My two day detailing marathon

[Scott™]

This was suppost to be one day but due to the car breaking down this morning and all my detailing stuff being locked in the garage until 3.30pm it's now going to take me two days. But here is my progress so far.

Some before

I started out jet washing the car down to remove any surface and loose dirt the best I could. Then with my lambswool wash mit and Dodo juice supernatural I set about washing the surfaces down.

Then once rinsed with the pressure washer I removed all the tar I could with some tar remover and then set about claying down the surfaces rinsing in between and washing the surface once more after the clay.

Then it was down to the machine polisher. I used some megs 6 and and megs scratch remover on a glase pad. I was going to use my dodo juice prime lime but it turned out its prime lime light? So I wasn't sure if its the same stuff. I will be asking Gally next .

Some before and afters of my machine polishing

You will notice the paint isn't in that bad condition as I machined the paint before the winter.

As you can see below I have a long way to go

Paint work is now machine polished. So tomorrow I need to clean the glass, wax the paint and seal. Also clean and protect the alloys, back to black etc.

I also corrected my headlights that are 100 years old.

Before

After

Headlights took me 20 minutes each at most. More updates tomorrow.

 

[gunner3011]

Looks great dude! Headlights came up a treat too.

 

[Scott™]

Thanks man lol...

 

[Davis]

Great results! I need my BG doing so badly!

 

[coleman]

Your car looks lovely on the dark speedlines!
Where in south wales you from?

 

[Rob]

Looks frikken blinding mate.

I've got the same extension lead as you.

 

[Hugo-]

Some sun round here would be nice. Been pants round here. Need to clean mine, its been about 8 months.

 

[Matt W]

Good effort.
I'm going to clean mine sometime this year

 

[Jon.G]

Need to do my xenon :/


Looks spot on that.

 

[Scott™]

Cheers guys. It will look a lot better tomorrow.

 

[Scott™]

Your car looks lovely on the dark speedlines!
Where in south wales you from?

Pembrokeshire

Looks frikken blinding mate.

I've got the same extension lead as you.

Argos ftw.

Good effort.
I'm going to clean mine sometime this year

I don't believe you. :approve:

 

[Spee]

I like mine dirty!

 

[JimWD]

Nice work Scott.

You want a job!?

 

[Kane.]

Makes me want to do mine again, how long has it took so far ? I also have lime prime lite, it says no abrasives so i assume there is no cut involved.
Looks nice and fresh :approve:

 

[Scott™]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[Scott™]

Day Two

So this morning I set about finishing off the car. Got up and was started by 8am. Bloody freezing it was to.

So I gave the car a wipe down with my polish cloth to clean the surfaces and machine polished two more panels I had left over from yesterday. Then it was onto the black bits Bumper strips etc which I covered in AG bumper care. Love the stuff personally.

I then cleaned the wheels down, dried and waxed (rim wax) Hate the stuff but I'm not buying poor boys until this runs out.

Then moved onto waxing the car. Used my Dodo Juice Purple Haze which is OK but I won't be buying it again when it runs out.

Buffing off the wax is always a b**ch. Its well tough. Sorry I don't have many pictures (it was freezing with soar hands)

After wax

Then it was time for AG UGP which again I personally love. Then it was a case of cleaning the glass (AG glass polish), dressing the tyres (Megs Gold class) and off to take one or two snaps. Enjoy and thanks for reading.

day2 by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

day22 by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

day222 by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

Thanks
Scott

 

[Gally]

Looks fantastic mate without even 'too' much work.

Well played, really brought out the colour which I think can look dull on the cups.

The wax was hard to come off because you either left it too long on the panel or it was far too cold. Don't blame the wax it's actually pretty decent!

Also I wouldn't have both with the UGP.. EGP? it's not required the PH offers fantastic protection and finish.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

WOW! I now feel the need to blow £150 on a machine polisher!!!

 

[Scott™]

Looks fantastic mate without even 'too' much work.

Well played, really brought out the colour which I think can look dull on the cups.

The wax was hard to come off because you either left it too long on the panel or it was far too cold. Don't blame the wax it's actually pretty decent!

Also I wouldn't have both with the UGP.. EGP? it's not required the PH offers fantastic protection and finish.

