Venture Info

My Detailing Process

People often smile when I've finished cleaning their vehicle.

I'm a paint correction specialist, I focus on the exterior, as a detailer, the majority of my work is correcting years of abuse from supermarket cleaning services, who focus on speed, and clean to "the naked eye," using the perfect storm of harsh products and high pressure.

---

Chemicals

I use a maximum of 4 products, they're all award winning, biodegradable and non-caustic. I use high quality and the latest technology that produces amazing surfaces with every wash.

• Bilt Hamber Korrosol: The surgical "chemical clay bar" in my tool kit. Korrosol handles the microscopic shards of hot iron (brake dust) that physically hook into your clear coat, which untreated cause rust to develope.
• Bilt Hamber Touchless: A heavy-duty, water-based snow foam that is widely considered the gold standard for touchless cleaning power. Unlike many "aesthetic" foams that stay thick like shaving cream but don't clean well, Auto-Foam is a "functional material" designed to systematically burst its bubbles to wet and penetrate road grime.
• Bilt Hamber Auto Wheel: Auto-Wheel is widely regarded as one of the best and most effective wheel cleaners on the market, frequently winning independent tests for its performance. It is a UK-based product known for being a powerful, non-acidic, pH-neutral cleaner that tackles both standard road grime and embedded iron particles.
• Alien Magic Ceramic Sealant: The "cheat code" for a strictly touchless routine, using SiO2 nano-technology to create an ultra-slick surface that aggressively repels water and grime.

---

My Machine

I use the AVA P70, which is a powerhouse that bridges the gap between domestic washers and professional static units. For a strictly touchless guy, the P70 is the most important tool I own because its specs are designed to solve the "static bond" problem that usually forces people to use a wash mitt.

• No Pulse: For a touchless clean, you need a steady stream to ensure an even "sweep" of the panel. Pulsing pressure (common in cheaper units) leaves "zebra stripes" of traffic film behind.
• Precision: Cleaning a car touchless takes longer because I have to be methodical. The Zero-Force trigger prevents hand fatigue, allowing me to maintain the perfect 45-degree angle to the paint for 15+ minutes straight.
• Water Conservation: I normally use between 50 and 80 Litres of water per wash. 50 being a maintence wash, and 80 being the first time I clean a new customers vehicle. Costing roughly 28p and 44p respectively, per wash.

---

My Process

Almost always the same process, the only difference is time, second and successive washes take about 45 minutes. The first wash can take between 1 -2 hours, this is largely due to correcting mistakes and decontaminating the wheels and lower panels.

So the process is;

• Wheel clean - leave to dwell for 2 minutes and rinse. If any iron remains, try again, and again.
• Kerrosol to the front wheel panel, if there's lots of bleeding, continue treatment on the remaining panels, and then rinse.
• Snow foam clean, leave to dwell from between 5 & 8 minutes, depending on soiling, and then rinse.
• Ceramic spray and rinse.

---

Demonstration

The following video is a demonstration of this process.