2006 VW GTI MkV - Tornado Red

[agpatel]

2006 VW GTI MkV Detail

So, here is the detail I did over the weekend, 3 days, this is the first time using my ne Flex 3403 rotary polisher and I will say it was great. Had some hiccups but I think all in all I would call it successful.

Wash
-Bucket: 3m Car Soap with Uber sponge
-Stripping LSP (Foam Gun): CG Maxi-Suds II with some CG Strong Wash
-After Claying: CG Maxi-Suds II with MS Super Green Stuff (After claying)
-Degreasing/Tar Removal: 1z W99 (10:1 dilution)
-Brushes: Envy large brush (SV Style) and Megs Slide Lock Brush

Wheels
-CG Diablo Wheel Gel (3:1 Dilution)
-RaceGlaze XL Wheel Brush
-Envy Wheel Brush (SV Style)
-No name stiff tire brush
-Showroom FX White Pearl Tire Dressing

Claying
-Riccardo Yellow Clay
-Lube: 1oz ONR + 10mL #00 + 24oz water [Great clay lube!]

Paint Correction
-M105/Uber Yellow [spot areas]
-M105/LC Purple Wool [Tail Lights]
-M105/3m Wool [wet sanded areas]
-Menz PowerFinish/Uber Green & 3m UK Yellow Polishing Pad [3m pad used on fenders with tight curves]
-Scholl Concepts S40/3m UK Blue Finishing Pad

-Gloss-It EVP Pad Prime
-Menzerna Top Inspection
-3m 1500,2000,2500 wet/dry sandpaper

Glass
-Adams Glass Cleaner (New Formula)
-1z Glas Polish
-LC Glass Polishing Pad
-Front/Read Windows: AnK's Super Duper Secret Glass Sealant
-Side Windows: Opti-Seal

Dressing & Metal
-1z Deep Plastic Cleaner
-Meguiars Ultimate Protectant
-Opt Metal Polish
-#0000 Steel Wool


Tools/Equipment
-Flex 3403 Rotary
-PC 7424 DA
-Gloss-It 5" Backing Plate (Rotary)
-Uber 3" Backing Plate (Rotary)
-LC 5" DA Backing Plate
-Wool Duster
-2" Rotary Extension
-JetBeam Jet-IIIM LED light

MFs & Applicators
-ShowroomFX WW (Drying)
-Uber All Purpose Yellow (Polishing)
-Pakshack Ultra-Plush (Polishing & Final Wipe-down)
-Sonus MF (LSP)
-Polished Bliss Ultra-Plush (Final LSP Wipe)

-LC CCS Red Hand Applicator
-BlackFire Gold Finger Applicator

LSPs
Pre-Wax Cleaner: Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
LSP (Paint): Swissvax Insignis (2x)
LSP (Wheels): FK1000p

Before Washing Pictures:

Some smart (drunk) person decided to rip off my rear wiper Thursday night, GRRR!!!

Foaming: CG Maxi-Suds + CG Strong Wash

Wheel Cleaning: Diablo

Claying

Car was not that contaminated so clay was pretty clean at the end of it.

Foamed up the car with some CG Maxi-Suds + MS SGS to clean away the coating ONR puts down so the tape could stick to the paint properly

 

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Defects/Marring/Scratches

Nice scratch running down passenger side door:

Hood had some nice pitting/water etching and swirled pretty bad, note that after washing I did not dry 100% so the light areas you see is just some water left that dried a bit or some Menz Top Inspection

Polishing

Paint Thickness:
Min: 97 microns
Avg: 110 microns
Max: 119 microns

I had good amount of clear still left to work with

Taped up the car getting it ready for some correction work.

50/50: Menzerana PowerFinish/Uber Green (1100-1300-1100 rpms)

Taking a little break, my little "studio" LOL

Me @ work....look at that concentration, car looks almost pink/purple haha

Mirrors getting polished (LC White/Power Finish)

Look at the nice CF weave

Time to stop for the day, putting her to bed....

Next day starting right back up, front fender..this is after Menz PowerFinish/3m UK Yellow, used 3m pad as it was better at the tighter curves on the front fender...ended up having to use some M105/Uber Yellow due to heavier marring

4 small dots of PF for a small section at a time after the pad was primed

Remember that nice scratch on the passenger door? Well wet sanded using some 2500 grit paper and then cut with M105/3m wool pad

ahhh, that is better

wiping off polish, how did that dust get on the glass!

 

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I had my taillight tinted while back and the clear was pretty orange pealed so I decided it was time to take care of that:

Little sanding, 1500 to knock down the large bits, then some 2000 to get it nice and smooth....

Yes, i did fix those few spots that are not smooth....

mmm...much better!

That was all for day, next morning got up and dusted off the car getting it ready for some finishing and making it POP!

Finishing tools that were used:

Already getting a nice reflection on the good, but had to make it better!

After finishing polishing, you can see there is still some small pitting, I thought about sanding but when looking at them under 10x and 15x loop some went deep and did not want to dive into that right now...

Cleaning the pad with a Megs triple duty brush, GREAT pad cleaning brush....always work with clean pads!

