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Dan
16th July 2008, 00:31
Nothing special really as only had about 2-3 hours on this one so only corrected the worst parts this time round.

Anyway, its my mums Colt which she uses as her run around and as seen in the before pics below she doesnt have the time to really look after it, so this being said it hadnt been washed in well over 12 months.

Here's a few before pics....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail005.jpg

Not too bad dirt wise considering the time its not been cleaned. Anyway me and my bro set about washing it with AG Shampoo, two bucket method and megs wash mitts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail008.jpg

Then dried it with a Poorboys waffle weave towl, which I must state again is a great bit of kit.

We could then see the extent of the paint condition on the bonnet and wings, more of a pink than red.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail003.jpg

We then clayed the car with a megs clay bar and I used my Poorboys clay on the opposite side. Suprisingly it wasnt too bad apart from the lower half which was covered in tar etc. (thats my bro in the pic not me lol)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail011.jpg

Once this was done it revealed some nasty RDS and a strange effect near the rear quarter windows.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail013.jpg

I then set about masking the car up and a test section on the bonnet and tried it with a sonus sfx yellow pad and Menzerna ip which with one pass showed good correction and brought the shine back to the bonnet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail019.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail027.jpg

I then did half the bonnet and got a decent 50/50 shot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail028.jpg

Then finished it off

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail029.jpg

And one to show the bonnet done and the difference against the wing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail031.jpg

The wings were then done...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail035.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail038.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail039.jpg

Unfortunately we ran out of time as mum needed the car back, so we did what we could and my bro went round the car with some P21s wax.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail040.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail041.jpg

Oh and thats where those RDS were, so I had a go with my new sonus spot pads with Poorboys SSR3, which did the job.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail044.jpg

Final pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail051.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail052.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail058.jpg

And a pic of the pad after lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail059.jpg

Ideally I would have liked to spend the whole day on it to get it perfect and do the whole car but time wise I dont think we did bad. Also with more time I would have done the arches and the finer details better but please take into account how rushed we were.
shooorn94
16th July 2008, 00:39
That's amazing Dan, good job there, especially if you were rushed :y:

My mums car's just the same, took me 3 hours to do mine, then 5 hours to do hers... serious arm ache after :n: And she went right back and parked under a tree that kept dripping sap... tssk.

Good job :A:
Dan
16th July 2008, 00:41
Cheers mate, next time I do it, I'll have it for the full day. The interior is utterly shocking I've never seen anything so bad. So will be a good thread next time.

Should hopefully be doing a mates Merc soon too.
Mieran
16th July 2008, 00:42
Huge improvement, well done Dan :y:

If you ever want to practise on something to improve your skills I can bring my car down and you can do whatever you want to it lol (I'm being serious btw :P)
Dan
16th July 2008, 00:49
Huge improvement, well done Dan :y:

If you ever want to practise on something to improve your skills I can bring my car down and you can do whatever you want to it lol (I'm being serious btw :P)

Thanks mate, yeah massive improvement from what it was.

If you want it doing matey I would, the more the merrier :p
TU-Tuning
16th July 2008, 01:52
Thats amazing, really brought it back to life. Fair play
Dan
16th July 2008, 07:55
Cheers mate
Branter33
16th July 2008, 08:21
A faded red correction is always satisfying :y: Good work :y:
Dan
16th July 2008, 09:53
Yeah it is, hopefully I'll get a chance to do the whole car soon.
Luke
16th July 2008, 10:08
Really impressed with that Dan, looks very good and will all help.

I should be detailing mine next week if the weather holds out, never done a Silver car before so I'm wondering if it will a massive difference or not...what do you reckon?
James
16th July 2008, 10:21
Looks nice mate, love working on faded red the differenace always looks amazing to what it was before. Might ask my next door neighbour if I can do his civic sometime lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail058.jpg

Front wing looks like it could have come up a little better but like you said you were limited to time, i'd try a 2 step process next time and see if you can see the difference to just using a 1 step i.e Menz IP followed through with Menz FP on 2 different pads. Glaze it, Polish it and Wax it and you should have a pretty awasome finish. I think you just used 1 there? might be wrong but you only showed 1 pad lol so I can only assume.

Good work though, can't beat getting a little practice in.
barrett
16th July 2008, 10:45
good work dan, whizzed the pc over my sisters car last week, got great results, but the camera phone pics are awful!!!!

Doing mates faded snot green corsa in the next few days, so that sould be a good thread... only tidying the paint up as there is no way he will maintain it!
Evolution4589
16th July 2008, 11:18
Amazing results... really tempted to get a machine polisher now.
James
16th July 2008, 11:39
good work dan, whizzed the pc over my sisters car last week, got great results, but the camera phone pics are awful!!!!

Doing mates faded snot green corsa in the next few days, so that sould be a good thread... only tidying the paint up as there is no way he will maintain it!

