Rich @ PB

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This one written up by Clark, the other half of Polished Bliss Detailing...

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Like the Audi in the other thread, this one was done just over a week ago but we havent had much time to get the write up's done due to a large amount of cars to get through before xmas! (still havent done my shopping )

Anyways, here's the Pics and the write up:

Rich Claying the car after being foamed with the Gilmour (much faster than continualy spraying QD onto the panel we've found ):



Me getting the last bits of water out the crevices with the good old leaf blower :



Once inside with the halogens on, we could clearly see what we were up against:



So out came the Makita and a polishing pad, with Menz 106FF being the first polish to try out. We've had several people asking lately just how much polish to use with the rotary so here is an example of how much polish you typically need to "prime" the pad for your first pass:



Me working the polish :



And how it should look on the panel once fully broken down:



Once buffed off this was what could be seen afterwards:



95% defects removed (only right hand side done at this point) but i decided to do 2 hits on the flat panels just to get them spot on as they were the worst ones for defects.

This is how much product you need after the pad has initially been primed, you will get no sling what so ever providing you dont crank the speed up too soon



So it was decided that finishing polish on the Rotary was to be the weapon of choice. Rich initially started off using the Metabo but as he is still very new to the rotary (doing very well though!) he experienced some difficulty with the Jag's curves and angles (as did i on certain areas, its quite an akward car to buff out on areas, noticeably the bonnet) so he went to the PC and a 7.5" LC Cutting Pad and "shirley" (Menz IP 3.02), which finished down LSP ready and removed just as much defects as the rotary was doing, as can be seen here:

Before:



after::



Before:



After:



Here's the full process and the finished pics which follow

Wash:

- Meguiars Hyper Wash through the gilmour
- Rinsed with the Karcher
- Meguiars Hyper Wash through the gilmour again and washed 2 bucket style with Meguiars Shampoo Plus and Lambswool Mit
- Wheels cleaned with Meguiars Wheel Brightener cut 4:1 (water:WB)
- Rinsed with open ended hose
- Autosmart Tar and Glue Remover
- Foamed with Hyper Wash again and Clayed with Meguiars Mild Detailing Clay.
- Rinsed
- Dried with PB Waffle Weave towels

Polish:

- Taped with 3434
- Rotary - Menz PO106FF & Megs Polishing Pad @1500rpm (finished @900rpm)
- PC - Menz IP 3.02 @ LC 7.5" Cutting Pad
- Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic Prime Via PC & Glazing Pad @ speed 3
- Nattys Blue "spit shined" (spritzed with plain cold water)via 4" Polishing Pad & PC
- Wheels - PB Wheel Sealant
- Tyres and trim/arches - Meguiars All Season Dressing
- Glass - NXT Glass Cleaner
- Exhausts - Blackfire Fine Cut Metal Polish & German Applicator Pad
- Door shuts - Jeffs Werkstatt Prime Strong

The interior was done also but nothing major so no pics

Afters:

























Thanks for looking!

Clark

pauld37

Beautiful as ever

I like the leaf blower idea

mike_330

stunning

miltski

how much does that cost? its like the cars just out of the bay and still warm, stunning!

cuprajake

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if you want to know how to get the other 5% out drop me a pm and i will tell you about a product that will do so


jake

pippyrips

out of interest what sort of price would i be looking to get my STI sorted like that. The guy before never really took care of the paint so it has the lines as the car above did.

Also anyone know anywhere in south wales?

Gear Head

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As above but for Kent area??

StickyMicky

good job with the foam and clay, i have been useing "foam wash" thats supplied with the carwash delivery instead of quick, detailer and it works fine

pippyrips

???

Scudy23

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Where in s.wales are you to pippy ?

Rich @ PB

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Anyone needing detailers can also look on Detailing World - A world for detailers by detailers. - no one I know of in Kent, nearest is the surrey area if you are prepared to travel?

pippyrips

cardiff

KJD Mk1

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We should get these guys down for a group polish

pippyrips

i'd be up for it

Russ71

I would be up for that one as well. I've already killed one electric polisher

shooter4fun

As always Rich and Clark a great job and an amazing turn around