Bumblebee 4hr decontamination and protection detail

[Clean Your Ride]

This is the second time I have looked after this gorgeous yellow DS3 now and what a pleasure it was. Cheers Daron.

Last time was a full machine polish and protect whilst this occasion was a full decontamination and protection detail

Without further ado, onto the pictures:

As it arrived:













Wheels cleaned with Autosmart Wheel Cleaner Concentrate and Wheel Woolies



BiltHamber SurfexHD applied to the tyres and agitated with a stiff brush



Strong mix of SurfexHD applied to bodywork and rinsed off with the Nilfisk.
G3 Pro detox mitt used with G3 detox shampoo then rinsed off before BiltHamber Korrosol applied to bodywork then left to work its magic:











Rinsed off, dried with the Mammoth and brought out of the sun to start applying the protection. Couple of stone chips to deal with first then applied the Sonax Hybrid NPT and then a final coating of Sonax BSD. Tyres dressed with FinnishKare Tyre Dressing, trim dressed with both PERL and GTechniq C4 permanent trim dressing. Alloys sealed with CarPlan Nanomeric wheel seal and protect and all glass cleaned with Carpro Eraser. Exhaust tips cleaned with Autosol.

End results after just 4 hours:

[BeefMasta]

Looks great!

[Clean Your Ride]

Dbrewood was extremely happy I must say

[HailVectron]

...still not cleaning the dustcaps mate...

Looks fantastic.... On reading through, I realised that I'd really love a checklist of the stages you go through on a job like this. I know you are outlining it in detail, but I'm talking steps names - rather than product names... So a muppet like me can substitute products that I have... So would this be right :

Wheels + Tyres (dedicated wheel cleaner/tyre cleaner)
Bodywork pre-wash
Rinse
Clay
Korrosol (for want of a better step name!)
Rinse
2BM Shampoo
Rinse
Dry
Bodywork Wax
Black Trim
Wheel Seal
Chrome
Glass

[Clean Your Ride]

...still not cleaning the dustcaps mate...

Looks fantastic.... On reading through, I realised that I'd really love a checklist of the stages you go through on a job like this. I know you are outlining it in detail, but I'm talking steps names - rather than product names... So a muppet like me can substitute products that I have... So would this be right :

Wheels + Tyres (dedicated wheel cleaner/tyre cleaner)
Bodywork pre-wash
Rinse
Clay
Korrosol (for want of a better step name!)
Rinse
2BM Shampoo
Rinse
Dry
Bodywork Wax
Black Trim
Wheel Seal
Chrome
Glass

Hi pal

Stages in order of the 4hr detail just for you:

Alloys cleaned
Tyres cleaned
Arches cleaned
Pressure rinsed
Pre-rinse/snowfoam onto bodywork
APC sprayed and brushed onto window rubbers, badges and fuel cap
Door shuts cleaned (pressure sprayer with water to rinse)
Pressure wash off bodywork
Clay/detox mitt
Rinse
Iron fallout removal
Rinse
De-tar
Rinse
2BM with mild shampoo (no wash and wax shampoo)
Rinse
Pat dry with drying towel
Tyre dressing applied once tyres dry
Polish bodywork
Sealant/wax applied
All trim dressed
Glass cleaned inside and out
Alloys sealed
2nd tyre dressing application applied
Exhaust tips polished
Final coating of BSD

[HailVectron]

That's awesome mate - thanks a lot... Need to see where my product gaps are !! Is polish a different step to wax? Do you use 2 different products for that I mean?

[Dj155]

Looks well , good job pal ��

[mk2k41]

How on earth did you manage to get all of that into 4 hours...?! That's pretty much what I did and it took me 7! Looks fantastic though mate, he must have been chuffed with the result .

[Clean Your Ride]

That's awesome mate - thanks a lot... Need to see where my product gaps are !! Is polish a different step to wax? Do you use 2 different products for that I mean?

Yes pal

Polish creates the shine (and some fill in swirls and scratches) and a wax/sealant protects the polish and thus the paintwork from the outside elements.

You would not polish without applying an LSP (last stage protection) on top.

Hope this now makes sense

[Clean Your Ride]

How on earth did you manage to get all of that into 4 hours...?! That's pretty much what I did and it took me 7! Looks fantastic though mate, he must have been chuffed with the result .

There were a few paintchips to clear up too. It's quite easy once you have a strict routine mate.

Daron was extremely happy at the end driving away.

[Clean Your Ride]

Looks well , good job pal 😄

Cheers Dave

[Dj155]

No probs ��

Mine next? Haha

I could do with seeing you go through the process
So I can see what you do and to give me abit of a heads up to do mine
Myself .
And what products to get.
Mine never gets that bad tbh but I do like to keep on top of it being white!!

[Clean Your Ride]

No probs ����

Mine next? Haha

I could do with seeing you go through the process
So I can see what you do and to give me abit of a heads up to do mine
Myself .
And what products to get.
Mine never gets that bad tbh but I do like to keep on top of it being white!!

Certainly doesn't hurt to get it properly protected Dave. I am looking at bookings about a month in advance at the moment so get in quick and send me a PM if you're seriously interested pal.

[Dj155]

Cheers AndyI will pm you.

Just finding my own time to get it done lol

[Clean Your Ride]

Cheers AndyI will pm you.

Just finding my own time to get it done lol

You know where I am pal..😉