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General => Detailing => Topic started by: dubber36 on 30 July 2009, 20:38
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Not a Golf I know, but this is what I did last weekend.
With the weekend to myself, I was going to take the opportunity to get the old Pug up together once and for all. I know it's not one of my dubs, but I thought I'd share it with you anyway.
This is how it looked at 8:00am this morning. Ready for a good wash.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3512.jpg)
Closer inspection shows the poor contition of the paint. Lots if fine scratches, especially round the door handles.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3513.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3514.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3515.jpg)
I'm not really sure why the rear lights look like they do in this pic :?
Anyhow, out with the AG shampoo, megs mf wash mit and of course, 2 buckets
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3516.jpg)
To your average person, this would do, but not the likes of us eh?
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3517.jpg)
Swirls and sratches a plenty
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3518.jpg)
So it was a case old out with the old,
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3519.jpg)
and in with the new.........er (so to speak)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3520.jpg)
Ready for the next stage. Megs clay with 50-50 diluted speed detailer as a lube
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3521.jpg)
It was fairly clean, and the clay did not have to get much crap off, but it gave a nice smooth surface ready for the business side of things.
Fire up the Porter Cable DA, and do 2 passes of Poorboys SSR2 applied using a Sonus Green grooved polishing pad.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3522.jpg)
This was followed by a coat of good old SRP again applied with the machine using a Sonus Blue softer pad.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3524.jpg)
To finish off, I used my AG High Def Wax applied by hand with a foam applicator pad, and buffed with a mf cloth.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3527.jpg)
I didn't think the results were too shabby
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3529.jpg)
Even got this ugly tw@ to take a picture for me
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3530.jpg)
Due to the lack of space in the garage, I completed one section at a time, from clay to wax. However, I'd finished the o/s and realised that I hadn't done the roof :roll: So I covered up the sides of the car with an old duvet cover so that I could lean over to reach the roof without making contact with the car.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3531.jpg)
I moved it outside so to check on the results before parking it on the other side of the garage to work on the n/s. I don't think it came up too bad.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3536.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3538.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3537.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3541.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3539.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/DSCF3540.jpg)
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worthy of a thread of its own this one :afro:
Good work there Dubber, your car looks spot on !! congrats
And wow Dubber, awesome post :smiley:
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Even tho its not a dub must say thats mighty impressive work :afro: the pug looks 100 times better now defo worth the time and effort spot on :cool:
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im impressed, good job dude
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nice one :cool: