Barry Theal
New member
i had the pleasure of doing a 1990 vw jetta, this thing was so oxidized it reminded me of a oldschool classroom chalkboard just red! anyway when approached by the owner he said he had this car from day one and still is his daily driver. he is 68 years old! he contacted me and said he never cleans the car anymore, he said he gave up about ten years ago! so after discussing what he wanted done we work a deal, and it was a full exterior detail! after 2 days it was completely finished. not sure but i almost positive he paid me as nearly as much as the car is worth. lol he was the funniest old man i met in a while. one of them old war veterens, we had talked about alot since im prior army. Now onto the write up on this write up ill go threw and label products with pictures for me this is a good way for me!
ok here are some shots of how the car arrived!
Now you can clearly see this car is a single stage paint! the condition was horrible everywhere you looked. so at this point even know i knew it was single stage i did a test result just to ensure my opionion so i took some meqiaurs m105 and a white terry cloth towel and rubbed some into the hood, if it came up red, i was right and it did. so here is a picture of the process!
at this point i completly sprayed the whole car down with a citrus based solvent in an aerosal can from ardex labs called "ardex citrus solvent" some images of this. nothing fancy but allowing this to saok in the paint for a few minutes remove alot of decontaminants on the paint. i then procedded to pressure wash it off at 1000psi using hot water!
not at this point it was time to hit the wheels, wheel wells, gas flap, and so on. so you various brushes i adjatated all areas to loosen and ground up dirt in those areas. ardex new wave degreaser was used mixed 50/50 a little stronger then normal but this thing was filthy!
at this point i decieded to use ardex's attack metal cleaner. this is a hydrofloric based acid which is very potent but it did wonders for the tailpipe and metal wheels under those hubcaps! here is a picture of the acid working in!
here is a picture of the tail pipe before during and after! as stated earlier i used ardex attack acid and a metal bristle brush for the scrubbing.
now i switched nozels on my pressure washer to spray all the acid off as you can see this nozzle shoots in a tornado type effects to really beat into the surface
ok here are some shots of how the car arrived!
Now you can clearly see this car is a single stage paint! the condition was horrible everywhere you looked. so at this point even know i knew it was single stage i did a test result just to ensure my opionion so i took some meqiaurs m105 and a white terry cloth towel and rubbed some into the hood, if it came up red, i was right and it did. so here is a picture of the process!
at this point i completly sprayed the whole car down with a citrus based solvent in an aerosal can from ardex labs called "ardex citrus solvent" some images of this. nothing fancy but allowing this to saok in the paint for a few minutes remove alot of decontaminants on the paint. i then procedded to pressure wash it off at 1000psi using hot water!
not at this point it was time to hit the wheels, wheel wells, gas flap, and so on. so you various brushes i adjatated all areas to loosen and ground up dirt in those areas. ardex new wave degreaser was used mixed 50/50 a little stronger then normal but this thing was filthy!
at this point i decieded to use ardex's attack metal cleaner. this is a hydrofloric based acid which is very potent but it did wonders for the tailpipe and metal wheels under those hubcaps! here is a picture of the acid working in!
here is a picture of the tail pipe before during and after! as stated earlier i used ardex attack acid and a metal bristle brush for the scrubbing.
now i switched nozels on my pressure washer to spray all the acid off as you can see this nozzle shoots in a tornado type effects to really beat into the surface
)! Excellent work, Barry! That's one for the scrapbook! :2thumbs: