Tweet
This is my friend's company car. It is really intensely driven and not garaged. The good thing is that it is washed only in non-automatic car washes so that the paint hasn't been massacred by automatic car wash brushes. 
I do not have "before" pictures as I brought the car on Friday evening an immediately took it for washing.
I first sprayed the car with a pre-wash of my own concept and rinsed. The main wash was done with Shampoo Plus and rims were cleaned with Wheel Brightener.
I then clayed the car. Taking into account the mileage and the fact the car is kept in the open 24/7, I decided to go for blue Professional Detailing Clay. Clay lube was Last Touch diluted 1:1 with water. Horizontal elements were not that bad but all hell broke loose when I got to the trunk, rear bumper and lower parts of doors. This is how the clay looked after doing maybe 1/4 of the trunk cover.
After claying I continued with light paint correction. The word "light" is used intentionally because, first of all, I had limited time and, second of all, I did not really believe I could do miracles with G220 on the hard VW paint. After a couple of quick tests I decided to use Ultimate Compound on hard polishing pads (local brand). I was unable to remove all the swirls and scratches but got rid of all oxidation, water spots and bug marks. This is a 50/50 shot of the rear bumper. The thick white scratch in the upper part is mechanical damage.
Because the lighting in my garage is still average, I can only show the "before" and "after" results on the bonnet.
Driver's side:
Passenger's side:
I followed with DC2 applied on a glazing pad via G220. After this stage the paint started looking really vibrant.
The wax of my choice was Meg's #16. I applied two layers by hand with about 12 hours between the two applications.
Other things"
1) front and rear lights - polished with PlastX via G220 on a 3" soft polishing pad.
Front "before" and "after":
Rear "before" and "after":
2) rims - 1 application of Chemical Guys Wheel Guard
3) tires - 3 applications of Prestone Tire Shine (I think it is a very good product)
4) plastics - 1 application of Ultimate Protectant
5) glass - clayed, polished with Turtle Wax Clear Vue Glass Polish and washed with a premium household glass cleaner
6) exhaust pipes - cleaned with Mag and Aluminium Polish (although I could easily spend another hour on them).
This are the afters. Sun did not want to cooperate.
I will honestly admit that it was in the after shots that I noticed one part that I had missed.
But I will not tell you what it was as, I am sure, you will clearly see it yourselves.
I do not have "before" pictures as I brought the car on Friday evening an immediately took it for washing. I first sprayed the car with a pre-wash of my own concept and rinsed. The main wash was done with Shampoo Plus and rims were cleaned with Wheel Brightener.
I then clayed the car. Taking into account the mileage and the fact the car is kept in the open 24/7, I decided to go for blue Professional Detailing Clay. Clay lube was Last Touch diluted 1:1 with water. Horizontal elements were not that bad but all hell broke loose when I got to the trunk, rear bumper and lower parts of doors. This is how the clay looked after doing maybe 1/4 of the trunk cover.
After claying I continued with light paint correction. The word "light" is used intentionally because, first of all, I had limited time and, second of all, I did not really believe I could do miracles with G220 on the hard VW paint. After a couple of quick tests I decided to use Ultimate Compound on hard polishing pads (local brand). I was unable to remove all the swirls and scratches but got rid of all oxidation, water spots and bug marks. This is a 50/50 shot of the rear bumper. The thick white scratch in the upper part is mechanical damage.
Because the lighting in my garage is still average, I can only show the "before" and "after" results on the bonnet.
Driver's side:
Passenger's side:
I followed with DC2 applied on a glazing pad via G220. After this stage the paint started looking really vibrant.
The wax of my choice was Meg's #16. I applied two layers by hand with about 12 hours between the two applications.
Other things"
1) front and rear lights - polished with PlastX via G220 on a 3" soft polishing pad.
Front "before" and "after":
Rear "before" and "after":
2) rims - 1 application of Chemical Guys Wheel Guard
3) tires - 3 applications of Prestone Tire Shine (I think it is a very good product)
4) plastics - 1 application of Ultimate Protectant
5) glass - clayed, polished with Turtle Wax Clear Vue Glass Polish and washed with a premium household glass cleaner
6) exhaust pipes - cleaned with Mag and Aluminium Polish (although I could easily spend another hour on them
).This are the afters. Sun did not want to cooperate.
I will honestly admit that it was in the after shots that I noticed one part that I had missed.
But I will not tell you what it was as, I am sure, you will clearly see it yourselves.
Comment