Animal - Detailing thread

[daz]

Animal Detail...



Now i know its been done before but i was desperate to see if i could detail an animal and the plastics so here goes...







Ok the last few days i have been a touch bored so thought i would give the dyson a detail....





Its the animal version sporting single stage purple paintwork with a nice silver metallic band around the middle and low profile runners....These were an optional extra in the John Lewis sale...





The dyson when it turned up...





http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/1Medium.jpg








The first thing i noticed was that at some stage in its life it had had an accident or bump with a wooden skirting board due to the marks on the near side fender.....The owner was not very cautious when navigating this beast...














I informed the owner and she replied i was mad and what the feck was i doing anyway.....





I informed her that i had the tools to remove the defect but it would cost her £10 out of the housekeeping to which she declined the offer and said she would get it stolen and claim off the house insurance....








I decided on the following tools for the job.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/3Medium.jpg








After lifting the bonnet i could see straight away that the owner had neglected it badly due to using her quickly then retiring to the sofa for animal hospital for the afternoon... A touch of 303 aerospace diluted 10:1 would sort this out...

















I started with the wash down...I decided against the snow foam simply because when i used it on the microwave last month i was struggling to see through the smoke and felt it unfair on the neighbours as a red dennis turned up at 3am in the morning ......








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/5Medium.jpg







You can see straight away the months of neglect and dirt built up inside just vanishing......I felt a smile creep over me .......













The animal was then washed using the 2 cup method and dryed using an aquatouch drying towel and hankie.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/7Medium.jpg








Next using swissvax paint rubber and clay lube the dyson was decontaminated and clayed thoroughly.....I found a toe nail so folded the clay in half to stop the paintwork getting scratched....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/8Medium.jpg








Once the dyson was clayed i decided to use my 1.5 inch wheel brush on all interior parts before moving to my 2 inch brush for air chambers....This was definetly an exciting part for me a bit like when they found a secret passage in the pyramids.......After 15 minutes i found no pennies but a lego hand and continued with the detail......I felt very sad...














I decided to do a test panel before fully machine polishing and decided on a megs polish pad with 3m finishing polish as last time i did dyson some hologramming was evident and wasnt sure about the new korean plastic used.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/11Medium.jpg








I polished away for about 5 minutes giving 3 passes .....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/12Medium.jpg







I then buffed off the polish before realising that i wasnt really making much headway and my partner was complaining about the noise.....





I decide to ignore the burning smell and put it down to next doors toaster and then pulled out the menz 3.02 and a cutting pad......
















Yea baby yea......now we are getting somewhere....The smell of when i used to set alight my plastic soldiers in vietnam burning valley was filling the air and i was getting excited.......The cutting pad was doing the job and the scratches were going.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/15Medium.jpg


I felt a touch sick and dizzie now but struggled on as the customer and neighbours wanted to get to bed.....





The next stage was using swissvax cleaner fluid.....





I applied it to a pad.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/16Medium.jpg








and gave the animal a good polishing and cleaning.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/17Medium.jpg











I buffed off the fluid and then went through my wax collection to see what i felt would suit this classic....





I decided on swissvax mystery because i felt it would give the paintwork a nice glossy finish.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/19Medium.jpg








I then warmed some wax in my hand.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/20Medium.jpg








before hand applying and massageing into the dyson in fluid straight strokes.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/21Medium.jpg






Any swirls that hadnt come out were being filled with the wax to give it a nice scratch free glow next time i hoover the drive....






The wax was left to dry for 10 minutes.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/22Medium.jpg








During this time i decided to bud out all the filters and housings as this is where the main dust contamination can come from which will eventually scratch the paint work should the dog lick it again.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/23Medium.jpg






I used 1 bud per hole.....





The areas cleaned were then detailed with a fine brush to make sure no dust was hidden in any crevices which may give me sleepness nights.....








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/28Medium.jpg








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/29Medium.jpg








All rubber seals were treated using sonus trim and applied using a cotton detailing bud especially imported from a super drug store my friend knows...







http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/33Medium.jpg

















The wax was then removed using a sonus buffing towel and wiped over using a swissvax polish cloth......The results were superb.....





THE RESULTS







http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/24Medium.jpg








http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/vxrmarc/25Medium.jpg

[peetbee]

:lol: you have way too much time on your hands!:D

[emtee]

Excellent work my friend... I am now officially LMAO...

:):D:lol:

[jimarea51]

Daz....

Comedy genius:woot:

JIm

[Nick Goodall]

Would have been funny if it was actually his own work.....

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=38692&highlight=Animal

lol

[daz]

Would have been funny if it was actually his own work.....

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=38692&highlight=Animal

lol
You are right its not my own work, but i thought i would share it for the people on here.

[JCJC]

and I was beginning to worry about Daz and those dirty fingers, get someone else to do it - great work love it
:lol::lol::lol:

[Col]

own work, not own work, who cares?
Funny either way!

[JonMack]

Haha I enjoyed this.

I don't mean to be rude but what's the point in detailing? I understand it makes the car look nice, but if it's just going to get driven and thus get dirty again, why bother?

[peetbee]

Who knows exactly? it could be about doing the best job you can, or making it stand out a little more than other cars.

You could say "why bother having such tidy wiring, why bother replacing the perfectly good wires with some that's all the same colour, it's only a toy car!"

[jameswilkinson7]

Haha I enjoyed this.

I don't mean to be rude but what's the point in detailing? I understand it makes the car look nice, but if it's just going to get driven and thus get dirty again, why bother?

Why bother wiping your arse... It will only get dirty again! :lol::woot:

[Chrislong]

That sucks...

[JonMack]

Why bother wiping your arse... It will only get dirty again! :lol::woot:

What's this arse wiping you talk of?! :eh?:

[DCM]

I used to wax, polish, wash and tend to my cars when I had the time, now it gets pressure washed and rinsed if it has behaved! (car not the kids!)

[Nick Goodall]

Who knows exactly? it could be about doing the best job you can, or making it stand out a little more than other cars.

You could say "why bother having such tidy wiring, why bother replacing the perfectly good wires with some that's all the same colour, it's only a toy car!"

It's like anything you want to look after, or take care or even enjoy doing as a hobby........

Why stand in a field to race a model car? There isn't actually any point as such, other then you enjoy doing it..... Detailing is a big business now and is becoming more and more popular with all sorts of special products out on the market (mainly driven by the US Market)

I think the key would be to get 2 identical cars (Ferrari 360's for instance), find one that's been washed regularly by Mr smith with his bucket and sponge, then compare it to the same car that's been professionally detailed and i guarantee you would be blown away....

The other thing is what it can do to the value of the car, if you were selling a car it can be the difference between selling it at all, or making a good few £££ on it....

[Chrislong]

It's like anything you want to look after, or take care or even enjoy doing as a hobby........

Why stand in a field to race a model car? There isn't actually any point as such, other then you enjoy doing it..... Detailing is a big business now and is becoming more and more popular with all sorts of special products out on the market (mainly driven by the US Market)

I think the key would be to get 2 identical cars (Ferrari 360's for instance), find one that's been washed regularly by Mr smith with his bucket and sponge, then compare it to the same car that's been professionally detailed and i guarantee you would be blown away....

The other thing is what it can do to the value of the car, if you were selling a car it can be the difference between selling it at all, or making a good few £££ on it....

Ive given up explaining it. If somebody can't show pride or enthusiasm for a car then they'll never understand. A car is the second biggest investment most people will make, yet they don't show half as much care for it than what it needs! Nevermind :bored:

[racingdwarf]

love it, made me smile, now off to have a shot at the cooker...could catch on this detailing