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

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    • svend
      svend last edited by svend

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

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      Todays products.
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      Before, general grime and stuff.
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      Some fallout removal.
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      After shots.
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      • ClassicDatsunDebate
        ClassicDatsunDebate @svend last edited by

        @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.

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        • trivet
          trivet @svend last edited by

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

          And never apologize for being picture heavy 🙂

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          • svend
            svend @ClassicDatsunDebate last edited by

            @classicdatsundebate
            Lol. That would do my head in.

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            • sn4cktimes
              sn4cktimes last edited by

              @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.

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              • svend
                svend @trivet last edited by

                @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.

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                • trivet
                  trivet @svend last edited by

                  @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!

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                  • chan
                    chan @svend last edited by

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

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                    • MasterMario
                      MasterMario @svend last edited by 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.

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                      • svend
                        svend @trivet last edited by

                        @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.

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                        • trivet
                          trivet @svend last edited by 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!!

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                          • svend
                            svend @MasterMario last edited by

                            @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.

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                            • svend
                              svend @trivet last edited by

                              @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.

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                              • svend
                                svend @sn4cktimes last edited by

                                @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.

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                                • sn4cktimes
                                  sn4cktimes @svend last edited by

                                  @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.

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                                  • ST80MND
                                    ST80MND last edited by

                                    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?

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