Dream Detail - Volvo S60R Flash Green

[TrKent]

Greetings all!

Here is my latest work, a Volvo S60R in Flash Green. The car has nearly 90,000 miles on the odometer. The car had been cleaned, decontaminated and deironed (by me) just a few weeks before this detail.

Wheels were cleaned with MINT+ and a variety of wheel brushes



The vehicle was washed with FLAKE. While this is more of a maintenance wash, the majority of decontamination had been dealt with just a few weeks before.



The following gif shows how FLAKE dissolves into warm water.



Water behavior while washing with FLAKE



To ensure the vehicle was still decontaminated, IRON SERUM was used. The wipe-on application does not show as much of the red-streaky iron removal but is still very effective and efficient. I used about 40ml over the whole vehicle. And as a bonus, the smell is a strong mint so it is quite pleasant to work with.



I applied a little heavy in this area to demonstrate its effectiveness/get the runny look.



The engine bay was given a wipe-down with polishangel ENGINE. This was not an extensive engine detail but it cleaned up very nicely.







The paint was compounded with polishangel Master Compound and the Lambswool Ultra Cut pad on the RUPES LHR21



The Taillights were worked out with the same combination on the RUPES LHR75





In some areas the Master Compound machine pad was used for cutting





Reflection after Master Compound









Invincible | Primer being used before Cosmic



(I love using this picnic table bench for working sides of cars )



Color-Matched, Flash Green Cosmic setting before residue removal



Reflection after the 2nd coat of Cosmic



For this detail, Cosmic, Viking Coat (not available in the US), & Viking Shield were all used for protection



The after photos, enjoy!

[jamesboyy]

This Volvo may have mid/high mileage but with all the work you put into it you would not know it has 90 thousand miles

[JSou]

BO$$! You killed it Travis. Enjoy seeing your work.

[281]

Excellent work Travis! Where was Viking Shield applied?

[Tato]

Holy, you made a boring looking car and color (sorry, it was my opinion on the beginning) into a show car, beautiful and exciting car and color!

The richness of details in your write up made it very enjoyable to read and follow, however I do not know any of those angels you've used, so I just read their names wondering 'wow, cosmic!'... hahaha

Nice setups on the Rupes as well, very wise choices.

By the way, looks like the products are top notch and delivered, but IMO the main factor in this job was you, your efforts made the whole difference.

Congratulations on this work, car looks awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

[TrKent]

This Volvo may have mid/high mileage but with all the work you put into it you would not know it has 90 thousand miles

Thank you!!

BO$$! You killed it Travis. Enjoy seeing your work.

Thanks Jake!!

Excellent work Travis! Where was Viking Shield applied?

I didn't have any pictures of the Viking Shield application but it was applied to the entire paint surface just like Viking Coat & Cosmic.

Rain | 9H was also applied to the windshield a few weeks ago.

Holy, you made a boring looking car and color (sorry, it was my opinion on the beginning) into a show car, beautiful and exciting car and color!

The richness of details in your write up made it very enjoyable to read and follow, however I do not know any of those angels you've used, so I just read their names wondering 'wow, cosmic!'... hahaha

Nice setups on the Rupes as well, very wise choices.

By the way, looks like the products are top notch and delivered, but IMO the main factor in this job was you, your efforts made the whole difference.

Congratulations on this work, car looks awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!!

I agree that at first the car is very subtle and before I started the color wash just an off shade of silver. The work plus the color-matched coating really made the color much more eye-catching.

[281]

Viking Shield can be layered over the top of Cosmic? Can Viking Shield be used on chrome?

You really brought the Volvo back to life

[TrKent]

Viking Shield can be layered over the top of Cosmic? Can Viking Shield be used on chrome?

You really brought the Volvo back to life

Yes & Yes! Viking Shield over Cosmic is one of the most popular combinations!

Thank you!!

[CarolinasFinestDetailing]

That's awesome!!! So how do you color match the coating?

[WAXOFF]

Beautiful job. Keep up the great work.