Car Valeting Pro – Leeds, Harrogate & York

Last night rought rounda valet of a 3 week old car it wasn’t to dirty and cleaned up well. After drying the car i could see that it needed a polish and a wax as it a really flat black and looked dead.

When i had finished the customer came out and stated “Wow it looks better than it did when i took it out of the show room”

This Golf GTI was covered in heavy tree sap deposits which i removed using tar and glue remover.

This car was polished and waxed with Dodo Juice Need For Speed.

VW Golf GTI Before Valet - Front Driver Side

VW Golf GTI After Valet - Front Driver Side

VW Golf GTI Before Valet - Driver Rear

VW Golf GTI After Valet - Driver Side Rear

VW Golf GTI Before Valet - Rear

VW Golf GTI After Valet - Rear

VW Golf GTI Before Valet - Front Pass Side

VW Golf GTI After Valet - Pass Side Front

VW Golf GTI Before Valet - Front

VW Golf GTI After Valet - Front

VW Golf GTI Before Valet - Alloy Wheel

VW Golf GTI After Valet - Alloy Wheel

This BMW 5 Series had just completed a 2,000 mile trip to Europe.  The owner had washed the vehicle earlier in the week so it wasn’t that bad to wast it was only hindered by dead bugs that where baked on to the front.

This was a local car valet in Harrogate which came to me after the owner saw this BMW car valet in ripon i had done

BMW 5 Series Before Valet Rear Passenger Side Angle

BMW 5 Series After Valet Rear Passenger Side Angle

BMW 5 Series Before Valet Rear Driver Side Angle

BMW 5 Series After Valet Rear Driver Side Angle

 

BMW 5 Series Before Valet Alloy Wheel

BMW 5 Series After Valet Alloy Wheel

BMW 5 Series Before Valet Front

BMW 5 Series After Valet Front

BMW 5 Series Front Passenger Side Angle

BMW 5 Series Front After Valet Passenger Side Angle

 

 

Hopefully this car valet will be the first of many including possible bike valets.

This Pontiac Trans Am wasnt that muddy or dirty, but i was really suprised how a good clean and polish brought the black paintwork back to life.

Here are the before and after photos.

Pontiac Trans Am Before Valet Rear 1

Pontiac Trans Am Before Valet Rear 2

Pontiac Trans Am After Valet Rear

 

Pontiac Trans Am Before Valet Front Driver Side Angle

After Valet Front Driver Side Angle

 

Pontiac Trans Am Before Valet Canvas Roof

Pontiac Trans Am Snow

Pontiac Trans Am Badge Snow Foam

Pontiac Trans Am After Valet Front Driver Side Rear Angle

Today brought a BMW 5 Series in black. This was due to have a full machine polish but due to rain breaks my day was cut short so it received a full all in one hand polish.

The interior leather was treated with Autoglym Leather Combo.

Here are the Befores and Afters.

BMW 5 Series Engine Bay Before Valet

BMW 5 Series Driver Side Engine Bay Before Valet

BMW 5 Series Passenger Side Engine Bay Before Valet

The engine was rinsed off and then cleaned with a APC (JEEP) and aggiated with a selection of brushes, then dressed.

BMW 5 Series Engine Bay After Valet

BMW 5 Series Passegner Side Engine Bay After Valet

BMW 5 Series Driver Side Engine Bay After Valet

The BMW 5 Series Alloys where cleaned with a selection of brushes mainly the Ez Detail Wheel Brush, and a mixture of Megs Wheel Brightener and a trade equivalent.

Tyres where scrubbed and cleaned with APC and dress with Megs Hot Shine

BMW Alloy Wheel Before Valet

BMW Alloy Wheel Before Valet Close Up

BMW Alloy Wheel After Valet

The BMW 5 Series was rinsed of and then Snow Foamed, hand washed with a 2 bucket method and then Clayed using Sonus Glyde as a lub. Polished using a All in One Trade polish.

BMW 5 Series Front Driver Side Before Valet

BMW 5 Series Front Driver Side After Valet

BMW 5 Series Front Before Valet

BMW 5 Series Front After Valet

BMW 5 Series Before Valet Low Angle

BMW 5 Series After Valet Low Angle

BMW 5 Series Driver Side Rear Before Valet

BMW 5 Series Driver Side Rear After Valet

BMW 5 Series Roof Before Valet

BMW 5 Series Roof After Valet

Inside was hoovered wiped down and leather treated.

BMW 5 Series Interior After Valet

It was covered in dead flys on the front due to a long evening trip back from picking it up.

