This car belongs to my girlfriend's father. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to detail this car in two years (and it was evident). It had no protection, water spots, swirls, bird droppings, etc., and an interior full of leaves, dirt, and very dry leather. My goal wasn't to remove every defect (it's likely they'll soon return), but I gave it a deep cleaning inside and out. I had the vehicle for several days and drove it a little in between.


Process:

Day 1

-Vacuum thoroughly
-Zaino Z9 Leather Cleaner everywhere but glass
-Zaino Z10 Leather Conditioner everywhere but glass
-Simple Green 1:3 for wheels/tires/wells
-Zaino Z7 wash
-Zaino Z18 clay with Truck Gloss lube
-Zaino Z16 on tires

Day 2

-Zaino Z10 on seat bottoms
-Zaino Z7 wash
-Menzerna PO106FF with polishing pad at 1500 rpm (x2 on a few water spotted areas)
-Zaino ZPC by hand on wheels and exhaust tips
-Zaino Z5 Pro (ZFX'd) x 3
-Zaino Z8
-Zaino Z16 on tires

Day 3 (actually day 6)

-Vacuum
-Meguiar's Interior Quick Detailer
-Zaino Z7 wash
-Zaino Z8
-Zaino Z16 on tires
-Sprayway on all glass

Before and Afters:

 

This one belongs to a good friend, and he wanted a good interior and exterior clean-up. Nothing major here except a little tar and moderate dirt inside.

Process

-Vacuum
-Zaino Z9 and Z10 on seats
-Meguiar’s Interior Quick Detailer on rubber, vinyl, plastic, etc.

-Simple Green 1:3 on wheels/tires/wells
-WD40 on tar
-Zaino Z7 wash
-Zaino Z2 Pro x 1
-Zaino Z8
- Zaino Z16 on tires
-Sprayway on all glass

Pictures:











Questions, comments, advice always welcome!

 

Such a beautiful pair of vettes, nice work.

 

i loves those wheels on the c6

 

ZO, once again very nice work. Wished you lived up this way.

 

Thanks, everyone!

There were some smudges I didn't get on the trunk area, but I washed the car again after driving it for a couple of days and it took care of those.

 

Great work, those water spots can be a PITA sometimes I'm sure the owner of the C5 was very happy

 

Mmmm, you coming up to Michigan any time soon?

Nice exhaust on the C5.

 

Awesome work.

 

It's amazing how two years of neglect can be completely erased in a couple of days. I hope you were well compensated for such a great job. It looks incredible, what a transformation.

 

Nice job man. Have you ever used Sonus Swirlbuster??? If you haven't, try it next time you do a dark color, especially black. There will be NO swirls or anything left on the car.

 

Great job!

(And as if the cars didn't look good enough, the uniformity of the houses in the background really adds an interesting aura.)

Jeff