The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
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21-07-2011, 12:42 PM
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The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
So three months ago I got bitten by the detailing bug (aka kripstoe), and went a bit insane with ze purchase of many things to clean with. Amazingly handy-andy and sunlight were not amoungst said things.
The things: ![]() Yes that is a shield polisher. Yes I did buy it. No it was not for correction. Yes it was for applying polish. Mainly it was to alleviate the need for me to hand polish the oxidization off the entire car. The vibration on the thing make me feel that the hand polishing was maybe the better option. eina. The end of the shield polisher discussion. The car itself has never been detailed, never been resprayed, and the interior was cleaned using conventional methods up till now. It was mainly used as a long distance vehicle, and to be honest keeping it clean was not a top priority. So that weekend dawned and the sun did not. Seriously it was the dullest most overcast weekend...but as the Dutch say: vok voord. Saturday: Interior ![]() Footwell ![]() The seat covers which were on the car since 1996 were removed due to old age. This is what they left behind. All in all I am sorry to see them go, they were made specifically for toyotas and fit perfectly. Most people did not know the car had seat covers on. ![]() Under the seat covers lots of fine red dust from when the roof lining pulled off (it has since been replaced) was ground into the seats. ![]() Close up of the carpets and ingrained dirt. I went out and hired a "rug master"...umm, not a porn flick as you might have initially thought, but this awesome ma-tchin that deep cleans carpets and upholstery. Its actually very very impressive. It was used to smack the living daylights out of the carpets and seats. ![]() This is what it pulled out. ![]() In case you missed it. Yes that is all dirt. ![]() The overall interior after cleaning ![]() Rear seats ![]() Fan heater used to help dry things ![]() Carpets result. Sunday: Exterior Ok so sunday morning and we are all ready to tackle the exterior. I was a bit worried about rain / mist so photographs were a secondary concern. ![]() The car ![]() ![]() ![]() Washed ![]() Clayed. You guys that keep posting that you had a lot of contaminants picked up by the clay. No. You did not. ![]() Washed car again. ![]() Taped. I love this tape! Then I polished. And polished. And polished. And then it was dark so the following pics were taken the next day, which luckily was nice and sunny ![]() ![]() The roof ![]() The boot ![]() Overall results. And as an added extra, here are some beading pics. Collinite ftw. ![]() ![]() The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. - Carl Sagan |
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21-07-2011, 12:50 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Nice job, that porn flick really lifted things up....the dirt I mean
![]() It seems as though you enjoyed the tape so much you even did the tyre. Also were the small specs in the pics small surface rust spots? Would explain the dirty clay. ![]() |
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21-07-2011, 12:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-07-2011 12:53 PM by kripstoe.)
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You missed a spot.
Kidding, from having seen the car before and after in real life, I can attest that it is now white. Not almost white anymore. ![]() |
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21-07-2011, 01:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-07-2011 01:14 PM by SilverSabre.)
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
@Stax: Thanks man. The flecks are in some cases paint chips, in other cases contaminent I could not lift (need medium clay I think) and yes, also a few rust spots. Saving up for ze respray
![]() @Kripstoe. Bleh. ![]() Thanks man, it's nice not driving a creamish car anymore ![]() The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. - Carl Sagan |
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21-07-2011, 08:01 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Nicely done
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21-07-2011, 08:55 PM
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Looks good
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21-07-2011, 09:16 PM
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Well done - wow that Rug Doctor really did its job!
And lets not mention that clay ![]() Any lower back and shoulder pain? ![]() ![]() |
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21-07-2011, 10:07 PM
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Nice work! Great work on the interior
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22-07-2011, 11:17 AM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Thanks everyone
![]() @Onyx, my sms to kripstoe that saturday evening: "broken", my sms to kripstoe that sunday evening: "broken...again"... Lets just say I was broken lol The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. - Carl Sagan |
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22-07-2011, 12:58 PM
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Nicely done bud...The water from that interior is disgusting!
David : 083 642 2118 www.mobileimage.co.za ![]() |
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22-07-2011, 08:25 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
(22-07-2011 12:58 PM)Carn Wrote: Nicely done bud...The water from that interior is disgusting! Thanks man...and that's the second tank from the passenger area, went through a whole other tank on the front area alone. Its amazing how much in grained dirt accumulates in a car. The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. - Carl Sagan |
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22-07-2011, 09:43 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Fantastic transformation. I have never EVER seen clay like that.
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23-07-2011, 03:45 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Well done Sabre - quite a transformation.
The last time I saw clay that dirty is when I accidentally dropped a piece of clay on a very sandy driveway. I know it's purely psychological, but I'm sure the care even feels like it drives better - well it always feels that way to me after I've detailed a car. |
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24-07-2011, 11:14 AM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Superb cleanup and transformation! Can't believe the amount of dirt you managed to lift out of the interior and exterior!
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24-07-2011, 01:34 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
Thanks everyone.
@Woodie, yes indeed she feels like a whole new car ![]() On the topic of clay, there were quite a bit of contaminants i could not lift with the clay I had. It is probably cos I just bought the CD Clay starter kit, which I think has 'fine' clay... What clay should I get for the second round? The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. - Carl Sagan |
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24-07-2011, 08:28 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
that's very nicely done. the car looks younger now.
![]() believe me the addiction will grow bigger now. cheers. |
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24-07-2011, 09:03 PM
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RE: The Silver Sabre and the detail of Awesomeness
was that the clay after washing your vehicle? Wow !!! Loads of contamination removed ...
That rugdoctor sure pulled the nasty from the interior... You a brave man ![]() Awesome Job SilverSabre ![]() |
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