Hey everyone. This is my first post in the Show & Shine and I present to you a few Mazda3s I've detailed in the past few weeks. First up is a Silver Mazda3 Hatch. This car was heavily contaminated and required extensive claying. I spent about 5 hours claying alone. Process: - Pretreat with Citrus Degreaser to entire vehicle - Wash - Optimum Car Wash + Double Buckets w/ Grit guards & Sheepskin wool mitts - Tires cleaned with EO All Wheel & Tire Cleaner - Rims cleaned w/OCW, various brushes - Clayed with Riccardo Clay including rims Menzerna was acting very finicky, which is no surprised to me as lately I haven't been able to use any of their products without them gumming or something, so polishing was done with Optimum Polish + Sonus 6" white pad at 1600rpm. Following this, an IPA wipedown was performed and 2 coats of Opti-Seal were applied with 45 minutes in between each coat. - Tires dressed with EO - Rims sealed with Opti-Seal - Interior vacuumed, wiped down and dressed with 303. - Windows cleaned with IG + Dehydrator Mini towels. Pictures: ________________________________________________ This Mazda3 received the same treatment as above, except the LSP was Victoria Concours Red applied by hand. This wax smells so good, I could eat it! haha On to the pictures: During polishing: 1 hour after Victoria's Red Application: ________________________________________________ Last but not least is a maintenance detail from a regular client of mine. Previously, this client had received the Klasse Twins with 2 coats of SG, so this time was a maintenance detail. His vehicles are parked outside 100% of the time, so an accelerated level of contamination was present. Process: - Wash with Optimum Car Wash, double bucket method - Sheet-dry, then spot dry with WW MFs - Clay on all horizontal faces of the vehicle with Riccardo Clay & ONR diluted to Clay Lube - Klasse SG x2 - Tires dressed with EO - Interior Vacuum, Wipedown, dressed with 303. - Windows cleaned with IG Anyways, here are the pictures. I apologize in advance for the variance in pictures, as I continue to get used to the camera I just purchased. The sun was playing games as well, lol. _________________________ Thanks for taking the time to look! Sorry if I froze your computers guys, I love taking pictures!!! Kaval
I used EO Tire Shine. Once it's finished I'll be switching to Opti-Bond. Thanks for all the comments!
