WX51 TXR
06-23-2007, 08:34 AM
I’m posting this on behalf of Clark, as he did the original write up on the UK forums, but a few folk have been asking for more pictures of cars being worked on in our new premises, and this one fits the bill nicely...
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Audi S3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Clark_VTR/Cs3g.jpg
The customer wanted full paint correction and something he could then easily maintain...
Wash Process:
The car was foamed with Meguiars APC through an Auto-Brite foam lance after I`d sprayed the door shuts/arches/boot surround/petrol cap, etc, with Meguiars Safe De-Greaser; this was left to dwell for 5 mins before being rinsed off with the Karcher at high pressure. I then foamed the car again with Meguiars Hyper Wash and washed with the 2 bucket method and Poorboys Super Slick & Suds. This was then rinsed off and the wheels were cleaned with a combination of Meguiars Wheel Brightner and Autosmart Tar & Glue remover with a MF Mitt.
The paintwork itself was very smooth as the owner had clayed it previously so I just treated the lower halves to the Tar & Glue remover to get rid of any small pieces of tar and fall out, the car was then given a final rinse and then dried with a leaf blower.
Polish Process:
Once inside and taped up, I could see moderate/heavy swirling and cob-webbing all over, with the odd random scratch that I knew wasn’t going to come out fully. Here`s a couple of defect pics, not great but they kind of give you an idea of the problem...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Clark_VTR/Cs3a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Clark_VTR/Cs3c.jpg
Paint readings showed a healthy amount of paint all round, including the plastics - which was a nice change as too many details recently have prevented me being able to fully de-swirl the bumpers due to especially thin paint!
I decided on the usual compound (Menz IP 3.02)with a Meguiars Polishing Pad at 1800rpm after the finishing polishes didn’t really have much effect on the defects. Using the zenith technique I was able to completely de-swirl each section in one go so this made for quite a relaxing detail, which was nice.
The bumpers were polished at 1500rpm, with faster passes and less pressure than the metal panels to ensure heat build up was kept to a minimum.
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Audi S3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Clark_VTR/Cs3g.jpg
The customer wanted full paint correction and something he could then easily maintain...
Wash Process:
The car was foamed with Meguiars APC through an Auto-Brite foam lance after I`d sprayed the door shuts/arches/boot surround/petrol cap, etc, with Meguiars Safe De-Greaser; this was left to dwell for 5 mins before being rinsed off with the Karcher at high pressure. I then foamed the car again with Meguiars Hyper Wash and washed with the 2 bucket method and Poorboys Super Slick & Suds. This was then rinsed off and the wheels were cleaned with a combination of Meguiars Wheel Brightner and Autosmart Tar & Glue remover with a MF Mitt.
The paintwork itself was very smooth as the owner had clayed it previously so I just treated the lower halves to the Tar & Glue remover to get rid of any small pieces of tar and fall out, the car was then given a final rinse and then dried with a leaf blower.
Polish Process:
Once inside and taped up, I could see moderate/heavy swirling and cob-webbing all over, with the odd random scratch that I knew wasn’t going to come out fully. Here`s a couple of defect pics, not great but they kind of give you an idea of the problem...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Clark_VTR/Cs3a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Clark_VTR/Cs3c.jpg
Paint readings showed a healthy amount of paint all round, including the plastics - which was a nice change as too many details recently have prevented me being able to fully de-swirl the bumpers due to especially thin paint!
I decided on the usual compound (Menz IP 3.02)with a Meguiars Polishing Pad at 1800rpm after the finishing polishes didn’t really have much effect on the defects. Using the zenith technique I was able to completely de-swirl each section in one go so this made for quite a relaxing detail, which was nice.
The bumpers were polished at 1500rpm, with faster passes and less pressure than the metal panels to ensure heat build up was kept to a minimum.