I had been talking to this prospective customer for a while and luckily had a booking reschedule on Sunday so was able to slot this TT in at the last minute...
I collected the car bright and early on the Sunday morning and had the day (10 hours or so) to breathe some life back into the paint.
The car itself was in absolutely pristine condition for a Mk1 TT and was a real pleasure to work with.
The customer (who is a Detailing World member) wanted (and supplied) GTechniq C1.5 as the protection for this detail and requested Finish Kare 1000P on the wheels, both of which are very strong products which I'd not used for a while.
On to the detail...
A few before shots - nothing too bad, just general light road grime:
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Wheels were dealt with first:
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Liberally covered in Auto Smart Smart Wheels:
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Worked with various brushes:
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and rinsed clean:
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IronX was then used to remove any brake dust pitting and fallout, but very little was present:
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Next Bilt Hamber Auto Foam was used to begin breaking down the general grime present on the car ahead of making physical contact with it:
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Next Surfex HD was used on the more intricate areas around the car:
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Next the foam was rinsed then the car was safely hand washed with BriteMax CleanMax and CarPro Mitt:
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Then rinsed again:
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This was followed up by the decontamination routine of IronX, Tardis and Clay:
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Whilst the car was being clayed, I began drying parts of the car with my 'blower':
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Next we turned our attention to the paintwork.
Despite the car looking incredible already, under lighting it was very apparent that the car was littered in swirl marks along with some deeper scratches in places.
After assessing the thickness of the paint to look for signs of resprayed panels or areas where paint thickness was low, we began assessing combinations to use. The paint was very hard indeed, and required Meguiars 101 via Polishing Pad and Rotary, followed up with Megs 205 and black Lake Country Finishing Pad to refine.
Some of the defect and correction shots:
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Before:
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After:
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The flake in the paint was incredible under lighting!
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50/50 showing the amount of colour and gloss restored from the correction process:
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The rear lights were also machined to remove the swirling:
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Ahead of applying GTechniq's excellent C1.5 Silo Seal, CarPro Eraser was used to ensure the polishing stages hadn't filled any of the defects and to also remove any polishing oils which may affect Silo Seal's ability to bond to the bare paint.
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Still looking good:
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2 layers of C1.5 were applied, with 10 minutes between them. It was applied to all exterior surfaces:
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The wheels were treated to Finish Kare 1000P and Auto Finesse's excellent new Satin tyre dressing!
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Finally, some afters. The Sun kindly went in just as I finished up, so a mixture of final shots:
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Outside in the grey skies:
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and a few Tesco shots:
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An extremely enjoyable detail for me and a pleasure to work on!!
Thanks for reading:
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Russ.
