Had John's lovely 535d in for a special once-over last week. Lovely car and the only real issues were the drivers seat which had a build-up of heavy grime in the grain, and then the paint which needed a good polishing. I gave it a single-stage polishing with my orbital rotary to get rid of the...

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Hi guys, I just want to gauge interest in these as I am ordering in a batch of stuff next week. Manufacturers info is in italics below. First - For those of you with scratchy windscreens, hazed plexiglass and dull headlights: I had a chance to try this out while it was in development and...

If you were ever wondering how long it takes to do a complete interior detail of a 7-seat (leather) X5, well try 9 hours! Here's the beast. The family who own this X5 have given me a couple of their other cars for complete interior and exterior details but they saved the best for last with...

I had Sean's 520i in for a paint correction in the past few days. I was hoping to do a good photo-thread of the detail but on day 1, I had my camera but left the memory card at home! D'Oh! :rolleyes: So the first bunch of photos are just taken with my (old) phone!! So, I collected the car at...

Hi guys, Over the Winter, I am doing a slight change to my business hours. I will be open from Tuesday to Saturday from 9.15 to 5.45. Although on Saturday, if its a quiet day I might leave at 5. :rolleyes: The reason for this is that a lot of people have been calling about collecting...

Hi guys, I had a long talk today with Darryl Cassingham of Dr Leather in the UK about getting some of his product over to my workshop and also yapping about the general direction of automotive leather, cleaners and the best care of them. This is a very advanced leather cleaner and is better...

A full day spent on a set of leather! But it needed proper professional attention. Here's a few photos and the process went like this: 1. Overnight Surface Prep to loosen grime, body oils, stains and surface dirt. 2. Surface deep cleaning 3. Rinse 4. Acidity Regulator 5. Rinse 6 Surface...

I planned in advance to do a photo-log of this detail but I didn't realise it was going to be such a difficult paint correction. Here's how the Bentley arrived. It was a tumult of swirls and a heady haze of holograms. No time to waste, so straight in with the prepping. I started off...

Its time to prepare your car for winter. How do I know? Well, as I write this, I'm sipping a hot whiskey in front of the fire after prepping a car in the rain yesterday! (I know - Any excuse!!:p) But seriously, winter poses many hazards to a vehicle. Extreme temperatures, salt and grit and...

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I put this in Bart's thread over in the showroom, but just sticking it here for reference as well... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bart's E30 M3 was one of the tougher paint corrections that I have had for a number of reasons. The curves, contours...

Guys, I got a good few emails about my mobile detail and paint correction service since the E30 & Z4 thread. Just to clarify what to expect from a single-day paint correction: Example A. If your car is a few years old and is pretty hazed over with deep scratches, then a single-day's detailing...

Here's one that turned out to be a lot tougher than I anticipated... and just to boot, the photos I took were at the wrong setting, so this is a short write-up for the amount of work! LOL:o It was raining when I got the car back to the workshop, so I began with the engine detail. Trigger-spray...

A nice return visit to work on a few more nice cars from a very cool collection. :cool: The first car had a few problems and I was a little concerned when I saw it....:eek: A ceiling panel - basically a big piece of plywood - had come loose and dropped on the side of the car causing some...

Just a quick write up. Fingers are fecked after polishing steel rims for a few hours this morning!! :p Had this STI in from the South East last week. It was fairly swirled and scratchy so needed the full Spirit TLC treatment. The pix will do most of the talking, but just in case it did get...

Hi guys, Quick one for ye, because I've been really busy the past few weeks. I've been getting a heap of BMW in and loads more booked. Next week is Jap week though... STI, RX8 and Skyline in for Paint correction and CQuartz details. This 320D came in a few weeks ago for a paint correction &...