GT3 RS [89 pics] « Orion Detailing Co.

GT3 RS [89 pics]

This GT3RS was done in Dec. the services provided were a 1 stage polish + interior and engine cleaning.

Hope you guys enjoy seeing the process!

First off the initial walk around

Brought it in to the garage and started cleaning the wheels first

Starting with the inner barrel

Lugnuts and calipers

And rim face

Moving on to the exhaust, steel wool was used to clean the outside and inside.

Lol, free advertising for Courtney

All clean

Engine also got a quick shampoo and dressing

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Finally after all the prep now we can start washing the car starting with the rinse

Cars are always washed using the 2 Bucket Method. If you are not familiar with the 2 Bucket Method, in a nutshell it is basically 2 buckets, one water only, the other soap. The water only bucket is where you rinse off the dirt from your mitt before placing it back in the soap water thus eliminating the potential to drag dirt all over your paint and causing swirls.

This is the dirt from a previous car. You definitely don’t want to be dragging this all over your paint. Also notice the bucket with the sponge is pretty much clean

Rinsed out and new soap and water

Washing panel by panel starting with the roof

And rinsing off the dirt

Other details taken care of

After rinsing the soap off while the car was still wet I began to clay the paint to remove any embedded dirt in the clearcoat

Pretty rough

Finally began to dry it off with a microfibre towel

All rubber trim was masked off

Paint measurements were taken in microns to look for any low spots to be careful of and to see if anything had been repainted that the owner might not have been aware of

Finally the polishing can begin and a medium cutting polish and pad were used to clean up the swirls

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Here is a cool artsy fartsy shot of me polishing

After the polishing was done the masking tape was removed

Then alcohol was brought out to wipe down the panels to remove oils left behind by the polish so that the wax could have a clean surface to bond to

Here is a teaser of the shine achieved with no wax on yet

After the wipe down the panels were double checked with a special light that omits the same spectrum light as the sun

Perfect

Wax applied was Swissvax Concorso

While the wax was curing the tires were dressed with a satin finish. Personally I don’t really like the shiny stuff

Starting now with the interior I began vacuuming

Getting in between the seats

Started dusting the cracks and crevices

Pulled out a different brush with longer bristles to reach behind the tach

After the dusting and brushing I can finally wipe down the different surfaces

I really love this shot for some reason

Wiping down the doors

The roll cage

Even the extinguisher lol

A finishing that I love to add to the detail is cleaning the pedals. Lol at the end of the detail and when the customer is taking delivery, they always say that the feel bad to sit in the car afterwards hahaha