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This one was especially fun. It's an '08 IS250 with 24k on the odo 
. And it definietly had signs of being beaten hard, and put away wet. Remember AJ's who I told you all about on my recent S4 thread? Well this one was another victim. Only it didn't get just washes from them.. they attempted to polish the car! :thud: So I knew I was in store for a rough couple of days. After 20 hours of work, I was fairly satisfied with the car 
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To start things off, I got the car late Thursday morning, and after getting my things all sorted out I had started washing the car at around noon. For once over the past month or two, the sun was shining, and it was quite pleasant out (around mid-60s). So I was in for a treat!! Here's some pics of the car, it hasn't been washed in a few months.. :doh:
So when I say "grey" you know what I mean.. the car? SUPPOSED to be beautiful Obsidian Black, the wheels? Not supposed to be matte gunmetal, they're supposed to be gloss black!
The first thing I tackled was the rims/tires/wheel wells. I used Eimann Fabrik HI Cleaner for the wheels/wheel wells, and Eimann Farbik Tire Cleaner for the tires (duh). I then agitated it with various brushes. I had the opportunity to get a beta version of the new Gloss-It Wheel brush. I can say I am VERY impressed with the brush. It has longer bristles than the Swissvax brush, so it's easier to get to calipers, and around mesh rims. But the bristles aren't as stuff, so it molds istelf around the wheel faces effortlessly. I found myself grabbing the brush more than I did the swissvax or megs slidelock brush.
(using the GI Beta Brush).
After I had finished cleaning the rims, I moved on to the pre-foaming. I opted to use Optimum Power Clean at a heavy dilution rate as we can see the car is VERY soiled.
after I had let the suds sit in for a few minutes, while I was prepping my two buckets, I then pressure rinsed the car filtered with DI water.
Even with the temps only in the low-to-mid 60s, the paint was EXTREMELY hot, as you can see I'm right in the sun. While I was washing using the 2BM, even with the DI water, it was drying on the car, even if I were to rinse a panel at a time, it would still dry extrememly fast. So I decided it was a lost cause to try and finish the wash outside. So I rinsed it off real quick, and pulled it in to the garage dripping wet.
And then prepped my ONR! Again, using DI water and the 2BM (I rinsed out the buckets and cleaned them before re-using them for ONR), I onr'd the entire car; with the garage door shut! Worked like a charm.
You can see the difference.. hood onr'd, fender not.
..Even the doorjambs
..And under the hood
..And the engine cover(s)
After that, and claying with my new Riccardo yellow clay(!!), with Luber as lube. I brought the car out in the gorgeous sun to examine the paint work. HEre's what I found the last "detail" left behind..
. And it definietly had signs of being beaten hard, and put away wet. Remember AJ's who I told you all about on my recent S4 thread? Well this one was another victim. Only it didn't get just washes from them.. they attempted to polish the car! :thud: So I knew I was in store for a rough couple of days. After 20 hours of work, I was fairly satisfied with the car .To start things off, I got the car late Thursday morning, and after getting my things all sorted out I had started washing the car at around noon. For once over the past month or two, the sun was shining, and it was quite pleasant out (around mid-60s). So I was in for a treat!! Here's some pics of the car, it hasn't been washed in a few months.. :doh:
So when I say "grey" you know what I mean.. the car? SUPPOSED to be beautiful Obsidian Black, the wheels? Not supposed to be matte gunmetal, they're supposed to be gloss black!
The first thing I tackled was the rims/tires/wheel wells. I used Eimann Fabrik HI Cleaner for the wheels/wheel wells, and Eimann Farbik Tire Cleaner for the tires (duh). I then agitated it with various brushes. I had the opportunity to get a beta version of the new Gloss-It Wheel brush. I can say I am VERY impressed with the brush. It has longer bristles than the Swissvax brush, so it's easier to get to calipers, and around mesh rims. But the bristles aren't as stuff, so it molds istelf around the wheel faces effortlessly. I found myself grabbing the brush more than I did the swissvax or megs slidelock brush.
(using the GI Beta Brush).
After I had finished cleaning the rims, I moved on to the pre-foaming. I opted to use Optimum Power Clean at a heavy dilution rate as we can see the car is VERY soiled.
after I had let the suds sit in for a few minutes, while I was prepping my two buckets, I then pressure rinsed the car filtered with DI water.
Even with the temps only in the low-to-mid 60s, the paint was EXTREMELY hot, as you can see I'm right in the sun. While I was washing using the 2BM, even with the DI water, it was drying on the car, even if I were to rinse a panel at a time, it would still dry extrememly fast. So I decided it was a lost cause to try and finish the wash outside. So I rinsed it off real quick, and pulled it in to the garage dripping wet.
And then prepped my ONR! Again, using DI water and the 2BM (I rinsed out the buckets and cleaned them before re-using them for ONR), I onr'd the entire car; with the garage door shut! Worked like a charm.
You can see the difference.. hood onr'd, fender not.
..Even the doorjambs
..And under the hood
..And the engine cover(s)
After that, and claying with my new Riccardo yellow clay(!!), with Luber as lube. I brought the car out in the gorgeous sun to examine the paint work. HEre's what I found the last "detail" left behind..
