So, the car was washed, clayed (which took nearly 3 hours alone due to what looked like cement dust bonded to every panel of the car!) and dried and rolled into the polishing shop (my garage
) to reveal some minor swirls.....
This was going to be a fun one,there were ALOT of random and heavy scratches,Solid black too! I knew i wouldnt get them all out but it didnt help the fact that i couldnt find a PTG reading of more than 113 microns. The roof especially was VERY thin, averaging around the 80 micron mark, the tailgate was also very thin.
anyways, here's the full Process and the after pics:
Wash
- Rinsed with the Karcher
- APC through the Gilmour applied to entire car, arches, door shuts, engine bay etc
- Rinsed with the Karcher
- Washed with 2 bucket method, Meguiars Lambswool washmitts and PB S&S
- Wheels cleaned with Meguiars Wheel Brightener cut 4:1
- Rinsed with the Karcher
- Clayed with Meguiars Detailing Clay
- Dried with Poorboys Waffle Weave Towel
Polish
- Taped up with 3434
- Menzerna IP with Meguiars Polishing Pad via Rotary @ 1200rpm (2 attempts on most panels)
- Blackfire Finishing Polish with Meguiars Polishing Pad via Rotary @ 600/900/1200rpm
- Meguiars #80 with Polishing pad via Rotary @ 900rpm on the roof.
- Menzerna FTG via PC @ speed 4 (forgot how much this darkened paint!)
- Menzerna FMJ applied by German Applicator Pad
- Wheels - Poorboys Wheel Sealant
- Tyres - Blackire Long Lasting Tyre Gel
- Arches - 303
- Trim - Chemical Guys Trim Gel
- Windows - Meguiars NXT Glass Cleaner
- Exhaust - Meguiars Metal Polish
- Engine Bay - 303
- Door Shuts - Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic trigger
Interior
- All Plastics and Vinyl wiped down with Damp MF and APC
- Vents/crevices dusted with Meguiars brush
- Carpets/Mats cleaned with Autosmart Brisk and Meguiars Upholstery brush (mats were pressure washed), extracted with wet and dry machine.
- Leather cleaned with Meguiars Leather Cleaner
- Leather conditioned with Meguiars Leather Conditioner
- Wood trim polished with Klasse AIO
- Windows - Meguiars NXT Glass Cleaner
Think thats all of it, now here's the afters:
