Friday night I finished work and set on my way to my mum and dads gaff. Having just bought a house and having untold figures thrown at me I needed some time on my own to reflect and just have an empty mind. So I decided this weekend was going to be the protection detail for my new ride - luckily my mrs was away at a hen do which made it that much more possible!
So after discussing with a mate what I was going to do last Sunday we tried out some polish and pad combos - not helped by the fact is accidentally ordered all the stuff to my mum and dads so I only had half the stuff there. After deliberation (and Ant saying I should just leave it as there was about 14 coats of glaze and sealant on) we got the pad and polish combo... Which I didn't have so I had to order it!
Friday night plan was to take the wheels off, clean, clay, seal and wax them... Didn't happen - I went to the pub... So started 6:30am Saturday morning doing exactly that! After this the car was washed (there are no pictures of anything prior to correcting as I assume everyone can wash a car now!) with fairy liquid 5 times to make sure the coats were off.
Now, when I bought the car I though it looked ok. It needed some more in depth cleaning but it was ok... When I completely stripped it however, I was fuming! I'd already wrapped the wheels in bags and put them back but so as not to wet them again.
The paint had loads of swirl marks, a few scratches but worst of all was this weird mottled effect paint... It looked like loads of little spots... I can only assume its rain marks etc. there were also buffer trails in the bonnet. The paint was flat, dull - utter <beep> basically... I was a tad annoyed so taped it up ready for work.
5 hours of correcting later with megs ultimate compound I was ready for the finishing wax (again megs). Another hour with a couple of passes on that and it was time for glaze.
I had been working on the car now for going on 10 hours so I went to the pub again. On my return machined the poorboys black hole on and then tucked the car up with the glaze to bond overnight.
Up Sunday morning - glaze off, glaze back on and off again, sealant on and off again x2, windows dressed and sealed while I was waiting for the paint sealant to cure also took all the tape off. Tyre shine added and finally wax x2 and plastics sorted.
The results (caution a lot of reflection shots!):
Started with wheels like this
Forgot to say - I did the arches while the wheel sealant was curing... No after pics but it started like this:
Done...
I'm lucky that the alloys are unkerbed anywhere!!
Taped up after fairy bath.
First panel after first pass.
Other side after first pass
Other other side...
COMPLETE
Tyres finally redone
Products used:
Wheels -
Megs gold class
Bilberry wheel cleaner (1:3 ratio)
Megs alloy wheel cleaner
Sonic brush
Chemical guys clay bar
Poorboys wheel seal
R222 wax
Paintwork -
Fairy liquid
Water ha!
Chemical cuts clay bar
Chemical guys lube
14 microfibres through various stages
Megs ultimate compound
Megs mop (cut)
Megs wax
Megs mop (finish)
Poorboys black hole
Hexlogic finishing pad (for black hole)
Chemical guys extreme sealant
Sonus microfibre applicator
R222 wax
Dodo juice supernatural wax
Quick detailer (megs)
Glass and plastics -
Glass cleaner
Autoglym glass polish
Window seal (g techniq g4)
B2B
Bright work -
G techniq P1
Sonus polishing pad
Microfibre
G techniq P2 hologram remover
Sonus finishing pad
Meant to say - the brushed aluminium comes right up with the gtechniq and sonus pads when done by hand.
