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05 May 2009, 10:54 AM
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pre show clean
well as the first show of the season was today i thought it only right i pulled my finger out an deswirled an cleaned up the scooby so 6.30am i was up an loading the car up to take to my mates warehouse.
some pre clean shots:
so first was getting the wheels off an cleaning them with a weak mixture of bilbery as they have had a coat of ag ,hd an a coat of pb wheel sealant before they were fitted 2 weeks ago plus cleaning up the arches an brakes with surfex hd:
then it was onto the foaming, which bh autofoam was used left to dwell for a while then pressure rinsed off.
then washed with the 2bm using dodo juice btbm shampoo, then rinsed off an into the warehouse ready for claying using bh soft clay:
this was the clay after almost all the car was done.
then back out for 2bm wash an rinse again,an back in doors for drying ready for inspection,drying was carried out with some help from dodo's time to dry an a couple of sonus towels.
some pics of defects:
before:
after:
after several hours polishing i then added a coat of poorboys black hole as this always seems to look nice when applied to dark cars in my eyes then onto the wax which on this occassion was swissvax best of show so here is some after pics
polished with menzerna 85rd on a megs finishing pad an cleaned with menz final inspection
tyres dressed with megs hot shine an trim an arches dressed with cg trim restorer
no pics of windows cleaned as all this took me till 1am an i had to leave at 4am so windows polished with ag window polish an then fast glass in shell garage awaiting for everyone else to arrive
some pre clean shots:
so first was getting the wheels off an cleaning them with a weak mixture of bilbery as they have had a coat of ag ,hd an a coat of pb wheel sealant before they were fitted 2 weeks ago plus cleaning up the arches an brakes with surfex hd:
then it was onto the foaming, which bh autofoam was used left to dwell for a while then pressure rinsed off.
then washed with the 2bm using dodo juice btbm shampoo, then rinsed off an into the warehouse ready for claying using bh soft clay:
this was the clay after almost all the car was done.
then back out for 2bm wash an rinse again,an back in doors for drying ready for inspection,drying was carried out with some help from dodo's time to dry an a couple of sonus towels.
some pics of defects:
before:
after:
after several hours polishing i then added a coat of poorboys black hole as this always seems to look nice when applied to dark cars in my eyes then onto the wax which on this occassion was swissvax best of show so here is some after pics
polished with menzerna 85rd on a megs finishing pad an cleaned with menz final inspection
tyres dressed with megs hot shine an trim an arches dressed with cg trim restorer
no pics of windows cleaned as all this took me till 1am an i had to leave at 4am so windows polished with ag window polish an then fast glass in shell garage awaiting for everyone else to arrive
05 May 2009, 01:27 PM
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started around 7.30am sunday morning an finished at 1.30am monday morning that was just washing,claying,polishing,glazing,waxing an removing wheels i still did not do the interior or engine bay an i cleaned the windows at the shell garage when i was waiting in the shell garage
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Thats a fantastic result fella.
I think you should be sending that to Polished Bliss for their monthly prize entry. Surely a contender.
May I ask, did you use a machine polisher or was it done by hand (the polishing stage)?
I ask as I have some Menzerna intensive polish and a Lake country cutting pad which I hope to correct some of my 205's paintwork with - but by hand. If I could get 50-60% of the results you have (on graphite grey paintwork), I would be a very happy chappie
I think you should be sending that to Polished Bliss for their monthly prize entry. Surely a contender.
May I ask, did you use a machine polisher or was it done by hand (the polishing stage)?
I ask as I have some Menzerna intensive polish and a Lake country cutting pad which I hope to correct some of my 205's paintwork with - but by hand. If I could get 50-60% of the results you have (on graphite grey paintwork), I would be a very happy chappie
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Thats a fantastic result fella.
I think you should be sending that to Polished Bliss for their monthly prize entry. Surely a contender.
May I ask, did you use a machine polisher or was it done by hand (the polishing stage)?
I ask as I have some Menzerna intensive polish and a Lake country cutting pad which I hope to correct some of my 205's paintwork with - but by hand. If I could get 50-60% of the results you have (on graphite grey paintwork), I would be a very happy chappie
I think you should be sending that to Polished Bliss for their monthly prize entry. Surely a contender.
May I ask, did you use a machine polisher or was it done by hand (the polishing stage)?
I ask as I have some Menzerna intensive polish and a Lake country cutting pad which I hope to correct some of my 205's paintwork with - but by hand. If I could get 50-60% of the results you have (on graphite grey paintwork), I would be a very happy chappie
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