imported_Dave KG
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Another detail for the Krankies today, as bryan and I set to work on a fifteen yearold Jaguar Daimler 4.0 litre...
Bryan prepped the car ready for machining and waxing last night by washing and claying the car so it was ready to get a running start this morning, as its a big car.
The paint thickness caried across the car, with many areas being around 200um and other around 110um... As usual I started up with a test section on the bonnet to assess the paint:
I started off with Menzerna PO106FF Final Finish on a finishing pad, and after one set of passes (spread at 600rpm, two passes at 1200rpm, ten passes at 1500rpm, two passes at 1000rpm), about 80% of the swirls were removed, along with just a couple of microns of paint... So I decided to up the cut just a little bit, I didn't want to go straight to Intensive Polish PO85RD3.01, but instead went for an inbetween of mixing PO106FF and PO85RD3.01 on the pad 50/50, and repeating a set of passes as for PO106FF, 100% correction of the general swirls was achieved:
However, with the general swirls removed, more severe patches of scratches (as if bird bombs had been removed forceably..) became much more apparent on the paint:
With plenty of paint to play with, and as they could not be felt with the nail, I decided to step up to attack them. Intensive Polish did little more than tickle them owing to their severity, so it was out with the Power Gloss Compound on a Meguiars W7006 Cutting Pad. Spread at 600rpm, two passes at 1200rpm, then four or five passes at 1800rpm, spritz with last touch and repeat, spritz with last touch and repeat then remove residue, which gave excellent correction of the severe defects at a cost of 10 - 15um of paint:
What impressed me though was the finish achieved on the rotary with Power Gloss when taking a large number of passes to fully break it down:
Despite what I would consider to be a good finish in the above, I wanted to get the flake popping more and go for more clarity, so I followed up on the Power Gloss areas with PO106FF Final Finish on a W8006 Meguiars pad. All in all, on the massive bonnet, I was gunning at 100% correction across the board owing to the large amount of paint I had (though very regular PTG checks were made throughout), it took me three hours just to machine the bonnet to what I was happy with.
During this time, Bryan was cutting in the small areas by PC using a 50/50 mix of IP and FF on SFX polishing pad. On these cars, above the coach line and below the window is also a very narrow region, so Bryan cut these areas in as well. A 50/50 shot of the correction work achieved by PC:
While I went down the sides of the car with the rotary, Bryan did the roof and bootlid by rotary - a pic of Bryan working with the rotary...
These regions all received the 50/50 mix of IP and FF.
A completed pic after polishing of the bootlid...
Then, it was onto the waxing stage... We decided on a special wax for this car: Swissvax Mystery and the first opportunity we've had to try out the Msytery wax.
First of all, the paintwork was prepared for waxing using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid, applied by PC using a meguiars W9006 Finishing pad, spread on speed 2, a pass on speed 2, then a couple of passes on speed 4 and then wipe off the residue.
Then the wax... In the jar, the Mystery wax was rock solid, and I used my finger as a little pick axe to get started into the wax, melted a small amount in the palms of my hands and applied directly to the paint... Despite being rock hard in the jar, the wax applied easily to the panel.
A few shots of panels after waxing...
Once completed, the arches were treated to Meguiars All Season Dressing, the tyres to Meguiars Endurance Gel. The glass was cleaned using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid (appllied by PC), which really pulled a lot of grime out of the glass! Plastic and rubber trim was treated to Poorboys Natural Look.
Then, owing to decent weather, we got the car fully out of the garage for some completed shots...
Overall, on my first use of the Mystery, I am very impressed with the way it has allowed the colour of the paint to come through beautifully with a lovely deep and glossy shine. Out of all the waxes I have tried, for looks alone, this one is my favourite just for the way ot has brought out the colour of the paintwork, and the depth and wettness of shine it has given. Just like Best of Show, the Mystery certainly hasn't disappointed.
We'll be retunring to this car tomorrow for a second layer of wax and to highlight the edges.
Bryan prepped the car ready for machining and waxing last night by washing and claying the car so it was ready to get a running start this morning, as its a big car.
The paint thickness caried across the car, with many areas being around 200um and other around 110um... As usual I started up with a test section on the bonnet to assess the paint:
I started off with Menzerna PO106FF Final Finish on a finishing pad, and after one set of passes (spread at 600rpm, two passes at 1200rpm, ten passes at 1500rpm, two passes at 1000rpm), about 80% of the swirls were removed, along with just a couple of microns of paint... So I decided to up the cut just a little bit, I didn't want to go straight to Intensive Polish PO85RD3.01, but instead went for an inbetween of mixing PO106FF and PO85RD3.01 on the pad 50/50, and repeating a set of passes as for PO106FF, 100% correction of the general swirls was achieved:
However, with the general swirls removed, more severe patches of scratches (as if bird bombs had been removed forceably..) became much more apparent on the paint:
With plenty of paint to play with, and as they could not be felt with the nail, I decided to step up to attack them. Intensive Polish did little more than tickle them owing to their severity, so it was out with the Power Gloss Compound on a Meguiars W7006 Cutting Pad. Spread at 600rpm, two passes at 1200rpm, then four or five passes at 1800rpm, spritz with last touch and repeat, spritz with last touch and repeat then remove residue, which gave excellent correction of the severe defects at a cost of 10 - 15um of paint:
What impressed me though was the finish achieved on the rotary with Power Gloss when taking a large number of passes to fully break it down:
Despite what I would consider to be a good finish in the above, I wanted to get the flake popping more and go for more clarity, so I followed up on the Power Gloss areas with PO106FF Final Finish on a W8006 Meguiars pad. All in all, on the massive bonnet, I was gunning at 100% correction across the board owing to the large amount of paint I had (though very regular PTG checks were made throughout), it took me three hours just to machine the bonnet to what I was happy with.
During this time, Bryan was cutting in the small areas by PC using a 50/50 mix of IP and FF on SFX polishing pad. On these cars, above the coach line and below the window is also a very narrow region, so Bryan cut these areas in as well. A 50/50 shot of the correction work achieved by PC:
While I went down the sides of the car with the rotary, Bryan did the roof and bootlid by rotary - a pic of Bryan working with the rotary...
These regions all received the 50/50 mix of IP and FF.
A completed pic after polishing of the bootlid...
Then, it was onto the waxing stage... We decided on a special wax for this car: Swissvax Mystery and the first opportunity we've had to try out the Msytery wax.
First of all, the paintwork was prepared for waxing using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid, applied by PC using a meguiars W9006 Finishing pad, spread on speed 2, a pass on speed 2, then a couple of passes on speed 4 and then wipe off the residue.
Then the wax... In the jar, the Mystery wax was rock solid, and I used my finger as a little pick axe to get started into the wax, melted a small amount in the palms of my hands and applied directly to the paint... Despite being rock hard in the jar, the wax applied easily to the panel.
A few shots of panels after waxing...
Once completed, the arches were treated to Meguiars All Season Dressing, the tyres to Meguiars Endurance Gel. The glass was cleaned using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid (appllied by PC), which really pulled a lot of grime out of the glass! Plastic and rubber trim was treated to Poorboys Natural Look.
Then, owing to decent weather, we got the car fully out of the garage for some completed shots...
Overall, on my first use of the Mystery, I am very impressed with the way it has allowed the colour of the paint to come through beautifully with a lovely deep and glossy shine. Out of all the waxes I have tried, for looks alone, this one is my favourite just for the way ot has brought out the colour of the paintwork, and the depth and wettness of shine it has given. Just like Best of Show, the Mystery certainly hasn't disappointed.
We'll be retunring to this car tomorrow for a second layer of wax and to highlight the edges.
