This isnt soft paint, this is Butter (56k get a brew)

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Hope the company stuff is ok, I'm a zillion miles away from the US so dont think business will come of it lol.



A truely full job again today, full exterior wash, clay and multi-stage de-swirl, engine and interior job.



Here's the Vauxhall Astra TDi SRI on my arrival early this morning:

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Some close ups of the dirty areas:-

Bonnet lines....

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Wing Mirror....

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Finger prints through the dirt!!

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On with it, first pre-soak with DP foam gun shampoo, then two bucket wash. Clayed using Pinnacle Poly Clay, and trigger gun for lub. Engine bay was rinsed, pre-saoked with APC, scrubbed and rinse off. Back to the bodywork to re-rinsed, dried with a Cobra Guzzler and moved into the garage for 3m taping and PDG readings.

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No great suprises what I was dealt, a nice layer of swirls and minor scratches.

Pic under halogens:

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And by the Brinkmann:

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I then taped up a test area:

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I started with my much loved combo of rotary, Wolfgang polishing pad and Pinnacle Swirl Remover. Then moved to blackfire finishing polish, and then to another, and another, and another. End combo resulted in the PC, a polishing pad and Megs Speed Glaze!!:doublesho :doublesho :doublesho Its been an aweful long time since I de0swirl anything with this combo. And why? Quite simply the paint was so soft, trying to use anything more abrasive just created marks, marring and scratching. This was going to take an age to do, I had to work very very slowly, and use hardly any pressure to keep from marking the butter - oops, I mean paint. BUT, that wasn't the main problem - this is what a pad looked like after completing an 18 inch square!

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So with three polishing pads on a rota: one on the PC, second soaking in APC to clean, and the third drying I worked for the next four hours to try to de-swirl and not bugger up my stock of polishing pads.:wall: :wall:



Here is a half and half shots after the de-swirl on the test section:

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After the Megs Speed Glaze I switched the pad to a finshing pad and applied XMT Finishing Glaze with Carnuba to the whole car, this was worked on a max of L4 and left to cure for 45 minutes.



Whilst the Glaze cured I got to work on the interior, cleaning the Drivers seat with Treble S and the Megs All Purpose Interior brush. All glass with Stoners Invisble Glass, and then the leather treated to Pinnacle Leather Cleaner and Conditioner. Here's the before and after of the drivers seat.

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Back to the exterior, wiping, with extreme care, the cured glaze from the car. I then applied DP max wax (knowing this wax provides a very rich deep colour and provide as much protection as I could to the soft butter like paint. Whilst the wax cured I applied Megs #20 to the alloys, cleaned the interior matts and applied Poorboys Bold N Brite to the engine bay and arches.

Engine shots, before and after:

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With the wax still curing, I used Pinnacle Crystal mist to clean all the door shuts etc, and applied Megs Endurance gel to the tyres after removing the sealant on the alloys. I then used a Cobra Super Plush MF to remove the wax and take this pic below.

Here's a shot to consistency over my last two days.

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All done, moved the car outside into some January sun for these pics

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A tree pic for Brazo:thumb:

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And my Fav pic of the day:

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Thanks for reading, Iain
 
I'm impressed by your work! You definitely know what your doing and have what appears to be a fine customer base.
 
Am I missing something, but is that SS paint? I thought all the new cars have clear coat, at least my red ones have. Anyway, nice job, car looks very good.
 
Nice results!

But your comparative shots are not equal. Hard to see the difference when one has a flash and the other doesn't.
 
Thanks Guys



The pads I use are the Wolfgang ones - - think you guys can source them from Autogeek?



Yes its single stage, they have changed the newer ones noe, but these are a PITA, I can see all these cars in couple years being pink lol.



And t think it cost around £19k to buy.... not accepted in my book!
 
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