Most brand new car owners will realise, after couple years of ownership of a brand new vehicle, owners often feel like the car has lost it's brand new "feeling", that's the time you know it's due for a proper detailing. (Hint: especially when you feel the paintwork and it feels really, similar to a sandpaper)

After years of day to day driving. Exposing to Australia's strong UV rays and harsh conditions of the weather. This particular Volvo however, seems to take it pretty well. It suffered from a few light blemishes and swirl marks, but nothing too major. 

The car went through a intensive wash and decontamination to remove all bonded contaminants from the paintwork. Followed by a lengthy Stage 1 Paint Correction to restore its lust, removing swirl marks and minor scratches, also bringing up the gloss. Wax is then chosen as the choice of protection.

The next level Jaguar XE R-Sport sporting prowess, now protected with CS2 Ceramic Nanotechnology Paint Protection that not only protects your paint from Chemical and UV Rays, it also reduces hairline scratches up to 60% and delivers a high level of gloss that outperforms individual's expectations. 

We are honoured to have a chance to do the finishing touches before the owner start its journey on the road, all work is carried out at our detailing studio. 

Preparation is the most crucial step in any form of detailing, whether is a maintenance wash or a lengthy paint correction (restoration) process. 2 bucket method wash, using Detailing Kingdom's Car Hydra Premium car shampoo.

Snow foam pre-wash is first use initially to break down and loosen up dust, dirt and grime to reduce risk of instilling swirls and scratches on the car, followed by the 2-bucket method we mentioned earlier. A fine clay-bar treatment process is then used to safely remove any contaminants.

Dried with microfibre drying towel, we discourage using chamois to dry. The chamois drying method is one of the main causes for causing imperfections on the paintwork such as swirl marks and blemishes. 

Sun is our best choice of lighting to see any paint imperfections. Light swirling. An intensive machine polishing is then carried out to remove these light imperfections and blemishes.

Wheel coating reduce brake dust clinging on to the wheels, and also ease of maintenance in the future. Coated with TAC System Quartz Magic

This is probably the cleanest VH Commodore we've ever encounter, still rocking on original single stage paint (no clear coat) straight from the GM factory back in the 1980s!

It is certainly our pleasure to work on this car. Bringing up the paint work to how it should look like!

Single Stage paints tend to have the tendency to oxidise really easily compared to modern clear coat paint systems. As you could see the picture above, the paint is heavily oxidised. Mainly caused by UV Damage from the sun. More often or not, Paint Correction will be able to restore the paint work and it does not require a respray to resolve the problem and it can be prevented with paint protection systems such as waxes, sealants or paint protection nano coatings. 

Car is washed and prepped properly with our pre-polishing wash and decontamination stage prior to polishing, a MAJOR part of the whole paint correction process. The goal is to ensure the surface is free of contaminant and dirt before landing the polisher and pad on the paint work. 

Picture above shows half of the bonnet before polishing and other half being polished. A test spot is performed to find the right pad x compound combination to dial in what process works the best for individual cars. 

Picture shows a test spot we performed and also the difference in the paint. 

We are using the combination of Detailing Kingdom's Next Cut compounds, Meguiar's Microfibre Cutting Disc and Detailing Kingdom polishing pads with Rupes Bigfoot polisher to achieve great results. 

Clarity, no oxidisation and swirl-free finish

Water spots and etching can be really tricky to remove, especially even when machine polishing are unable to remove them. Paint is then measured with a Paint Thickness Gauge, ensuring there's enough paint to work with and its safely removed with P1500 > P2000 > P2500 wet sanding process to safety level down the deep water etching, following up with machine compounding and polishing to remove the sanding marks completely. 

Results are phenomenal, paint polishing is half of the equation. The other half of the equation is protection. Because after a paint has been corrected. It does not have any form of protection. Without protection, being a single stage paint. It won't take long for the paint to start oxidising again. 

Premium wax is chosen for choice of protection and we are using Detailing Kingdom Fluid Dynamics Waxes and sealant. Mixing them together gives a warm carnauba finish from FDC and also high longevity from FDT and DK9 Sealant

3-year-old Hilux, went through an intensive Stage 1 Paint Correction to remove incompetent "detailer" attempt to 'cut and polish' and detailer's residue. 

Prepped with dK Car Hydra car shampoo, 2-bucket method and grit guard and dK Wheel X

After the preparation stage, a masking on rubber trims and plastics, thorough inspection is then carried out and perform a couple of test spots to figure which combination works the best. 

The previous "detailer" did not do a good job polishing it. There's holograms and heavy swirl marks everywhere. 

Finished with a nice layer of wax

A very well taken care of car over the years, a few blemishes here and there. Losing its lusture over time. Our mission is to reverse these effects to a complete showroom finish. 

Detailing Kingdom Wheel X

Snow foam to dissolve dirt, road grime and other decontaminants. 

2 Bucket Method wash with Detailing Kingdom's Car Hydra Premium Car Shampoo and fine grade clay bar treatment is then used afterwards to remove bonded contaminants that is unable to remove with the 2 Bucket Method. 

Car is then dried with microfibre drying towel and by air to dry water in between crevices. 

