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      11-08-2011, 04:04 PM   #1
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Detail Addict- Silver Addict++ Land Rover

Customer Ordered Silver + Moderate Interior

Wash
- Camspray Foam Gun
- Detail Addict Water Softening System
- Detail Addict Car Soap
- Detail Addict Grit Guard
- Detail Addict Wash Mitt
- Detail Addict Waffle Weave Drying MF
- Detail Addict Engine+Wheel Cleaner
- ACE TurboStick

Clay/Polish/Wax
- Porter Cable 7424XP
- Detail Addict Backing Plate
- Detail Addict CCS Pad Set
- Detail Addict Medium Grade Clay Bar
- Detail Addict Detail Spray (lube)<br>
- Detail Addict G-1500 Polish
- Detail Addict G-2500 Polish
- Detail Addict G-3500 Polish
- Detail Addict Liquid Wax
- Detail Addict Carnauba Wax

Miscellaneous
- Detail Addict Glass Cleaner
- Detail Addict Glass Towel
- Detail Addict Rub&amp;Shine
- Detail Addict Dressing Sponge
- Detail Addict Leather Conditioner

Lets take a quick look at the car!
A lot of brake dust!



BAD water spots from sprinkler system.







It has been a while since the interior was worked on



Start with the wheels with our engine and wheel cleaner



ACE TurboStick makes it so much easier to clean the inside


A little enginee wheel cleaner on the front to help take off the dead bugs (don't let it sit for too long)


Rinse and foam!




Give it a good clay job with our medium grade clay bar. Not too bad on this one...




Silver Package only calls for G-2500 and G-3500. But because of the water spots, we decided to prime the pad with G-2500, but add a bit of G-1500 to give it some extra bits and it worked out very nicely.



Did a quick pass with G-2500 to make sure no holograming or maring left by the G-1500.


Here is a back to back before/after. First is after wash and clay, but before polish. Second and third are after polishing.




Wheels all done!



No more water spots on glass!


Couple of interior shots...




Some more after pics...











Under the sun!



Thansk for looking!
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      11-08-2011, 06:12 PM   #2
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looking real good!
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Thanks!

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      11-09-2011, 06:01 PM   #4
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Leo, what kind of wheel cleaner did you use? Im looking for something different.
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we have our own engine&wheel cleaner that works pretty good. Just want to make sure you don't use it when the wheels are hot, direct sunlight, etc. Same common sense with all other heavy chemicals. it doesn't work well with bare metal surfaces, unfortunately. But bare metal surfaces are a pain to deal with to being with!

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      11-09-2011, 09:05 PM   #6
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thanks Leo, I run my own detailing biz outside of my everyday gig and have been looking for something else. I normally use all chemical guys stuff only because I live 10 minutes away from them. Is your wheel cleaner comparable to the sonax wheel cleaner? I heard many good things about that product.

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we have our own engine&wheel cleaner that works pretty good. Just want to make sure you don't use it when the wheels are hot, direct sunlight, etc. Same common sense with all other heavy chemicals. it doesn't work well with bare metal surfaces, unfortunately. But bare metal surfaces are a pain to deal with to being with!

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sonax actually tried to get us to carry their brand as well. we have our own brand and also carry some other ones here and there...

I would say ours and theirs perform about the same but Sonax is a bit on the 'lighter' side comparing to ours.

i'll be sending you a PM in a bit...

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