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General => Detailing => Topic started by: kells on 26 June 2010, 17:45
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let me first start by saying this car is still on its original factory paint, never had any work and is all totally as VW made it unlike many other mk3's which have seen paint in their life or more importantly recent life :wink: :cool:
this is a super solid car, Zero rust but the paint had LOTS of swirls which have been buggin me
Soooo
into our bodyshopn it goes for a machine polish
for the bodywork weapons upsed was G3 compound, not sure if it was 3M brand? any how rest of products used after this were my own as i prefere these brands
used the chemical guys swirl remover/polish all in 1, after the G3 which was doen a few times using different mops, i did not do this part so i dunno whatr they were, but we used the swirl remover after all the machine work, this was done by hand, 2 coats.. really like this product on this paint
After this we did 2 coats of Jetseal 109, agsan by hand
then 2 x coats of Dodo Juice Purple Haze, a 3rd coat will be applied next weekend
all balck palstics were treated with AG bumper care
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8758/img0042rs.jpg) (http://img534.imageshack.us/i/img0042rs.jpg/)
getting ready for machine polish
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After this point i was too busy and far too filthy to be taking pics on my new iPhone 4 (mucky hands - new phone = NO)
after all the G3 polish and sealing was done and the Wax, i brought the car home to apply the gel to my tyres and the AG gel to the bumpers,
(we can already see the shine on the paint)
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And then i took some snaps of the finished car, and boy does it get even more attention now!, some people have asked where i got my respray :laugh:
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(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7823/img0208ll.jpg) (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/img0208ll.jpg/)
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5500/img0211fk.jpg) (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/img0211fk.jpg/)
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/4663/img0212e.jpg) (http://img571.imageshack.us/i/img0212e.jpg/)
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(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6115/img0214u.jpg) (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/img0214u.jpg/)
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And finally gave the recaro leahters he GLIPTONE conditioner treatment, really love this product
(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5936/img0215ed.jpg) (http://img180.imageshack.us/i/img0215ed.jpg/)
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And their we have it, very happy with it, its never looked so fresh
comments welcome
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Looks fantastic mate :cool:
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STUNNING :cool: as your car is always is my good fellow :wink:
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looking good
did they use the G3 compound wet? makes a lot of splatter dunnit?! :laugh:
what did they follow up with? G10?
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looks very nice!!!
get those microfibre cloths off that concrete
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get those microfibre cloths off that concrete
:laugh: :lipsrsealed:
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Stunning :cool: :cool: :cool:
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looking good
did they use the G3 compound wet? makes a lot of splatter dunnit?! :laugh:
what did they follow up with? G10?
Wet yes, and bloody hell mate LOADS of splutter!!!! haha :laugh:
then G10 i think then the swirl remover, we were on it for about 11 hours in total
the microfibres are now washed and away safe :cool:
cheers for other nice comments guys :cool:
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gotta say fella hat off to you thats a fecking awesome job you have done :cool: :cool: think yours is possible the best mk3 i have seen
respect due matey :afro:
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gotta say fella hat off to you thats a fecking awesome job you have done :cool: :cool: think yours is possible the best mk3 i have seen
respect due matey :afro:
thanks alot matey, nice of you to say :smiley: :cool:
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Looks amazing mate! Stunning job!
Need to smash on the metal centres though :( the plastics aren't doing it for me! :D
But it looks like the car has been resprayed!
I could do my hair in your paintwork :cool:
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wanted to put em on for the picks matey as they are going on this week anyhow! :cool: may aswell seen as iv 2 sets of em :laugh:
really happy with it dude :smiley:
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Looking very nice indeed :cool:
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Looking very nice indeed :cool:
Cheers matey will need to order some stuff from u now iv tried the PH, really good product
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looks fantastic mate, well jealous mate,
my paint seems to have picked loads of swirls up now!!
gutted!
but your car looks mint now!
enjoy it, lucky git! ;)
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WOW! :cool:
Amazing work there mate, the tint on the rear lights look spot on! :cool:
:afro:
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cheers dude :cool:
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SEXYYYY!!!
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Where did you get the respray? :laugh:
Looks brand-new, mate.
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:cool: :cool:
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looking good
did they use the G3 compound wet? makes a lot of splatter dunnit?! :laugh:
what did they follow up with? G10?
Wet yes, and bloody hell mate LOADS of splutter!!!! haha :laugh:
then G10 i think then the swirl remover, we were on it for about 11 hours in total
the microfibres are now washed and away safe :cool:
cheers for other nice comments guys :cool:
to do a decent job you need to spend a decent amount of time on the car... which is why when people say 'I can get it buffed for £50' I let them get on with it... as there is no way that anyone could make a living from spending a day on a car for £50
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looking good
did they use the G3 compound wet? makes a lot of splatter dunnit?! :laugh:
what did they follow up with? G10?
