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Mint up before Harewood
« on: August 16, 2011, 10:29:12 pm »
Thought I best give the Eddy a mint up before I took it to the VW festival.So it started on the Friday night when I got home from work.It looked like the heavens were going to open but I had to take the chance!



I started by giving the car a good rinse off with the power wash.Then snow foamed the car

While the snow foam was doing it's thing I went round and pre sprayed the door shuts and wheel arches with watered down G101
I didn't need to do anything to the wheels apart from a blast off.I had taken them off at work and cleaned them while painting the calipers
and hubs.

I then rinsed the snow foam off then re applied it and began washing the car with my wool wash mitt and using the 2 bucket method


After the wash process was done I power washed the arches and door shuts then gave the arches a wash with an old wash mitt and G101.
I was very impressed with the way the Menzerna power lock was repelling the water





By this time the Heavens had opened :sad1:
I started drying the car off with the most expensive car dryer in the world.It hasn't even seen any leaves.That was the purpose it was bought for :signLOL:



Nice reflection after a wash!

After it was all done, it was time to put my feet up and get ready to finish the job off tomorrow.
I was up at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning.I didn't get the time to take pictures of what I did
so I will just have to talk you through it.I started by giving the car a rinse off then dry off again.
I then sprayed Autosmart Tardis to remove any tar.
The paintwork wasn't in bad condition because I look after it.I gave it a light going over with P1
then Clearkote red mousse glaze and finished with Menzerna power lock.
I used Jetseal 109 on the wheels and sheened the tyres with AG rubber cleaner.
Windows cleaned with AG glass polish.Here are a few pics when I had finished!








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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2011, 10:31:25 pm »
V. nice!

Who did the refurb on your wheels... i was eyeing them up (mines the back ed30 next to yours)
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2011, 10:43:33 pm »
Looked lovely on Sunday jamie nowt better than a highly polished red motor... No wonder you get stressed -- that looks one BUSY STREET  :scared:
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2011, 10:43:42 pm »
Thanks Rich.this is the website of the company that did them http://www.paintec.co.uk/
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2011, 10:54:22 pm »
Quote from: psw mk5 on August 16, 2011, 10:43:33 pm
Looked lovely on Sunday jamie nowt better than a highly polished red motor... No wonder you get stressed -- that looks one BUSY STREET  :scared:
Its one busy cul-de-sac  :laugh:
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2011, 10:58:57 pm »
Barbed wire and gun turrets are what you are wanting ... During the war..  :signLOL:
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2011, 11:04:01 pm »
 :signLOL: You had any joy with your beast?
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2011, 08:01:40 am »
I thought it looked clean! Good work Jamie.. and you can say you did it all yourself.. unlike some..  :ashamed:  :grin:

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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2011, 03:43:27 pm »
Quote from: chip20 on August 16, 2011, 11:04:01 pm
:signLOL: You had any joy with your beast?

not yet mate I'm thinking of parking it in tesco/asda and letting it get battered by crazy women then It may blend in with the majority of other cars ... Then I may be able to sell it then.... Strange as cause it's mint me thinks it puts peeps off .... RANT OVER  :grin:
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2011, 06:06:07 pm »
Nice buckets :happy2:, looks good heard good things about the powerloc.
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2011, 09:58:16 pm »
Quote from: keith on August 17, 2011, 06:06:07 pm
Nice buckets :happy2:, looks good heard good things about the powerloc.
Quality buckets Keith.I wonder where I got them from!!!
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2011, 10:00:58 pm »
Quote from: psw mk5 on August 17, 2011, 03:43:27 pm
Quote from: chip20 on August 16, 2011, 11:04:01 pm
:signLOL: You had any joy with your beast?

not yet mate I'm thinking of parking it in tesco/asda and letting it get battered by crazy women then It may blend in with the majority of other cars ... Then I may be able to sell it then.... Strange as cause it's mint me thinks it puts peeps off .... RANT OVER  :grin:
It's a mint car mate.Somebody must be after one somewhere
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2011, 11:03:34 pm »
Golf looks ok, but tell me more about that little blue Fiat in the back ground  :drool:
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2011, 07:29:16 am »
 Finally got a use for that old leaf blower in the garage. Cheers for the inspiration, Chip! :wink:
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Re: Mint up before Harewood
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2011, 12:19:28 pm »
Awesome turn around. Viewing these pics on an iphone did not do the car and the hard work justice. Well done!  :happy2:
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