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First time with DA - Black Gold Enhancement detail



Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
Hi all -

Thought I'd share the my first go with the DAS6pro and the hex logic / menz combo often talked about. I managed to remove all the swirls but some deeper scratches remain. I'll need something with more cut than the green pad & 203s for that but thought I'd leave that for another day and just try and enhance the current look.

Started off on a wet Saturday morning, not too much dirt since its last clean:

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Bit of beading left from revive:

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Started by attacking the wheels, they still had some C2V3 protection - pre pressure wash:

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After:

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Decided to go for Hot Wheels to get most of the grime off:

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Agitated:

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After:

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Finally went with Iron-X & Tar-X t remove the last stubborn bits:

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With the wheels done I gave the car a quick spray of RDS and rinse down to remove some of the surface dirt:

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Rinsed and followed by the obligatory shots of snowfoam (VP Advanced Neutral)

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Detailing brush on some of the harder to reach areas:

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This was followed by a rinse, clean with meguiars washmitt (top half of the car), blue noodle mitt for lower half and door shuts, then a yellow noodle mitt for sills etc.

After that the car was covered with Iron-x & Tar-x, pictures are pointless of this with a black car though...

Finally clayed with the soft bilt hamber clay and born to be mild shampoo & water as lube, nothing really picked up since its last clay:

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It was then rinsed and dried with a purple monster drying towel. After than, I started to assess the condition of the paint. Have to admit, I was particularly crap at taking pictures whilst trying to hold the light source, something to practise in the future... As a result I only have a couple of before shots, these were taken with some halogens and LED torch:

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After some passes:

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The sun made a very brief appearance on the roof, so took some images of half of it done showing a fair difference:

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Paint & alloys were then protected with C2V3, trims dressed with revive, tyres with satin & exhaust with autosol:

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And some various finished shots - still waiting for the sun to come back...

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Hope you all like the photos - cheers
 

Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
I don't tend to drive it often and from experience with the standard exhaust they can easily fill with just rain water. So I just put that over to stop any water getting in
 

Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
6-8 hours? :eek:

I wish! Purely polishing was spread over Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Probably could of gone a littler faster but I was learning along the way.

A general question, how do you go about areas like the boot around the badges and the front bumper round things like the foglight surrounds etc?

Spot pads for the tighter areas where possible. Otherwise round the bottom of the front bumper I applied Tripple by hand.

f**king top work mate!!!

Lovely car, and that exhaust sits bang on! :approve:

Cheers! Dan @ 519 had to have a good play with it to get it sitting right, others tried and failed! The RS192 isn't the best fitting system.
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Great work, I really need to stop making excuses and get on with mine, I'll need days to sort my knackered paintwork :(
 


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