Anyway, finally got round to using the prize last week and here's Robert's write up (which I stole word for word from
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/s ... ost2995672)
The attention to detail when I collected the car was unbelievable, the thing was just spotless and probably cleaner than when it left the factory!
Highly recommneded to anyone in the central Scotland area.
Incredible Detail wrote: This car was booked in for a 2 day correction detail. This was donated as one of the prizes for raffle at the Audi Meet held at the Famous Grouse back March. Just over £600 was raised on the day for BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association) www.blesma.org, which is the national charity for limbless serving and ex service men and women and their dependants and widows.
Here's how the car looked on arrival.
Firstly the wheels were cleaned using Wolf's Deionizer. Tarids was used to remove any tar spots. The tyres and arches were also cleaned using Meguiars Super Degreaser. Cleaning the tyres properly allows the tyre dressing a better surface to adhere to and ensure the tyre dressing lasts.
The inside and behind the spokes were cleand thoroughly too
As were the callipers
Once the wheels and arches were cleaned I move on to the bodywork. Firstly it was foamed with Meguiars APC and left to dwell for a good 5 minutes to loosen the dirty build up and bugs on the front. Every inch of the car was then thoroughly rinsed to remove as much dirt as possible before being washed with the 2 bucket method and lambswool wash mitts.
I then moved on to cleaning all the grills, badges, rubbers and shuts
Moss build up - cleaned with Meguiar's APC
Shuts cleaned with Meguiar's Super Degreaser
Lastly tardis was used to remove any tar spots and tree sap
Every inch was throughly de-tarred, including inside the door shuts (strange how tar gets in there) and the inside of the side skirts.
The paintwork was then clayed with 3M clay and Meguiar's Last Touch as lubrication.
This didn't pick up too much
After the wash and contamination stages the car was dried using plush towels and the Air Force Blaster to get out of all areas it would usually drip from when working.
After masking the car up and taking paint depth reads I then started on the paintwork correction. The car was dropped off at 11am and picked up at 5pm the next day (as this was the only times suitable for the customer / winner)so this was by no means a full correction and quite a few marks were left in the paintwork. Overally the level of correction was pretty good though with all the swirls removed and just a few RDS (random deep scratches remaining).
Bonnet Before
After
The above pictures don't really show the extend of the damage very well. The 500w halogen light used here may make it look like the scratches and swirl marks are only in one area of the bonnet. This is due to the way the defects are captured. The whole bonnet was like this.
It was quite difficult to photograph the defects on this colour (although they were very obvious in the flesh). This picture of the bootlid gives a better representation of how all of the paintwork looked
Some more before and after picture during paintwork correction. All of these pictures are straight after compounding and the paintwork is still to undergo further polishing stages to refine the finish.
3M sun gun used as light source here
Fairly bad scratches above passenger side door handle
Wing
This side of the front bumper had been recently painted and showed buffer trails from poor machine polish (the strange lines shooting out from to the right from the light source). Overall though the paint finish was excellent.
Slight damage to the front bumper
Much better
After all of the compouding was complete the car was foamd and rinsed again to get rid of all of the dust.
Before being taken inside, dried and final polished.
Here is some after shots under the sun gun showing the finish after being wiped down with Isopropyl alcohol to ensure a true finish (making sure the polish isn't just filling in or hidding defect) and ensure the surface is perfectly clean before waxing.
The car was then waxed and all of the final details were taken care of
Exhausts polished and sealed with britemax twins.
Trim dress with 303 Aerospace Protectant and seals feed with Swissvax seal feed.
Tyres dress with Swissvax Pneu and wheel sealed with Blackfire All Metal Sealant
And lastly the glass was cleaned with 3M Glass cleaner
Sadly it was quite overcast and the sun didn't come out for the final pictures so I don't think these really do the finish justice (except from the shot of the wing as this shows the finish well). As with most cars that I detail, it looked loads better in the flesh!
Thanks for reading
Robert
