Detailer's Domain: Extensive Detail on an 01 S8
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Detailer's Domain: Extensive Detail on an 01 S8
This was a huge undertaking. For 1 the car came to us with amazing gloss and depth, however when we went in to examine the car we found tons of imperfections on this 8 year old S8. The customer wanted this car to come out perfect, the total time to get this car right was 24 man hours. The exterior was washed, clayed, compound, polished, and finally Swissvax Divine was used to bring it out. Take a look and enjoy.
Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compound
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Green Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Divine
Einszett Spray Wax
Wheels/Tires/Etc
Adam's All Purpose
Einszett Wheel Cleaner
Adam's VRT
Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Swissvax Autobahn
Adam's Undercarriage Spray
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Interior:
Uber Interior Kit
Leather Master Foam Cleaner for Suede/Alcantara
Leather Master Nubuck Protector
Tools:
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun
Let's get the interior shots in first:
Cleaning up the alcantara and protecting it
Final shots
Wash and Prep:
Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compound
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Green Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Divine
Einszett Spray Wax
Wheels/Tires/Etc
Adam's All Purpose
Einszett Wheel Cleaner
Adam's VRT
Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Swissvax Autobahn
Adam's Undercarriage Spray
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Interior:
Uber Interior Kit
Leather Master Foam Cleaner for Suede/Alcantara
Leather Master Nubuck Protector
Tools:
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun
Let's get the interior shots in first:
Cleaning up the alcantara and protecting it
Final shots
Wash and Prep:
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Wax build up
Etching in the paint more wax/old polish build up
Pre soak and cleaning up trim
Cleaning up the wheels (not much needed)
Engine Before
Cleaning the engine bay
All Purpose wash
Claying
Masking
Testing the area for paint thickness and plan of attack
Etching in the paint more wax/old polish build up
Pre soak and cleaning up trim
Cleaning up the wheels (not much needed)
Engine Before
Cleaning the engine bay
All Purpose wash
Claying
Masking
Testing the area for paint thickness and plan of attack
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Polishing
Before shots of passenger door
Different angles
Halogen after PG/SIP/PO85RD
Fenix light on panel after PO85RD
After all that polishing.....
DUST!
After polishing before the rinse down (no wax)
Rinse down:
Engine Before /After
Swissvax Divine
Applying Divine
Removing Wax
Final touches
Swissvax Autobahn on the wheels
Black Wow on the trim
Gummi on all the seals
Before shots of passenger door
Different angles
Halogen after PG/SIP/PO85RD
Fenix light on panel after PO85RD
After all that polishing.....
DUST!
After polishing before the rinse down (no wax)
Rinse down:
Engine Before /After
Swissvax Divine
Applying Divine
Removing Wax
Final touches
Swissvax Autobahn on the wheels
Black Wow on the trim
Gummi on all the seals
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phil, i have a couple questions for you... first, i notice in one of your first pics of cleaning the interior, you have tape around the base of you swissvax brush. is it to prevent the plastic from craking? the one i purchased from you is cracking and i want to try and prevent it from cracking all the way, but i dont think it will be possible i use it clean my rims and love the brush, but i dont think it will last tooo much longer secondly, regarding the 1Z Einszett Gummi Pflege Stift Rubber Care Stick , why is this product not shipped to NJ ?
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most guys that have a cracked base just put electrical tape around it.
voc rules prevent us from selling it to nj and the states listed.
you can email me if you would like.
voc rules prevent us from selling it to nj and the states listed.
you can email me if you would like.
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