Volvo S60 R-Design - New Car Prep -

[Evo-Detailing 431]

Even thoe I am not so lucky to have lots of people in my country that love cars and understand correctly their needs, every now and then, comes an example like the one below which makes me think twice.

Bought only one week ago this S60 came to me for the "New Car Prep" package.

So, without any further talk, here is the state of the car on arrival :

It was very very cold here in Bucharest these last few days (-25 to -30C), and the day, the Volvo came, was the first one when the snow began to melt. That's the reason for the mud spray allover the car.

Anyway, 1rst job : Wheels.

For the wash I used the Meg's Marine series due to its potential of disolving more calcar than the regular CG Maxi Suds II i use normally. 2BM with hot water used for the wash. You can see the steam rising from the buckets.

Nothing interesting here, just a clean(er) car.

Since who knows what wax the dealer or the factory used on the car, a powerfull degreaser was needed. MaFra Supermafrasol diluted 1/10.

Hey beauty !

Since it is a new car and the marring that the clay could inflict could be an issue, i choose the Mild Clay from Meg's, left to "melt" in hot wather for 5 minutes before claying each panel. Is is a time consuming thing i know, but at least i ensured that minimum amount of marring was inflicted.

As i expected, a clean car.

Moved to the paint correction area.

Rupes BigFoot 21, Meg's 205 and a brand new Mirka finishing pad was the combination i choosed.

Firtst : Priming

I did not have the inspiration to take a pic of the before, but the after on the hood looks like this

The roof - nice quality on the reflection -

The trunk

With flash

The chair, rolling chair dissapeared to i had to work like this

The most severe marks were these :

Corrected easily

Rear bumper

Shine bright like a diamond

IPA wipedown, 2 times and then the wax of choice Meg's 21 Yellow Wax in 2 coats

The wheels got 2 coats of this.

After 30 minutes or so, the first coat of wax was removed

Rain Shield on the windscreen

Curring

Buffed away

Gummi Pfledge on the seals.

The interior got a quick once over and leather hydrate & seal using Leatherique products (due to time issues i took no photos).

Tyres & plastics got one coat of CG NLTG.

Also the engine bay.

Few finished pics.

That's it !

Alex Lascu

Evolution Detailing Bucharest.

[Polestar_01 7]

Flott arbeid

rette bilen og rette fargen

Great job

+ the right car and color

Endret 11 Januar, 2015 av Mazda_323F

[tr86 529]

A but load of polish used to prime the pad in the beginning there?

Nice pic's, and awsome color!

[Evo-Detailing 431]

I saw a film about priming the pad with Kevin Brown, he insists on doing this using lots of product (not to weaste, but to work into the pad), he also explains why, it makes sense, and if you will try it you will see he is right.

[ALFRED 194]

Great Work on this car. I use a QD to prime the pad.

[Albino 137]

Well done!

[alexanderst 1 928]

Nice

[hgnubel 335]

Nice work, love the color!

I was in Bucharest on business for a few days last year, and I think the only clean cars I saw was through the windows of an italian sports car dealer on the way to the airport..

[Audi S8 4 833]

Grate work shiny! Nice pictures and S&S J did you like Chemical Guys Wheel Guard?

Cred!

[dj john 163]

well done Love red cars,look good on Volvo s60