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2-day detail. Interior saturday, exterior sunday. Here's a pic of it after I brought it back on Friday night. Paint was full of dirt but not too rough (not driven much), still showing signs of protection. Plenty of swirls (no pics as camera didn't catch them) and scuffs. Bit hazy on the bootlid and rear panels. Process on interior: Take out mats (all 11 of them!) Vacuum and scrub with Simple Green 10:1 - EO Leather care to scrub seats and leather trim x 2 Let dry and buff off - Clean trim with Simple Green 20:1 Dress vinyl/plastics with 303 FK1 #425 on wood trims - Apply Pinnacle Leather conditioner on seats and leather trim Let dry and buff off Process on exterior: Wash, Clay, Rinse, Dry Optimum Compound w/ Cutting Pad Optimum Polish w/ Polishing Pad Poorboys Polish UPP Spray - looks like UPP but lacking slickness I thought so I decided to go with the next step UPP spit shined with UPPS - Poorboys BnB on tyres, Stoner Trim Shine on wheel wells Optimum Compound and UPPS on battered windshield UPPS on headlights and tail lights Some of the products I used: 1st row: Optimum Compound, Optimum Polish, Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection aka UPP and UPP spray (UPPS) 2nd row: EO Leather care, Pinnacle Leather Conditioner, Poorboys Bold and Bright tyre dressing aka BnB, Stoner Trim Shine, P21S Windshield wash booster 3rd row: Meguiar's W-7006 cutting pad and W-8006 polishing pad Quickly became painfully obvious how much work the seats needed. Spent 1.5 hours on leather alone. Finished up a noticeable lighter shade of beige. Tree sap stain was rubbed out with 2000 grit wet sandpaper. Scuff mark on rear bumper before and after and what I used all over the car for spot buffing: After polishing and UPPS: Interior after. UPPS on door jams. Poorboys BnB after being left to dry. Not the wettest tyre dressing if you like that sort of thing, but being water-based was very easy to apply and no oily residue. Final shots: Guess where the paint was wetsanded ...