Wayne
5th February 2010, 20:39
Hi guys i detailed ad_182_uk also known as Adam's car monday this week, paint was very very flat, full of swirls, hardly any reflection, had white spots all over the bonnet which were dealt with an aggressive clay bar, which removed them, polishing was a little easier, took it's time so because of the paint being so flat and grey, but i got the car to an excellent standard of gloss, reflectivity and depth/flake pop back in the paint which before the car was really lacking, and about full correction on paintwork,i arrived at just before 5am, rinsed car and snowfoamed the car and then after final rinsing snowfoam the area where i was snowfoaming iced up:fcuk: kept slipping:oops: so we stayed in for two hours to warm up and let the weather warm up a bit:) in the end the car came up better than i thought which is good:)
Process
Rinsed Car
SnowFoamed car Left for five to ten minutes
Rinsed
Washed with two bucket method and Dodo Juice Born to Mild Shampoo
Rinsed
Clay bared with agressive Gloss-It clay bar, Lube Dodo juice born slippy
Washed Again
Rinsed
Dryed with Poorboys Waffle Weave
Polished with Dodo Juice lime prime with a 3m Yellow Polishing pad to see if that did any
good, it removed the light swirls but could not shift the heavier ones
Buffed off
So up'd it to Menzerna Intensive Polish 3.02 on a Meguiars polishing pad which was perfect:y: 2 hits got all of those
nasty swirls out:P;)
Buffed off
Refined with Menzerna Final Finshing Polish 85RE on a blue 3m finishing pad
Buffed off
Glazed with Poorboys Black hole
left for while
Buffed off
Sealent used Dodo Juice Red mist
Buffed Off
Wax Used Dodo Juice Supernatural
Buffed Off
As you can see the finish is incredable:P;)
Engine bay was wiped with Meguiars APC, dressed with meguiars indurance gel, lime primed the shiny paint bits
metal polished with meguiars next exhaust paste to make the metals abit shinier:)
Wheels cleaned with Meguiars Wheel Brightner and rinsed, dryed and Sealed with Finish Kare Hi temp 1000p sealent, tyres dressed
with Meguiars Endurance Gel
Windows Cleaned with AutoGlym Fast Glass
Exhaust cleaned with a microfibre and meguiars exhaust polish:y:
Hope you enjoy the thread:)
Heres the pictures:y:
Before
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4325355589_b12bd53c1d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4325358727_f94c4fba98.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4326098132_c63635487e.jpg
Engine bay before
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4326100478_f4521de292.jpg
engine bay after
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4325366287_2aefdb27dd_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4326105744_a9407a7c64.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4325371341_8d0f1fa971.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4326111446_72383ff7d5.jpg
Swirls before:homme: see how flat and grey the paint is.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2704/4325377545_0a2539903c.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4326116788_2c70d859ab.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4329518255_620abb974d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4330254708_65a46e6984.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4330256156_c1098bfea7.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4329523063_6d8205161f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4329524837_ff9ae25e94.jpg
50/50 with just lime prime!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4329526397_00cb77bb71.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4330263270_a300811e62.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4329529835_c43b883811.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4330266416_5e7921e452.jpg
Process
Rinsed Car
SnowFoamed car Left for five to ten minutes
Rinsed
Washed with two bucket method and Dodo Juice Born to Mild Shampoo
Rinsed
Clay bared with agressive Gloss-It clay bar, Lube Dodo juice born slippy
Washed Again
Rinsed
Dryed with Poorboys Waffle Weave
Polished with Dodo Juice lime prime with a 3m Yellow Polishing pad to see if that did any
good, it removed the light swirls but could not shift the heavier ones
Buffed off
So up'd it to Menzerna Intensive Polish 3.02 on a Meguiars polishing pad which was perfect:y: 2 hits got all of those
nasty swirls out:P;)
Buffed off
Refined with Menzerna Final Finshing Polish 85RE on a blue 3m finishing pad
Buffed off
Glazed with Poorboys Black hole
left for while
Buffed off
Sealent used Dodo Juice Red mist
Buffed Off
Wax Used Dodo Juice Supernatural
Buffed Off
As you can see the finish is incredable:P;)
Engine bay was wiped with Meguiars APC, dressed with meguiars indurance gel, lime primed the shiny paint bits
metal polished with meguiars next exhaust paste to make the metals abit shinier:)
Wheels cleaned with Meguiars Wheel Brightner and rinsed, dryed and Sealed with Finish Kare Hi temp 1000p sealent, tyres dressed
with Meguiars Endurance Gel
Windows Cleaned with AutoGlym Fast Glass
Exhaust cleaned with a microfibre and meguiars exhaust polish:y:
Hope you enjoy the thread:)
Heres the pictures:y:
Before
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4325355589_b12bd53c1d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4325358727_f94c4fba98.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4326098132_c63635487e.jpg
Engine bay before
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4326100478_f4521de292.jpg
engine bay after
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4325366287_2aefdb27dd_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4326105744_a9407a7c64.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4325371341_8d0f1fa971.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4326111446_72383ff7d5.jpg
Swirls before:homme: see how flat and grey the paint is.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2704/4325377545_0a2539903c.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4326116788_2c70d859ab.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4329518255_620abb974d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4330254708_65a46e6984.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4330256156_c1098bfea7.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4329523063_6d8205161f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4329524837_ff9ae25e94.jpg
50/50 with just lime prime!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4329526397_00cb77bb71.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4330263270_a300811e62.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4329529835_c43b883811.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4330266416_5e7921e452.jpg