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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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OK. I was bringing my car to a show today and I had nothing to do yesterday (I have no job). So, I thought "why not give the S a full detail?" Brilliant!! So, yesterday afternoon I performed the following:

Exterior:
1. Clean wheels w/ Zymol Wheel Cleaner
2. Clean tires w/ Bleche White Tire Cleaner
3. Clean top w/ 303 Vinyl Top Cleaner
4. Wash car w/ Zymol Clear
5. Protect top and misc. rubber & plastic w/ 303 Protectant
6. Protect wheels w/ Zymol Wheel Coat
7. Protect tires w/ Megs Tire Gel (Ultra Glossy version of course!!)
8. Clay w/ Zymol Lehm Clay
9. Pre-clean with Zymol HD-Cleanse
10. Protect paint with 2 coats of Zymol Vintage

Interior:
1. Vacuum
2. Protect Vinyl & rubber w/ 303 Protectant
3. Cleaned glass w/ Sprayway Glass Cleaner
4. Cleaned other misc. surfaces with Megs Interior QD

Also, all towels used were MF and drying was done with a WW MF.

It was dark by the time I got done, but the next day I pulled the car out of the garage and . Take a look.








At the show . . .
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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Looks Great !! Now are you afraid to drive it ?
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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very nice pics!!
and great report-
should be an ad for zymol!
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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Beautiful !
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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Thanks guys. I really busted my hump the other day. All products were hand applied so I thought my arm was going to fall off by the end.
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeyC,Oct 1 2005, 03:55 PM
OK. I was bringing my car to a show today and I had nothing to do yesterday (I have no job). So, I thought "why not give the S a full detail?" Brilliant!! So, yesterday afternoon I performed the following:

Exterior:
1. Clean wheels w/ Zymol Wheel Cleaner
2. Clean tires w/ Bleche White Tire Cleaner
3. Clean top w/ 303 Vinyl Top Cleaner
4. Wash car w/ Zymol Clear
5. Protect top and misc. rubber & plastic w/ 303 Protectant
6. Protect wheels w/ Zymol Wheel Coat
7. Protect tires w/ Megs Tire Gel (Ultra Glossy version of course!!)
8. Clay w/ Zymol Lehm Clay
9. Pre-clean with Zymol HD-Cleanse
10. Protect paint with 2 coats of Zymol Vintage

Interior:
1. Vacuum
2. Protect Vinyl & rubber w/ 303 Protectant
3. Cleaned glass w/ Sprayway Glass Cleaner
4. Cleaned other misc. surfaces with Megs Interior QD

Also, all towels used were MF and drying was done with a WW MF.

It was dark by the time I got done, but the next day I pulled the car out of the garage and . Take a look.








At the show . . .
Looking good.. How long did it take you to do all this?
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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Thanks! I think it took me 3 or 4 hours. Unfortunately, I have no stamina when it comes to detailing. I just fade. I usually get more work done in the first hour than I do in the next two or three. Plus when I use HD-Cleanse I like to take my time to make sure I am getting out all the surface defects possible.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 04:41 AM
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nice shots.. i can finally see the Zymol "dipped in salad oil" finish differ from the usual headliner polishes..
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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Yes, I've never seen a silver car look this wet.
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