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when weather and detailing dont go together

bidderman1969

detailer
yup, having to do this one bit by bit, due to weather and work, and im not sure im gonna be able to do this in time for saturday!

one of my taxi customers has been borrowing this little car for a runabout while the owner of it has been abroad for a while. so while we were going to the airport we were chatting about detailing, and i inadvertently offered to do this MGF for him so he can give it back to his friend gleaming, hopefully.

weather is definately agaisnt me, along with time constraints, as i need to fit in taxi work inbetween! :twisted:

so today, when the weather was overcast i chanced starting it somehow, so at 3 this afternoon, i decided to do the interior to start

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odd dinks here and there
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out came the LTT kit
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a 50/50
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tried it on the seat
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wiped down the plastics with APC, clayed all windows inside and out, so finished the interior
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moved onto the boot
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things to tackle.....
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just hope the weather is on my side for the rest of the week!
 
what you charging him?

weathers dire up here as well, still not been able to wash the car or anything.
 
well, got there early-ish, and got a good day in, got sunburnt, thirsty and hungry as they were out today, best let the pics do the talking really,

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clayed and dried
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test patch
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windscreen surround
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as she stands atm,
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so, hopefully, tomorrows weather permitting, shall be a wash off (to get rid of the polish residue), clean the interior cubby holes out, protect with Z-CS, top of with Z8, wheels as well
 
Smashing results there, the before after pics and test patches really emphasize the results, i hope you show them to the clients.

if you're mobile hows about coming up and working on the cabby? Needs dents out and scratches dealt with too though...and a bonnet

It isn't moving at the mo but it needs some love, should have the engine out next week some point, any advice on how to spruce up the bay?
 
any degreaser should be ok.

after this palava, im not going to be going to peoples places unfortunately, waste so much time its unbelievable
 
well, turned up today the see some beading!
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tackled the under bonnet storage area, wasnt looking forward to this bit as it had muck under the tiniest gaps, this is where i would have used an airgun to force it all out, so ended up partly using the pressure washer, which i wasnt too happy about as there are some electrical stuff under there.

its not perfect, as i just couldnt get to some of it
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wash down
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so, some pretty much finished shots, finished off with Z-CS
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quite like this pic
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Wow good stuff. Shiny huh!

It was a pleasure to see the master at work recently so I know everything that is involved!
 
very very clean but no matter how much you clean those things theyre still gonna be a mgf :? with a k series mmm thats a yummy engine:roll:
 
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