Detailer's Domain: Subaru STI - Winter Prep
 

Subject: Subaru STI

Requirements: Remove Hurricane Sandy and prep it for the winter months.



Exterior



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

- Tires were spritzed down with Auto Finesse Citrus Degreaser

- Wheel wells were cleaned up with Auto Finesse Citrus Degreaser

- Washed with Sonax Gloss Shampoo

- Decon with Auto Finesse Iron Out

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub Auto Scrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Auto Finesse Tough Prep - Pre cleaner

- Auto Finesse Tough Coat - Paint Selant

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Interior -

- Dash and plastics were cleaned with 1Z einszett Cockpit

- Interior Vac

- Glass cleaned



Products used



Links to products used -

Sonax Gloss Shampoo

Auto Finesse Citrus

Auto Finesse Iron Out

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Auto Finesse Tough Prep

Auto Finesse Tough Coat

Wolf's Glass Guard

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish

1Z einszett Cockpit



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Before Interior

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After

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Before exterior

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Prep - Wash/Decon/Wheels/Tires/Wheel Wells



Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action

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Tires get cleaned

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Rinse



Auto Finesse Oblitarate was used on the car prior to the wash

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Wash

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Dirt/Grime coming off the car during the pre wash

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Brushing out the jambs

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Rinse

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Decon Auto Finesse Iron Out

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Not shown in photos Dry/Autoscrub





Auto Finesse Tough Prep and Auto Finesse Tough Coat applied

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Tires got Auto Finesse Gloss Tire Dressing

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Afters

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