Clark@Polishedbliss

This was done last month but I've only just found time to catch up on some write ups. It wasn’t one I was planning on showing but I figured it would be a good one to do in the end so we start from the correction stage, with the car in for 3 days...



Looks pretty good in that pic already, but if you look closer you know it's not good news when you can see buffer trails when there's no direct light on the paintwork...








Turns out the owner had previously requested a valeter to give the car a machine polish but as you can see they didn’t do the best job, as can be seen further when the Sun Gun comes out to play...
























Luckily the paint readings on all metal and plastic panels were healthy enough to allow me to go hard at the paint, using a 3M Compounding Pad @ 2000rpm's with Fast Cut Plus & Ultrafina with a drop of one of Gloss-It's new products:




This is my favourite product at the moment, it reduces dusting, primes pads nicely and totally transforms some polishes, especially the Gloss-It ones via Rotary and sticky paint is now just a slight inconvenience

Test section before:



During:



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50/50 on the bootlid shows the contrast in clarity of the paintwork:






This is typically the kind of random scratch that was left as it was too deep to safely polish/sand out:




Menzerna's new 80mm pads (loving these just now too!) were used for the tighter areas:

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The vents were removed to enable me to fully correct the surrounding areas:








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50/50 on the N/S wing:






Fully corrected:




50/50 on the door:






Rear 1/4 before:



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Roof:




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The side grills/fins/what ever you want to call them were a bit tarnished so while they were off I cleaned them up with some Brilliant Metal Polish and a CCS Polishing Pad:

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Products used:



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Light before:



After Menzerna 203S:










Some of the worst areas such as the sideskirts and majority of the bumpers were corrected with a Gloss-It wool pad:



These areas were then refined with Menzerna 203S and the rest of the car was done with Menzerna 85RE.


Pictures from then on were few and far between due to a 1:30am finish on the 2nd day so this was the rest of the process before the final pics:


LSP - Top Inspection wipe down followed by Zym0l Vintage.

~Exterior Glass - New Glass Sealant currently on test.
~Interior Glass - Eimann Fabrik Clear Vision.
~Tailpipes - Wire Wool and Raceglaze Alutech followed by BF Metal Sealant.
~Wheels - Blackfire Metal Sealant.
~Tyres - 3 coats of Gloss-It Signature Tyre Gloss.
~Engine Bay - Aerospace 303 Protectant.


Interior:

~ Thorough Hoover.
~ APC wipe down.
~ Leather cleansed and fed with Raceglaze twins.
~ Mats lightly shampooed with Autosmart Brisk.
~ Shuts with Prime Strong
~ Rubber Seals with Raceglaze trim dressing.



Final wipe down with Werkstat Carnauba Glos and here's the result of 35 hours work :thumb:














































Thank you for taking the time to read

Clark

Alps Pacino

i am really wanting to get myself a good kit but dont know where to start and what i need lol, i've been looking throught your site and am still non the wiser.

Luca

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Fantastic read thank you for sharing

Clark@Polishedbliss

Have you had a good read through the FAQ section mate?

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...dvice-faq.html

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Fantastic!!!! i often look at your write ups on Detailing world

Alps Pacino

Yes i have and i sort of understand what i need the products to do but not sure what products i need to buy to do what i want them to if you know what i mean lol

I could do with someone who knows there stuff making a simple shopping list for me or having a look at a list i think i need.

Here's my attempt.

wash= megs hyper wash

clean= megs quick clay kit

polish= megs g220, Menzerna polish triple pack

protect= blackfire wet diamond

wheels= megs wheel brightner

Brian

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Brian

Gav Diamond

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Clark
Great work as always bud
When are we gonna see the New Focus RS write up?

Alps Pacino
Looks good to me bud, i have the Blackfires, leaves a great finish.
It would be worth emailing Rich at Polished Bliss and he will get back to you faster with your chosen selection, has helped me loads in the past

Alps Pacino

Ye i might drop him an email see what he says as i could do with getting the integra sorted cause it's been stood for nearly 2 years and the paint is flat as fuck and full of marks which looks worse than it is cause its black

Cragrat

iTrader: (4)

4 foot snake what a difference

Polished Bliss

Aye; given that you have three cars with three different paint types, you are going to need a bespoke kit for the machine polishing work. E-mail me details about the condition of the cars and their colours, and I'll get back to you on Monday with a suggested shopping list and working routine to follow for all of them. E-mail address on this link...

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/contact.html

Bullett

iTrader: (2)

wow,wicked job.can i ask how the hell did they manage to leave it in that state?using a rotary? rather than something like the g220?
its awful and im not genius at details

Polished Bliss

A combination of bad washing techniques and very poor rotary polishing skills and products is most likely; getting a flawless finish with a rotary polisher is not easy, hence why so many people get it so badly wrong.

Alps Pacino

Spotty dog, i've dropped you an email from the add whitefordrs@aol.com

Cheers Mark