This is a members GF's car. Nice little Mini but hasnt had many good washes in the past 10 year :o
We had a day to do exterior and interior. Lot of work for one day even on a Mini started at 9:30 finished at 7
Few random before pics...
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So to start was the tyre...yeah i know, who cleans tyres!! Well we do :D and look through these pics to find out why ;)
APC's
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Aggitated
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Some wheel cleaner to take off the heavy brake dust/road dirt
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Rinsed down
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Wheel was then cleaned and the Iron Cleanse was applied
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Next up was some tar removal
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After all the cleaning of the tyre any tyre dressing you use will now bond to the tyre itself and should not only look better but will last longer...I really cant stand dirty tyres!!
LOOK AT THAT ROOF :eek::eek:
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So onto the cleaning of the car and the usual suspects...Snow foam and 2 buckets and 2 grit guards in the buckets. Also 2 mitts, noodle is for lowers and microfibre one is for the upper parts of the car.
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As the foam is dwelling we go around any shuts and any parts of the car that tend to hold dirt, for this we put a LOT of time into the sunroof
Had not gone near it at this stage and already starting to run with the help of the snow foam ;)
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So after al the cleaning of the general dirt had been done we then Iron Cleansed the whole car and left to dwell for 15 mins to break down any iron deposits in the paint
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Some more tar removal...
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Car was then clayed and refoamed and rewashed
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So onto the interior...this is the results of the passenger seat (microfiber WAS canery yellow)
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Passenger seat done with more of a matt finish (clean) then the driver seat
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Driver seat BEFORE
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AFTER
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DURING 50/50's
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Rear passenger side tail light BEFORE
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AFTER
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50/50
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Before
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After
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Driver side pillar 50/50
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Passenger door BEFORE
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AFTER
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Started to get dark by the time we had the car rewashed and sealed, plastics treated and glass cleaned inside and out, tyres dressed so some:
After shots :cool:
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Remember this
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After
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And this :shock:
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After
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