Bugatti Veyron gets a Divine treatment
Owned by a valued customer for whom I’ve previously carried out work, I was delighted to be asked to visit and detail a couple of cars, the other being a Skyline. While the Nissan is being treated to a full correction detail, ‘The Bug’ as it’s owner has nicknamed it, was booked for a good clean and to add some protection to maintain it’s beautiful lustre.
Brand new earlier this year it has covered just a few thousand miles, but I’m very glad to say those miles have been covered the way Bugatti intended! A European road trip was responsible for most of them, culminating in some high speed Autobahn miles in Germany. This activity had left battle scars in the form of epic bug splats not seen unless you regularly top 200mph!
Upon arrival the car was placed in the customer’s wash bay for me.
Starting with the huge wheels, I used a non-acidic foaming wheel cleaner to gently remove the output of the massive brakes from both the wheel face and inner areas. After being left to dwell for a few moments, a selection of super soft lambswool brushes were used to dislodge dirt from all the furthest corners then rinsed and retreated where necessary. While this was going on, I covered the inner arches with a specially mixed solution to remove deposits from the carbon fibre arch liners. A final high pressure rinse left everything perfect. Below is an example of the wheel before and after (the tyre had also been dressed in the later shot)
Wheels done, it was the turn of the bodywork. Apart from the bug splats concentrated on the forward facing areas of the car, it was already fairly clean. In order to address the light soiling present, I used a citrus based detergent through a special pressure washer attachment to produce a thick layer of grime-penetrating foam. This foam clings to the car and slowly slides off it, softening dirt and holding little particles in suspension. After a short period, gently rinsing the car with low pressure water reveals most of the solids on the car had gone, just leaving some road film and harder bugs to remove via a regular wash using a lambswool washmit.
With the car satisfactorily clean, I carefully dried it using the softest microfibre drying towels. This is by far the best way to dy your vehicle, their absorbency means you pick the water up from the paintwork, rather than pushing it around like using a chamois leather.
The Bugatti dried, and a further check carried out to confirmed there were no remaining contaminants on the paintwork, I turned to the Swissvax kitbag.
With that essential step completed, it was time to apply some wax. And what other choice could there be – the Best for the Best, Swissvax Divine. Thoroughly applied to every square inch of bodywork I left it to cure while I applied Autobahn wheel wax to the wheels. Using the plushest microfibre buffing towels available, I buffed the wax residue off to reveal the true beauty of the Midnight Blue paintwork. Looking incredibly dark and glossy, I’ve never seen quality like this before from any manufacturer. The dark, inky paintwork actually looks like liquid covered by a sheet of glass, such was the depth of gloss achieved.
Finally, before being tucked away under it’s cover, the owner was kind enough to move the car outside for me to grab some pictures. Sadly the sun that was shining so brightly earlier had been covered by cloud, but nothing can detract from this monumental piece of engineering.
I’d like to say a really big thank you to my customer for the opportunity to work on this landmark car, I look forward to caring for it in the future.
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