Detailer's Domain: Scion FRS - New Car Prep and Opti Coat
 

Subject: Brand New Scion FRS
Requirements: New Car Prep with Opti Coat

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
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- 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

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Wolf's Decon Gel
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon
Opti Coat
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before
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Prep - Wheels, Tires, Wash, Decon, AutoScrub

Sonax working on the wheels
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All Purpose Cleaner on the tires to remove the grease the dealer applied
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Wash
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After foaming the car we used the Uber Wool Wash Mitt to complete the wash
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Rinse
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Dry
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Decon not photographed.

Derek hitting the tires with Tarminator to remove the rest of the dealer installed tire dressing
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Jambs being wiped down
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We hit the paint with an Uber Green Pad and Sonax 3/6
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Wiping down the car with IPA after polishing prior to Opti Coat
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Opti Coat
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Opti Coat on the wheels
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After interior
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Afters with Opti Coat
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lookin good!

never seen the tarminator on the tires trick before. Usually I reach for amazing roll off for dealer tire dressing removal. I may try tarminator next time, thanks

the tarminator trick is something a customer taught me a couple years ago and it does do a great job.

beautiful

I see the picture with the water marks on your windows, how do you get that off so cleanly? any tips? thanks

Also when im driving, in the reflection of the sun I can see a faint wipe mark all over, what am i doing wrong?

My FR-S is jealous

the glass was cleaned up during the autoscrub process.

as far as the streaking are you getting that on paint or glass?

Hey i have a question about sonax wheel cleaner... because i used it on my car and after hosing it down all the red stuff are gone. untill the wheels dried out the brake disk now has a green color to it.. whats going on... when i rub my finger across the surface of the brake disk my finger turns green so i used a sponge to rub it off with some car soap.. and hose it down again it looked fine but after it dried the same thing showed up..

you hosed it down, with a pressure washer? did you use a brush?

its best to use this wheel cleaner with a brush or towels to make sure everything is clean.

the rotors turning green indicate to me that you did not rinse the wheel cleaner off completely.

Yeh i did i used max for my hose and hosed it down i used a brush too..but its still there =/ its really driving me nuts i have green brake disks and i cant clean them off... i dont know why it would be green though since it was all red before i washed it...

can you snap a shot

It looks fine today after driving it around!! hmm maybe i really didnt clean them off well enough..but i already scrubbed them as hard as i could yesterday! anyways i think i will have to find some smaller brushes instead of using a sponge for the break disk..

good to hear.