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Offline mkviken

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Back to white
« on: November 07, 2012, 05:42:28 pm »
Some mk6 action here

My car will be off the road for a while so its as good a time as any for some OCD cleaning. my car has NEVER been this dirty before but as its going away for a while I had to treat it to some proper roads.

Before;


















After the usual snow foam and 3 bucket wash, chassis wash and wax treatment, wheel arch and door jamb wash i then cleaned the paintwork right back, removing any old product and started from scratch with Poorboys diamond white glaze, then a coat of Poorboys EX-P sealant left to cure for an hour followed by 2 coats of Poorboys nattys wax.

Wheels were treated to yet another coat of Poorboys wheel sealant inside and out (wheels removed and rotated front to back i usually do every 4000 miles)

Tyres dressed with Meguiars

engine bay, wheel arches and suspension parts with AG rubber and vinyl care

interior with dyson animal and poorboys NLD and muck off glass cleaner inside and out.

afterwards a quick going over with Poorboys spray and gloss detailer to remove any dust and fluff etc.



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Re: Back to white
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2012, 05:43:29 pm »
some more of the finished article

underneath the car wasn't too bad but worth doing. some people clean off the wax sealant but i choose to keep it on so it doesn't look totally clean but i want to keep the protection.
















the first time I've used poorboys spray and gloss detailer and i must say I'm impressed. I used meguiars nxt speed detailer on the wheels and PB on the body and it is definately better. easier to get off without smearing and it definitely adds depth to the paint which on white cars is hard to achieve. very happy with the results




























interior took no time at all i usually hoover the car out after every drive anyway! used poorboys interior natural look detailer and it works a treat






 

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 07:30:29 pm »
Nice work - car looks mint. :smiley: Pity you have to do without her for a while...
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Re: Back to white
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2012, 08:57:09 pm »
Great work indeed. She's come up a treat  :happy2:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2012, 09:57:26 pm »
cheers :drinking:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2012, 02:27:54 pm »
Nice work :happy2:

Wow those wheel arch areas a looking so clean!!!

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2012, 06:38:07 pm »
Really nice work. I don't think Iv'e seen cleaner wheel arches   :drool:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2012, 10:18:22 pm »
Very nice indeed  :laugh:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2012, 07:32:42 pm »
Looks lush man! Been looking at white cars and this is swaying me towards them :drool:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2012, 07:43:58 pm »
look nice when clean but as soon as i drive away within 100 yeards the tailgate is dirty again

its too much effort to keep mint to be honest.

my next car will be silver!

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2012, 01:48:45 pm »
Nice results :happy2:
White cars seem to stay quite clean in the summer, but this time of year it feels like a complete waste of time trying to keep them clean :sad1:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2012, 09:57:46 pm »
looks peachy, fella  :congrats:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2012, 04:55:26 pm »
Very nice!

I find sealant are better for keeping my white car clean. When I used to use wax I found the car held the dirt more.

Try some Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax on it.  :wink:

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2012, 10:35:04 pm »
WOW, great detailing, must have taken ages!

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Re: Back to white
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2012, 08:41:58 pm »
lovely!  :happy2: I frickin LOVE Monza Shadows as well , they really suit the GTI. Me having a White one as well , I know all about the dirty tailgate anguish!  :scared:
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