A simple wash yields great results.

So the case here is a brand spanking new white Altis.

Loved by its owner, tendered by her bf.
So what is the problem here?

The usual problems with white car...... ACID RAIN (white car's nemesis)

Owner is very particular bout her car and love it to be clean and acid rain marks just dun cut it.
So CNY is coming, and I have little time to nicely bring this beauty to its glory (i swear i have never seen a new car so so so in need of claying.)

The usual spots not cleaned by road side car wash (the roadside car wash she went too is by far the best i have seen, minimal swirls and minor scratches only!!)

The fuel cap area:Sorry, no after shots because i kinda forgot.



This is me working on the emblems


The boot keyhole area:

After wash (my friend say its like washing the belly button.....)


Now moving on to the highlight of her visit. Her glass where water sticks and creates the bane of all windows... WATER MARKS
Why is water mark so annoying..... cause it limits and restricts your visibility during a downpour.
What is watermark? Mineral deposit from rain, pipe water that is left to bake and dry under the sun.
This is before

This is AFTER


Treatment was a simple Optimum No Rinse Wash and Optimum Opti-Seal for a longer effect.

I promised her to give it a CQuartz treatment on the windscreen the next time when she comes in for a full detailing.

This is by far a not so complete detail as the car is just cleaned for CNY. No correction, compounding or polishing needed.

Just wax the front and Opti-Seal all windows.

These are the after shots

Sticker mark..... NO PROBLEM.

Hi All,

A friend of mine called and describe a severe problem to me over the phone and off I went to his house full arsenal (all my equipment + Makita and all.)

His description - Ah Long paste their add on my car and now cannot come out, sent to car wash to polish (i wonder which bangla he sent to), scrub also cannot get it out.... help

Actual issue - sticker mark as per below shots.





SOLUTION - Y U NO TRY POWER CLEAN!!!!

Results!

TA DAAAAAAAA





Time taken, less than 2 minutes.

Power of POWER CLEAN. Love it.

*all shots were taken using a SE VIvaz Pro so quality lacking ya*

A Persona Experience: A tale of desperation due to no open booking from shops.

As CNY is coming, we all want our ride to be sparkling, smooth and nice.

What makes the paint dull, boring and unattractive?
Answer: Contaminant, scratches, bird poo stains, watermarks and lots more.

So my friend called me up, told me he could not get a place to polish and wax his car as all the shops are fully booked. He is very particular on who handles his cars and trusted me with his beloved (in which I proceed to molest his dearest for two nights)

Time was limited as I have a daytime job and doing this part time. He needs the car by Thursday to pick up his gf from the airport and leave to perlis on friday. So i only have two nights to work on his baby.

Without further delay, lets begin.

Starting off with cleaning the usual places which is neglected.

The rear boot cover areas

Cleaned with a brush and Optimum Power Clean (OPC)


The Fuel Cap Area (yeah, was working with a 300W light only as we were deprived of sunlight)

Before


During the cleaning

Sorry, no after.... forgot to take as was pushed for time.

Door hinge area (horrible places where fingers may get hurt.)


And I asked my friend.... "CLEAN BOH" which he promptly reply "CAN EAT OFF IT WEI"

Rims area (this was taken at night)

After wash (this was taken the day after)


Car was later washed following the below steps
1. Meguires Wash and WAX
2. Optimum Power Clean 1:5

Car was dried with three microfiber clothes.



Owner of the car helps out to tape the car and prep it for the following torture (this is DAY 2 btw.)




Rear left bumper, kena bang by white Wira.
Damage: Scratches, paint transfer, and chip paint.


After solution applied:
- Compound with Optimum Hyper Compound with Optimum double sided wool pad (wished i had a smaller pad for these tight spots....)

ALL defects have been removed after 4 passes of the compounding.

Now comes the headache part. The bonnet was involved in an accident previously and was resprayed by some half pass six donkeys. The shop refuse to correct it as it has been more than 6 months from the time it was resprayed. Seen closely, you will notice that the clearcoat is bubbling. The paint here is totally dull, boring, discolored and have little to no reflection


After 5 passes of Hyper Compound + Double sided wool pad + 1 hour. Some sanity was restored
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Not perfect but at least can see more details.

Moving on to the front bumper which was gazed by something... again foreign material transfer over.

Remember to mask off places you do not want to compound off.

After done to perfection (two pass of Hyper Compound + Double Sided Wool Pad)

Sweet smoothness


Now moving to the part there all Wolverine wanna-be like to test, the door handle area

And after done......


Roof area and rear bonnet area



No after pics on these as was seriously pushed for time. Owner already stayed at my house two nights and its getting late (bout 11pm late and we have not had our dinner yet)

After spot compounding was done (i call it spot compounding as I only compound parts that requires it instead of the whole car), we went ahead with Optimum Hyper Polish with Optimum Double Sided Polish Pad
Once completed, car was OPC 1:5 followed by a nice shower of ONR.
And we sat back, enjoyed the car for a brief moment before we went out to get OBLONG DAGING SPECIAL at RM5 each. YUM.... i would have taken a photo of it but it just went straight to my mouth first. kaka.

Once we return, it was time to do the final two steps. Opti Seal (10 minutes) and Optimum Spray On Car Wax (5 minutes)

Now, sit back and enjoy the hardwork done in a total of two sorta days.





Thank you for your time on this lengthy useles