cupra_clark
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This was the second detail of the week after completing a minor correction on a 997 C4S on Monday and Tues 
Car:
Service Option: 3 day Major Paint Correction Detail.
The owner had travelled all the way up from Glasgow so it was no real surprise to find the car was quite grubby upon its arrival, so an extra generous helping of APC in the foam lance (60 degrees) was used to try and remove as much dirt and grime as possible:
This was left to dwell for 5 minutes before foaming again and then rinsing at high pressure (again at 60 degrees):
The hot water pressure washer comes into its own in these times - not much dirt left on the paint now
The wheels and tyres were cleaned with Blackfire's wheel and tyre cleaner (menzerna 7.5 replacement), then Autosmart Tardis followed by Megs Super degreaser in the arches:
The engine bay was rinsed at medium pressure after being soaked with Super degreaser:
All the exterior trim and shuts were cleaned with APC and a slide lock brush before I then washed the car with the 2BM and Meguiars Shampoo Plus:
Tardis was used again to remove some minor tar spots along the lower half of the car and arch lips and I then put the car inside for claying.
Meguiars Quick Clay was used as there wasn’t a huge amount of contamination present as you can see from the (out of focus
) pic:
Once dried off I took paint readings which showed everything on the car was original except for an area on the o/s rear quarter which had been blown in. The paint readings were anything from 65 to 150 microns but the composite gauge was able to split the layers nicely and I found that I still had decent (and safe) levels of clear to play with even on the low areas.
Now time to inspect the paintwork...
buffer trails:
Micro marring from a sanding disc used by machine:
More micro marring:
Car:
Service Option: 3 day Major Paint Correction Detail.
The owner had travelled all the way up from Glasgow so it was no real surprise to find the car was quite grubby upon its arrival, so an extra generous helping of APC in the foam lance (60 degrees) was used to try and remove as much dirt and grime as possible:
This was left to dwell for 5 minutes before foaming again and then rinsing at high pressure (again at 60 degrees):
The hot water pressure washer comes into its own in these times - not much dirt left on the paint now
The wheels and tyres were cleaned with Blackfire's wheel and tyre cleaner (menzerna 7.5 replacement), then Autosmart Tardis followed by Megs Super degreaser in the arches:
The engine bay was rinsed at medium pressure after being soaked with Super degreaser:
All the exterior trim and shuts were cleaned with APC and a slide lock brush before I then washed the car with the 2BM and Meguiars Shampoo Plus:
Tardis was used again to remove some minor tar spots along the lower half of the car and arch lips and I then put the car inside for claying.
Meguiars Quick Clay was used as there wasn’t a huge amount of contamination present as you can see from the (out of focus
) pic:
Once dried off I took paint readings which showed everything on the car was original except for an area on the o/s rear quarter which had been blown in. The paint readings were anything from 65 to 150 microns but the composite gauge was able to split the layers nicely and I found that I still had decent (and safe) levels of clear to play with even on the low areas.
Now time to inspect the paintwork...
buffer trails:
Micro marring from a sanding disc used by machine:
More micro marring:
nice work and nice car 
