Thought I'd just post a few piccies of my first attempt at detailing a car with the more 'serious' products purchased from Polished Bliss.

I've been washing and polishing cars for 20 years (with high street products) and have always been happy with the results, until I saw the work of Clark at PB.

First, I bought lambswool and microfibre mitts from Halfrauds and started using the 2 bucket method a few weeks ago, also changed the way I was rinsing the car (hose set to 'shower' rather than 'fine') and this made life much easier. Then I bought the Jeffs acrylic kit from PB and used it for the first time last friday on my 'test' vehicle (Fabia vRS) before using it on our Audi TTR. I've also recently bought a Meguiars waffle weave cloth for drying, and this was it's first outing also.

Anyway, this was the car before I started, left it longer than usual between washes to ensure that my hard work could be appreciated...

I don't have any pressure washer available, or fancy foam, so I washed the car using the 2BM with Simoniz(?) car shampoo (I've got 5 litres of the stuff). Dried with the Megs cloth and managed to squeeze half of the car into the garage for a polish.

This is the bonnet before I started with the megs quick clay kit (I've used this once before, but never followed it through with a proper polish).

I followed the quick clay with all the Jeffs products, but instead of just following the instructions on the bottles, I refered to the 'how to' guide on the PB website. The hints and tips of how to remove the Prime Acrylic quickly and easily were greatly appriciated. Here's the after shot...

There is a difference in the photo technique, I found out how to turn the flash off for the 2nd shot!

Anyway, I clayed the entire car, and completed all 3 steps with the Jeffs products, here's a couple of 'reflection' shots of my efforts.

It was raining at the time, and I can only fit half th car in the garage at a time, so this made life a little more difficult and I didn't have time to treat the wheels or dress the tyres, so I left it at that (after 5 hours). The car was then used on wet and muddy roads.

The next morning, there was rather an interesting water pattern on the roof (I've had this before, but I don't think it's ever been as pronounced as this)...

Today I've washed and dried the car, and applied the Jeffs products to the wheels and dressed the tyres with Autoglym vinyl and rubber care (I've used this for ages, but now I'm on the hunt for something better).

The wash and dry process was my quickest ever.... It now looks like this.

The paintwork feels as good today as it did after the polish which is something I don't usually find with the previous products used, so I'm well happy.

A huge thank you to all at PB, they supplied quality products with quick delivery before the Christmas break, but most importantly for me, they have a very informative website that not only gives the lowdown on the products, but offers great advice on how to apply and use them which is obviously gained from their own experience, cheers all.

It's a pity that the car is now in the 'For Sale' section, due to funding the TTR!

Col

looks very nice mate - the 3 step system you use sounds v similar to the 3 step crystal by meguiars that i swear by. If you are after some really good tyre dressing stuff I use the meguiars hot rims dressing spray on mine as do a lot of show n shiners that i have met around the VAG circuit. Not massively expensive and does the job nicely as well. If you want a good acid free alloy wheel cleaner get a nice alloy wheel wax as well to keep that nasty brake dust away from your TT alloys

Cheers Skodastream,

I'll try the hot rims tyre dressing next time.

np Col if you're ever at a local meet maybe i could bring you some along

Good job there mate looks stunning, better than factor fresh:)

col, can you list the products you used from PB, looking at ordering some in the next day or so,cheers

i always think they look better when you see the rain droplets run off it oafterwards, thats when you really notice the work go into it... or is it just me?

nice job there mate!!

col, can you list the products you used from PB, looking at ordering some in the next day or so,cheers

I used the Jeffs Acrylic Kit that they sell

JEFFS Werkstatt Acrylic Kit - JEFFS Werkstatt Car Care and Detailing Products

It's recommended for light colours and metallics, so it'll be fine for our Avus Silver TTR and also for the vRS!

I read pretty much all the 'how to's' on the PB website before I started, using the detail spray to remove the more stubborn Prime is a valuable hint that you don't get from the product instructions.