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Detailer's Domain: 2006 STI Clean Up

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What was done -

Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Pre Washed with Car Pro Iron X

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- 1 Step - Menzerna Power Finish

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Last Step – Einszett Glanz

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed

- Jambs steam cleaned



Interior

- Alcantara cleaned

-Dash and plastics steamed and dressed

-Carpets Vacuumed and Steamed





Products used:

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Exterior:

Car Pro Iron X

1Z einszett W99

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

Uber Yellow Wash Sponge

Uber Clay Bar kit with Optimum No Rinse

Einszett Spray Wax

Menzerna Top Inspection

Menzerna Power Finish

1Z einszett Glanz



Wheels/Tires

Uber Wheel and Tire Kit



Glass

Adam's Glass Cleaner

Adam's Glass Sealant



Interior

Sonax Dashboard Cleaner

Leather Master Foam Cleaner

Car Pro So Pure



Tools:

Infratech 5300

Fenix TK11

Brinkmann

Fenix TK40

Porter Cable 7427XP

The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)

Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels

Uber Drying Towels


Brushes

Kranzle K1120 Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

Dupray Hill Injection



Interior Clean Up

Before











Derek with the Dupray steam cleaning the interior







Brand New Uber MF Towel





Uber MF Towel after all the steam cleaning

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Car Pro So Pure








After shots













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Exterior

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Before wheels





We removed the salt and grime from the tires and wheel wells with Adam's APC and the Uber Wheel Well Brush









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Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner workings its magic









Tires, wheel wells, wheels all rinsed down











Pre washed with Iron X to remove all the iron deposits







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Rinsing the Iron X off







Washed the STI with einszett W99











Final rinse





Next we clayed the car. Not much after the Iron X and W99

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Tires and Wheel Wells dressed







Door jambs cleaned up





The imperfections were much like this all over the car.





Paint Measurement (higher than usually numbers)





Porter Cable used on this job





After polishing shots











Roof spoiler and all the plastic trim around the STI were polished





Glass cleaned and sealed (Adam's Glass Cleaner/Adam's Glass Sealant/Uber Glass MF)





Pre Wow was used on the cowl

Before - Dried and faded









Before exhaust

Exhaust tip was cleaned up with Optimum Metal Polish





After shot







1Z einszett Glanz
was used as a last step







Afters shots









































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Incredible!
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Looks amazing!
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Very nice job!! Keep posting these, I love to see them, and I love it that you post sooooo many pics.



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