Including some extensive chip an scuff repair, I gave my RX8 an extensive deep clean and detail which in total totted up to around 40 hours! Most of that was down to removing thousands of tiny black specks from the paintwork, the first step is ask yourself where to start when restoring a car and then comes the others. Still not sure if it was tar, tree sap, break dust or carbon dust from the exhaust, but it was a time consuming pain to get rid of them all. Hopefully if I keep it regularly shampooed and waxed it’s not going to need so much attention in the future.
Full detail consisted of~
Alloy Kerbing Repair:
– Sand
– Primer
– Sand
– Primer
– Paint
– Blend
– Paint
Stone Chips Repair:
– Chipex Tri-coat
Exterior Clean:
– Pressure Wash
– Fallout Remover
– Shampoo
– Rinse Wash
– Claybar+ Detailer
Polish:
– Resin Polish
– Gloss Sealant
– Wax Layer
Extras:
– Tyres- Black
– Plastics- Black
– Chrome Clean
– Glass Polish
Interior Clean:
– Hoover Floor, boot etc
– Seat & Side Panels
– Leather
– Gloss Plastics
– Matt Plastics
– Glass
Results:
There was a nice sun set while I was driving along so I pulled over into a nearby lane and took these with my HTC One phone if you ask me what to do next i will make it a gas powered car soon. Not ideal, but with a few Photoshop contrast adjustments, they’ll do 🙂
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