Finished Kia Sportage, ready to be picked up. ((PIC HEAVY, SORRY)).

[A Former User]

After doing the engine and tailgate shuts a thorough clean yesterday.

Todays products.

Before, general grime and stuff.

Some fallout removal.

After shots.

[ClassicDatsunDebate]

@svend Wow better than new.
My RDX still has the factory suction cup outlines on the inner rear window when it gets foggy. Now I'm ashamed.

[trivet]

@svend
I wish you were located nearby - I would have you detail all of my vehicles!!

And never apologize for being picture heavy

[A Former User]

@classicdatsundebate
Lol. That would do my head in.

[sn4cktimes]

@svend Do you do your cleaning in “sections” or more of a multiple pass type approach (get heavy grime, get the rest, then get it shiny clean)?

Also, I would 100% have you go over my Eagle if you were close.

[A Former User]

@trivet
I wish I had a garage and an under cover wash bay so I could do it more often at my leisure.

It would of also been nicer if it was bright so the pics wouldn't look so gloomy.

[trivet]

@svend said in Finished Kia Sportage, ready to be picked up. ((PIC HEAVY, SORRY)).:

@trivet
I wish I had a garage and an under cover wash bay so I could do it more often at my leisure.

It would of also been nicer if it was bright so the pics wouldn't look so gloomy.

That just makes your work even more impressive. A white Kia Sportgage on a gloomy day without a covered work area.....and it looks f@cking awesome! Probably better than when it was on the showroom floor!

[chan]

@svend I don't think anybody here minds a pic-heavy Svending.

[MasterMario]

@svend I have no where near the patience required to do that good of a job. I think oppo should crowd fund you to travel to the US and we can house/feed you as you make your way around the country detailing all our rides. (post-covid anyway)

On a detailing related note, have you ever removed trim pieces? My 2007 Yukon has these door trim pieces and I think that car would look much better without them. Curious as to what the best process for removing them might be. They do appear to only be glued on and not bolted.

[A Former User]

@trivet
Cheers mate.
It might just be a rental car but everyone and everything deserves to be loved and appreciated, even if it's just once.

[trivet]

@svend said in Finished Kia Sportage, ready to be picked up. ((PIC HEAVY, SORRY)).:

@trivet
Cheers mate.
It might just be a rental car but everyone and everything deserves to be loved and appreciated, even if it's just once.

@svend
You are my hero. Damn I admire that sentiment. The world needs more attitudes like yours!!

[A Former User]

@mastermario
Lol.
If it's just glue and nothing else then a heat gun flashed pack and forth a few times to soften the glue and then gently tease it off being extra careful not to pull too hard and bend a panel or damage the clearcote behind.
You can buy little plastic tools to gently pry it away once the piece is heated sufficiently.

[A Former User]

@trivet
Cheers mate. Lol.
I wrote up a few things on a local detailers FB page to promote the products he sells.
Many of the things I have aren't from there, but it's promoting the products and a local business together.

[A Former User]

@sn4cktimes
Sorry. I missed this one.
Ye', it's sectional but some of those sections will have repeated pass overs such as vacuuming (first, bulk vacuum, then finer vacuuming concentrating on marks, etc..., then once you've cleaned and wiped down the interior, a final vacuum to collect anything that was dislodged by cleaning the other surfaces, etc... .
Engine bay first, then wheels, then exterior (pressure rinse, snow foam, spray door shuts, go around gaps and nooks and crannies with a degreaser spray and detailing brush, rinse, shampoo foam, 2BM wash, rinse, de-tar, fallout removal, rinse, rewash, rinse then either dry and seal or use a drying aid (it was cold and cloudy today so I let it drip dry) then seal, go onto interior, (vacuum the bulk, remove any mats, liners, trim that can be removed and clean and set aside, check spare wheel well for dirt, water, etc,,, and vacuum, clean and protect, re-vacuum with a brush head or detailing brush followed by a vacuum nozzle (use a can of compressed air (keyboard cleaner air will do) to force out some bits that a brush may force further down, anti-bacterial wipe down, attend any marks or stains, re-vacuum, interior glass, dress interior surfaces), replace mats, etc... back to exterior, clean and protect exterior glass, dress tyres, trim and wheel arch linings, check exterior and interior for smears, etc... re-check, walk away for a few moments then come back and recheck.

[sn4cktimes]

@svend That sounds so very thorough. I find doing tasks to that level of detail (HA, I made the pun) very satisfying. And yet, professionally almost never get to. Being a mechanic generally falls into the "putting out fires" / "make it operate" type of work. Which can be good in its own way, but it's a seldom scenario where a boss will be "Fix it totally, like new, or so this never happens again". Usually I yank out something broken; that failed because it was undersigned for the task, and replace it with the same damn thing that will fail in the same amount of time in the future. At least the randomness keeps it fresh.

[ST80MND]

Thats a real good job. If yer ever over here, I'll give you beer and pot to do that to mine! Also, is that in fact a 3 pedal blob? If so , colour me surprised , as isn't that a rental?