Enhancement Detail - Deako's Scirocco GT

[RussZS]

Luke, apologies for the delay in doing this write up...

I did this car a couple of weekends ago, on what must have been one of the windiest days of the year, so had to battle with constant debris falling from the over hanging tree!  It was also the first VAG that I've attempted to correct 'in a day' and it's probably my last - with hard German paint it's near impossible to sort it out fully in 8 hours or so, it's simply too hard, requiring either heavy compounding then refinement, or multiple passes. 

Luckily, this Scirocco was in very good condition to begin with, so I soldiered on, and did what I could within the agreed timescale.  I am however going to return to sort some of the RDS's out which I couldn't on the day, after a training session with KDS.

So, on to the detail...

As ever, I started with my usual process:

- Wheels, Arches and Tyres with G101 with various brushes
- Bodywork with Optimum Shampoo
- Tar treated with Tardis
- Fallout treated with Decon Gel
- Clayed with Elite Polyclay
- Rewashed with Optimum and dried with Uber Drying Towels.

As said before, the car was VERY clean and VERY well looked after, with obvious evidence of wax on both bodywork and wheels, along with very clean shuts and sills and minimal tar and fallout.

The clay didn't pick up much at all either:


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Paint readings were taken all over the car, and were averaging a typical VW reading of 150 or so:


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The paintwork was in very good condition also, but its glossiness was being robbed by the swirling all over the car, for example:


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I spent a fair amount of time trying to find the perfect combo, but settled on Megs 105 on a Megs Cutting pad.  Megs 105, although a relatively heavy compound, finishes down VERY well on harder paints such as VW's, so luckily I was able to obtain a great finish using one polish.  Ideally, given more time, I would like to refine with 205, but given that I only had a day, I believe the results to be very good.


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Before....


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After...


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I finished up with:

- 20/20 on the glass
- CG New Look Trim Gel on tyres and plastics
- Colli 845 on the wheels
- Supernatural Hybrid on the paintwork and door shuts

Some afters:


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A frustrating one this, but I was relatively happy with the outcome.  I'm moving into a unit soon, so no more issues with rain, and indeed wind, fingers crossed!!

Thanks again Luke for the opportunity to do your car :)

Cheers,

Russ.

[big al]

Again russ. A great Devi. And so nice to see a new car getting looked after so well from the start. Shows that the next owner will get a well treated motor.
(though think it needs lowering judging by some of those springs!)

[Tfsi_Mike]

  Shiiiiiiny

Im soooo looking forward to treating the Leon to a full on detail. 

[stealthwolf]

Stunning finish. So how come you used hybrid instead of powerlock?

[RussZS]

Stunning finish. So how come you used hybrid instead of powerlock?

Well... I feel bad about this in fact.  I'd bought Hybrid on the back of the 'hype' over on DW, and Luke had asked me about which wax etc to use, he said he was looking at SN, so I mentioned about the Hybrid, and we agreed I'd use that, and that he'd buy a pot too.  However, after using it a bit, I wasn't much of a fan really (much prefer Chemical Guys 50/50 or Powerlock as you say).  I think Luke is going to sell his SNH too, and possibly invest in some Powerlock...

Have you tried RaceGlaze55 btw?  Very good choice on black.  I've been waiting for Elite to become a stockist, and I'll probably order that and Black Label next week.

Powerlock is a great choice for the money though.  I'm doing a black GTI on Sunday, and I'll use Powerlock on that :)

I bet the R222 is gone on yours by now?  It only seems to last a couple of weeks! :(  Looks superb whilst it's there though!  Much like Pinnacle Souveran (although that's £65!)

Cheers all :)  I'm really looking forward to getting a unit and getting to do a proper write up and take my time doing things, in decent conditions, with proper lighting

[MPS]

WOW! That black is...NOMNOMNOM!!! 

[stealthwolf]

I bet the R222 is gone on yours by now?  It only seems to last a couple of weeks! :(  Looks superb whilst it's there though!

Tell me about it! Car was done two weeks ago and today whilst sheeting I noticed a huge flatspot over the bonnet and I think the driver's side door. Thankfully, another DWer sent me a pot of his old P21S.

Absolute dream to apply and to buff off. None of this PITA from the likes of collinite. I am really tempted to buy a pot of R222 now but I'm eager to try out the powerlock and I still have some Lusso Oro that I wanted to try again.

[Deako]

Again russ. A great Devi. And so nice to see a new car getting looked after so well from the start. Shows that the next owner will get a well treated motor.
(though think it needs lowering judging by some of those springs!)

Only owned it 4 weeks, it will be lowered at some point. When im not skint. 

Thanks for posting this up Russ. Happy with the way it looks. Just need a front end respray now, and ill be happy.