2010 Acura RDX

[Tuck91]

This was just a cleaning/protection detail on a newer vehicle kept in pretty good shape.

The owner stated the car had never really been done right before either. Had less than 9k miles, ended up taking a little over five hours.

Before:






Pressure wash.
Foamed/washed with Hyper-Wash.
Wheels & tires cleaned with Wheel Brightener 4:1 & Purple Power 1:1.
Bugs soaked with 3D Bug Remover.
IronX on lower panels & rear hatch.
Re wash.
Clay with Meguiars blue clay & ONR.

During:








The interior was in clean shape. Just needed a vacumm & wipedown.





Exterior.

Opti-Seal x2 on paint & wheels,
Glass cleaned with Glass Cleaner Concentrate 10:1.
Tires dressed with #40 - Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner.
Wheel wells dressed with Hyper-Dressing 2:1
Tar stripped with Tarminator.

After:

[Marc08EX]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Great job as always Nick!!!

What do you think of opti-seal? Does it last a long time? Also, you have any plans on picking up TarX? That's on my wishlist. I really like IronX (except the smell) and I'm sure I'll be impressed with TarX as well.

[Shawn T.]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Looks real nice!

Opti-Seal really makes the metallic jump out.

Do you find Ironx is a time saver?

[Tuck91]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Thanks guys.

Been using Opti Seal for a couple months now, I need to see more vehicles I have applied it to, that way I can see how its holding up.

Right now I am happy with Tarminator, maybe sometime down the road I will pick up the TarX.

Shawn,

IronX saves hours on claying time IMO.

[aris]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Nice work Nick

[Joenok]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Real nice as always, Tuck91!

[wifpd4]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Nick, nice work.

Beyond your hourly rate, do you charge for materials too?

[tato20vt]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Geat work as always!

I really like how the tires and wheel wells look when detailed, if it is not to much problem could you make a tutorial of how do you clean/dress them?

Thanks!

[Tuck91]

Re: 2010 Acura RDX

Nice work Nick

Thank you aris.

Real nice as always, Tuck91!

Thanks Joe, much appreciated.

Nick, nice work.

Beyond your hourly rate, do you charge for materials too?

Thank you David.

I try and package price as much as possible, I can usually tell how long a vehicle will take to complete and how much product & material will be used. So when I quote a job I do factor in what I want/need to make per hr and also factor in the cost of materials, gas, insurance, etc. As I am sure you know, every vehicle is hardly ever the same.

Geat work as always!

I really like how the tires and wheel wells look when detailed, if it is not to much problem could you make a tutorial of how do you clean/dress them?

Thanks!

The process varies depending on how badly they are neglected.

In most cases I pressure wash them followed by spraying on the appropriate cleaner/degreaser. Then let dwell and power wash again. This knocks off 80% of the dirt and brake dust in most cases. Finally I agitate them by hand manually with soap and water combined with various brushes. Then another pressure wash rinse for final dirt & soap removal.

My choice of wash/prep & degreasing product:

Wheel Brightener 4:1.
Purple Power 1:1 or FS.
3D Orange Degreaser 4:1.
All Purpose Cleaner 4:1.

After the cleaning is complete and the tires/wells are left to fully air dry I apply my choice of tire dressing with a mf applicator pad. The wheelwells are sprayed down with dressing, then a standard MF is used to spread around that dressing.

My choice of dressings:

M40 Vinyl/Rubber Cleaner & Conditioner.
Hyperdressing 2:1.
All Season Dressing.

Keep in mind its more technique than it is actual product. It took me a couple hundred vehicles to get a fine process tuned in.