This job was carried out for a customer who was looking for a specific brand detail. Also wanting certain scratches removed or dulled down.
Car as i turned up:
Some of the stratches
Started by rinsing the car to remove any loose dirt/dust then cleaned the alloys, tyres, arches and engine bay with APC/Wheel cleaner:
Rinsed the areas worked on then Snowfoamed the car:
Rinsed again the washed with shampoo
Rinsed again then detarred with a tar and glue remover, rinsed, Clayed with clay, rinsed:
then some spot areas worked with as product which is new and removes further contaminents and again rinsed, then washed again, rinsed and dried with car dryer.
At this point the engine bay was treated to a laqured based protectant
Then onto the correction.....
some swirled pics:
Took paint depth readings averaging:
Used different kinds of machine polishers from a Rotary to a DA and many many different polishes and pad combination
Each panel was treated differently as each panel reacted different to each product and there was not a consitant combination over the whole car, but was definately the most challenging correction to date...
50/50 during correction:
corrected:
once the correction was completed, then applied a pre wax cleanser to paintwork and alloys, then buffed off then on the paint work applied a wax, and a specific PTFE wax to the alloys and water based dresser to the tyres:
At this point i finished for the day leaving the wax to cure over night.
Back the next morning, and removed the cured wax and wheels wax, left to air for 15 mins then applied the second coat of wax to the paint work and left again. whilst curing I cleaned the exhaust tail pipes with a Metal Polish and ultrafine steel wool:
Any plastic trim on the exterior was treated with Detail/seal spray, the rubbers round the windows and door seales treated to rubber feeder, the windows treated to a window cleaner.
Interior was treated witha leather cleaner and Alcanta cleaner inc seats, door cards, dash, then protected with a well known Fabric Protectant. hoovered out and a different wax applied applied to door shuts and carbon fibre inside the car. The metal door plates treated with a metal polishing product and all hoovered out.
Car as i turned up:
Some of the stratches
Started by rinsing the car to remove any loose dirt/dust then cleaned the alloys, tyres, arches and engine bay with APC/Wheel cleaner:
Rinsed the areas worked on then Snowfoamed the car:
Rinsed again the washed with shampoo
Rinsed again then detarred with a tar and glue remover, rinsed, Clayed with clay, rinsed:
then some spot areas worked with as product which is new and removes further contaminents and again rinsed, then washed again, rinsed and dried with car dryer.
At this point the engine bay was treated to a laqured based protectant
Then onto the correction.....
some swirled pics:
Took paint depth readings averaging:
Used different kinds of machine polishers from a Rotary to a DA and many many different polishes and pad combination
Each panel was treated differently as each panel reacted different to each product and there was not a consitant combination over the whole car, but was definately the most challenging correction to date...
50/50 during correction:
corrected:
once the correction was completed, then applied a pre wax cleanser to paintwork and alloys, then buffed off then on the paint work applied a wax, and a specific PTFE wax to the alloys and water based dresser to the tyres:
At this point i finished for the day leaving the wax to cure over night.
Back the next morning, and removed the cured wax and wheels wax, left to air for 15 mins then applied the second coat of wax to the paint work and left again. whilst curing I cleaned the exhaust tail pipes with a Metal Polish and ultrafine steel wool:
Any plastic trim on the exterior was treated with Detail/seal spray, the rubbers round the windows and door seales treated to rubber feeder, the windows treated to a window cleaner.
Interior was treated witha leather cleaner and Alcanta cleaner inc seats, door cards, dash, then protected with a well known Fabric Protectant. hoovered out and a different wax applied applied to door shuts and carbon fibre inside the car. The metal door plates treated with a metal polishing product and all hoovered out.
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