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gkrishn · 28th April 2007, 21:34

Did use the 3M's car detailing at sundaram. Initially its little bit tricky to deal with them. There are couple of plans that they will suggest for you. One is meant(!) for the old cars, and other is meant for the new car. I was told by the sundaram guy (not 3M guy) that both are almost same, except that for the new car treatment you 2 more free service, where they will repeat process again. The cost was same?!?! Any way went for the new car "paint protection" service even though my car was almost 3 years old.

Now the execution, first step was the usual pressure wash shampoo cleaning. Then they dried up the surface. 2,3 guys took some spray container and started looking at the nooks, corners for deposits the white thing because of hard water. They didn't manage to remove all, but about 80% of them are gone now.

Now one guy started the process of claying. Refer this, to understand more about claying. This went on for about 20+ mins. Then the polishing job was done followed by waxing, all using 3M products. After this, they worked on all the black plastic parts, applied the tyre polish, cleaned all the glass area and did a vacum. The whole process took about 3 hours.

So basically what 3M does is, claying + what rudra have explained in his post. This cost me 31xxRs, and will be getting this treatment for couple of more time free of cost at the interval of 6 months.

The final o/p: the car come out as new. I gave an "excellent" on their feedback form. There was some deep scratches on my bonnet. Visually these things have been reduced a lot. The swirls have completely disappeared. And the surface gained a lot smoothness by the time they finished claying and polishing itself.

Few problem I found was, as anywhere else, these guys are stretched a little bit. Even though i had fixed appointment earlier, there couple of cars in queue that were getting little impatient. Also they do the interiors of mercs, not sure if they came for paint job or regular service. And there are only 2,3 guys who seems to professionally trained. Rest are kind of learning their jobs there. So you may have to be around to make sure they are care full about the whole process.

28th April 2007, 21:34	#40 (permalink)
gkrishn BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 408	3M Detailing Did use the 3M's car detailing at sundaram. Initially its little bit tricky to deal with them. There are couple of plans that they will suggest for you. One is meant(!) for the old cars, and other is meant for the new car. I was told by the sundaram guy (not 3M guy) that both are almost same, except that for the new car treatment you 2 more free service, where they will repeat process again. The cost was same?!?! Any way went for the new car "paint protection" service even though my car was almost 3 years old. Now the execution, first step was the usual pressure wash shampoo cleaning. Then they dried up the surface. 2,3 guys took some spray container and started looking at the nooks, corners for deposits the white thing because of hard water. They didn't manage to remove all, but about 80% of them are gone now. Now one guy started the process of claying. Refer this, to understand more about claying. This went on for about 20+ mins. Then the polishing job was done followed by waxing, all using 3M products. After this, they worked on all the black plastic parts, applied the tyre polish, cleaned all the glass area and did a vacum. The whole process took about 3 hours. So basically what 3M does is, claying + what rudra have explained in his post. This cost me 31xxRs, and will be getting this treatment for couple of more time free of cost at the interval of 6 months. The final o/p: the car come out as new. I gave an "excellent" on their feedback form. There was some deep scratches on my bonnet. Visually these things have been reduced a lot. The swirls have completely disappeared. And the surface gained a lot smoothness by the time they finished claying and polishing itself. Few problem I found was, as anywhere else, these guys are stretched a little bit. Even though i had fixed appointment earlier, there couple of cars in queue that were getting little impatient. Also they do the interiors of mercs, not sure if they came for paint job or regular service. And there are only 2,3 guys who seems to professionally trained. Rest are kind of learning their jobs there. So you may have to be around to make sure they are care full about the whole process. __________________ In the Indian system of education, it is only a technique of cramming, retrieving and reproducing.