Monster Turbo Detailing Thread

[Coops]

First off, a massive thanks to mr chris for putting up with me skippin about like a child all day and generally getting in the way. and also for taking the time to sort the car for me, its sat out the back of mine now in the rain, sheeting and beading like a ****ing beauty 8)

right on with the silly long thread, warning 44 photos so please be paitient, shouldnt take too long to load tho as i reduced them all to 640 by whatever pixels, round about 100kb a file so with luck a speedy load up! :P also no cheating and scanning the thread, lots of comments and info between pics so read on u lazy buggers :wink:

The day was monday, the panic rose in me as i opened the curtains...would it be dry...it was!GAME ON! arrived in sutton at about 8am with the car in this muckyish state, wasnt too bad but winter roads are pants :lol:

full view of the car when i rolled up

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8555.jpg

close up of the general grime on the paint, bonnet view

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8559.jpg

the wheels got some degrease and brush action, along with the arches after me and mr chris had attended to the pressing issue of early morning brew.........aero hot chocolate ftw

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8560.jpg

then the party piece, not even warmed up yet but straight in with the foam lance, chris' special mix in the bottle, used to agitate the dirt free and reduce scratching etc

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8561.jpg

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then out with the jetwash and hose the car down, letting the big bits of dirt and surface contaminants wash away in the foam

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8567.jpg

quick rummage in the detailing shed of win, this is but a small selection, the proper special stuff remains in the house, room temperature is kinder on the chemicals supposedly, all new to me :lol:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8578.jpg

and we turn up a detailing brush and some cleaner stuff, everything had acronyms for their names, i was lost after 2 minutes, so its cleaner stuff till chris comes by to pick my poorly written thread apart! anyway basically agitate the dirt in all the nooks and crannies, for example rear window seals...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8569.jpg

then it was crack out the meguires and on with a quick 2 bucket method once over with wash mitts, one for body other for sills etc, hose down with the jetwash and we were left with this

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8572.jpg

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rummage rummage, and look what we find

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8582.jpg

so take a step back, paw over the car and decided to start on the bonnet, work out a system that works for the car and the paint and roll with it when its down to an art and producing good results, so

tape

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8583.jpg

compounds

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8596.jpg

crazy bugger with toy

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8584.jpg

and GO

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8585.jpg

chris plays around a bit with various pads and chemicals untill he finds a combo that works, all the while checking paint depths (all over the shop, 300 microns right down to 100 on the roof, madness) and moaning about rock hard clear coat (a boast that bit him in the arse later, for him to explain lol) and we get a result, whip off the tape and see the haze disappear

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8590.jpg

and complete the panel

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8592.jpg

the work area

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8600.jpg

similar effect when used on the rear perspex aswell which was nice, not been able to see out of it for months due to haze and scratches/swirls lol

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8606.jpg

boot taped up and good to go

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8616.jpg

getting there

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8607.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8614.jpg

and so it went, panel by panel, hour by hour, causing young chris lots of discomfort and pleased to announce, especially on the lower areas, he loves the coilovers :wink:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8620.jpg

knackered

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8621.jpg

mirror like nature of it as a car

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8623.jpg

and as chris continued to work round the car, i kept myself busy giving the bay a once over, nothing major as i'm incredibly sothful but a bit of spit n polish, not too shabby!

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and as the light faded, the enthusiam wained :wink:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8654.jpg

and done! buns to celebrate!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8653.jpg

and the final sealing coat, mmmmmm nice

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8675.jpg

and now the results, with which i can honestly say i am more than impressed, the depth to the colour and sheen to the clear coat is like nothing i've seen, its a massive massive improvement, side by side on the areas he did 50/50 the lack of haze was immediatly obvious in the treated areas, anyway pics worth a 1000 words and all that so heres a few :P

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8657.jpg

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and finally a few late shots, one outside diddy's chippy, not far from chris' so no dirt and lookin shiney :D

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8716.jpg

and a close up flash paint study to show the swirls gone, sorry had to use ur car big ron lad as a comparison :wink:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8730.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Detailing%201/IMG_8729.jpg

and then it rained and i had to drive home in it, crying a little, safe to say back to chris' for another wash and few more coats of wax, if he'll let me back :oops:

cheers again mate, your a legend and know your stuff!

thanks for bearing with me on the long thread, i wanted to show the work chris does and recommend him to anyone, hence the long ass gibber :lol:

cheers

Coops

[MatBrown]

Is that Chris who had the (firey) naples at the Hillpower RR?
Looks a good job.


Mat.

[Jamie.]

Wow, will he do mine?

[Coops]

yes it is chris mat mate

and yes he will do yours jamie sir, for a price of course

[jay s]

looks stunning that does, i really need to get my arse in gear and whip the pc out on mine again but i would want to do it indoors at the min with weather as you know its a lonnnnnnnng process, well worth it tho :D

[richy]

looks spot on mate

[Flash Arghhh]

When it comes to cleaning mine i look at it and think: Can't be arsed i'll just say i'm going for the rat look.
Looks like new, good work. :)

[kenny]

Bloody ell :shock:

[drsmith1979]

sweet as a nut coops..... i have to say the gray / tungsten look is so freaking mean... i actually prefer to any of the Willy Blues!!!

The 1.2's look awesome against it too... infact its just a blinder all around!

[Daz.]

wow!

Where is he - I want to play too!

I don't think the 172 has ever seen polish :shock:

[bendee]

probably the first time ivce seen any serious detailing on this site lol.

very nice work tho, if i still had the black one id be opening my wallet up that needed a good pc.

[16v_paddy]

I think mine do with some of that as well 8)

[cliokongen]

One word.....

WOW!

By far one of the cleanest MK1 around!

Michael

[LEIGH-ANNE]

Pm me hes number!

Dont be sad that it rained after, its had a right good clean and loads of stuff to protect it from rust and grime.....we all hope!

This reminds me i have a thread to write about a product.... :wink:

[col]

!st class finish coops i have to say tungsten grey suits it well . My sons tungsten grey 5 looks good but yours has the edge. 8)

[Wobba]

It's actually Xeros grey, and that's an amazing job. Hat's off to you both there. I'd love to learn more about detailing. It's damn hard work though!

I'd like to get a rotary like that too, but it would have to be a budget one as times are hard.

[LEIGH-ANNE]

wondered how long it would take for sumone to point out it was zerox LOL


I'll go halfs with ya dan? :D

[Coops]

oi, its xerus, not zerox cheeky arse :wink:

[col]

OKAY..being old an colour blind ...damn it! :shock: :lol:

[MatrixGuy]

Great detail!

I wasn't aware we have another detailing freak amongst us! lol :lol:

Is he on DW?

[LEIGH-ANNE]

oi, its xerus, not zerox cheeky arse :wink:

You bite so easily loser! :wink:

[Tommo]

I'm getting mine done before the FCS :D , prob take it to the guy in St Helens though, the one Brun recommended...

[Coops]

oi, its xerus, not zerox cheeky arse :wink:

You bite so easily loser! :wink:

:twisted: :P :wink:

[Coops]

Great detail!

I wasn't aware we have another detailing freak amongst us! lol :lol:

Is he on DW?

believe he is mate yes

[eternalife]

Great detail!

I wasn't aware we have another detailing freak amongst us! lol :lol:

Is he on DW?

Chris_4536 on DW.

[katbloke]

see now thats detailing not just wash n waxing, good acronyms like apc i expect, what products were used?

[redeye83]

fair play mate this looks stunning, how much does he charge i'd love to have it done to my motor!!