Was asked a few weeks ago about preparing this Polo few days before Edition38 show.
Car belongs to a girl, yeh you might see the odd glimpse of pink fluff in the pics
I guess the name on the private plate gives it away too
The car is a 1.2 with a few tasteful mods, BBS LM (reps), Lowered suspension and a enhancing bodykit with lower front/rear and side skirts. Bumper, side strips and mirrors have all been colour coded. The car visually looks spot on and could pass as a factory released model :thumb:
On the detail..
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How the car arrived..
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So First up as always was the wheels.
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Weapons of choice were Bilberry wheel cleaner (4:1), EZ-detail brush and a small 1" detail brush (B&Q item £4 :thumb: )
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Bilberry at work!
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Rinsed, hard!
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On closer inspection of the body work and shut lines was signs of previous polish/compound attempts, so APC was bought out to do the following..
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Next up, pre-wash the car.
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As it was pretty soiled in lower areas I went with a APC and foamed the car with pinch of Megs Hyperwash for some little added cleaning power.
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After 5mins of dwelling and cleaning the dirt..
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I sprayed off paying attention to the areas I applied APC to.
Then straight onto handwash which was single bucket..
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With lambswool washmitt and CG Maxisuds. As there was maching polishing TBM wasn't going to add anything.
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Lower areas done at the end of the handwash stage.
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Sprayed off, then straight onto..
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Claying the car with Polyclay and Megs LT and CG Maxisuds as a lube.
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After the bonnet.
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After the entire car was done. Lower parts picking up few bits of contamination but not too much in fairness.
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Another handwash
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And dried with Mircle drying towel.
Now the surface is clean we can check for defects.
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Some scuffs and faint scratchs, with very few RIDS (thank god) with medium level of swirls although they were light to medium to be fair.
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Taped up the car with 3M 3434 ready for machine polishing...
Tried 3M Ultra Fina, Menz 85RD.. and ended up going with Megs #83 on a 3M High Gloss pad finished down to LSP.
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50/50s
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All areas are machine polished with #83 and refined to LSP stage.
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As I had pretty poor lighting, also with me loosing my brinkmanns charger it wasn't that easy to show the defects.. So..
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Then later at night
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Then following morning I cleaned it up
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Now the polishing was all completed i decided to rewash the dust and splats off during polishing.
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First with a heavy thick foam with Megs Hyperwash
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Dwelled for 5 mins, then washed TBM with CG Maxisuds and dried off with Mircle drying towel.
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Surface was them IPA'd.
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In preperation for Zaino Z2 ZFX'd
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Z6 was used between coats to wipe down. Wheel rims where given 2 coats of Z2, tyres dressed with CG New look tyre gel.
Finished with Z8 to leave the...
AFTERS
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Thanks for reading
Car belongs to a girl, yeh you might see the odd glimpse of pink fluff in the pics
I guess the name on the private plate gives it away too The car is a 1.2 with a few tasteful mods, BBS LM (reps), Lowered suspension and a enhancing bodykit with lower front/rear and side skirts. Bumper, side strips and mirrors have all been colour coded. The car visually looks spot on and could pass as a factory released model :thumb:
On the detail..
How the car arrived..
So First up as always was the wheels.
Weapons of choice were Bilberry wheel cleaner (4:1), EZ-detail brush and a small 1" detail brush (B&Q item £4 :thumb: )
Bilberry at work!
Rinsed, hard!
On closer inspection of the body work and shut lines was signs of previous polish/compound attempts, so APC was bought out to do the following..
Next up, pre-wash the car.
As it was pretty soiled in lower areas I went with a APC and foamed the car with pinch of Megs Hyperwash for some little added cleaning power.
After 5mins of dwelling and cleaning the dirt..
I sprayed off paying attention to the areas I applied APC to.
Then straight onto handwash which was single bucket..
With lambswool washmitt and CG Maxisuds. As there was maching polishing TBM wasn't going to add anything.
Lower areas done at the end of the handwash stage.
Sprayed off, then straight onto..
Claying the car with Polyclay and Megs LT and CG Maxisuds as a lube.
After the bonnet.
After the entire car was done. Lower parts picking up few bits of contamination but not too much in fairness.
Another handwash
And dried with Mircle drying towel.
Now the surface is clean we can check for defects.
Some scuffs and faint scratchs, with very few RIDS (thank god) with medium level of swirls although they were light to medium to be fair.
Taped up the car with 3M 3434 ready for machine polishing...
Tried 3M Ultra Fina, Menz 85RD.. and ended up going with Megs #83 on a 3M High Gloss pad finished down to LSP.
Before
After
50/50s
All areas are machine polished with #83 and refined to LSP stage.
Before
After
Before
After
As I had pretty poor lighting, also with me loosing my brinkmanns charger it wasn't that easy to show the defects.. So..
Then later at night
:thumb:
Then following morning I cleaned it up
Now the polishing was all completed i decided to rewash the dust and splats off during polishing.
First with a heavy thick foam with Megs Hyperwash
Dwelled for 5 mins, then washed TBM with CG Maxisuds and dried off with Mircle drying towel.
Surface was them IPA'd.
In preperation for Zaino Z2 ZFX'd
Z6 was used between coats to wipe down. Wheel rims where given 2 coats of Z2, tyres dressed with CG New look tyre gel.
Finished with Z8 to leave the...
AFTERS
Thanks for reading
