imported_d00t
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This was a long one.. spent a little over 30 hours on the car, including wetsanding. I cleaned/conditioned as much of the vehicle as possible, trying to restore it to better than new condition. The car used to be well taken care of, but when the owner moved to downtown SF, he wasn't able to wash it on his own, so it frequented the "down the sreet" washes 
Upon inspection of the car 3 stories below the ground, it was in really good shape. Exterior barely having any fallout, looking decent (considering the rains we've had lately). The interior was immaculate minus the dirt on the floor mats. After taking the car home, and storing it for the night I was ready bright and early on Tuesday. I woke up to pouring rain. Even though I could have washed the car inside.. I wanted to do as much of a thorough degreasing as possible, so it was all done outside.. in the rain. Even with snowboard pants, and a rain coat, I was still soaked! At least it wasn't snow, huh?
. Sorry I look a little ridiculous.. I was more concerned about staying dry!
First things first was a thorough pressure rinse on the outside:
After this I turned my attention to the wheels. Per standard procedure the tires were soaked in P21S TAW, and the wheels received P21S Wheel Gel.
And then agitated with various brushes:
After the wheels were finished, I moved on to the initial foaming of the car. Because the car wasn't super soiled (for a change) I foamed it with Chemical Guys' Citrus Wash and Clear, and then washed with the 2BM and Citrus Wash and Gloss.
(my baby in the very background getting DRENCHED
).
And then the car was pressure rinsed one more time before being brought inside where I blew it dry. Yes, INSIDE! It was raining so hard.. it wasn't even worth trying to dry, let alone blow dry outside. So I did it in the garage with very good results.. just a little bit of water.
After it was dried. I continued on with decontamination. The car was clayed with CG Blue Mild clay, and Luber as clay lube:
..And the wheels:
....Annnd the Door Jambs:
And the deck lid/hood and jambs:
After this I turned my attention to the spare tire. It was rinsed, then cleaned with P21S TAW and Wheel gel + Swissvax Wheel Brush/Megs Slidelock Brush:
My attention was then turned to was was UNDER the spare tire. The area where the engine compartment usually is.
Certain soiled areas were carefully saturated in P21S TAW and let sit before agitating away and wiping clean.
I then turned my attention to what was under the boot lid.. AN ENGINE! Everything was thoroughly degreased with P21S TAW, SW Wheel Brush, Q-Tips, and a lot of elbow grease. Then wiped clean.
Upon inspection of the car 3 stories below the ground, it was in really good shape. Exterior barely having any fallout, looking decent (considering the rains we've had lately). The interior was immaculate minus the dirt on the floor mats. After taking the car home, and storing it for the night I was ready bright and early on Tuesday. I woke up to pouring rain. Even though I could have washed the car inside.. I wanted to do as much of a thorough degreasing as possible, so it was all done outside.. in the rain. Even with snowboard pants, and a rain coat, I was still soaked! At least it wasn't snow, huh?
. Sorry I look a little ridiculous.. I was more concerned about staying dry!First things first was a thorough pressure rinse on the outside:
After this I turned my attention to the wheels. Per standard procedure the tires were soaked in P21S TAW, and the wheels received P21S Wheel Gel.
And then agitated with various brushes:
After the wheels were finished, I moved on to the initial foaming of the car. Because the car wasn't super soiled (for a change) I foamed it with Chemical Guys' Citrus Wash and Clear, and then washed with the 2BM and Citrus Wash and Gloss.
(my baby in the very background getting DRENCHED
).
And then the car was pressure rinsed one more time before being brought inside where I blew it dry. Yes, INSIDE! It was raining so hard.. it wasn't even worth trying to dry, let alone blow dry outside. So I did it in the garage with very good results.. just a little bit of water
.After it was dried. I continued on with decontamination. The car was clayed with CG Blue Mild clay, and Luber as clay lube:
..And the wheels:
....Annnd the Door Jambs:
And the deck lid/hood and jambs:
After this I turned my attention to the spare tire. It was rinsed, then cleaned with P21S TAW and Wheel gel + Swissvax Wheel Brush/Megs Slidelock Brush:
My attention was then turned to was was UNDER the spare tire. The area where the engine compartment usually is.
Certain soiled areas were carefully saturated in P21S TAW and let sit before agitating away and wiping clean.
I then turned my attention to what was under the boot lid.. AN ENGINE! Everything was thoroughly degreased with P21S TAW, SW Wheel Brush, Q-Tips, and a lot of elbow grease. Then wiped clean.
. So no afters of the engine bay/hood area which I spend 6 hours total on :shead: . And none of the interior area.
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