Cheers man and my bad on EGP I knew I was typing it wrong. What's all this talk of fillers then? I thought that's what EGP did?

WOW! I now feel the need to blow £150 on a machine polisher!!!

Yea they are awsome but knowing what to do with them is the key

 

[Gally]

WOW! I now feel the need to blow £150 on a machine polisher!!!

The Das-6 pro mate from Clean your car is the best DA to buy... http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polis...ion-polisher-menzerna-intro-kit/prod_720.html

Cheers man and my bad on EGP I knew I was typing it wrong. What's all this talk of fillers then? I thought that's what EGP did?
No mate it's just a sealant for SRP for example, you had already locked in the finish with PH now you've pretty much topped a wax with a sealant which in detailing terms is the wrong way around.

Sealant > Wax.
Never Wax > Sealant.

The sealant won't bond to the wax very well but no big deal it'll still last a while. Filling wise i'd be looking at Blackhole or R222's pre-wax cleanser, both filler heavy. And both can be used under wax.



Yea they are awsome but knowing what to do with them is the key

 

[Scott™]

Ahh I got you. I've heard good things about Blackhole. I will have to get some.

 

[Gally]

If you can work it in on a glazing/finishing pad it'll come to life and fill in so many swirls it'll shock you.

At the end of the day what robs colour/light from paintwork is swirls/rds so filling them in lets the light bounce off the paint and not into it so to speak, creating a better finish, worth looking into.

A lot of detailers would be without it in their arsenal for those quick details, all cars suffer wash marring, it's almost impossible to stop this especially on a daily car.

My car was corrected by myself in October and it's got a decent amount of wash marring and road paro on it no big dela to me as it's a daily and will look fine once detailed again but any decent detailer worth their salt will tell you swirls are impossible to avoid.

Products like BH aren't cheating so to speak as you can't correct your car every 6 months it's just not possible, not only will you eventually burn through you'll thin the clearcoat which will let more sun into the basecoat.

 

[LIL B]

Wax not correctly applied / layering to thick would be issue.

Dab of QD and wipe is all it should need to be taken off, not any buffing with pressure.

 

[Y7 ADW]

Looks fantastic, good effort!

 

[ScarySquirrel]

The Das-6 pro mate from Clean your car is the best DA to buy... http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polis...ion-polisher-menzerna-intro-kit/prod_720.html

Is it better than the Megs G220, if so, why?

 

[Gally]

Much better, it's the best DA on the market.

Low down torque much better due to the stronger motor, no stopping spinning, Little glimpse of correction...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...rection-work&p=7497145&viewfull=1#post7497145

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Thanks gally, just wish I could afford one now as I'm planning a big detail this weekend

 

[Gally]

It's not a neccessity mate, lots of people have had cracking results by hand.

 

[banana_hammock]

Looking good! Love the pics with the wide angle lens.

 

[Scott™]

Well thanks for all the advice Gally. It's always good to know different products etc.

Looking good! Love the pics with the wide angle lens.

Cheers man, they have had more attention than the others.

 

[Shanukes]

looks great Scott, your attention to detail is top class. If you don't mind you will have to give me a lesson in using a DA as i will be getting one closer to the summer.

 

[Scott™]

looks great Scott, your attention to detail is top class. If you don't mind you will have to give me a lesson in using a DA as i will be getting one closer to the summer.

Cheers mate. You know your more than welcome.

 

[Sam]

Looks lovely that mate. Nicely done.

What splitter is it ?

Sam!

 

[Adamm.]

looks stunning mate good work

 

[Scott™]

Looks lovely that mate. Nicely done.

What splitter is it ?

Sam!

Cheers guys and its a Peugeot 307 I think? :S

 

[B16DOE]

What did you use on ya headlights

 

[DrewBear11]

Looking awesome man, im in need of a correction, god damn BG.

I'd up for receiving for some tips on the DA and some camera advice too... Epic snaps !

 

[Ali]

Last 3 pics are good! Nice definition and colour. What lens?

At 20mins a headlight i think you're using the wrong compound and pad. People get overly cut up over the time spent per panel. I.e longer means your doing a better job! - Not true. If you watch the pro's they spend min's 2-3 per panel a touch more if needed.

Looks good tho!

 

[JD]

Meh.

 

[Scott™]

Cheers guys. I think