​Intensive correction is then carried out to remove imperfections and defects on the paintwork developed overtime from the ownership.

Utilising Menzerna and Detailing Kingdom's Next Cut Compounds & pads and Rupes BigFoot Polishers to achieve excellent results - followed by a second wash to rinse out all the polishing dust/ The whole car is then wiped down with IPA to remove any existing polishing oils and other contaminants, prepping for CS2 Ceramic Paint Protection application. 

There are many ways to clean your car's wheel. In this article, we are showing our method of How to Clean Your Wheels, using Wheel Woolies and a Iron Fallout Remover Wheel Cleaner. 

Please take note that there is no right or wrong way to clean your wheels, individuals and detailers clean them differently using different technique. We are just sharing our way of cleaning them. 

There are several of wheel cleaners out there. In this article, we are using Detailing Kingdom's Wheel X pH Neutral Wheel Cleaner. It's also a Iron Fallout (Ferrous) Remover that can also be used on your vehicle's paint work to remove iron fallout to reduce time on the decontamination process.

Similar products such as CarPro's Iron X, Dodo Juice Ferrous Dueller etc. does the same job. 

We do not recommend acid wheel cleaners. If it's not handled correctly, it will damage your wheels. 

Get your gear ready. What you'll need: 
1) Dirty Wheel 
2) Your wheel cleaner 
3) Wheel Brushes, we are using wheel woolies
4) A bucket  
5) High pressure washer 

Fill the bucket up with water and put your wheel brushes into the bucket and allocate up to 10 minutes per wheel. Sometimes it might take longer, depends on how dirty the wheel is. 

Spray the product evenly on the wheels, ensuring a full coverage and let the product react with the brake dust. For a iron fallout remover, it will turn purple. 

Using the Wheel Brushes (We are using wheel woolies) of different sizes, scrub thoroughly over the entire wheel, including the inner wheel. 

If your brake calipers is too big for the wheel brushes to get in between, move your car forward/backwards a little to make sure you can get a full coverage. of the inner wheel. 

Rinse your wheel brushes in the bucket you've prepared and move on to the next wheel. 

Using a high pressure washer, thoroughly rinse out all the chemicals and tada! You have a nice, clean wheels. After this stage, we usually start washing and decontaminating the paintwork.

​You could do the same too ;) 

Toyata Hilux has been a tradition for tradesmen and off road enthusiast in Australia. Packed with practicality, luxury and it has a place in the 4x4 off road scene. 

CS2 Ceramic Coating is then chosen for protection up to 5 years. 
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​Car was wash and decontaminated with Detailing Kingdom's Car Hydra and utilising a fine grade clay bar to remove all bonded contaminants such as industrial and iron fallout. 

The paint unfortunately has minor swirl marks and marrings from during the delivering process from the dealership. A extensive Paint Correction is then carried out to remove the hair line scratches and swirl marks.

Wheels and headlights is then coated with Nano-1 Alpha 45 Coating

Holden Commodore Sports Wagon, SS-V, true Australian Muscle, featuring 6.0 Litres, LS3 V8 - suffered some battle scars after surviving the bush battle.

Utilising Detailing Kingdom's Next Cut compounds and premium car care products. 

Detailing Kingdom's Wheel X, pH neutral wheel cleaner and iron fallout remover is used to decontaminate and clean the wheels. 

Snow Foam Pre Soak to loosen up dirt and road grimes 

Car is then dried properly with a microfibre drying towel and air dried with an air compressor in the crevices. 

Heavily swirled and damaged paint from improper care and washing techniques.

Corrected using Detailing Kingdom Next Cut Compounds.

Detailing Kingdom Fluid Dynamics Teflon is then used for choice of protection, a teflon based sealant that does not mix with water with months and months of protection.

Chrysler's flagship luxury sedan. Two powerful words to describe - Luxury and performance. It was a great pleasure to refine this black beauty to a unbeatable gloss, protected with our exclusive CS2 Ceramic Nanotechnology Paint Protection that outperforms other coatings with the following benefits: 

• Permanent Bond
• Physical Resistance (Hard as glass)
• Strong Chemical and UV Protection
• Increased Gloss and Clarity
• Hydrophobic (Water beads off the surface and self-washing effects)
• ​Lifetime Warranty

Utilising Detailing Kingdom's Car Hydra for shampoo and Wheel X for wheel cleaner, Ultra Foam Snow Foam for pre-wash.

Wheel X in action, the wheels are not dirty to begin with. 

Volkswagen Golf GTI, classic name with the 7th Generation modern design. Packed with luxury and performance. Now wearing a layer of quartz - TAC System Sparkle Quartz SiO2 Paint Protection coating that not only performs, it also delivers gloss, chemical/UV and physical resistance. It also provides great hydrophobicity for ease of maintenance and self-washing effects. 

Good finished results doesn't come from good products, it comes from how a detailer prep the paintwork to bond chemically with the coating. Prepped with Detailing Kingdom's Premium Car Shampoo - Car Hydra with the 2-bucket method, followed by a full car decontamination with a clay car treatment to remove bonded contaminants. 

Using Detailing Kingdom's Next Cut Compounds to machine polish and jeweling the paintwork, removing dealership instilled blemishes and also bringing up the gloss in white.