2007 GTI: Never Washed

[sumeri28]

This is one of my first customers. A coworker of mine who never washed his vehicle that I cringed over and begged him to let me give some TLC.

I spent 2.5 hours with a Chemical Guys medium clay bar removing the raildust. Used CG lube too. Used a DA and Meg's 105 and 205, finished up with Griot's One Step Sealant. By no means am I using some of the top quality products most are using (yet) but I still think it came out well. I was happy, and he was amazed.

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[AGOatemywallet]

Nice Work

Meguiar's M105 and M205 are "top quality products"

In my opinion M205 is the most versatile polishes available

[haris300]

Looks great! A nice car like that deserves to be taken care of. I hope you convinced him to keep it clean!

[Goin Rogue]

Good job!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Nicely done! I cant believe it hasn't been washed before.

Hopefully you will be able to maintain it for him in the future.

[lawrenceSA]

Nicely done. Let's hope he starts taking better care of it now

[DeansDetailing]

Great job! When you do a car that hasn't been washed in years, just the wash will yield great before/after shots.

Hopefully, he'll spread the word around work and you'll get more business!

[gski]

I'm sure your co-worker was blown away. All these years he thought he had a special order off-white GTI.

[Klasse Act]

Looks like it came out great, too bad you didn't have IronX on hand, imagine the "bleeding" on that car!

As far as the products you used, they are very high quality items and it shows. Now when you said you spent 2.5 hrs, what part of the process took that long? How long did the entire car take?

[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, great improvement. It's funny how a lot of us detailers tell stories about cleaning our tricycles and stuff, basically that we have enjoyed cleaning stuff for as long as we can remember, and then you encounter people as adults who seem to have lived their whole lives without encountering the concept of cleaning.

These are the people who don't wash their car in 8 years, or who throw something out because it's dirty (as opposed to cleaning it).

[sumeri28]

Looks like it came out great, too bad you didn't have IronX on hand, imagine the "bleeding" on that car!

As far as the products you used, they are very high quality items and it shows. Now when you said you spent 2.5 hrs, what part of the process took that long? How long did the entire car take?


Yes what I should have said was I wasn't using a high quality polisher. I bought a Harbor Freight DA just because I was curious, now I'm hooked. The pads are also from HF but they seem to be giving the results I'm looking for, I hope to upgrade soon.
Forgot to clarify, the clay bar part took me 2.5hrs! There was rail dust around the entire car about up to the door handles. The entire exterior took me around 5.5hrs I would say. Thanks much! Appreciate it. All the love makes me want to take PTO and go do another one!

[sumeri28]

Thanks everyone! I think he realized now how nice his car can actually look. Hopefully other coworkers become interested as well.

[Kyle_Elantra]

The HF DA is a great machine, but its backing plate and the HF pads should be replaced immediately. The polisher itself should serve you very well.

Grab a lake country 5" backing plate and some 5.5" flat pads. (or whatever pad you like, but these are economical and deliver great results). Microfiber pads will offer additional cut but starting with foam is a great idea.

Great job on this car! Top quality work and products deliver quality results.

[sumeri28]

I agree it has served me well. Thanks for the tips about the backing plate and pads, I'll upgrade to those and then maybe graduate to microfiber. Appreciate the support!

[Mad Wax]

Nice job...may this be the beginning of many more customers for you!