Wet yes, and bloody hell mate LOADS of splutter!!!! haha :laugh:
then G10 i think then the swirl remover, we were on it for about 11 hours in total
the microfibres are now washed and away safe :cool:
cheers for other nice comments guys :cool:
to do a decent job you need to spend a decent amount of time on the car... which is why when people say 'I can get it buffed for £50' I let them get on with it... as there is no way that anyone could make a living from spending a day on a car for £50
and a £50 job will be cheap and nasty, peoples faces drop when i quote them for correction work but they dont have a clue whats involved and how long it takes to do this kind of thing to a very high standard.
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What did you use to get the barnacles off?
Nick
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What did you use to get the barnacles off?
Nick
i use a plastic putty knife and then an acid based cleaner combined with a pressure washer :wink:
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to do a decent job you need to spend a decent amount of time on the car... which is why when people say 'I can get it buffed for £50' I let them get on with it... as there is no way that anyone could make a living from spending a day on a car for £50
Guy, you would get on with my mate sooo well, this is exactly what he was saying, when people ask the price for this job doing they usually cannot get why a machine polish is the price it is, but when it takes a full day to do the full job i now see why, not only that but also then you have the products used, obviously he didnt charge me as he is one of my best mates, but i did use some of my own productd and i did help out, i gave my mate 70 quid as he did a fantastic job and im not taking the p1ss out of my mates by letting him do it for free (tried to give him 100 but he would not have it) i think he usually charges betwen £120 and £150, or for £200 he has a package which basically includeds the inside, outside, engine bla bla (not exactly sure but he says its like a valet which would be like a "show ready" sort of thing
he also says he has seen mates in the past who have gone out and bought a rotary etc and then hand out leaflets.. then ruin peoples paint work!!
Its the sort of job should be left to those who know what they are doing, and Guy if you had been local to leeds i would have most certainly given you some suport and had you come work on the car
Nick they came off quite easily with the G3, key is to keep up with them :grin:
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looks good. Engine bay looks like it's missing half an engine though.
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looks good. Engine bay looks like it's missing half an engine though.
It does yeah, the S3 lump shoud be here in about 8 weeks
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my favourite golf on the site by a mile! looks stunning now mate.
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my favourite golf on the site by a mile! looks stunning now mate.
thank you matey :cool:
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You'll probably be bored of thanking people by now Kells, but just to chirp in as well...looks stunning :cool:
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hehe cheers buddie
just put on the 3rd coat of Dodo juice PH
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Kells mate, you used AG Bumper care? how did you get your black plastic bits so black? as i used the same and within 2wks its gone grey again :angry: i applied it with a wax applying pad and used a microfibre cloth to clean it of. cheers mate
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very nice. Can you come and do mine ;-)
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I did use AG bumper gel on the black plastics. The way I do it is apply with applicator sponge leave to soak for a while then buff and i do it every two weeks they never go gray
Now iv built up the layers.
Between aplying I just buff and it brings them
Up shiny as hell again. It's all down to
Building up layers I guess
Tried a few other products but so far this is best for me.
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Very nice looking Mk3 you have there mate.
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cheers matey :cool:
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I always thought it was blue! :grin: looks stunning mate.
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cheers mate il do that from now. i find AG bumper care realy good never have used anyother plastic trim!
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Awesome Kells.
By the way are your fogs, indicators etc sprayed or purchased in a smoked stylie?
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Awesome Kells.
By the way are your fogs, indicators etc sprayed or purchased in a smoked stylie?
thanks man
the Front fog/indicator set up is a genuine Smoked HELLA OEM item which is found on the Anniversary models, they are very expensive tho at around 95 each for the fogs alone, works out about 250 quid or something ! had to have them tho to fit with my all back theme (apart from wheels of course)
think you can get replicas of these tho from euro wagons ??
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Car looks stunning mate as everyone has said, and must agree one of if not the nicest looking car on here
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aww thanks a lot. Nice to hear these positive comments :smiley:
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Awesome Kells.
By the way are your fogs, indicators etc sprayed or purchased in a smoked stylie?
thanks man
the Front fog/indicator set up is a genuine Smoked HELLA OEM item which is found on the Anniversary models, they are very expensive tho at around 95 each for the fogs alone, works out about 250 quid or something ! had to have them tho to fit with my all back theme (apart from wheels of course)
think you can get replicas of these tho from euro wagons ??
i recently priced up these from tps and it worked out about 145 quid with vat for smoked ones, just need to wait till ive been on holiday and i will be getting some
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thats very cheep matey if its for the full set up id be all over that if i was you, fogs blank and indicators.
Iv got a bill here for 1 x Fog light on its own @ £90 be it smoked or clear they are the same price, glass alone is about £23 but a pain to fit
what is tps ?? mine are Hella items btw :smiley:
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TPS is trade parts specialists, in micklefield, not sure what jct on A1M, 47 i think, aberford one lol, think thats your nearest kells, cheaper than dealers but is genuine vw, get parts myself there now and then, hope that helps
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cheers for the info buddie :cool:
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Cracking work on a lovely looking car, very nice :cool:
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thanks matey :smiley: