Polished Bliss Detailing vs X Type Jag - Saxperience

PolishedBliss · 21st December 2006, 21:52

Like the Audi in the other thread, this one was done just over a week ago but we havent had much time to get the write up's done due to a large amount of cars to get through before xmas! (still havent done my shopping :eek:

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Anyways, here's the Pics and the write up:

Rich Claying the car after being foamed with the Gilmour (much faster than continualy spraying QD onto the panel we've found

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Me getting the last bits of water out the crevices with the good old leaf blower

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Once inside with the halogens on, we could clearly see what we were up against:

So out came the Makita and a polishing pad, with Menz 106FF being the first polish to try out. We've had several people asking lately just how much polish to use with the rotary so here is an example of how much polish you typically need to "prime" the pad for your first pass:

Me working the polish

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And how it should look on the panel once fully broken down:

Once buffed off this was what could be seen afterwards:

95% defects removed (only right hand side done at this point) but i decided to do 2 hits on the flat panels just to get them spot on as they were the worst ones for defects.

This is how much product you need after the pad has initially been primed, you will get no sling what so ever providing you dont crank the speed up too soon

So it was decided that finishing polish on the Rotary was to be the weapon of choice. Rich initially started off using the Metabo but as he is still very new to the rotary (doing very well though!) he experienced some difficulty with the Jag's curves and angles (as did i on certain areas, its quite an akward car to buff out on areas, noticeably the bonnet) so he went to the PC and a 7.5" LC Cutting Pad and "shirley" (Menz IP 3.02), which finished down LSP ready and removed just as much defects as the rotary was doing, as can be seen here:

Before:

after::

Before:

After:

Here's the full process and the finished pics which follow

Wash:

- Meguiars Hyper Wash through the gilmour
- Rinsed with the Karcher
- Meguiars Hyper Wash through the gilmour again and washed 2 bucket style with Meguiars Shampoo Plus and Lambswool Mit
- Wheels cleaned with Meguiars Wheel Brightener cut 4:1 (water:WB)
- Rinsed with open ended hose
- Autosmart Tar and Glue Remover
- Foamed with Hyper Wash again and Clayed with Meguiars Mild Detailing Clay.
- Rinsed
- Dried with PB Waffle Weave towels

Polish:

- Taped with 3434
- Rotary - Menz PO106FF & Megs Polishing Pad @1500rpm (finished @900rpm)
- PC - Menz IP 3.02 @ LC 7.5" Cutting Pad
- Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic Prime Via PC & Glazing Pad @ speed 3
- Nattys Blue "spit shined" (spritzed with plain cold water)via 4" Polishing Pad & PC
- Wheels - PB Wheel Sealant
- Tyres and trim/arches - Meguiars All Season Dressing
- Glass - NXT Glass Cleaner
- Exhausts - Blackfire Fine Cut Metal Polish & German Applicator Pad
- Door shuts - Jeffs Werkstatt Prime Strong

The interior was done also but nothing major so no pics