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Old 09-09-2009, 09:05 PM   #1
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Arrow Nanolex 09' Focus RS- Gleammachine.

After many delivery setbacks and booking re-arrangements my customer finally took delivery of his Frozen White Focus RS.
With the dealership being less than a mile from me, the car was driven direct with a mear 30 miles on the clock.
The dealer having been advised not to perform any pdi, it was dropped of for 2 days warts and all.

Upon arrival.















Firstly the car was pressure rinsed to remove as much muck as possible,



Alloys were cleaned using various brushes and Espuma Revolution, arches and tyres cleaned with BH Surfex HD,







x2 applications of Megs APC applied through the foam lance and left to dwell for 5 mins or so,



Badges, shuts and panel gaps cleaned with APC and Envy detailing brushes,







Shuts pressure rinsed clean,



A 3rd application through the foam lance of Megs Hyperwash to lubricate the surface, washed using the 2 bucket method, Shampoo+ and Zym@l sponges,





With the wash complete, vehicle pressure rinsed followed by a final rinse with an open flow to remove any remainding suds, then dried using Uber plush towels,



At this stage the engine bay was given a wipedown,



Plastics treated with 303 aerospace dressing, painted areas protected using Opti-seal,





Fallout, metal filings and contaminents,





Paintwork clayed to remove surface contaminents using Z-16 and for the heavier areas Sonus grey aggressive clay, this stage took a good 2 hrs to complete,





Pad primed with a conditioner, Marring and light defects corrected using Megs 205 on a finishing pad, some areas requiring Menzerna 203s on a polishing pad via the rotary,







Mirrors were not looking to great from the manufacturer,
After 1 set of polishing they were looking a lot better, needed another set after photo,



Gloss black areas look great, but look at them the wrong way and they mark, caution taken when dealing with these areas with plenty of new microfibres used, polished with a 3m waffle pad and Megs 205,





At this stage and the refinement complete it was 9pm and time to call it a night.

Day 2.

A 6 am start as I wanted to get the sealant down so it had 12 hrs curring time before the handover, firstly dusted down with the Zym@l tickle stick and then an IPA wipedown to remove any polishing oils,



Sealant of choice Nanolex Premium, applied using a double sided make-up pad to a 2ft squared area and immediately buffed of,







Inner alloys and calipers sealed using Opti-seal and facias with Nanolex premium,





Tyres, rubber trim and plastics dressed using Megs All seasons, applied then wiped with a MF to tone down the gloss,





Interior then given a vac, plastics and trim wiped down, carpets, seats and leather protected with Nanolex fabric/leather sealant,







Nanolex glass cleaner applied and removed leaving a squeeky clean surface and perfect base for applying Nanolex Urban glass sealant, this was left to cure for 15 mins before removing,





Door seals treated with Gummi Pfledge,



Shuts sealed using Nanolex Basic,



Exhausts polished with Britemax final shine,



A few pics before pulling the car out for the final shots,









Finished results and typically grey sky's.































Many thanks to Florian (Nanolex) for shipping out some replacement sealant at such short notice, excellent service.

Thanks for looking.
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:18 PM   #2
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that looks scary but beautiful at the same time, looks stunning but shocking it left the line with marks like it had, waite till pit viper and kev r around, they will be in rs porn land
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:29 PM   #3
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:30 PM   #4
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Lovely job there i do like those focus RS's
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:34 PM   #5
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Stunning car and great work

Makes me want want want
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:44 PM   #7
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love these cars
great work as usual Rob
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:48 PM   #8
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epic job on an epic car .
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:57 PM   #9
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Nice work Rob looks great in the afters, I had a blue one in last week and has been my most enjoyable detail of the year so far they have got a real presence
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:59 PM   #10
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Lovely job Rob.

Stunning results from the Nanolex
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