Signal Red Kia Rio - Detailed by Lawrence

[LawrenceSA]

The weekend before last was a rare weekend off for me. Well it was supposed to be anyway
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A mate asked if he could pop around on Saturday morning as he had removed a bird dropping from the bonnet of his Sprint Blue Audi S3, and in the process has left some pretty nasty scratches in the paint, around the size of a saucer. `
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The bonnet was washed with ONR and clayed using Autoglym Fine Grade Clay and Carways Mist and Wipe. I then performed some test spots and got to work with a 4" LC Orange pad and Menzerna FG400. The rest of the bonnet was then polished using Menzerna PF2500 to remove the swirls and ensure the whole area looked the same. It was sealed using Menzerna Powerlock and sent on its way.
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Then Mitch arrived. He had a little oopsie with a pole in a parking lot somewhere and had a rather sad looking rear bumper and small section on the rear fender. With the Breakfast Run the next day, he needed it fixed. After a quick ONR wash I clayed off the paint transfer and prepped the area for polishing. The light scratches were polished out using a 4" LC White CCS Pad and Menzerna PF2500. I then touched up the deeper scratches and he too was sent on his way.
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Saturday afternoon was then spent washing and decontaminating the Kia Rio. This car is only around 6 months old but had some nasty scratches on the A-pillar and all the dealer applied `protection package` crud has washed off, revealing some light swirling and marring. I also had time to wash my own car in preparation for the Breakfast Run on Sunday :hurray:`
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After the breakfast run on Sunday I continued with the car and then finished it off by spending a couple of hours on it each night after work, finishing off on Thursday night.
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Enough rambling....
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<span>Products / Process
Arches: Cyclo APC / Mothers Fender Well Brush / HP Rinse / Shield Sheen
Tires: Meguiars All Wheel and Tire Cleaner / Mothers Tire Brush / Optimum Optibond Tire Gel
Wheels: Meguiars All Wheel and Tire Cleaner / Autofinesse Oblitarate / Hot water rinse / AF Iron Out / Daytona Jnr / HP Rinse / Menzerna Powerlock
Door shuts, window rubbers, fuel flap, badges: Cyclo APC / Various Brushes / HP Rinse
Wash: Chemical Guys Maxisuds II, Cyclo APC / Cyclo Polymer Car Wash and ONR mix / 2BM with Lambswool wash mitt
Dry: ONR at QD strength / WW Drying towel / Compressed Air
Tar removal : Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover / Hot water rinse
Iron removal : Autofinesse Iron Out
Remaining Contaminants : Autoglym Fine Grade Clay / Carways Mist and Wipe
Glass : Autoglym Fine Grade Clay / Carways Mist and Wipe / Autoglym Fast Glass
Paint correction A-pillar : Menzerna PF2500 / LC White pad, followed by Menzerna SF4000 / LC Black Pad
Paint correction remainder of car : Meguiars Ultimate Polish / LC White pad,`
Tail light correction: Menzerna PF2500 / LC White Pad / Menzerna SF4000 / LC Black Pad
Paint protection : Menzerna Powerlock / Pete`s 53
Door rubbers, plastic trim : Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner / Smartwax Smart Dressing
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<span>Pictures
Condition on arrival

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Some before/after on the polishing work
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Some `beauty shots` in the dying sun
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In the background you can see the next car waiting to get some love. I finished up with it last night and will get the write up done ASAP.

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Total time spent = 24 hours
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Thanks for looking and as always and comments or questions are welcome.
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`:hi:

[David Fermani]

Great pictures. Looks very nice.`

[LawrenceSA]

Great pictures. Looks very nice.`

Thank you very much!

[fdresq4]

Nice pop to the paint and nice photos.

[Scottwax]

The red paint really glows in the after shots.

[LawrenceSA]

Thanks guys - the owners was quite surprised that a polish on such a new car could change the look of the paint so much.


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For some reason I hardly ever get red cars to work on (in the past year or so I have only done 1 x Ferrari, 1 x Golf 6 Gti and 1 x Toyota Corolla in red) so I really enjoyed this detail.

[Junebug]

Looks like a brand new car!

[tom p.]

That`s a great looking red!` Nice job