Again, more apologies for not many write ups, we have several lined up to get on the blog, but we though we should share this one first.
Not much talking, I think the pics speak for themselves!
Before
After
The car arrived with us on a Wednesday afternoon and was due for collection on the Saturday afternoon and we knew we would have our work cut out from the start!
Swirls poking out through the dust.
Some local wildlife.
Bird dropping marks – this would prove difficult to remove later on because of the location on the sunroof!
Some areas of repair where we had to be extra careful – Paintwork should be thoroughly checked before correction!
Another nasty bird bomb to deal with.
Wheels suffering from btake dust marks and general road grime.
Some scuffs to deal with;
Areas often missed when washing
On to the wash stage – getting in all the hard to reach and often overlooked areas
On to the wheels, acid free wheel cleaner and a selection or brushes to bring them back to life.
Wheels all clean, water after one wheel isn’t! Fresh needed after every wheel!
All washed and dried, now to inspect the defects! EEEEK!
Time for some compounding; Menzerna Powergloss required to remove the swirls
…and a second hit required to remove most of the remaining random deep scratches
Much better – still some refining required to remove the marring from the compounding
So out with the cleanser and a polishing pad to remove the holograms and any marring.
And now for the little touches – Exhausts polished
Still left with some dust from the polishing though!
Time to get it rolled outside, rinsed down and engine bay attended to.
Much better – car now rinsed, bonnet, boot and door shuts primed and optisealed…
While that is curing time to attend to the interior
Leather cleaned and fed and carpets hoovered – much nicer place to be
Just enough time to get a premium show winning wax on and get some pictures taken
late afternoon reflections
the sun – the real judge of three days of polishing!
Remember before? Scroll back up to compare how it looked when it arrived!
Overall a very challenging but very rewarding four days!