Ah good, your finally going to get me some pictures of your details then :P
barrett
16th July 2008, 11:56
Ah good, your finally going to get me some pictures of your details then :P

indeed, need to invest in a better camera, but will borrow the gfs old one for some photos.

here a couple, but as said crappy camera phone so not very good pics

back onto topic though so we don't ruin dan's thread!
barrett
16th July 2008, 13:11
forgot to mention, wasnt very impressed with dodo juice
bullit
16th July 2008, 16:41
A faded red correction is always satisfying :y: Good work :y:

was gonna say the same

very nice dan, bet it looks wierd now lol
dsh85
16th July 2008, 16:50
excellent work dan!

next project wicked red vts ;)
Mark51
16th July 2008, 19:07
looking good mate, shame you didnt get time to finish the full car. would have liked to have seen what happened with the clean stuff on the roof
bullit
16th July 2008, 20:36
just spoke to your bro dan ;)
Predator_R32
16th July 2008, 20:57
great work dan, awesome turnaround :y:

keep doing them ;)
Ferg
16th July 2008, 22:31
WOW ... looking so much better now. Done a really good job on it!
Dan
17th July 2008, 10:10
Really impressed with that Dan, looks very good and will all help.

I should be detailing mine next week if the weather holds out, never done a Silver car before so I'm wondering if it will a massive difference or not...what do you reckon?

Cheers Luke, it should do. Going to do my bro's silver 172 this weekend if all goes well.

Looks nice mate, love working on faded red the differenace always looks amazing to what it was before. Might ask my next door neighbour if I can do his civic sometime lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/Coltdetail058.jpg

Front wing looks like it could have come up a little better but like you said you were limited to time, i'd try a 2 step process next time and see if you can see the difference to just using a 1 step i.e Menz IP followed through with Menz FP on 2 different pads. Glaze it, Polish it and Wax it and you should have a pretty awasome finish. I think you just used 1 there? might be wrong but you only showed 1 pad lol so I can only assume.

Good work though, can't beat getting a little practice in.

Yeah was only one step with the pc but finished by hand with p21s. I would have done it with the pc but had to rush the wax lol

good work dan, whizzed the pc over my sisters car last week, got great results, but the camera phone pics are awful!!!!

Doing mates faded snot green corsa in the next few days, so that sould be a good thread... only tidying the paint up as there is no way he will maintain it!

Cheers Mike

Amazing results... really tempted to get a machine polisher now.

Should do, there worth it

excellent work dan!

next project wicked red vts ;)

Cheers Dan, anytime matey, just give me a shout if you want it doing..

looking good mate, shame you didnt get time to finish the full car. would have liked to have seen what happened with the clean stuff on the roof

Yeah cheers mate, will get round to doing the full car soon.

just spoke to your bro dan ;)

Where? Cliosport?

great work dan, awesome turnaround :y:

keep doing them ;)

Cheers Pred, yeah should have a few more to keep me busy for now.

WOW ... looking so much better now. Done a really good job on it!

Thanks matey
bullit
17th July 2008, 19:16
yes it was
DaveyBoy
17th July 2008, 23:25
this thread is good man.
just shows how well a car can look.
thanks mate
frankie
17th July 2008, 23:33
looks amazing......

one question whats with the tape? ive never know lol.....
baker556
18th July 2008, 00:45
thats a well good job mate.......effort !
craigy_87
18th July 2008, 01:10
looks amazing......

one question whats with the tape? ive never know lol.....

stops the polish getting on the plastics an into the gaps etc
Dan
18th July 2008, 09:49
this thread is good man.
just shows how well a car can look.
thanks mate

Cheers mate

looks amazing......

one question whats with the tape? ive never know lol.....

Thanks

thats a well good job mate.......effort !

Cheers mate

stops the polish getting on the plastics an into the gaps etc

Correct!!! :y:
craigy_87
18th July 2008, 10:07
i got some polish on the plastic surround of the sunroof on the saxo man it took a good bit of work to get it out lol
Hopcraft
20th July 2008, 14:44
nice one !
Mr_Willy
21st July 2008, 21:19
nice work, dont know you a personal level yet to call you Dan, but what the hell nice one Dan!
Dan
22nd July 2008, 08:29
nice work, dont know you a personal level yet to call you Dan, but what the hell nice one Dan!


Cheers matey, you dont need to know me on a personal level to use my name :P
Luke
22nd July 2008, 08:34
I detailed the 307 yesterday, pretty pleased with the results but wish I had a darker car lol.

The bodywork is smooth now :)
Elliott
22nd July 2008, 10:31
Good work mate it looks very clean.
Dan
22nd July 2008, 11:53
I detailed the 307 yesterday, pretty pleased with the results but wish I had a darker car lol.

The bodywork is smooth now :)

Get some pics up Luke :p

Good work mate it looks very clean.

Cheers matey, should be doing a new MX-5 on sunday as the owner washed bird shit off it with a scouring pad!!!!:fcuk::panic::omg:
richt247
23rd July 2008, 10:38
looks like a canny gud job !