Caddy Panelvan - Detailed by Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

so I detailed a mate of mine's VW Caddy Panel Van over the weekend. For any of you interested, here is a link to the build thread.... The Volkswagen Club of South Africa - View topic - Volksie Caddy PanelVan ,coilies,interior,boost pipes pg7

Apologies upfront for:

1. being a bit late with the post
2. the poor quality pics (this is really becoming a sort point for me, so if anyone is planning on selling their camera setup around x-mas time, lemme know). Rob said he would snap a few decent ones and post them up here.

So, obviously the first thing as always was to wash the wheels and wheel wells which started at 11:00 on Sat morning
Products used:
Turtle Wax Platinum Series Performance Wheel Cleaner
CM30 Cyclonic Cleaner
Mothers Fender Well Brush
Two Way Mini Detailing Brush
Mothers Tire brush
Mothers Wheel Brush
Daytona Speed Master Wheel Brush
Turtle Wax Platinum Series Revitalising Tyre Dressing
HP Washer
Time taken: 1hr

Before

During

After

Next the car was washed and dried.
Products used:
CD Foam Cannon
Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds II
Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo
CM30 Cyclonic Cleaner
Auto Finesse Citrus Power
Two Way Mini Detailing Brush
Various paint brushes
CrazyDetailer Goldline Series Ultra Soft Chenille Wash Mitt
CrazyDetailer Supreme Drying Towel
2 Buckets with grit guards
HP washer
Time taken: 1hr 30minutes

Randoms before

Swirl marks

Here you can see evidence of orange peel too (which incidently compounding helped to a limited extent, however wet sanding would be the only way to completely rectify this)

Door jambs before

after

Badge before

Badge during

Badge after

The increased boost :evil: :driving: always leave the rear very sooty ... here the help of Auto Finesse Citrus Power was called in

After her first proper bath :hurray:

 

[lawrenceSA]

Next the engine bay was washed and dried.
Products used:
CM30 Cyclonic Cleaner
Two Way Mini Detailing Brush
Various paint brushes
HP Washer
SmartWax Smart Dressing
Time taken: 1hr

Before

After

The #38 sticker you see below was removed at Rob's request

It then left behind some nice glue to get off

The car was then clayed
Products used:
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay
Meguiars Quick Detailer
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
Time taken: 6hrs :yawn: - I seriously underestimated just how much panel there is on the caddy :bang: Notice the color of the clay in the first pic, then after 1 panel notice all the yellowish crud and pieces of bonded contaminant the clay removed. I reckon with the amount of bonded contaminants on the paint, it would have made more sense to use some Carpro Iron-X to get the bulk off, and then do a quick clay to grab the rest. Unfortunately it is not a product I have in my arsenal, yet. Oh well.... lesson learnt!

I then cleaned the paint
Products used:
Meguiars Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner
Meguiars Foam Applicator Pad
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
Time taken: 1hr

Compounding/polishing.
Products used:
Meguiars Ultimate Compound
Lake Country Orange CCS Foam Pad x 8
Meguiars Foam Applicator Pad
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
Shield DA Polisher

After various test spots, I decided on Meguiars Ultimate Compound on a Lake Country Orange CCS Foam pad, on speed setting 6. It allowed for about 85% correction but still finished off close enough to a polish (through its use of diminishing abrasive technology), thereby eliminating the need for a separate cut and polish, saving around 4 hours work on a car with as much panel as this.
Time taken: 30 minutes.

Here you can see more evidence of the orange peel, and some slight swirls

Here the area in the reflection of the left light has received 1 section pass (about 6 passes in various directions over an area approximately 20" x 20") but not the area on the right

Here, the area around the reflection of the right has been done and not the area on the left

I then decided to call it a night and went to get some much needed R&R.... :yawn: and continued the next morning around 8 after a good breakfast (bacon and eggs if anyone gives a hoot :lol: ) and finished all the compounding/polishing.
Total Time taken compounding/polishing: 4 hours.

I then cleaned the paint
Products used:
Meguiars Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner
Meguiars Foam Applicator Pad
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
Time taken: 1hr

All the door jambs were waxed
Products used:
Meguiars Cleaner Wax (paste)
Meguiars Foam Applicator Pad
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
Time taken: 30 minutes

The windows were clayed and treated
Products used:
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay
Meguiars Quick Detailer
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
C-Thru
Time taken: 1 hour

Finally the paint was sealed
Products used:
SmartSealant Deep Gloss Paint Sealant (applied twice)
Redline Series Microfiber Polishing Towels
Time taken: 1hr

Total time for entire detail = 17hrs
Some after pics

These were snapped today after all the guys who work for Rob were given a first hand lesson on how to wash and dry the car using the 2BM etc...after all the heavy weather this week, the caddy needy some love.

Thanks for looking. :hi:

 

[lawrenceSA]

A couple of pics a mate happened to snap while I was detailing

Some more evidence of the swirl marks

The cleaned up engine bay