Recent content by CraigUK

Hi guys, Thanks for the great comments and feedback. To say I enjoyed working on this car is an understatement, it was an amazing experience and one that I will look back on fondly. Mike, thanks so much for taking so much time to provide such detailed and excellent advice, it made a very...

Hi everyone, well despite the initial problems with the photographs, I have finally managed to recover several "during" shots. After trying the baggie test on the paintwork I could feel a LOT of contamination on the paint, so I decided to try a test spot of paintwork with IronX. After spot...

Good weekend - Bad weekend!! So, 7am Friday morning I set off in order to do the detail on this beautiful car. Lovely sunny day and no rain forecast for the whole weekend - which is very rare in the north west UK. When I arrived at my friends house, he had already moved the car outside and...

Any suggestions at all guys? I really don't want to ruin this lovely car! I will always start with the least aggressive combination and I think it will have to make do with a 1 step polish/refine so Im looking for the best pad/polish combo to achieve this with the kit I have available. :xyxthumbs:

Right, products to be used are as follows: Turtlewax waterless wash Auto finesse citrus pre-wash Bilt Hamber clay bar & lube Auto finesse imperial wheel cleaner Collinite 476s wax Auto finesse Satin Trye gel Auto finesse revive trim dressing Auto finesse mint rims wheel wax Auto finesse mercury...

Firstly, this shot shows the condition of the hood of the car, note the black mark below the chrome work which looks to me like the paint has worn through to a base coat . The paintwork also looks very flat and dull, despite a nice sunny day. The chrome also looks marked and is full of swirls...

I took the rare opportunity of a sunny day here in the North west U.K to take a few more pictures of this lovely car. I was unable to get the " high up looking down" shot but I intend on taking more pictures before I start working on the car next weekend. I have told my friend this will take me...

Mike, My utmost respect and thanks for taking the time to offer so much valuable information & help. I can't wait to get started on this project now. My friend, who owns the car, is setting aside a week for me to work on it in April so this gives me plenty of time to read & re-read all your...

Mike, Another couple of questions I have just thought of: Would you advise I use a clay bar on the paintwork & chrome? Are there any products I should avoid, such as ironX? Questions, questions, so many questions :xyxthumbs: Thanks again Mike. Regards, Craig.