This car had never gotten any sort of "Detailing" other than just normal washes once a week by some car wash guy. The car was full of swirl marks and had some severe oxidation and exhaust residue in some parts. We decided to tackle this job with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Professional polish to remove the swirls and oxidation and bring the paint back to life! We then topped the paint off with Swissvax Glacier wax for White paint. Here's the products we used: Products: -P21s TAW -1Z Blitz -1Z W99 -1Z Windscreen -Sonax Full Effect -#0000 Steel Wool Swissvax: -Car Bath -Protecton -Seal Feed -Paint Rubber (Yellow) -Quick Finish -Cleaner Fluid Professional via FESTOOL with a white Swissvax FINE pad -Glacier wax for white paint -Nano Express -Cleaner Fluid Regular -Autobahn PTFE Wax (Wheels) -Pneu Glossy -Waschpudel -Black Puck Applicator -Black wax applicator -Micro-Absorb (Red) -Micro-Polish (Blue) -Micro-Fluffy -Pneu Brush -Detail Brush -Wheel Brush -Metal Polish Here's how she looked when we got there... sad and dirty... Looks like a Matt finish! Check out the grime buildup in-between the rear emblem Car had been keyed :/ Faded plastic piece To begin the cleansing process, i start by cleaning all the plastic mesh pieces and the body creases with P21s TAW and a Swissvax Detail Brush Here's how it looked after agitating P21s TAW While i cleaned the engine bay, Beni worked on the wheels Onto claying the exterior surfaces Beni working on the interior After a single wipe of leather cleaner on the center console Second wipe A 50/50 after applying Swissvax Protecton Here's a 50/50 of the center console. The bottom (Passenger) side had been cleaned... after 4 cleanings... and the upper (Driver) side had not yet been touched. Polishing In this picture the fender on the left side had been polished and the driver door to the right had not yet been touched. Check out the difference in gloss and color! Polishing the hard-to-reach areas Beni working on the wheels Removing Swissvax Glacier And the result... sorry for the not-so-great pics... it was about 2am... And the professional photoshoot following the detail job Secret tunnel of win & awesomeness with a Gallardo in it with wheels on it... - Luxury4Play.com That's all for that one! Thanks for looking! Dom
Man that gallardo was filthy great work it looks amazing in the photoshoot! May I ask what backing plates your using on your Shinex. I have been thinking about trading up my Makita 9227 for Festool Shinex. I know it uses a M14 thread but since those types of backing plates are not in the US I was wondering where you got yours and which your using thanks?
That is amazing work Why did you use Blitz and W99? I guess what I am asking is when do you think one is more appropriate than the other?
Thanks! Sf for the backing plates i ran into the same problem when i first purchased the festools. They come with a 5.5in backing plate, however the foam it's made of is VERY hard and makes it hard to go across curves, etc on the body. I contacted Georg over at Swissvax since they use the same polisher at their detailing center and he brought me their backing plates from the factory in Switzerland. I was goign to order the 3M one from the UK, but shipping was costing more than the plate itself! Just different surfaces that require more/less cleaning. for example, W99 in a high concentration can fade plastic pieces, so i try to not use it on the plastics. However diluted it works phenomenal at cleaning the wheel wells. I use Blitz where i see that P21S TAW is not necessary, since it's cheaper than P21S.
