After close communication with Darren over a few months, with working away and commitments, it was decided a full correction was the way forward, plus a ceramic coating to resist further marking in the form of Gtechniq C1 and the boys.....
On initial inspection, it was very well looked after by Darren, but he was disappointed with how it was looking in the sunlight due to prior wash marring and the odd scratch here and there.....
So, onto some before pics. Not looking untidy at all....
Boot, door, fuel cap and a little engine spruce first....
A light solution of smart wheels to clean the alloys, followed by purple rain...
Magifoamed....
Intricate areas cleaned...
Then washed carefully via 2BM and then the tar was removed with tardis....
Clayed with use of Stjärnagloss mild and safe, removing contaminants from the paint, including some tar that was missed with the paint being black.....
not leaving the vehicle looking too bad at all....
Inside though, under lighting...
Not many of the roof, but a sample of before....
After a little work....
More flake pop now....
Bonnet....
After
The offside had had some paintwork (I'm guessing a bad scratch or something like, as it was rock hard, but no sign of any filler anywhere with the readings) so totally different pad/polish combos.... An excellent job though, in terms of colour match and blend...
After....
Door before...
After (prior to finishing down)
Rear quarter.....
Sticker removed on both sides to correct the area fully.....
No afters taken for some reason!!! It wasn't forgotten about though....
Mirror casing after...
Nearside wing and mirror casing, back to Honda paint.....
After initial correction....
I then went over the door pillar and onto the rear quarter.....
After initial correction....
Door....
Overspray on the door from doing the skirts?
After initial correction....
Front bumper receiving the same treatment....
On to the rear bumper, spoiler and quarter.....
After initial correction again...
Peeping it's nose out of the garage.... Nearly finished....
All areas then refined and IPA wipe down in due course, to ensure no areas were filled or masked, next, the windscreen (clayed whilst doing the paintwork) G4 polish, removed, IPA, then G1 applied....
C1 applied to paintwork, C4 to trim and C5 to the wheels. Chemical Guys G6 hypercoat to the tires......
Some afters......
Ready for pick up.....
Thanks for looking, as always, comments and questions welcome.....
Mike @ Deeper Detail
On initial inspection, it was very well looked after by Darren, but he was disappointed with how it was looking in the sunlight due to prior wash marring and the odd scratch here and there.....
So, onto some before pics. Not looking untidy at all....
Boot, door, fuel cap and a little engine spruce first....
A light solution of smart wheels to clean the alloys, followed by purple rain...
Magifoamed....
Intricate areas cleaned...
Then washed carefully via 2BM and then the tar was removed with tardis....
Clayed with use of Stjärnagloss mild and safe, removing contaminants from the paint, including some tar that was missed with the paint being black.....
not leaving the vehicle looking too bad at all....
Inside though, under lighting...
Not many of the roof, but a sample of before....
After a little work....
More flake pop now....
Bonnet....
After
The offside had had some paintwork (I'm guessing a bad scratch or something like, as it was rock hard, but no sign of any filler anywhere with the readings) so totally different pad/polish combos.... An excellent job though, in terms of colour match and blend...
After....
Door before...
After (prior to finishing down)
Rear quarter.....
Sticker removed on both sides to correct the area fully.....
No afters taken for some reason!!! It wasn't forgotten about though....
Mirror casing after...
Nearside wing and mirror casing, back to Honda paint.....
After initial correction....
I then went over the door pillar and onto the rear quarter.....
After initial correction....
Door....
Overspray on the door from doing the skirts?
After initial correction....
Front bumper receiving the same treatment....
On to the rear bumper, spoiler and quarter.....
After initial correction again...
Peeping it's nose out of the garage.... Nearly finished....
All areas then refined and IPA wipe down in due course, to ensure no areas were filled or masked, next, the windscreen (clayed whilst doing the paintwork) G4 polish, removed, IPA, then G1 applied....
C1 applied to paintwork, C4 to trim and C5 to the wheels. Chemical Guys G6 hypercoat to the tires......
Some afters......
Ready for pick up.....
Thanks for looking, as always, comments and questions welcome.....
Mike @ Deeper Detail