Car hasn’t been used for about 3 weeks, just been sat in the garage gathering dust. So took the long way around to pick up our Tesco’s click and collect order (never thought that box of nitrile gloves I have in the garage would be used for anything other than car cleaning!). Good to put a bit of charge through the battery and enjoyed the quiet roads with the gearbox set to manual and some flappy paddle action (all on the right side of sensible of course).
Then got stuck into a proper clean. Usual pre-wash and contact wash, followed by a chemical decon with tar remover then Korrosol to get the clear coat back to super slick - you don’t necessarily need to to clay a well maintained car, a good chemical decon does the trick without marring. Then washed again to get any product residue off, rinsed, applied some Turtle Wax Dry and Shine (wet coat type stuff - very good value for money), rinsed again and dried her off. Finished off with a coat of Gyeon Cure to seal the paint. Pic below isn’t the greatest - the light was going, but the paint is now super slippery, has a real nice depth of gloss and is protected. Happy.
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Then onto all the jobs that usually get ignored. Opened up the pano roof and cleaned out the shuts, and went to town on all the door shuts as well (including all the difficult to reach bits you usually pass over), and gave the engine bay a good clean and wipe down as well. All with Surfex HD and a nice soft Detail Factory brush.
After that I got to work on the interior - I don’t really use dedicated interior products (leather seats aside) - a damp MF spritzed with diluted Surfex HD has always worked well for me. Then deep cleaned and protected the leather interior and steering wheel with the holy trinity of Valet Pro Leather Soap, followed by a ‘feed’ with Colour Lock Leather Protector - good product this, for cars with seats that are more than 3 years old and need a bit of nourishment to stop the leather drying out and cracking - it definitely made the leather feel more supple. Then topped off with Colour Lock Leather Shield (anti-friction coating to help limit wear and tear and dye transfer from jeans etc). Really pleased with the results, the seats were looking a tad shiny, but this process has ‘em nice and matt and looking like new. Still love my Rotor Grey interior - it’s holding up well.
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All in, took about 5 hours of blissful zen time. Time for a beer.
Awesome job mate, looking good and a decent shift and task list completed there