This was a detail done on my cousins black Saxo VTS around 6 months ago.
I knew it would be quite badly swirled as it has always just been washed with a sponge (and left to dry in the sun he said!!) and very rarely polished or waxed but i had no idea how bad it would be until washed, clayed and dried off!
Claying alone took about 45 mins, it was really really rough, like sandpaper! but i eventually got it all smooth as glass
Here's some pics to give you an idea of how bad it was, as you can see, swirls were the least of my worries, there were a hell of alot of quite bad scratches and cob-webbing...
see how you can actually see the scratches/marring on the drivers door already in this first pic.....
As good a proof as you will find that you should use the handle INSIDE the tailgate to close it, note how you can see some very bad finger shaped scratches at the bottom of the bootlid...
not much reflections going on, that'll probably be to do with the scratches i would guess lol
Plan of action was straight to the Menzerna Power Gloss and cutting pad via rotary, the car also needed wet sanding in areas :shock:
All masked off and ready to be attacked!....
Process:
- Menzerna Power Gloss via cutting pad & Rotary @1500rpm
- Menzerna Final Polish II via PC & Polishing Pad
- Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze & #7 mix via PC and glazing pad
- Poorboys Nattys Blue Paste Wax
- Wheels - Poorboys wheel sealant
- tyres - Meguiars Endurance Gel
- Trim - 303 protectant
- Windows - Meguiars NXT Glass Cleaner
- Arches - 303
all buffed off with poorboys microfibre towels
and heres the afters:
Polished Bliss Detailing Vs Saxo VTS
button at the side of the post.
Linear Mode
