went over to chez Horney yesterday to have a crack at Mrs Horneys little mini
I was called in as it had lived under a cover since october and some water marks were present on the roof... large faded milky patches... as the Mini was 31 years old and the paintwork was original Mrs Horney was understandably concerned... so was I
we decided against a machine polish straight off for two reasons...
1) Mrs Horney was very nervous about a machine polisher going near her car
2) My G220 decided to blow up last wednesday and I haven't purchased my rotary yet
so... a good clean first... degreased using 10:1 G101 mixed with TFR... gently worked my way round the car carefully working it on each panel and into crevices using a brush and then rinsing off... followed up with a snow foam to make sure all traces of G101 was removed
wheels were cleaned with AS Smart Wheels and arches with the G101/TFR mix and then pressure washed off
after the wash process did a couple of test patches with a menzera medium cut polish by hand... then had lunch!!
after lunch cracked on... but the menzerna wasn't cutting it (literally) so worked with Poorboys SSR3... at this point had I had a machine polisher with me it would have been out... worked on the roof by hand doing several passes and finally, reduced the white milky patches (oxidisation I presume). Mr H lent a hand with the SSR3 polish bless him.
Finished the polish process with Menzera final finish, again by hand.
Then decided on a glaze, two coats of CG Jetseal 109 and Dodo Orange Crush which appeared to enhance the orangy/yellowy/sandy coloured paint a treat.
Plastic sills soaked in G101 and then jetwashed and followed up with Aerospace 303 plastic protectant. Tyres treated with AS Highstyle/SmartGel mixture.
This little mini is going to be one of those cars that will get better and better the more it is worked on... so looking forward to working on it again soon
more pics are here...
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=156838.msg1442004#msg1442004
