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Old 01-11-2008 | 06:35 PM
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Alright so as some of you know, I was going to do a pretty thorough review on the foam cannon, and I hadn't washed my bb for almost two months. Well I bit the bullet and just washed it, because my foam cannon still has not arrived and there was salt on my car. So here is my step by step for my car wash and a review on a couple poorboys products I got.

So after almost 2 months of no wash here are the pics i know, im embarassed.














alright so as you can see its filthy, and u can see the salt on my hood, thats what made me wash it.

so i got all supplies ready.
Exterior

-Ryobi Gas Pressure Washer 3000PSI
-DeWalt Buffer
-Poorboys Super Slick and Suds
-3M Perfect It! Swirl Remover
-Poorboys Natty Paste Wax
-Car Brite Crystal Shine Polish
-Car Brite Tire Shine
-Car Brite Degreaser Dilute 3:1
-Meguiars PlastX cleaner/polish

Interior

-Durr Maid Extractor
-Car Brite Interior Dressing

some pics










So I started with the rims first, which were filthy
I sprayed them down with some water and then sprayed the rim with degreaser



Then I sprayed it all off with the pressure washer with a 40 degree tip


As you can see this is one of the great benefits of the pressure washer! But since i had so much dirt and brake dust caked up on the rims i had to scrub them too


and one more spray down



Now for the car, I sprayed the entire car down with the pw and sprayed MOST of the dirt off. Then I washed. Here are some pics just afer the wash, as you can see the water is not beading and it was really dirty!







It still came out pretty good even with all that dirt on it, but if you got real close you could see some minor swirls. Also there was no need to clay bar as the paint was very smooth still. Then i went ahead and did the carpets and seats. I sprayed the floormats with a carpet spot lifter and sprayed away with pw. Then sucked em clean with the extractor




Then for the seats i took them out and sprayed them down with lexol leather cleaner and then soaked em in the lexol leather conditioner and let it sit for a while before working it in.





Then i vaccumed the carpets and cleaned up the interior with car brite interior dressing


Ok so after all that i got to polishing, I didnt take any pics during the polishing process but i got the pics afterwards, I started with 3m swirl remover with foam pad, then car brite crystal shine finisher polish then i finished up with Poorboys Nattys Paste Wax.

This was my first time using Poorboys wax. and i gotta say im REALLY impressed. and plus it smells like bubble gum its very easy to apply and wipe off. Id have to recommend this to all enthusiasts. DID I MENTION IS SMELLS SO DAMN GOOD?!?!? and from the pics you can see it does an amazing job with depth ang gloss.















I took about 200 pics total, alot of them are on my s2ki profile u can view all my pics, but i didnt wanna upload them all. Some products and steps were not pictured.
Old 01-11-2008 | 06:46 PM
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got damn son!
Old 01-11-2008 | 07:00 PM
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excellent!!

havent seen a trashed out car like that that became a cinerella so quickly!
great job dude!

cant wait to see what you think of pb in the canon.. good combo
Old 01-11-2008 | 07:42 PM
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from whoa to wow! I don't know if I could ever let my car get that dirty.

Great job sir!

I want to try the natty wax myself. I have used poorboys ssr's and have the soap as well.
Old 01-11-2008 | 08:42 PM
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Very brave, I'm afraid to let the S go a more than a week with dirt on it. Excellent detail and review
Old 01-11-2008 | 08:48 PM
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you should be ashamed! but really proud too. I could never let my car get that dirty, not sure how you did it. Congrats on the outcome though! looks awesome. I wish I could get a mirror like that on my SSM.
Old 01-11-2008 | 09:21 PM
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ashamed?!?! lol i know i know, but i was only letting it get dirty so i could do a review on the foam cannon which STILL isnt here.
Old 01-11-2008 | 10:47 PM
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great recovery. alil too much leather conditioner for my taste, but still looks great.
Old 01-12-2008 | 01:09 AM
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if I were ur car I would hate ur gut!
Old 01-12-2008 | 12:19 PM
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Could never let my car get that way. I would be afraid of what I would find after getting the dirt off. Great job.



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