Detailer's Domain: VW GTI - Paint Correction and Opti Coat

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Subject - 2010 VW GTI

Requirements - Full Exterior Paint Correction and Opti Coat installation.



We get another one ready for Waterfest.



Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with 1Z einszett W99

- Wolf's Decon Gel

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital

- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital

- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital

- Opti Coat

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Wolf's Decon Gel

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Meg's M105

Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon

Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon

Opti Coat

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Before



Direct sun shots out side, Wow this is bad

Prep - Wheels/Tires/Wash/Decon/Autoscrub

Pre soak /Bug and Tar

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

Wheel woolie in action (coming soon)

Rinse wheels

Rinse bumper

Foaming up the car

Decon

Rinse

Drying with the Uber Super Drying Microfiber Towel

AutoScrub

Blowing out the excess water

Shots of the paint after prep

50/50 shots (before and after compound and polishing)

John in the background happy with the progress on making his baby shine

 

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Tail lights were cleaned up - Sonax 5/5 followed by Sonax 3/6



Before

After

Close up shots after correction

Action shots

Outside shots after paint correction

Rinse off all the dust from compound and polish

Opti Coat

Buffing off the Opti Coat

After

 

[Smoked Tails]

Looks awesome, Phil. I love how you brought out the best in that color. And those wheels are sexy.

 

[DetailersDomain]

Looks awesome, Phil. I love how you brought out the best in that color. And those wheels are sexy.

thanks much

 

[Underdawg736GTC]

Holy smokes what a turn around! Awesome job, that puppy looks drippin wet!!

 

[DetailersDomain]

Holy smokes what a turn around! Awesome job, that puppy looks drippin wet!!

thanks I appreciate that.