense as I can I'll split it up into multiple posts...

Firstly was a two bucket wash with DoDo Juice Supernatural Shampoo and DoDo Supernatural Sponges. Big white one for the car, smaller black one for the wheels. The dimples really contour well and the sponges are very dense such that grit doesn't get trapped.

The black wheel sponge us a great shape and size for regular cleaning of the 403M's. I have a pH neutral wheel cleaner and hairy finger mitt for medium cleaning duties.

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Next is Iron Contaminant removal using DoDo Ferrous Dueller. Not much off the new paint, if any. This is due to the lack of iron contamination on brand new paint. However, it is very effective as a heavy duty cleaner for the wheels and brakes. It dissolves brake duet and 'bleeds' purple when iron is captured.

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Next I Clayed the car. It removed a reasonable amount of contamination.

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Once rinsed and completely towel dried I hand polished the car using DoDo Supernatural Micro Prime. There was very little to correct, my dealer must be one of the good ones and have taken suitable care. No swirls and only a couple of small very minor marks. The polish was only really needed to add gloss and shine.

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Once polished its time for the protection stage...

So, for a hard wearing base I applied two coats of a DoDo Juice Supernatural Hybrid Paste. In between coats I cleaned, polished, re-cleaned and sealed the glass.
Glass was de-ironed, clayed, cleaned with DoDo Clearly Menthol and the green Window Waffle (Mint Merkin?), Polished with Supernatural Glass Polish, Buffed with the white Window Waffle, cleaned again with Clearly Menthol. Then finally sealed with the Supernatural Glass Sealant (nano-ceramic) and buffed up with the Micro-Suade.

I love how shiny the windows have become, the privacy glass seems extra black and the water beading is excellent.

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Whilst the glass sealant and 2nd coat of Supernatural Hybrid was curing I put some Hybrid paste on the accessible outer faces of the wheels and the brake callipers.

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Once the Supernatural Hybrid Paste had had time to cure I applied a single layer of Supernatural Wax to the paint.

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Finally I sealed the Supernatural Wax with Supernatural Acrylic Sprits. Unfortunately the weather had come in after the wax was applied. So, this was the following day after a quick rinse.

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This is the final finish... The dealers finish was a bit sticky and slimy. This is now hard and really smooth. Also, the colour seems overall lighter but more complex.

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Pictures... I'm absolutely loving the reflections.

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Excellent very well done.

I love the OCD'ness of the whole effort.

I guess you have shares in Dodo.

Let me know how the hybrid does on the calipers, I am likely to use swissvax autobahn.

[Rich9600]

Originally Posted by Brigand

Excellent very well done.

I love the OCD'ness of the whole effort.

I guess you have shares in Dodo.

Let me know how the hybrid does on the calipers, I am likely to use swissvax autobahn.

Cheers

I guess I should get some shares. At least I'd get some if my money back that way.

I didn't manage to do the callipers very well. I don't have a jack yet so couldn't really get a them properly. Come next winter I'll have a jack and winters to put on so I'll properly OCD the brakes and wheels then.

[Alkidrew]

Very impressive but way too much work for me. I do mine once a week and it takes 30 minutes!

[M4dski11z]

Excellent walkthrough thanks. I'd love to give mine this kind of treatment but I just don't get the time.

[alibonyad]

I've just spent in excess of £150 on car cleaning products ready for when I clean it myself in a few weeks. Also plan on getting the front windows tinted and fitting new springs. Going to be an expensive few months for me and the car!

[JustChris]

Wow, that's some effort well done....although I think we must pass the point of diminishing returns at about 2 hrs of cleaning!

Looking mighty fine for the weekend now.

[Defero]

Great job, Its amazing how much time it takes, did you clean the inside?

[PrinceBarin]

Awesome. Great run-through. And the car looks fantastic for it.

Like some others I just cannot spare the time (would if I could) to clean, prep and protect my car to this degree but I do still intend to wash, clay and wax from time to time. This is a really helpful benchmark.

Really need to find a decent detailer in the West Midlands!

[Tengocity]

Great effort! An good pics too!

I used to put this kind of effort in to my car, but now we have two I really struggle to find the time to do both properly. I'm off to the US next week so have booked the 335d in for a detail whilst I'm away and hoping to come back to something like that!

[stefan4]

Good work. My car got a good going over last weekend - took about 5 hours but I waa rushing as the light was fading fast! Im hoping to get another session in to get the wheels back in tip top shiny condition, im going to get the wifes 500 detailed too - cos thats in a real mess

can't stop looking at my car now she's back in show r oom condition

[chiark]

You missed a bit...

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Originally Posted by Tengocity

Great effort! An good pics too!

I used to put this kind of effort in to my car, but now we have two I really struggle to find the time to do both properly. I'm off to the US next week so have booked the 335d in for a detail whilst I'm away and hoping to come back to something like that!

Very good idea, probably works about same as airport parking lol.

If was being bad, could say do that and then claim for parking