Got my C30 Detailed.
06-10-2008, 08:53 PM
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Got my C30 Detailed.
Quote from the original thread.
Cheers Gary
Cheers Gary
Originally Posted by GaryST220
I have wanted to do this for a few weeks now; the car is a Volvo C30 R Design. Its about 4 weeks old and has done 1300 miles and this is its first wash.
Engine
After
Interior
After
Exterior
After
I tried to do a photoshoot, but my camera is crap and it picked up lots of noise. These were taken the following day after driving about 100 miles..
Managed to clean the ST while I was at it!
Engine
- Megs APC
- Finished with Black WOW
After
Interior
- Megs Quick Interior Detailer
- Gliptone Leather Cleaner
- Gliptone Leather Conditioner
After
Exterior
- Foamed and washed with two bucket method using Megs Shampoo Plus
- Clayed with Meguiars medium clay.
- Washed again
- Polished with finishing polish
- Waxed with Dodo Supernatural
- Wheels waxed with Poorboys Wheel Wax
- Megs Endurance Tyre Gel
- Carlack Glass Sealant kit on the windows
After
I tried to do a photoshoot, but my camera is crap and it picked up lots of noise. These were taken the following day after driving about 100 miles..
Managed to clean the ST while I was at it!
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06-10-2008, 10:10 PM
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i dont know whats more worrying?
you calling cleaning detailing????????/please explain why??
or the strange reason you posted so many pictures of a cars cleaning process,you really need to get out more!!!!!!!!!1
you calling cleaning detailing????????/please explain why??
or the strange reason you posted so many pictures of a cars cleaning process,you really need to get out more!!!!!!!!!1
06-10-2008, 10:11 PM
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I have wanted to do this for a few weeks now; the car is a Volvo C30 R Design. Its about 4 weeks old and has done 1300 miles and this is its first wash.
I have wanted to do this for a few weeks now; the car is a Volvo C30 R Design. Its about 4 weeks old and has done 1300 miles and this is its first wash.
A new car, and a mint one too, and it's taken 1300 miles and 4 weeks before it got a wash?
Looks good now though
06-10-2008, 11:01 PM
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06-10-2008, 11:29 PM
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Foamed and washed with two bucket method using Megs Shampoo Plus
Clayed with Meguiars medium clay.
Washed again
Polished with finishing polish
Waxed with Dodo Supernatural
Wheels waxed with Poorboys Wheel Wax
Megs Endurance Tyre Gel
Carlack Glass Sealant kit on the windows
Clayed with Meguiars medium clay.
Washed again
Polished with finishing polish
Waxed with Dodo Supernatural
Wheels waxed with Poorboys Wheel Wax
Megs Endurance Tyre Gel
Carlack Glass Sealant kit on the windows
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07-10-2008, 01:55 AM
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07-10-2008, 09:40 AM
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07-10-2008, 10:14 AM
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Hhaha who said why post so many pics thats nothing compared to some read ups people do on detailing sites, and also not as "in-depth".
Good work though
thats nothing compared to some read ups people do on detailing sites, and also not as "in-depth".Good work though
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07-10-2008, 02:31 PM
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Very nice.
Arent these built on the same chassis as the focus?
Ugly fuckers but this one looks lovely at the same time.
Makes me really jealous when I see cars that can be effectively detailed.
When its 20 years old, covered in rust and stone chips there's nothing even the most determined sponge wielders can do..
Arent these built on the same chassis as the focus?
Ugly fuckers but this one looks lovely at the same time.
Makes me really jealous when I see cars that can be effectively detailed.
When its 20 years old, covered in rust and stone chips there's nothing even the most determined sponge wielders can do..
07-10-2008, 02:41 PM
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07-10-2008, 02:48 PM
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as per everyone else, that is not detailing, thats just a proper wash and polish. my cars normally get about 1 per year like that and a normal wash weekly.
still looks nice now its done.
as per si tho, 4 weeks/1300miles without a wash on a brand new car!!!
still looks nice now its done.
as per si tho, 4 weeks/1300miles without a wash on a brand new car!!!
07-10-2008, 02:52 PM
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Sorry couldnt resist
Nothing personal, I'm a big fan of the volvo's and I've test driven one myself, looks very nice,
Sorry couldn't resist
lol
Nothing personal, I'm a big fan of the volvo's and I've test driven one myself, looks very nice,
Sorry couldn't resist
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07-10-2008, 02:55 PM
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Believe me, it took many hours and much effort and as a result the paint is 95% perfect. Something a valet or 'just a wash' wouldn't have achieved
Perhaps next time I should take many photos of the paint defects and PTG readings, only to be called a sad bastard. Just can't win...
07-10-2008, 03:04 PM
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according to the post above you washed it, clayed it, polished it, washed it again then waxed it.
thats a valet not a detail. if youve done a detail, then benny hasn't said so has he
thats a valet not a detail. if youve done a detail, then benny hasn't said so has he
07-10-2008, 03:09 PM
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I disagree, just because the car wasn't in an awful state before I started, and the fact that I didn't bore you all with hundreds of photos of swirl removal; doesn't mean it wasn't a proper 'detail'.
Believe me, it took many hours and much effort and as a result the paint is 95% perfect. Something a valet or 'just a wash' wouldn't have achieved
Perhaps next time I should take many photos of the paint defects and PTG readings, only to be called a sad bastard. Just can't win...
Believe me, it took many hours and much effort and as a result the paint is 95% perfect. Something a valet or 'just a wash' wouldn't have achieved
Perhaps next time I should take many photos of the paint defects and PTG readings, only to be called a sad bastard. Just can't win...
Don't worry about it Gaz, half the fukwits on here wouldn't know how to detail a car anyway. It's far easier to knock someone else's efforts.
Top job mate, I know how much work goes into it.
07-10-2008, 03:16 PM
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Must be very soft paint if finishing polish took out the defects there would have been, like nearly all new cars have, even higher marque.
Has been detailed IMO, much more than a wash and chamois, less than a full on paint correction of course, if that's what people are referring to as detailed, which isn't the full story.
Has been detailed IMO, much more than a wash and chamois, less than a full on paint correction of course, if that's what people are referring to as detailed, which isn't the full story.
07-10-2008, 03:24 PM
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Thanks Monster!
As far as I can tell the paint has a very similar finish as my Mondeo, so I assume that Volvo's painting technique is the same as Fords. In both cases the paint is quite soft and the orange peal is exactly the same, although according to my paint depth guage the Volvo paint is a bit thinner.
The dealer only used a degreaser and a jetwash when it was at the dealers, so very few defects from the off.
Must be very soft paint if finishing polish took out the defects there would have been, like nearly all new cars have, even higher marque.
Has been detailed IMO, much more than a wash and chamois, less than a full on paint correction of course, if that's what people are referring to as detailed, which isn't the full story.
Has been detailed IMO, much more than a wash and chamois, less than a full on paint correction of course, if that's what people are referring to as detailed, which isn't the full story.
The dealer only used a degreaser and a jetwash when it was at the dealers, so very few defects from the off.
07-10-2008, 04:26 PM
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Actually Gary, this can't be a detail. The car is still full of rust.
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07-10-2008, 04:31 PM
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It looks very clean. But then it's 4 fucking weeks old, and has done 1300 miles. If you could make my 35k Avensis that I've washed once look slightly clean I'd be impressed
If you could make my 35k Avensis that I've washed once look slightly clean I'd be impressed
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