Thread: HOW TO: Detail your car!

Right back at ya...?

Here are some of the promised final shots, just over 30 hours invested.

The car is a 1952 Ferrari 212 Spyder, re-bodied in the early 60's by coach builder Drogo as a sort of 'mini California' for Count Giovanni Lurani Cernuschi, only one car was built. This was a very special car and I feel very fortunate for having been able to work on it.













I didn't do any work in the engine bay, I just wanted to snap a pic of the 2.5L V12 engine.




More history and info about the car can be found below, as well as some cool shots of the car in its natural environment!

1952 Ferrari 212 Speciale Serial Number 0147 E - main page

Just read the whole thing and I would have written it all up the same way Conner, great work, especially that Ferrari.

VERY labor intensive. I managed to do three panels the first day on the WRX, and the whole next day to finish the rest of the car (minus the front and rear poly bumpers)

Oh, and beautiful Ferrari roadster!!!!!!!

That roadster was easily the most expensive car I've ever detailed, you could buy 4-5 F430s for that. Got another Ferrari coming up in a couple weeks (F355), it'll be the first thing I've detailed since like... October. Should be a nice headache. I know I've said it before, but I will finish this thing sometime soon.

If you don't mind I would like to collaborate with you on this thread by posting a story/picture board for the benefit of other forum members, you ok with that?

Do whatcha please.

A bump and something to distract while I don't make any progress on the actual How To. Enjoy.

2000 Porsche Boxster S - Connor Harrison Detailing


That was done about a year and a half ago, and was written with the owner in mind as the intended audience, so please pardon any discrepancies.

What do you guys do for interior scents? After loaning one of my cars out to a family member who was without lets just say it no longer has a bland odor. What do you guys use to remove scents? I have heard febreeze/ozium (spl?) but what about actuall scents to scent the car after trying to kill the odor?

I don't come across that problem very often, I tend to deal more with the exterior than the interior (95% of my clientele are collectors or garage queen enthusiasts). But here are a few tips to help eliminate odors,

Leave a few small trays of baking soda in the car while it's not in use, I would put one under each front seat and another in the back of the car.

Thoroughly clean the interior. Shampoo and scrub the carpets, clean all the leather, vinyl, plastic, wipe down the headliner and the upholstery with a damp cloth and cleaner.

Mist all the upholstery, carpets, and headliner with an odor eliminator like Fabreeze (I use a product by Chemical Guys called Odor Eater).

If you have one available to you, place an ozone generator inside the car and make sure all the windows and doors are sealed up tight.


Sorry for the late response, I don't check this thread often.