Detailer's Domain: 1993 Mazda RX7 - an old favorite gets some love!
01-05-2013, 02:38 PM
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Detailer's Domain: 1993 Mazda RX7 - an old favorite gets some love!
Subject: 1993 Mazda RX7
Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition and ready for sale
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Auto Finesse Iron Out
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compound - Menzerna FG400
- Final Polish - Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish
- Last step - Lusso Oro
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Engine Detail
- Cleaned
- Dressed
Interior
- Vac
- Clean and protect dash
- Clean and protect leather
- Clean glass
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Collinite 845 Insulator Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Engine
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Adam's Trim and Lug Brush
Adam's In and Out Spray
Interior
Auto Finesse Spritz
Auto Finesse Hide Leather Cleanser
Auto Finesse Hide Leather Conditioner
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior
Before
Auto Finesse Spritz was used on the interior bits with great success - take a look at all the dirt and dust it lifted off the RX7's dash and plastics
Interior After
Exterior
Before
Prep - Engine Bay, Wheels, Tires, Wheel Wells, Pre Soak, Decon, AutoScrub
Engine - Before
Adam's APC was used to clean up the engine bay
Various Brushes were used to agitate the grime in the engine bay prior to getting rinsed down
Rinse
Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition and ready for sale
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Auto Finesse Iron Out
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compound - Menzerna FG400
- Final Polish - Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish
- Last step - Lusso Oro
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Engine Detail
- Cleaned
- Dressed
Interior
- Vac
- Clean and protect dash
- Clean and protect leather
- Clean glass
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Collinite 845 Insulator Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Engine
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Adam's Trim and Lug Brush
Adam's In and Out Spray
Interior
Auto Finesse Spritz
Auto Finesse Hide Leather Cleanser
Auto Finesse Hide Leather Conditioner
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior
Before
Auto Finesse Spritz was used on the interior bits with great success - take a look at all the dirt and dust it lifted off the RX7's dash and plastics
Interior After
Exterior
Before
Prep - Engine Bay, Wheels, Tires, Wheel Wells, Pre Soak, Decon, AutoScrub
Engine - Before
Adam's APC was used to clean up the engine bay
Various Brushes were used to agitate the grime in the engine bay prior to getting rinsed down
Rinse
01-05-2013, 02:38 PM
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After shot
Before shot of wheel
Adam's APC on the tires and wheel wells
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action
EZ-Detail Brush used to agitate the brake dust and grime in the wheel barrel
Rinsing down the wheels, tires, wheel wells
Pre soak - wash
Rinse
Decon - Auto Finesse Iron Out
NanoSkin AutoScrub
After all that prep work this is what we found
Paint Correction - 50/50 shots of the restoration
Much improvement after Menzerna FG400 and Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
A bunch or scratches on the roof
After shot of the roof
Action shot of the Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES
Griot's 3rd gen with Meg's MF Cutting Pads and FG400
Results after correction
Finishing touches
Wheels wells after being cleaned up
Adam's Undercarriage Spray was called into action
Pop the headlights and we find years of dirt and grime
Cleaned up
Exhaust tips - left side not touched/right side polished out
After
Cleaning around the reg sticker
Nice little touches to show the owner cares ; )
After polishing we did a final rinse to remove any of the compound/polishing dust
A blast from the past, we had some Collinite 845 sitting around and figured why not, so nice results from an old friend
Afters
Before shot of wheel
Adam's APC on the tires and wheel wells
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action
EZ-Detail Brush used to agitate the brake dust and grime in the wheel barrel
Rinsing down the wheels, tires, wheel wells
Pre soak - wash
Rinse
Decon - Auto Finesse Iron Out
NanoSkin AutoScrub
After all that prep work this is what we found
Paint Correction - 50/50 shots of the restoration
Much improvement after Menzerna FG400 and Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
A bunch or scratches on the roof
After shot of the roof
Action shot of the Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES
Griot's 3rd gen with Meg's MF Cutting Pads and FG400
Results after correction
Finishing touches
Wheels wells after being cleaned up
Adam's Undercarriage Spray was called into action
Pop the headlights and we find years of dirt and grime
Cleaned up
Exhaust tips - left side not touched/right side polished out
After
Cleaning around the reg sticker
Nice little touches to show the owner cares ; )
After polishing we did a final rinse to remove any of the compound/polishing dust
A blast from the past, we had some Collinite 845 sitting around and figured why not, so nice results from an old friend
Afters
02-05-2013, 04:19 PM
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excellent .....
how much $ for a job like this..and how long..?
i need my car..to be treated like that ..
how much $ for a job like this..and how long..?
i need my car..to be treated like that ..
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