Rising Blue Golf R - Detailed by Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

Ever since I started detailing I have been wanting to get my hands on a car on this color – in my opinion all VW’s should be painted like this :lol: …. and so the past few days have been a real pleasure for me. I simply cannot explain how great this color looks in the flesh, especially once I was done with it :drool:

The car was dropped off with me last week Wednesday night. I only got started with it on Thursday evening though and spent the evening removing the numerous vinyl/stickers. The process followed was to place the halogen on the area for a while to warm up the glue and then I used a plastic razor blade to remove the sticker and then goo-gone to remove the residue.

The owner also pointed out an area on the rear bumper and rear fender where this was present.

I am not sure what caused it but nothing I did removed it

Friday evening was spent on the interior - all the leather surfaces were cleaned using Cyclo CM30 APC @ 20:1 and various brushes /towels. I then conditioned/treated it with SmartLeather. All interior surfaces were wiped down with a damp MF towel and the interior vacuumed.

Saturday morning I commenced with the wheels, tires and arches.

Arches were cleaned using a Mothers Fenderwell brush with Cyclo CM30 APC @ 3:1 and dressed using Chemical Guys Bare Bones.
Tires were cleaned using Meguiars All Wheel and Tire Cleaner and dressed using Optimum Optibond Tire Gel at 1:1.
Wheels were first cleaned using AF Imperial Wheel Cleaner, then de-tarred using AF oblitarate, the de-ironed using AF Iron Out, then sealed using Collinite 845.

Before

After

I then moved on to cleaning the door/boot shuts, in and around the badges/emblems, inside the petrol flap, around all the window rubbers etc.

After

Next it was time to sort out the business end of the car....

after

I then happened to notice one of the cats eyeing out lunch

And decided to get some myself.... :lol:

So after a re-fuel I then commenced with washing the car - pre-foam using a mix of Cyclo CM30 APC and Cyclo Polymer Car Wash, followed by a full 2BM wash

 

[lawrenceSA]

The paint decontamination process then commenced with tar removal (AF oblitarate), iron removal (AF Iron Out) and then claying (Clay Magic Blue). By this stage the weather had taken a turn for the worse and it was raining rather heavily for the remainder of the weekend.

Paint correction comprised of FG400/Orange followed by SF4000/Tangerine followed by Blacklight/Crimson on the paintwork, and PF2500/white followed by SF4000/black on the tailights/B pillars.

I had no time to take any 50/50 shots but did manage on Monday to shoot home at lunch time whilst the sun was out to snap some 'afters' - these were taken though before any LSP's were applied.

Before shots

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The roof was littered with Type II water spots which would not budge....

Afters (before LSP)

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LSP's (Collinite 845 topped with Pete's 53) were then applied over the course of Monday and Tuesday evenings befoer the owner collected on Wednesday night. Once again the weather had taken a turn for the worse and so these are the only shots of the finished car, which I did not want to get wet before the owner collected.

Total time spent = 29 hours

Thanks for looking as as always any comments are welcome.

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Another incredibly well done job Mr. VW.

Love to see your work.

 

[Ridebyshootings]

really nice and thanks for the photos showing the process.

 

[KS_Detailing]

Very Nice :dblthumb2: I wish I got my vw in this color rather than black

 

[lawrenceSA]

Another incredibly well done job Mr. VW.

Love to see your work.

Thanks Mr BMW:dblthumb2:

really nice and thanks for the photos showing the process.

Thank you

Very Nice :dblthumb2: I wish I got my vw in this color rather than black

Thank you.... I really do LOVE this color....:drool: and want to own a VW in this color at some point in my life...

 

[vdevan]

Nicely done Lawrence, worked on a rising blue roc r sometime back-definitely a very rewarding colour to work on!

 

[vet]

Outstanding, as usual, Lawrence!

 

[lawrenceSA]

Nicely done Lawrence, worked on a rising blue roc r sometime back-definitely a very rewarding colour to work on!

Outstanding, as usual, Lawrence!

Thank you both

 

[XSSIVE]

Nice work! I wish we could have gotten the factory optional 19" wheels here in the USA like the rest of the world got for the R. I think I might have gotten them on my R. I also wish we got the Scirocco R here in the USA, but that's a whole other rant haha.

 

[Sicoupe]

Awesome work! One of the best looking rides on the road IMO

 

[LatinFG2]

Excellent job!

 

[530inv]

Very nice work. She looks brand new again!