Today I did some detailing...

Arbo94

Has anybody used autoglym Srp as a filler under fusso? Or even cg black light under fusso?

Foxhole Norman

Arbo94 wrote: »

Has anybody used autoglym Srp as a filler under fusso? Or even cg black light under fusso?

I wouldn't to be honest, Fusso on its own is best. Fusso has quite a few of its own fillers though!

vectra

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I wouldn't to be honest, Fusso on its own is best. Fusso has quite a few of its own fillers though!

Put SRP under Fusso and it wont last Pi$$ing time.
Proper prep and fusso x2 light coats at 24 hours intervals.
Best result.

Arbo94

vectra wrote: »

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I wouldn't to be honest, Fusso on its own is best. Fusso has quite a few of its own fillers though!

Put SRP under Fusso and it wont last Pi$ing time.
Proper prep and fusso x2 light coats at 24 hours intervals.
Best result.

Find it difficult to do the 2 coats 24 hours apart though the roads I drive daily are particularly bad for dirt (not a country road just filthy with trucks etc) and it's always filthy after a day

Foxhole Norman

Arbo94 wrote: »

Find it difficult to do the 2 coats 24 hours apart though the roads I drive daily are particularly bad for dirt (not a country road just filthy with trucks etc) and it's always filthy after a day

I only had one coat on mine and it lasted 8 months

Arbo94

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Arbo94 wrote: »

Find it difficult to do the 2 coats 24 hours apart though the roads I drive daily are particularly bad for dirt (not a country road just filthy with trucks etc) and it's always filthy after a day

I only had one coat on mine and it lasted 8 months

I'm hoping mine will last that long! I think it will to be honest as long as I maintain properly

*Kol*

I hope to have some Carpro Reload delivered tomorrow. That's going to be my winter coating.

Noccy_Mondy

Gave the old Peugeot a good going over last week. Last time it got any protection was over 2 years ago, rub of turtle wax

Did the full process from 2bm through claying, deiron, polish, wax etc. Very little iron fallout, esp from the wheels, considering it was never done before.

Was a mobile job so had to uproot all gear and put it in the car.

headlights were gone a tad yellow, just put toothpaste on them, brought them up nicely.

P40 polish and Butter Wet Wax were the polish and wax combination. Got super mileage out of them, almost gone now, but did at least 6/7 vehicles.

Results on this girl were super, really was anxious to get it done as it'd soon start to fade with no protection. Really brings out the red. Still holding strong, having just rolled over 85,000 miles.

vectra

Arbo94 wrote: »

Find it difficult to do the 2 coats 24 hours apart though the roads I drive daily are particularly bad for dirt (not a country road just filthy with trucks etc) and it's always filthy after a day

No harm in doing it a week apart.
Give it a proper wash first.

Arbo94

vectra wrote: »

Arbo94 wrote: »

Find it difficult to do the 2 coats 24 hours apart though the roads I drive daily are particularly bad for dirt (not a country road just filthy with trucks etc) and it's always filthy after a day

No harm in doing it a week apart.
Give it a proper wash first.

Cheers I'll give it a go soon

Hal1

Nice one Noccy. Everything just fupped away into the hedge afterwards. Get away from me, car!

Noccy_Mondy

Hal1 wrote:

Nice one Noccy. Everything just fupped away into the hedge afterwards. Get away from me, car!

Aye haha

Only outside water supply was down the back at an old shed, so that's where I set up! Hence the rough look of the place.

Hal1

Ah shure it's grand, got the job done and looks good too .

Arbo94

a little 50/50 from paint correction the other day

Used my rupes Bigfoot 21 and Bigfoot mini with megs m105 and m205

Arbo94

I can post photos!

quadrifoglio verde

Nice work!
Having spent the weekend paint correcting my 159 I've decided that I'm never doing it again! Body is still shattered! How anyone can do this for a living amazes me. Next time I'll definitely pay a man to do the job

Arbo94

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Nice work!
Having spent the weekend paint correcting my 159 I've decided that I'm never doing it again! Body is still shattered! How anyone can do this for a living amazes me. Next time I'll definitely pay a man to do the job

Thanks! I've been doing more and more cars and it does definitely get sore on the arms but it's so worth it to see the results

Arbo94

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Nice work!
Having spent the weekend paint correcting my 159 I've decided that I'm never doing it again! Body is still shattered! How anyone can do this for a living amazes me. Next time I'll definitely pay a man to do the job

Thanks! I've been doing more and more cars and it does definitely get sore on the arms but it's so worth it to see the results

YbFocus

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Nice work!
Having spent the weekend paint correcting my 159 I've decided that I'm never doing it again! Body is still shattered! How anyone can do this for a living amazes me. Next time I'll definitely pay a man to do the job

I hear you're super slow at it

quadrifoglio verde

YbFocus wrote: »

I hear you're super slow at it

Perhaps, all I know is I'll never do it again

YbFocus

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Perhaps, all I know is I'll never do it again

Ah is it not worth it for the finish

quadrifoglio verde

YbFocus wrote: »

Ah is it not worth it for the finish

Don't get me wrong, it's highly satisfying. However I've came around to realising that the prices charged by detailers for paint correction is very good value for money, by the time you take pads, polish and sundries into account as well as the amount of time it takes me to do it.
I can think of much better ways to spend my Sunday!

Graham 1324

Saw this spanking new Civic Type R couple weeks back , for some reason I kept thinking , why choose this and not a new Golf R??

Foxhole Norman

Had a brand new Superb for a Ceramic Coating and Fabric Coating at the weekend, paint was in good nick as I told him to tell the dealer to leave it alone and I was the first to wash it.





















Massive amounts of Iron on it but it was after 4 weeks or so driving to be fair.









Fabric guard in action:

vintagevrs

Her car hasn't seen a bar of soap in quite some time. Wheels were probably the dirtiest I can remember them ever being. Not really detailing as I just washed them with a cloth and some warm water but just shows that the little coat of wheel guard helps as they came up with zero effort. 50:50 type photo below...



In fairness that style of wheel is easy to clean and a joy to clean in comparison to these feckers...

MetzgerMeister

Is the Golf R gone???

vintagevrs

No......not yet! But hopefully get her shifted soon enough.

YbFocus

vintagevrs wrote: »

No......not yet! But hopefully get her shifted soon enough.

Good old e36 opened your eyes

vintagevrs

I'm not gonna lie, it did have an influence

Golf was a great car but not sure how much actual enjoyment I got from it other than driving it fast.

In the last fortnight the E30 has gained working central locking, bluetooth audio, working electric mirrors, interior lights. All just with me farting about in the garage with a voltmeter in one hand and google/forums in another. I love messing about with it. It also makes a better sound too!

YbFocus

vintagevrs wrote: »

I'm not gonna lie, it did have an influence

Golf was a great car but not sure how much actual enjoyment I got from it other than driving it fast.

In the last fortnight the E30 has gained working central locking, bluetooth audio, working electric mirrors, interior lights. All just with me farting about in the garage with a voltmeter in one hand and google/forums in another. I love messing about with it. It also makes a better sound too!

Such a lovely car man honestly
Well jealous!