imported_Dave KG
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PhD during the week, detailing at the weekend - I love the summer! 
This weekend was a bit chalk and cheese - two cars and they couldn't have been more different! I'm writing today's car up first, which is essentially Part 2
A Ford S-Max, mid-grey, a family car with its fair share of swirls robbing the finish of gloss. The remit: get rid of the swirls!
Car was washed and clayed, and brought inside (too hot to be working outside...) to assess the finish. Starting out on the bonnet:
A few processes were trialled, and for correction we settled on Menzerna PO85RD3.02 Intensive Polish applied by rotary using a Meguiars W8006 polishing pad. Standard Zenith Point technique, 600rpm to spread, work up the speeds to 1800rpm to work the polish until clear, then reduce speeds back down to 1200rpm and then buff off. This delivered correction of the swirls easily, and most of the RDS (soft paint). Some areas received a second hit to fully rid the RDS.
Finishing was a choice - Menzerna PO85RD Final Finish, or Meguiars #205 Ultra Finishing Polish. In the end, I settled on the latter as the rotary was gliding just beautifully with it, and the finish was if anything just a bit sharper than that of 85RD. The polish seemed to love the paint and it made the refining and finishing a real joy - I was actually sad when I got to the end!! 205 applied using Zenith Point, max speed 1500rpm. Results of the process on the bonnet:
Onto the driver's side... Before:
After the above correction and refining process:
Up close and personal, making sure correction achieved right up to edges...
and on the door handle itself...
More afters...
Doors below styling line required two hits of IP, with deeper scratches... after:
The same process was adopted by Stu as we worked down the passenger side of the car
This weekend was a bit chalk and cheese - two cars and they couldn't have been more different! I'm writing today's car up first, which is essentially Part 2
A Ford S-Max, mid-grey, a family car with its fair share of swirls robbing the finish of gloss. The remit: get rid of the swirls! Car was washed and clayed, and brought inside (too hot to be working outside...) to assess the finish. Starting out on the bonnet:
A few processes were trialled, and for correction we settled on Menzerna PO85RD3.02 Intensive Polish applied by rotary using a Meguiars W8006 polishing pad. Standard Zenith Point technique, 600rpm to spread, work up the speeds to 1800rpm to work the polish until clear, then reduce speeds back down to 1200rpm and then buff off. This delivered correction of the swirls easily, and most of the RDS (soft paint). Some areas received a second hit to fully rid the RDS.
Finishing was a choice - Menzerna PO85RD Final Finish, or Meguiars #205 Ultra Finishing Polish. In the end, I settled on the latter as the rotary was gliding just beautifully with it, and the finish was if anything just a bit sharper than that of 85RD. The polish seemed to love the paint and it made the refining and finishing a real joy - I was actually sad when I got to the end!! 205 applied using Zenith Point, max speed 1500rpm. Results of the process on the bonnet:
Onto the driver's side... Before:
After the above correction and refining process:
Up close and personal, making sure correction achieved right up to edges...
and on the door handle itself...
More afters...
Doors below styling line required two hits of IP, with deeper scratches... after:
The same process was adopted by Stu as we worked down the passenger side of the car
