Hi guys, bit of an Update on Rich's VW GTi Pirelli I look after.
Rich had the first work done from me in March 2010. He brought the car back to me from Wakefield so give it an enhancement detail and seal it all up again! with the dreadful weather on the way, it wasn’t a moment too soon!
Rich does a good job of keeping it swirl free. He'd rather have it dirty for an extra week until he can dedicate time to washing it properly. opposed to doing a rushed job on late on a Sunday afternoon for example.
So here is how the car arrived!
So I cracked on with the wash down.
This was pretty much the job in hand...
Brake calipers & alloy wheel faces, backs and inners are cleaned with acid free wheel cleaner.
Wheel arches & tyres are scrubbed and cleaned with citrus based degreaser.
Door/boot shuts are thoroughly cleaned and rinsed.
Soak car in snow foam and high pressure rinse to remove surface grit.
safe wash using two buckets & sheep skin wash mitt.
Tar remover to remove bonded contaminants.
Blow dry & towel dry.
Machine polish the car to rejuvenate paintwork and add gloss
Protect paint with specialist sealant or carnauba wax to protect against future contamination.
Windows polished inside & out and sealed
Wheels protected with PTFE protect against brake dust and build up.
Tyres & arches dressed.
Polish & protect any exterior metal work.
Being snow foamed
After a blow and towel dry, this is the condition of the paint that greeted me!
The finger is there to prove the paint surface is in full focus.
Some of the lower areas had some marring from what looked like a drying towel. After 9 months, it could do with a single stage machine polish, just to freshen up the surface and bring back the gloss!
So, on I cracked.....
I was using some new pads I am testing for swissvax. From the pad tower, this is the finishing pad.
swissvax cleaner fluid pro was to be used to polish the car.
The new exhaust Rich had fitted was looking a little worse for wear, so we polished that.
Subtle sticker added in the back window
Seals treated with swissvax seal feed
And the after post sealant LSP....
A reminder of how each area looked...
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Some more after shots...
Final shot...
Thanks for reading this little update guys!
