Noobie - be gentle!

RobDon · 06-18-05, 08:37

Not new to detailing my car, but new to the wonders of the pc7424 and products from the likes of Poorboy's, Clearkote, Klasse, P21S, etc. Like every Joe out there I was using Meguiars by hand for years, but after my car was features in magazines I knew I could make it look alot better, then '182blue' came along and showed pics of what the PC did to the black Golf - wow!

So I ordered a raft of stuff from Autopia and Alex at Serious Performance - threw out all my old stuff ... and here I am!

Hasn't taken me long at all to be comfortable using the PC, I read the giude and watched some vids on how to use them. Although my paint looked pretty good, I could see quite lot of fine surface scratches, so today I began and did the following:

1. Washed with Zymol auto wash then dried off.
2. PB SSR2 with green Sonus DAS pad.
3. Klasse AIO with blue pad.
4. Sonus DAS buffing bonnet on orange pad for buffing.
5. Megs supreme shine MF for final wipe.
6. PB bold'n'bright tyre dressing.

So far I am very happy with the results, most paint defects are gone (including two bird cr*p spots that had etched into the clear coat) and the clarity and depth of shine are awesome, the paint looks SO clean. I will be using the Klasse SG to top the AIO and I have Sonus acrylic glanz too. Here's some pics from today:

Finally arty one of the reflections on the roof, I flipped the top half of the pic down so you can see them better:

RobDon · 06-18-05, 09:09

Final image, down the side reflection shot:

Can't wait to get a few coats of glaze on top!

whizzer · 06-21-05, 02:27

looks great

tdekany · 06-21-05, 02:35

Very nice - my favorite color. Too bad it isn't available here in the states. I went with galactic blue perl.

Johnnyopolis · 06-21-05, 04:14

Very Nice

Love the colour..!

pdsterns · 06-21-05, 04:20

Welcome to Autopia !!! This site is very user friendly, there is almost no controversy, everyone asks and gets along. No one calls anyone any names cause the like xyz and not abc. Car looks great, I just wish I could see a little more of it, ie full shot. I'd say you're are way past being a noobie or beginner to detailing. I wish I could figure out the roof reflection.

NickcZ28 · 06-21-05, 04:34

looks great, that color just jumps out at ya!

hdi136 · 06-21-05, 05:01

Welcome. The car looks great.

RobDon · 06-21-05, 05:41

Hehe - the roof reflection is a good one eh! I actually copied the top half of the image and flipped it down to the bottom, just so you could see the reflections the right way up!

Here's a full shot of my car at a recent track event:

2001 SEAT Leon Cupra - heavily modified and kicking out 275+BHP!

White95Max · 06-21-05, 06:20

Beautiful color. Nice job!

RobDon · 06-21-05, 07:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdsterns

Welcome to Autopia !!! I'd say you're are way past being a noobie or beginner to detailing.

Can't ask for a better welcome than that - thank you!

jefmcc · 06-21-05, 10:05

Nice car, looks fantastic.

I did almost the exact same treatment over the weekend on my car.

I love the Klasse look, and it was much easier to use than I thought it would be.