Zenith Grey Seat Leon Detailed by Etiennè
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:08 pm
On Monday morning I received a call from Gys in order to detail his Seat Leon Cupra on short notice for an upcoming event tomorrow ( Thursday ). I agreed and the car was dropped off within a few hours. Due to some other commitments I had , I only started working on the car on Tuesday afternoon. Luckily this was a VERY neat example of how a car should be kept. Interior - Clean , Engine Bay - Clean , Body - Clean with very little contamination. This is all very nice for me as a detailer , but I knew that I had my work cut out for me in order to see the client smile when he comes to fetch the car, since he is used to a neat looking cab.
I started by cleaning the interior ( Vacuum only with little cleaning done ) , followed by wheels and wheel arches , a wash , IronX and then I clayed the car till about 6pm. On the last 2 panels the darkness caught up and I had to get my LED spotlight out. This morning I got up early as I knew I had lots of work to do. I started off by removing the old double sided tape behind the rear numberplate and then I cleaned the exhaust tips thoroughly. After that has been done , I washed and dried the car to get rid of any over night dust. Did my test spots , and as suspected , I settled on FG400 with my yellow cutting pads. Thereafter I followed up with SF4000 on green polishing pads. By this time , the Zenith Grey from Seat looked AMAZING. In the sunlight the color seemed to have silver flakes in it ( hard to describe ). I finished off with a Menz PL sealant , left to haze and wiped it off. Treated all the trims and rubbers , gave the car a final vacuum and then pulled it out into the street
Snapped up a couple of pics and waited about 15min till the client arrived.
Pictures in no specific order.
Upon arrival
Double sided tape removed
I could for the life of me not remove that glue left behind ....
TOGW ( The Other Guys Wax )
Owner later confirmed he himself polishes the car from time to time
Plenty more of this , just took 2 pics though
Finally on to the afters
Devils Own Logo
HUGE WING
Reflection Shots
Engine Bay
Money shots IMHO
When the owner arrived , he DID smile when he saw and felt the paintwork. TBH , I am pretty sure this was the best outcome I have seen at CreativeCarDetailing. There is NO way that I can describe what it looked and felt like after I finished it off.
I started by cleaning the interior ( Vacuum only with little cleaning done ) , followed by wheels and wheel arches , a wash , IronX and then I clayed the car till about 6pm. On the last 2 panels the darkness caught up and I had to get my LED spotlight out. This morning I got up early as I knew I had lots of work to do. I started off by removing the old double sided tape behind the rear numberplate and then I cleaned the exhaust tips thoroughly. After that has been done , I washed and dried the car to get rid of any over night dust. Did my test spots , and as suspected , I settled on FG400 with my yellow cutting pads. Thereafter I followed up with SF4000 on green polishing pads. By this time , the Zenith Grey from Seat looked AMAZING. In the sunlight the color seemed to have silver flakes in it ( hard to describe ). I finished off with a Menz PL sealant , left to haze and wiped it off. Treated all the trims and rubbers , gave the car a final vacuum and then pulled it out into the street
Snapped up a couple of pics and waited about 15min till the client arrived.Pictures in no specific order.
Upon arrival
Double sided tape removed
I could for the life of me not remove that glue left behind ....
TOGW ( The Other Guys Wax )
Owner later confirmed he himself polishes the car from time to time
Plenty more of this , just took 2 pics though
Finally on to the afters
Devils Own Logo
HUGE WING
Reflection Shots
Engine Bay
Money shots IMHO
When the owner arrived , he DID smile when he saw and felt the paintwork. TBH , I am pretty sure this was the best outcome I have seen at CreativeCarDetailing. There is NO way that I can describe what it looked and felt like after I finished it off.
