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Today I did some detailing...
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No V7. http://www.cleancar.ie/chemical-guys-hybrid-v7-spray-sealant.htmlGood man - no issues so!! Carry on! :P
JetSeal109? If so, that'll have you sorted for a few months!
Not sure if it's up to ur standards?
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I feel embarrassed posting these, having taken so long, but I couldn't get the car into the shed as it was in use for other stuff the past few days, so had to do it outdoors (and it's hard to get decent 'paintwork' shots outside).
So I took the car off somewhere relatively nice looking, and this is pretty much what I have to show for it. There are still scratches (and plenty of them) visible to the eye, but only really if you're very close and looking for them. Otherwise they're quite difficult to find.
As always, the bonnet is the biggest let down with it's stone chips taken from it. These aren't overly noticeable if you're 5-6+ feet away, but once you get closer than that they're fairly obvious.
And some general 'Rav having a day out' photos:
The car had just gotten some Autoglym SPR and EGP lovin' before those photos. Not bad products, but that spray head idea mentioned a few posts back is something I'm definitely copying.
Whoever designed either bottle must have been on crack cocaine. I'd say I put more EGP on the floor and on my t-shirt than I did on the car. It just shoots out all over the place.0 -
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Nice job. I reckon a bonnet respray would make a big difference to the car as its such a prominent panel.
Yeah I'd been thinking that myself, to be honest.
Still have to sort out the bumper from when I attempted to spray it (but it's not really that noticeable at the moment, so I don't want to make it worse by toying with it too much).randy hickey wrote: »Some nice shots there KKV - you should take it up for a living!
Photography? Nah, you'd have to be a real chump!
Why don't you touch up the spots on the bonnet and sand them back?
A good question!
My theory is that if I apply paint to the spots, when it comes to sanding, I'll just take the whole lot off again?
Do I apply it in small bits at a time and do a load of small coats over the course of a few days? Let it build up and harden? Then gently sand it down a day or two later?
Must actually give it a shot.0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »A good question!
My theory is that if I apply paint to the spots, when it comes to sanding, I'll just take the whole lot off again?
Do I apply it in small bits at a time and do a load of small coats over the course of a few days? Let it build up and harden? Then gently sand it down a day or two later?
Must actually give it a shot.
Yes,
Thin out the paint a bit and tip it in with a toothpic or similar.
Make sure the paint is still hollow
Then top it up with lacquer and allow this to be protruding above the bonnet.
Gently sand this back with 2500/3000 paper.
Once flush. Out with the DA and shine it up.0 -
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spent the last two days at it.
Painted my calipers yesterday, today gave her a good wash and an all over paint correction with the DA. Audi paint is hard. I went through a few pads but ended up with this:
Not bad for a ten year old car!
there are some scratches i'll never get out but i'm very happy with how effective the DA polisher is.
I did the girlfriends car a few weeks ago and removed all of the scuffs on it. Said I'd finally share!0 -
spent the last two days at it.
Painted my calipers yesterday, today gave her a good wash and an all over paint correction with the DA. Audi paint is hard. I went through a few pads but ended up with this:
Not bad for a ten year old car!
there are some scratches i'll never get out but i'm very happy with how effective the DA polisher is.
I did the girlfriends car a few weeks ago and removed all of the scuffs on it. Said I'd finally share!
Savage shine! All that's left is to give the tires a shine!0 -
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Must give the bonnet stone chips a go, so. Sounds fairly straight forward. Be interested to see how I get on with it. I usually make a mess of things new to me (as is evidenced in this thread... multiple times
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A good mate asked me to take a look at his car. I said 'yeah, I'll sort it out, no bother. I'll do it Monday'.
Gave it a look over. Paint work is certainly not in great shape (though it doesn't look too bad in the picture). More scuffs than you'd care to count, a few scrapes that won't be going anywhere as they're too deep and lots of 'smear' marks on it (not sure what causes these? Doesn't look like bird sihte that were wiped away..).
Then he said, 'ah, it's the inside, ya see'. So I took a look...
... There goes my Monday! :P0 -
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Today I learned that there is only a certain number of trigger sprays you can hang on the side of a box before it will tip all your detailing kit all over the garage floor.
That number is 12.
So with the help of an old curtain rail I made this:
And spent a few hours cleaning up. Had to go and buy some new MF cloths too. My plans to clay the Volvo will have to wait for another day. FML.0 -
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