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Came up well

S A Watt

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I sold my Cayman S last year and regreted this very soon after.

I spent a long time looking But a few weeks ago I tracked down a Cayman GTS 981.

Didn't want the 718 as I wanted the 3.4 engine.

The car looked pretty good when I bought it but the guy was not a detailer. He washed the car keeping it clean but putting in swirls c perhaps not knowing.

Anyway I decided that before I ran the car that I wanted to detail it to the best standard I could.

I'm not a detailer but I spent around 30 hrs on it over 2 weeks

This is what I did

Powerwashed the car top to bottom and gave it a real good 2 bucket wash to see what we had.

Next I moved on to treating the car top to bottom including wheels with Tardis tar remover

Did not get everything I wanted out so moved on to iron out again from top to bottom including wheels. If you have never tried it give it a go. The care turns purple as this stuff take the impurities out

I then go stuck in in the arches making sure and crud was out.

Things were looking better but paint still not smooth so gave the car and wheels a clay bar.

Did the wheels with polish and then sealed them with wheel sealant

Now it was getting a lot better. But still have a fair bit of light shirls from previous owner washing the car maybe not as careful as I would.

So gave the car a machine polish with the D A Polisher. I had seen this done a lot but never done it myself. But got stuck in.

After that I gave the car a Blackfire polish and then 3 coats of the Blackfire midnight sun wet look wax.

Moved to the windows which I cleaned inside and out and then treated the outside of the windows with a glass sealant which is brilliant stuff. Who needs wipers.

Treated the plastics in the wheel arches and then did the tyres with a dressing.

Gave the plastics a full clean and then treated them with q2 trim sealant. Again seems good stuff.

Last things was to hoover the whole car and treated the leather.

I have attached a few photos of the results which I'm pretty pleased with. So If you have a bit of time get stuck in.

I have attached a few photos from the weekend now I'm actually getting out to drive it. Loving it.












































 
Well done sir. Red is a rewarding colour when clean. Love it :thumb:
 
That looks absolutely stunning.
What brand / colour pad did you and which polish did you opt for?
You must be well chuffed with the result.
Have a virtual beer on Bob :thumb:
 
Great job! It has come up really well and you've saved hundreds compared to letting a detailer loose on it. It should be much easier to keep clean and swirl free now.
 
I used lake country tangerine pads and mezerna polish bud.

Will def have that beer :thumb: :thumb:
 
Great job! May be you should do a group discount and detail some cars for the forum members 🤠
 
Slayer said:
Great job! May be you should do a group discount and detail some cars for the forum members 🤠

:yeah:

Exactly what I was going to say :grin:

:thumb:
 

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