Light Correction Detail - Candy White Golf Edition 30 - Auto Finesse Tough Coat!

[RussZS]

I've been looking forward to this one for a while - I obviously love a bit of Edition 30, but I have particular love for them in white.  This particular example included the stunning Xenon headlights and had also had its wheel refurbished by A1 Wheels in Bilston, who have done a simply stunning job!!

The car was very clean, and had been clayed recently, but was very swirly so needed some paint correction and some good protection laying down...

Some befores:


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Very clean already!


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Wheels were up first.  I began with a pre-rinse with my Kranzle to remove any loose dirt:


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Smart Wheels applied liberally...


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Various brushes used to agitate:


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Rinsed:


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Next the car was foamed with Hyper Wash (as it wasn't too dirty)


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Intricate areas cleaned with G101 and VP Brushes:


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Lather was used on shampoo duty:


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After washing, IronX was used to safely remove the fallout present in the clearcoat:


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Tardis was used next to deal with the tar (pic was blurry - apologies) then the car was refoamed, rinsed and moved inside to begin claying:

AF Clay was used:


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Like the Mazda before it, quite a lot of sap removed from the roof and bonnet area!


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Next the car was dried and paintwork assessed.

It was averaging a healthy 130 or so, which is normal for Golf's.  However, it was quite heavily swirled...


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After trialling a few combinations, I was getting superb results with Megs 101 via Rotary!!  This stuff is seriously impressive!!

Before:


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After (note the improved clarity!)


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Rear Quarter after:


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Before (halide)


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After:


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Before:


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After:


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The wing mirrors had recently been painted black and were very swirly!


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After:


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B Pillars:


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After, not quite perfect but much improved!


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Lights before:


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After:


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Door shuts were cleaned with Tripple:


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The exhaust was quite bad, so out came Mercury and the Wire Wool!


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Crystal on the glass:


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Mint Rims on the wheels:


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2 layers of Tough Coat on the paint...


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Spritz on the interior:


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Total2 on the fabrics:


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Interior after:


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and finally, after 15 hours or so, some afters!!


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AWESOME finish from Mint Rims:


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and of course some Tesco shots... which also included a couple of mine...


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A really enjoyable detail and the owner was delighted!!

Thanks for reading!


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Russ.

[GOLDENBOY]

Big big thanks for doing the car Russ  couldnt believe the end results amazing work!!! went home in a totally different car!!! Top bloke!!!!

[RussZS]

Thanks for the kind words Karl, was a real pleasure. :)

Russ.

[big al]

Great detail as always Russ.
It's your write ups that are causing me to buy all the auto finesse stuff lately! 

[heavyd]

Great detail as always Russ.
It's your write ups that are causing me to buy all the auto finesse stuff lately! 

x2

nice work. I hope you get sponsership from AF
makes me wonder why I spent over ££££s on 2 pots of wax when I should have stuck with the tough coat I already have

[markymark]

Awesome work as ever Russ and an awesome motor too! I have a soft spot for CW Eddies, such a great colour, I always wanted a CW GTI! Great twins pics too!

[RussZS]

Thanks all :)

I am actually now Auto Finesse Authorised Detailer!  http://www.autofinesse.co.uk/authorised-detailers/

Al, let me know if you need any other bits, I'll be keeping a bit of stock...

Russ.

[maxload]

Fantastic!!! 

[E30Dom]

Superb work! Car looks awesome! Want a white one now!

[Top Cat]

Yes. 

[TANNER]

Quality result Russ!
Love the tesco shots. Goldenboy did you have a grey Gti before this??

[GOLDENBOY]

Hi tanner, yea i did have grey gti before until it got written off by a older lady , im from wolves like yourself im sure seen you on the road!!!

[TANNER]

Oh no gutted, I'm sure yours was in at Vw the same time as mine once, looked nice but the CW with Xenons is a cracking replacement! 
I will keep a look out for you around town...

[Bernhard30]

Like the look of this when finished, excellent work.

I have a CW 3dr Ed30 and I was undecided on whether to fit grey Turinis which are sat in my garage, which were kind of an impulse buy, as the current Detroits have definitely grown on me, but seeing these 'smoked grey' Pescaras has shown me the way forward.

[penzer_11]

Super work! If you don't mind me asking how much does a big detail like this cost?