Hey sax-p, i started on my dads vauxhall astra estate yesterday, i went down to see paul from glossmax near merthyr to learn some new methods and techniques
Took me 12 hours in total to finish the car, the car was in a state to be honest looks like the last owner has had the monkeys at the car wash washing it
it's been resprayed also, i got rid of all the swirls but a quite alot of rids remain cause of the previous owner taking it to a car wash at a garage
next thing is to get this car wetsanded to get these rids out going to be speaking to paul from glossmax about teaching me
overall my dad is very happy with my work on his car and over the moon
i told him it needs wetsanding to be perfect
the gloss in the paint is back from using my rotary. Sorry i don't have a swirl pictures before and after, i wanted to get the job done, so only have afters of the car with my happy dad
Here's what i did
Wash
Rinse with hose first
Foam Lance With Karcher Pressure Washer and valetpro snow foam
excellent stuff:thumb:
Rinsed off with pressure washer
2BM with Autoglym bodywork shampoo
lambswool megs washmitt, megs microfibre washmitt for wheels
rinsed off with a hose and pressure washer
dryed with a miracle dryer
clay baring
used megs clay kit with last touch
Polish
Rotary
3M compounding pad Menz Intensive Polish 3.02 for the worst bits
3M polishing pad Menz Intensive Polish 3.02
3M finishing pad with Menz Final Finishing Polish PO85RD
Megs G220
Lake Country Spot Pad for the smaller areas with Menzerna Intesive Polish
Wax Protection
Megs Next Generation 2.0 Wax on a 3M finishing pad
Bumpers
AG Bumper Care
Tyres didn't dress as my dad didn't want them done, wheels only need washing as i put PB Wheel sealent on recently:thumb:
didn't polish front bumper as it needs respraying as it has a few cracks here and there.
Hope you enjoyed the thread, please feel free to comment:thumb:
