Clark@Polishedbliss
Professional Detailer
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2007
- Messages
- 226
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 16
- Location
- Aberdeen
- Website
- www.polishedbliss.co.uk
Here's another one for you all!
This write up isnt as detailed as they usually are as we were against the clock for this one so we didnt get as many pics as i'd have liked, so apologies for that
This Golf was tag-teamed by Rich and I several weeks ago:
To cut a long story short, the car came from the dealers with some nice swirls and various scratches and in an attempt to correct this the dealers only made it worse, so they agreed to pay for us to correct the situation - not often that happens so well done to the owner! :thumb:
Wash:
- Pre foamed with Megs Hyper Wash
- Rinsed
- Foamed again and then washed with TBM & PB Slick & Sudz.
- Autosmart Tar & Glue remover on lower panels
- whole car clayed with Zymol Lehm Clay & Last Touch
- Rinsed
- Dried with the Leaf Blower
Polish:
Under the Halogens it was quite easy to see the defects, although it was slightly harder to capture them on camera due to the brightness of the paint, but this pic shows the average state of the paintwork:
Paint readings showed an average of around 90-120 mircons, although there were more areas than i'd have liked that were sub-80 micron level, one area on the off side wing was in the 60's! this was taped off as i wasnt risking striking through on a brand new car, pretty unacceptable in my opinion though for a brand new car to have as little paint as this one did.
Firstly we tried out 106ff on a polishing pad but the paint seemed rather hard, harder than VW paint normally is, so we stepped up to Menz 3.02 and this did the job, although most panels needed 2 hits @1700rpm's to get them perfect.
This is the bonnet after polishing:
Tail light before:
Tail light after:
LSP of choice was Blackfire Wet Diamond as the owner wanted something quick and easy to use so he could maintain the finish himself
Misc. bits:
Wheels - Poorboys Wheel Sealant
Tyres - Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel
Exhaust tips - Blackfire Fine Cut Metal Polish
Arches - these were fabric so they were left as they were.
Glass - Zymol HD Cleanse
Exterior Trim - Meguiars All Season Dressing (buffed off 15 mins later)
Door shuts - Jeffs Werkstatt Prime Strong
Again, apologies for lack of pics and the car looks a bit pink in some of them - mainly down to the fact i forgot to switch the halogens off for the afters and the white walls reflect light very well!
None the less, here's the afters:
Not the greatest write up or pics in the world but thought we'd share them with you anyways, again - thanks for looking :thumb:
This write up isnt as detailed as they usually are as we were against the clock for this one so we didnt get as many pics as i'd have liked, so apologies for that
This Golf was tag-teamed by Rich and I several weeks ago:
To cut a long story short, the car came from the dealers with some nice swirls and various scratches and in an attempt to correct this the dealers only made it worse, so they agreed to pay for us to correct the situation - not often that happens so well done to the owner! :thumb:
Wash:
- Pre foamed with Megs Hyper Wash
- Rinsed
- Foamed again and then washed with TBM & PB Slick & Sudz.
- Autosmart Tar & Glue remover on lower panels
- whole car clayed with Zymol Lehm Clay & Last Touch
- Rinsed
- Dried with the Leaf Blower
Polish:
Under the Halogens it was quite easy to see the defects, although it was slightly harder to capture them on camera due to the brightness of the paint, but this pic shows the average state of the paintwork:
Paint readings showed an average of around 90-120 mircons, although there were more areas than i'd have liked that were sub-80 micron level, one area on the off side wing was in the 60's! this was taped off as i wasnt risking striking through on a brand new car, pretty unacceptable in my opinion though for a brand new car to have as little paint as this one did.
Firstly we tried out 106ff on a polishing pad but the paint seemed rather hard, harder than VW paint normally is, so we stepped up to Menz 3.02 and this did the job, although most panels needed 2 hits @1700rpm's to get them perfect.
This is the bonnet after polishing:
Tail light before:
Tail light after:
LSP of choice was Blackfire Wet Diamond as the owner wanted something quick and easy to use so he could maintain the finish himself
Misc. bits:
Wheels - Poorboys Wheel Sealant
Tyres - Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel
Exhaust tips - Blackfire Fine Cut Metal Polish
Arches - these were fabric so they were left as they were.
Glass - Zymol HD Cleanse
Exterior Trim - Meguiars All Season Dressing (buffed off 15 mins later)
Door shuts - Jeffs Werkstatt Prime Strong
Again, apologies for lack of pics and the car looks a bit pink in some of them - mainly down to the fact i forgot to switch the halogens off for the afters and the white walls reflect light very well!
None the less, here's the afters:
Not the greatest write up or pics in the world but thought we'd share them with you anyways, again - thanks for looking :thumb:
