JR001
28-08-2007, 09:48 PM
This was the first of two silver TTs on the back of each other. Looking very clean, this was my first silver car and I wondered how much of a difference could be possible compared to the mammoth renewal of the paint surface on my own ming blue A4.
WASH AND CLAY
1. Pre-soaked with Autobrite Super Snow Foam and Meguiars All Purpose Cleanser. Wheels treated to Megs Wheel Brightener and washed with microfibre mitt. Wheel arches foamed with Megs APD cut 4:1. Rinsed with hose.
2. Repeated above body treatment with wheels coming up well.
3. 2-bucket lambswool mitt wash using Chemical Guys Extreme Body Wash and Wax, with Megs APC into the bargain.
4. Rinsed with hose.
5. Poorboys waffle weave dried in prep’n for claying.
6. Sonus Grey clay used on this 7-yr old and boy was it needed. Megs Last Touch used as lube, cut 1:1.
7. Washed again, as in steps 3-5.
This car was rough! The mitt had to be dragged along every panel. Never experienced this level of friction before. The lube was running from each panel ALMOST BLACK. What appeared to be a very clean car to start with very quickly showed itself to be very heavily contaminated with firmly bonded grit. Total time here 2.5 hours!
PC DUAL ACTION MACHINE POLISHING
Menzerna 3.02 on Megs Soft Buff Polishing pad on bonnet to start with but not convinced of its ability here to remove some of the more obvious swirl marks. Moved onto Sonus Yellow Cutting pad. Worked in on each panel for 2 passes at speed 1. Followed by 8-10 passes at speed 4-5. This worked well only leaving some of the deeper scratches under the clearcoat that were not terribly visible.
This brought out a nice gloss that I was happy with. No need for final finish polish. This car’s youthful skin had now returned. I was very happy indeed despite being quite concerned at the start as to how much of an improvement would be possible – my first silver car.
CLEANSING AND PROTECTION
Each panel cleansed using Zymol HD Cleanse using a German applicator pad. Following on from that, to super cleanse this paint I applied JEFFS Prime Acrylic to also set a reflective acrylic basecoat before applying Zymol Carbon wax. All these chemicals were buffed using Poorboys DMTs.
Wheels cleansed and sealed using JEFFS Prime Acrylic and left to cure for the regulatory 30 mins before being buffed with MF cloth.
Tyres dressed with Poorboys Bold and Bright dressing.
FINAL VERDICT
Unable to spritz later with Zymol Field Glaze due to the intermittent rain that characterised Sunday morning and afternoon. This annoyed me as part of me feels the job was not finished.
As you will see from these final pics, the paintwork was left very glossy and wet with increased clarity in the reflections. I was very pleased with the results and the owner said it was way beyond his expectations. TOTAL MACHINING AND PROTECTION TIME: 12hrs.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1545.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1542.jpg
The Menzerna polish being broken down on the O/S rear quarter:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1536.jpg
Polish fully broken down, followed by buffing the residue away with plush MF cloth:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1540.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1539.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1538.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1520.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1524.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1525.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/DW%20Resizes/100_1561.jpg
The TT in the background would be the next car to be treated to two days of the same treatment.
Thanks for looking.
WASH AND CLAY
1. Pre-soaked with Autobrite Super Snow Foam and Meguiars All Purpose Cleanser. Wheels treated to Megs Wheel Brightener and washed with microfibre mitt. Wheel arches foamed with Megs APD cut 4:1. Rinsed with hose.
2. Repeated above body treatment with wheels coming up well.
3. 2-bucket lambswool mitt wash using Chemical Guys Extreme Body Wash and Wax, with Megs APC into the bargain.
4. Rinsed with hose.
5. Poorboys waffle weave dried in prep’n for claying.
6. Sonus Grey clay used on this 7-yr old and boy was it needed. Megs Last Touch used as lube, cut 1:1.
7. Washed again, as in steps 3-5.
This car was rough! The mitt had to be dragged along every panel. Never experienced this level of friction before. The lube was running from each panel ALMOST BLACK. What appeared to be a very clean car to start with very quickly showed itself to be very heavily contaminated with firmly bonded grit. Total time here 2.5 hours!
PC DUAL ACTION MACHINE POLISHING
Menzerna 3.02 on Megs Soft Buff Polishing pad on bonnet to start with but not convinced of its ability here to remove some of the more obvious swirl marks. Moved onto Sonus Yellow Cutting pad. Worked in on each panel for 2 passes at speed 1. Followed by 8-10 passes at speed 4-5. This worked well only leaving some of the deeper scratches under the clearcoat that were not terribly visible.
This brought out a nice gloss that I was happy with. No need for final finish polish. This car’s youthful skin had now returned. I was very happy indeed despite being quite concerned at the start as to how much of an improvement would be possible – my first silver car.
CLEANSING AND PROTECTION
Each panel cleansed using Zymol HD Cleanse using a German applicator pad. Following on from that, to super cleanse this paint I applied JEFFS Prime Acrylic to also set a reflective acrylic basecoat before applying Zymol Carbon wax. All these chemicals were buffed using Poorboys DMTs.
Wheels cleansed and sealed using JEFFS Prime Acrylic and left to cure for the regulatory 30 mins before being buffed with MF cloth.
Tyres dressed with Poorboys Bold and Bright dressing.
FINAL VERDICT
Unable to spritz later with Zymol Field Glaze due to the intermittent rain that characterised Sunday morning and afternoon. This annoyed me as part of me feels the job was not finished.
As you will see from these final pics, the paintwork was left very glossy and wet with increased clarity in the reflections. I was very pleased with the results and the owner said it was way beyond his expectations. TOTAL MACHINING AND PROTECTION TIME: 12hrs.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1545.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1542.jpg
The Menzerna polish being broken down on the O/S rear quarter:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1536.jpg
Polish fully broken down, followed by buffing the residue away with plush MF cloth:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1540.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1539.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1538.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1520.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1524.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/100_1525.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/jr001_2007/DW%20Resizes/100_1561.jpg
The TT in the background would be the next car to be treated to two days of the same treatment.
Thanks for looking.