GI EVP Pad Prime, great stuff! Really helps polishes not dust up, extended work time a bit, and helps keep things moving smoothly

After doing little finishing work, thought they looked pretty good...

nice crisp reflection

LSP

Final wipe-down with some Menzerna Top Inspection to remove oils, GI EVP Prime leaves behind some oil so wanted to remove that even thought I was going to use a pre-wax cleaner

Time to get some SV CF out:

After CF Pic, I think CF did add something to the finish...

 

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Now, its time for some wax , SV Insignis with a BF gold finger applicator...

Time to buff off the wax, gotta double fist it!

After one coat of Insignis:

Giving my approval....maybe not of my picture taking skills, haha.

Water Beading shots, on the hood of the car:

Water was moving fast, those beads were moving I tell yeah...the two pics were taken right after another..which bead will win!!!!

Another shot, with little more water sprayed, nice tight, round beads.

 

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Glass Polishing and Sealing

Glass Polishing, LC Glass Pad with 1z Glas Polish

Sealing side windows with some Opti-Seal:

Cleaned all plastic trim with 1z Deep Plastic Cleaner, this stuff is great!

Used Megs new Ultimate Protectant on all the trim. Initial option is that this stuff is pretty good, it is a thick lotion, really makes black plastic darker but not a greasy look. Now durability is up in the air so I will see how long it last

Left side got some UP, kind of went over to the other side of the tape, oopsy, but can tell the difference of were the tape was

Exhaust Tips

Tips were polished with Opt Metal Polish (Great stuff, my favorite metal polish!) and some #0000 steel wool. I cleaned them best I could but as they are not coated they get dirty fast and almost a lost cause.

Tire Dressing

Used my favorite tire dressing, ShowroomFX (was Tripi-Care) White Pearl. Only tire dressing I will use, and I have tried a lot, great look and last a long time for being water based. Pictures made it look a little glossy but is a nice matte/satin look.

Rubber Seals

All door seals got some 1z Gummi Pflege, applied it using a 1" foam brush. The tip of the Gummi I find rips easily and cant get smooth application always so I just pop them off now and put little on the brush. Find it easier this way.

 

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Put another coat of Insignis on that night, then put her to bed. Interior detail will be this week, I hope.

Final Shots

Final shots, she is wearing 2 coats of Insignis and everything is nicely dressed...

Yes, I cleaned that little bit of polish, haha...

THE END!

Thanks for reading, looking at the pics, I know it was long but thought if I was going to do a write up of the first time using a rotary might as will detail out everything. Sorry I didn't have more pics of the polishing and defects, I took some but could not get them to come out clear...

Feel free to comment, ask questions, or anything else!

 

[DARK HORSE]

Great work Ank...The car looks amazing. That red looks dripping wet!! It's beautiful, just beautiful. Great write up as well! Thank you for sharing!!

 

[autodromo]

nice work car looks amazing!! how do you like the CG Diablo Wheel Gel?

 

[Birdhunter]

WOW!!! Very nice work:dblthumb2::dblthumb2::dblthumb2:

 

[agpatel]

Great work Ank...The car looks amazing. That red looks dripping wet!! It's beautiful, just beautiful. Great write up as well! Thank you for sharing!!

Thanks!

nice work car looks amazing!! how do you like the CG Diablo Wheel Gel?

Thanks, I liked Diablo...it is not a wheel cleaner for really dirty, burnt on brake dust but works great on mild to clean wheels...long dwell time and not that expensive. Also, cut 3:1 it is thick and really sticks to the wheels big time.

WOW!!! Very nice work:dblthumb2::dblthumb2::dblthumb2:

Thanks!

 

[Shane731]

She's lookin' mighty fine! Mighty fine! Great job! :dblthumb2:

 

[jpegs13]

Great work! That red really "pops" now. Nice attention to all of the "little details" as well.:dblthumb2:

 

[agpatel]

She's lookin' mighty fine! Mighty fine! Great job! :dblthumb2:

Thanks!

Great work! That red really "pops" now. Nice attention to all of the "little details" as well.:dblthumb2:

Thanks!

 

[Pats300zx]

Beautiful job. Car looks amazing.

 

[sullysdetailing]

Very Nice.

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Holy cow, you sure put in a lot of work! Excellent job! This was your first time ever using a rotary?!

 

[daveinsweethome]

i feel you. i too have a mk v gti. fahrenheit and love it. yours looks beautiful where did you get the tc tire dressing? dave

 

[tcollins33]

Gotta love Tornado Red when it's done right! Nice job!

 

[agpatel]

Beautiful job. Car looks amazing.

Thanks.

Very Nice.

Thanks, Sully.

Holy cow, you sure put in a lot of work! Excellent job! This was your first time ever using a rotary?!

Thanks, yep this was my first time using a rotary on a car. I had been practicing on a scrap panel and tried to do everything wrong just to see how hard it would be to mess up and you really had to try...as long as you are paying attention you cant mess up really.

i feel you. i too have a mk v gti. fahrenheit and love it. yours looks beautiful where did you get the tc tire dressing? dave

Thanks, Fahrenheit is a great color when detailed that orange really stands out. Send you a PM about the dressing.

Gotta love Tornado Red when it's done right! Nice job!

Thanks, I agree you get red properly detailed and it looks great.

 

[jimmers]

Great pics and write up. A lot of work ad attention to details. The end result shows