Scud
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- Sep 29, 2006
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Car in question is a Rover 200vi
Wash
With CG Maxi Suds
Dried with megs water magnet
Suds let to sit for five then rinsed
Washed again with the two bucket method.
Then clayed the whole car with Mothers Clay and Megs Quick Detailer
Exterior
Started with PB's SSR2 on a SFX White Pad,got nowhere quite quickly,so stepped up to SSR2.5 a no go once again.Which was surprising because i thought British paint would have been soft.Anyway i ended up with :
Menz PG on a 4" SFX Yellow Pad using the slow-cut method ( which took ages ) spread on No1,2 passes at speed 3,then a spritz,back to No1,I found taking this back to No1 and going back over the polish until brought it up nicely ( Instead of spritz and straight into No3,kept it on 1 until all the polish had hazed up )
Menz IP on a 6" SFX White pad, spread on 1, 2 passes at speed 4 - Spritz - then a pass on speed 5-6.
Once that was done it had a coat of XXX Wax
Wheels Thought i would try something new here i used a non-acidic wheel cleaner by THE WAX HUT,and might i say it is very good stuff.Tyres follow with Tyre cleaner from THE WAX HUT also.
Trim,rubbers were dressed with a Blackfire vinyl,rubber and upholstery cleaner.
Windows were done with AG window polish.( This stuff is way to dusty for me ).
Interior
Inside was kept in good condition,so i treated the leather with CG Extreme leather conditioner.
Vinyl,rubber etc....again with the Blackfire product.
Passenger side carpet had little black dots there because the owner works on building site ( stuff like you find on roofing felt ) But sprayed with BF cleaner and a bit of elbow grease with a Megs interior brush it came off.Then around with the hoover.
Scented with cherry air freshner.
Engine
Full of cement dust,so i bought some Megs D Greaser cut 4:1 and some more elbow grease ,unfortunatley i dont have any pics of the afters.
The Before



Once the car was washed and clayed i could see how bad the paint really was.



You get the picture
A couple of 50/50 shots



And the results, due to the car having to go back i only had time to take a few piccys,but better than none i suppose.There is nothing wrong with the paint on the left,i realised the day after i was holding a cig in the same hand





Very sorry if this has bored you guys,but as this was my first detail i found it to be a very good learning curve.
Cheers
Scud
Wash
With CG Maxi Suds
Dried with megs water magnet
Suds let to sit for five then rinsed
Washed again with the two bucket method.
Then clayed the whole car with Mothers Clay and Megs Quick Detailer
Exterior
Started with PB's SSR2 on a SFX White Pad,got nowhere quite quickly,so stepped up to SSR2.5 a no go once again.Which was surprising because i thought British paint would have been soft.Anyway i ended up with :
Menz PG on a 4" SFX Yellow Pad using the slow-cut method ( which took ages ) spread on No1,2 passes at speed 3,then a spritz,back to No1,I found taking this back to No1 and going back over the polish until brought it up nicely ( Instead of spritz and straight into No3,kept it on 1 until all the polish had hazed up )
Menz IP on a 6" SFX White pad, spread on 1, 2 passes at speed 4 - Spritz - then a pass on speed 5-6.
Once that was done it had a coat of XXX Wax
Wheels Thought i would try something new here i used a non-acidic wheel cleaner by THE WAX HUT,and might i say it is very good stuff.Tyres follow with Tyre cleaner from THE WAX HUT also.
Trim,rubbers were dressed with a Blackfire vinyl,rubber and upholstery cleaner.
Windows were done with AG window polish.( This stuff is way to dusty for me ).
Interior
Inside was kept in good condition,so i treated the leather with CG Extreme leather conditioner.
Vinyl,rubber etc....again with the Blackfire product.
Passenger side carpet had little black dots there because the owner works on building site ( stuff like you find on roofing felt ) But sprayed with BF cleaner and a bit of elbow grease with a Megs interior brush it came off.Then around with the hoover.
Scented with cherry air freshner.
Engine
Full of cement dust,so i bought some Megs D Greaser cut 4:1 and some more elbow grease ,unfortunatley i dont have any pics of the afters.
The Before



Once the car was washed and clayed i could see how bad the paint really was.



You get the picture
A couple of 50/50 shots



And the results, due to the car having to go back i only had time to take a few piccys,but better than none i suppose.There is nothing wrong with the paint on the left,i realised the day after i was holding a cig in the same hand





Very sorry if this has bored you guys,but as this was my first detail i found it to be a very good learning curve.
Cheers
Scud
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