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PolishedBliss
15th September 2006, 10:05
A nice, easy job for a change, albeit down in Falkirk! This car belongs to the dad of a member of the Seat Car Club, and one of his 60th birthday presents was a detail by Polished Bliss Detailing. The car is only six months old, but we were told the shine on it was poor, and that it was plagued by contaminants and fine swirls. It did look pretty dull when we first arrived, and a quick look at the paint revealed plenty of tar and fine swirls, so we figured a decent go with tar remover and finishing polish would do the trick (providing there were no harder resprayed areas). A quick go around the car confirmed that only one panel had been resprayed, and in the end the hardness of this wasn't an issue. The process was...

Wash

Foamed with Slick & Suds via the Karcher
Arches treated with Megs Safe Degreaser cut 10:1
Alloys treated with Megs Wheel Brightener cut 4:1
Lower panels treated with Autobrite Tar & Glue Remover
Whole car washed by hand using two buckets/lambswool mitts

Clean

The fingertip test revealed no bonded surface contaminants, so no claying was done (the tar and glue remover did a good job!)

Polish

Blackfire SRC Finishing Polish via PC's using Lake Country green polishing pads, speed 5, moderate pressure
Jeffs Werkstatt Prime Acrylic via PC using Lake Country black glazing pad, speed 1, no pressure

Protect

Optimum Car Wax

Finishing Touches

Alloys were protected with Poorboys Wheel Sealant
Tyres were dressed with Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel
Windows inside and out were cleaned with Megs NXT Glass Cleaner
Exterior trims and front arch liners were treated with 303 Aerospace Protectant
Exhaust tips were polished with Blackfire Fine Cut Metal Polish

No before pics on this one, as the fine swirls were hard to pick up on camera, and to be honest it was an easy job, so no need for it. Here's the afters...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics1.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics2.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics3.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics4.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics5.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics6.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f293/polishedbliss/polishedbliss/civics0906/civics7.jpg

:)
gotamintvtr
17th September 2006, 20:46
another nice job there well done. for a grey saxo would you recomend poorboys sealant with carnuba blue and the nattys blue wax?
Connor_scotland
17th September 2006, 20:48
your awesome mate :-)

what a shine
m20pub
17th September 2006, 21:01
nice results but would expect that as its your job
srcnix
17th September 2006, 21:10
Sexy as always PB. REP!
PolishedBliss
18th September 2006, 20:18
another nice job there well done. for a grey saxo would you recomend poorboys sealant with carnuba blue and the nattys blue wax?

No, the Jeffs Werkstatt acrylic range all the way. Start with Prime Acrylic, then Acrylic Jett Trigger, using Acrylic Glos to help shift the Prime residue and for quick detailing at meets, shows, etc. :)
ets2k9
18th September 2006, 20:43
I have a silver type R on the drive but I cant get it to shine like that, I'm very jealous.
Viper
18th September 2006, 20:50
how much do you charge for this type of work to be done?
Daniel_VTR
18th September 2006, 22:59
how much do you charge for this type of work to be done?

£20 an hour plus travelling expenses..
Polished_Bliss_Detailing
19th September 2006, 07:56
money well spent i may add ;)
barrett
19th September 2006, 08:02
yes it is money well spent, when you take into account the cost of buying a pc, products, pads, and the time invested to learn how to use the pc, followed by the time to do the whole car, but everyone likes a good challenge!!:mobile:
bloz
19th September 2006, 09:20
How many hours did it take you? I must admit an amazing job as usual, soon as end of the month comes I shall be purchasing from you.
Polished_Bliss_Detailing
19th September 2006, 09:28
The civic took around 6 hours of work as it wasnt that bad to be honest, and the honda paint is as soft as ice cream :)
Robb
19th September 2006, 10:03
Should have put some before pictures up...

Still looks mint...
Polished_Bliss_Detailing
19th September 2006, 10:17
Well if you'd read the whole post you'd have seen this bit -

"No before pics on this one, as the fine swirls were hard to pick up on camera, and to be honest it was an easy job, so no need for it. Here's the afters..."
Robb
19th September 2006, 13:34
Well if you'd read the whole post you'd have seen this bit -

"No before pics on this one, as the fine swirls were hard to pick up on camera, and to be honest it was an easy job, so no need for it. Here's the afters..."

Haha, easy now...
Saxo_Luke
19th September 2006, 13:35
Well if you'd read the whole post you'd have seen this bit -

"No before pics on this one, as the fine swirls were hard to pick up on camera, and to be honest it was an easy job, so no need for it. Here's the afters..."

oh dear, someones not happy. lol
Dan
19th September 2006, 13:46
Nice work again!
bobbyf
19th September 2006, 13:56
That looks amazin! what products did you use on that?
Polished_Bliss_Detailing
19th September 2006, 14:04
oh dear, someones not happy. lol


sorry, just read my post back, no offence intended :)
PolishedBliss
20th September 2006, 10:33
That looks amazin! what products did you use on that?

All listed in the first post at the top of the thread. :)
noxtioN
20th September 2006, 12:02
Very nice job. :thumbup: