Detailing thread- Q&A Welcome!

[hamish_023]

very nice, you can dilute If you want less sheen on the tyres as well. A lot better then the shit silicone tyre shine that slings and collects dust.

That's good to know, also picked up some Z2 Pro as well. I have some aerospace 303 but I'm not sure if that can be used on tyres or gives plastics a nice sheen as what I have seen with PERL.

I have used 303. It's alright for plastics engine bay covers or wheel treating arches after I cleaned them but not the best on tyres.

[hamish_023]

Another Evo weekend:







Paint decontamination stage 1 - Iron decontamination



Paint decontamination stage 2



All round the body measured same as the other evo.

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Time taken: 8 hours

[vp920b]

Nice work as always Hamish.

Anyway wanna ask u somethin.

Will PO203S fast enough to do 70-80% of correction(all in one is it?)? Will work on my mates Golf GTI for free. haha..

Thanks

[hamish_023]

Will PO203S fast enough to do 70-80% of correction(all in one is it?)? Will work on my mates Golf GTI for free. haha..

Thanks

If you use a green or white LC pad you could use it as an all in one. Won't be as wet look as 85rd or 106ff but will still look good and maybe 70% better then before. When finishing with 203s finish on lower speed and light pressure.

When are you buying the flex DA. It's worth it!

[vp920b]

Hahaha.. I would love to, but got to pay for my own insurance-fuel for the new car and finding a proper part time jobs.. haha..

I want that Flex last time when in US but the hard thing is that the flex only come in 6" Backing Plate. Can't find any smaller BP.

[vp920b]

Another detailing after a month..

VW Golf GTi-White(similar to BMW alpine white).

Very easy to polish. 75% mostly just using PO203S for polishing. For heavy part using Meg's Ultimate Compound then Meg's 205(for the boot).

Very happy to see the results and happy to use PO203S, minimal dust, good all in one polish. But this VW paint is not that good, very sticky so some panels got asphalt that can't be remove and side skirt paint is the worst ever paint that I'd seen and front bumper clear bra was not polished. Oh well here's the car, not much photo because running out of time.

Chems:
Concours DA
Suburf Pads
LC 5" White pads
LC 5" green pad for glass
LC 6" Red pads
Meg's QD+mothers Clay
Menz PO203S
Meg's UC
Meg's 205
Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant
Swissvax Smaragd
Zaino Z6
Meg's UW(for wheels)
Repco black tire
Armor all leather protectant
Armor all interior cleaner
Sonax glass polish
Meg's no smear glass
Chemguys Trim spray

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After LSP:






Total Hours: 8.5 hours.

Thanks all

[hamish_023]

Very Nice Naldo!

this one isn't a paint correction detail just a tidy up and decontaminating the paint and fixing up scratched up and crusty headlights of of Carl's (dropz) car.

This was after a decent wash, still left with contaminants bonding with the clear coat





starting first with iron decontamination: (turns purple when dissolving iron content in the paint & there was alot of it)





once that was done there were still some tar spots that were evident:



now onto clay barr:





headlights came up clear and hazyness/scratches gone:



all done, paint wasnt polished due to only having 3 hours time to work on the car but paint cleaner prima amigo applied with blue pad and then Zaino Z2 as a sealant

[vp920b]

I indeed need IronX!

Nice job for 3 hours work Hamish..

[hamish_023]

Thought this one might be worth posting: Silver VE SV6 (Same family as the EVOX) Stage 2 paint correction plus some removal of very deep cuts which required light wet sanding before cutting compound.(although still measured average of 220um after compared to 224um before on the particular area's.

It's hard to capture the swirls in the paint in the photo's with silver but here we are:

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Paint measure read a consistent 220 - 260um over the entire body, no signs of resprays etc.




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After: (90% gone but they were deep cuts and wasn't worth chasing the rest) paint still measured a thick 220um on that spot.



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After shots (no wax or sealant just bare paint)















Any comments & questions welcome

for a few more photo's head to http://hamish023.imgur.com

[hamish_023]

Just got a delivery of some Swissvax wax's to add to the collection.

[vp920b]

Nice one Hamish.. Which wax do u bought? Crystal rock?

Anyway another 3 hours fast job, in my home town.

Fast in time but feels like hell, very hot in Jakarta, 36 deg and 90% humid..

Toyota Yaris, black MY 2008 I guess, plenty of deep scratch but owner just want to clean up, as long as it's paint back to original.

No before only after pics.

Tools:

Meg's wash n wax
DAS6
Suburf pad
Meg's QD
Zaino red clay
Meg's D151 paint reconditioning cream
Meg's M26 yellow wax
Reload spray coating
Meg's hot n shine tyre









Thanks

[hamish_023]

Swissvax Concorso, as well as some other goodies

have a tester of crystal rock coming soon as well

Nice, looked with the car is kept in not bad condition though.

[hamish_023]

When are you going to do your new car Naldo?

[hamish_023]

Today's job was a GC8 which wasn't too bad considering the age. Needed some touching up in places and had some serious contaminates bonded to the paint as well as the swirls & oxidisation which made it looks a dull yellow instead of a brilliant white. 9 hours spent on the car.

Without clogging up more of this page I'll just add the link for pics:

http://imgur.com/a/pOq8h#0

[Kekotic]

Hurray! You took my advice about not posting 20 pictures each time, and just posting the link