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Today I "attacked" my mother in law`s Ford Fiesta.
The poor thing is 15 years old and has NEVER saw water, soap or polish/wax.
I washed with Zymol shampoo
Claying made no difference, so rough the paint was !!! :o
Then off with the rotary with Sonus SFX orange/bleu/green pads and Meguiars *83
Sealed with Turtle wax Hard shell wax...
Doorseals, bumpers and rubber sealed with 101.
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After 5 hours of work this was the result.
Ok, it`s not 100 % but still a 1000% improvement with before...
Strange thing with the Turtle Wax Hard shell Wax (a green couloured paste wax) : You have to apply it with a damp sponge applicator, but once it dries onto the paint, the wax is extremely hard to remove, only a wet microfiber helped me out here !
Any suggestions on make this easier (like wipe-on-wipe-off...)
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Cheers from Belgium,
Wally
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WOW looks brillaint. Really good job, Xtreme detail ??
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Night and day difference! I bet she was happy with your work.
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MOre pics, it`s a very basic car (donno if it was ever sold in the US....), very small and light, and a 1.0 litre engine (as big as the airco pump on those big US-cars..LOL)
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That`s an outstanding piece of work. You`re making me think about getting a rotary now!
:)
How did you do the bit between the windscreen and the bonnet?
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We had both a Fiesta and a Festiva here in the US, but neither looked like that car.
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GREAT WORK! 1 liter engine is....well i guess its the smallest engine that I have ever heard of....I think.... :xyxthumbs
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Kind of lucky with the oxidations as it preserves a lot of nice paint underneith where-as if it was taken care of but poorly or inproperly you could have had a lot MORE work on your hands. I`d rather work on an oxidized old car over a deeply scratched or deeply swirled car any day but that`s just me.
Very nice job I love it when the results are worth the efforts :)
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The fact that it was so often washed in all those years was actually a good thing.
Under the oxidation where almost no scratches, only on two places were a "bodyshop" has sanded some filler or so, probably with a 400 grid paper. Those scratches were into the paint and after 5 passes with the orange pad and *83 I gave up...
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Nice job but stay away from turtle wax.
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Don`t stay away from Turtle, just use their Platinum Series. Your jaw will drop...
Not the most durable product but the look is killer.
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Great before and after pictures :up
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Superb work! :clap:
Should be an entry for the xtreme contest as mentioned earlier! Hope what you done to it makes the owner look after it better :xyxthumbs
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Man, Do YOU ever know how to "suck up" to "la chameaux"! :grinno: