A 1st for DW as far as I can tell:thumb:
Was booked in for a while but a cancellation meant I was able to bring this forwards to Sunday/Monday and a long trip to Bolton:driver:
The car was to be prepped as its going to be auctioned at Goodwood FOS (but not possible for me to do the work down south) on the Friday and needed to be as good as possible, but no paint correction as it'd be the new owner getting the full benefit.
The car has been in the family for all of its life, and been 1 owner from new. Quite an achievement.
Washing was via the usual method, wheels 1st then body. Jet wash died on me and this made life interesting.
Claying was carried out with QF and poly clay, but I seem to be having a bad run of clay..
Weather was an issue
Originally I was PC'ing the car outside with Swissvax CF normal, but with the tropical monsoon season upon me I moved indoors to complete the task.
I pretty much spent most of day 1 getting the paint as perfect as posible and the wax choice was obvious...Swissvax Scuderia. I applied 1 coat during the day and buffed off after an hour, then re-applied another coat and this was going to be left on overnight.
6pm headed to my hotel in Chorley to discover on the local news we'd had a tornado!!!!!
Day 2
Tidying up exterior, chrome bumpers, glass, engine bay, boot and bonnet...
2nd coat of wax was left on overnight
Bumper 50/50 attempt
Lights were cleaned up of old polish residue and looked a lot better for it
One of my favorites
By now the transport had arrived and it was time to load it up.....nerve racking to say the least
I was especially pleased that the transporter driver thought it was a completely different car and just stood there with his mouth open shaking his head, a better compliment? Not that day!
This was a real joy to work on, and nice to do something totally different. Bring on the next one
Total work time 15hrs, thought day 2 I would have liked a little longer really...
Thanks for looking
Tim
ps will see the car again thie Friday at the Bonhams auction at Goodwood.
Was booked in for a while but a cancellation meant I was able to bring this forwards to Sunday/Monday and a long trip to Bolton:driver:
The car was to be prepped as its going to be auctioned at Goodwood FOS (but not possible for me to do the work down south) on the Friday and needed to be as good as possible, but no paint correction as it'd be the new owner getting the full benefit.
The car has been in the family for all of its life, and been 1 owner from new. Quite an achievement.
Washing was via the usual method, wheels 1st then body. Jet wash died on me and this made life interesting.
Claying was carried out with QF and poly clay, but I seem to be having a bad run of clay..
Weather was an issue
Originally I was PC'ing the car outside with Swissvax CF normal, but with the tropical monsoon season upon me I moved indoors to complete the task.
I pretty much spent most of day 1 getting the paint as perfect as posible and the wax choice was obvious...Swissvax Scuderia. I applied 1 coat during the day and buffed off after an hour, then re-applied another coat and this was going to be left on overnight.
6pm headed to my hotel in Chorley to discover on the local news we'd had a tornado!!!!!
Day 2
Tidying up exterior, chrome bumpers, glass, engine bay, boot and bonnet...
2nd coat of wax was left on overnight
Bumper 50/50 attempt
Lights were cleaned up of old polish residue and looked a lot better for it
One of my favorites
By now the transport had arrived and it was time to load it up.....nerve racking to say the least
I was especially pleased that the transporter driver thought it was a completely different car and just stood there with his mouth open shaking his head, a better compliment? Not that day!
This was a real joy to work on, and nice to do something totally different. Bring on the next one
Total work time 15hrs, thought day 2 I would have liked a little longer really...
Thanks for looking
Tim
ps will see the car again thie Friday at the Bonhams auction at Goodwood.