On with the  before’s and after’s

Wheels

Cleaned with a APC and dressed with Chemical Guys Wheel Guard, tyres Dressed with Meg’s Hot Shine

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Valet Before Empi Alloy

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Valet After Empi Alloy

Body Work

Rinsed off with Pressure washer, Front end soaked in APC and then rinsed to remove insects.

Snow Foamed with Valet Pro Snow Foam

2 Bucket Wash Method using Meg’s Gold Class Shampoo.

Polished with Soverign Polish (trade)

Sealed with Jetseal 109

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Before Valet VW Badge

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Snow Foamed Badge

You can see that the marojrity of bugs are gone

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 After Valet VW Badge

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 After Valet Front

 

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Snow Foamed

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Before Valet Rear

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 After Valet Rear

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Before Valet Passenger Side

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 After Valet Passenger Side

Exhaust was cleaned autsol metal polish and Mud Flaps where dressed with Tyre Dressing

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 After Valet Exhaust Mud Flap

Windows

Rubbers where cleaned with APC and dressed with Valet Pro Protectant

Windows cleaned with Fast Glass Polish (trade)

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Before Valet Rear Seal

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 After Valet Rear Seal

Here are a few after shots that i like.

Van Reflection

VW Splitscreen Camper 1967 Valet After Driver Side Front

The Owner of this BMW X5 also owns Brimham Rocks Cottages which have a fabulous indoor swimming pool. The Cottages are located near Brimham Rocks, which is pretty much in between Ripon, Harrogate and Pateley Bridge.

Back on to the BMW X5, in the past day the majority of the roads that the X5 travels on have been re surfaced, so it was covered with tar, i got the majority removed from the body work but didn’t focus to much on the arches as the rest of the roads are due to be done soon.

I had my partner to help me on this job and she did a great job of hoovering and cleaning the interior of the X5 while i focus on the Exterior. Below i have the photos of the before’s and after’s

BMW X5 Rear Before Valet

BMW X5 Rear After Valet

 The rear and sides of the BMW X5 weren’t to bad a few random bits of Tar here and there. The B piller on the door did have a high gloss finish which had faded due to been used to push/ pull the door shut, I managed to clean these up very well

BMW X5 Rear Driver Side Before Valet

BMW X5 Rear Driver Side After Valet

 

BMW X5 Paasenger Side Before Valet

BMW X5 Paasenger Side After Valet

The front was as expected a scene from bugs life, so a good 10/15 minute with the pressure washer here to remove the majority

BMW X5 Front Before Valet

BMW X5 Front After Valet

 

BMW X5 Driver Side Before Valet

BMW X5 Driver Side After Valet

The X5’s alloys cleaned up pretty quickly given there size, the only issue i had was that they where warm so i had to cool them off first with plenty of water.

BMW Alloy Wheel Before Valet

BMW Alloy Wheel After Valet

This VW Golf belongs to a good friend who i have known for years and as a surprise wanted it valeting for his wife to be. 

When i arrived the VW Golf had been subject to having eggs thrown at it from a moving car so egg splatter was everywhere.

Below are the photos

Golf Before Valet Driver Side Rear

Golf After Valet Driver Side Rear

 

Golf Valet Snow Foam

Golf Valet Dirt In Snow Foam

 

Golf Alloy After Valet

 

Golf Before Valet Driver Side

Golf After Valet Driver Side

So this evening brought me the most rewarding valet i have done so far in the means that it was a nice high end Jaguar XK R. Hopefully i can spend 1 day on this soon to get a full Clay bar process completed and possibly a machine polish to remove some of the bush marks that seem to be down the sides.

Photos are better today thanks to my lovely Canon 450D, so its only me and the weather letting the later ones down.

Jaguar XK R Passegner Side Before Valet

Jaguar XK R Passegner Side After Valet

 

Jaguar XK R Alloy Before Valet

Jaguar XK R Alloy After Valet

 

Jaguar XK R Snow Foam

Jaguar XK R Snow Foam 2

 

Jaguar XK R Front Before Valet

Jaguar XK R Front After Valet

 

Jaguar XK R Driver Side Before Valet

Jaguar XK R Driver Side After Valet

 

Jaguar XK R Supercharged

Ok again a lack of pictures due to working on a evening, somethings cant be helped.
This Range Rover is the Family wagon and is used all over North Yorkshire.

In the same style as yesterday a before and an after photo.

Range Rover Before Valet

Range Rover After Valet

A snow foam shot 

Range Rover Snow Foam

My new Meguiars Long reach mop in action

Meguiars Long Reach Brush In Action

 

Range Rover Alloy Before

Range Rover Alloy After Valet