Picutres are kind of in order, but i cant be bothered to seperate them at the mo... im sure you can figure it out

Thought i might aswell post this up now as i have been hanging off doing it for a couple of weeks

As the paint work is crap i was just after an enhancement detail.

The car was

1) degreased with a strong mix of APC
2) rinsed then snowfoamed
3) rinsed then clayed
4) rinsed then dried
5) taped up
6) gone over with the rotary and a megs light cut pad with megs ~83
7) gone over with the PC an SFX2 pad and megs #80 ( a mate trailing behind me )
8) black hole glazed
9) vics concourse red was used as a wax
10---- ) all the other usual stuff like glass cleaned etc

 

wish i had thestuff and patience to do that.

 

Took a day to get it like that. I love doing it

 

the difference is unreal,some of the reflections look stunning

 

Thank you Dicko.... or Sarah

 

looks mint now mate
would it be ok use those on 2k black?

 

not had alot of experience with 2k paint so wouldnt like to comment.

How was it hardened chemical or bake ?

 

Thats stunning, like doing this stuff myself, got a Kestrel D,A, just saving to get a decent rotary polisher now.

 

The afters are stunning!

 

Cheers guys

 

stunning results you got their mate

cheers james

 

Nice results, great work.

 

Stunning. love looking at threads like this. Out of interest how much do you reckon you paid for all the stuff you metioned in your list.I would like to do the same to my scooby, but as its an every day family car thats used in rain or shine. I don't want to/can't justify spending a fortune.

 

If you inclued things like the rotary and porter cable, quite alot lol

a bottle of polish is between Ł15-25
clay 10-15
wax 15-50000
glaze 15-25
then you have things like the plastic dressings etc

You can do it on a budget by hand and still get good results, but it will never match that of a machine polisher unfortunatly

 

Very nice results mate

 

Thank you Jason.

May pop down to one of the ESRSOC meets at some point

 

Cool, be good to see you and the car (maybe show me how to detail mine lol)

 

The paint looks great now man ! You`ve done a great job !

 

Thank you !

 

looks awesome mate

 

Loving the last couple of pictures with the water on the paint

 

Wow how mint is that.Its just looks well shiny.

 

yeah looks well sweet now.

 

Amazing! come do mine

 

nice work, and stunning results!

hw much do company's charge to 'detail' cars?

 

Totally depends on how much work you want done and to what standard. 1 day protection details usually vary from Ł150 to Ł400 for 8-10 hours work; 2 day minor corrections from Ł300 to Ł700 for 16-20 hours work, and 3 day + major corrections anything from Ł600 to well over a grand for anything from 24 to 40+ hours work. Detailer prices vary greatly with setup, experience and reputation. Like most trades really.

 

looks fantastic mate , good on ya i wanna do mine soon.
Where did you get the Nikon paint gadget from?

 

Hi fella.
Two of my mates have owned this car and i love it!!
Looks the absolute tits after all that graft mate! Job well done

Craig

 

Busby would be proud

 

Its not nikon, but the camera was lol.

I got the thickness gauge from a group buy on detailing world

Cheers mate

After seing himclean it the way he was, it was the least i could do for the paint work lol. Although the paint is far from perfect, it will be getting sorted in the next year or two after ive got a new gearbox

 

I've seen these pics somewhere before haven't I?!... As said before Alex, looks stunning!

I just haven't got the patience for anything like that... so in all seriousness could you do mine when it's finished?!

 

i wouldnt mind that chap, im sure we could sort something out