Planning the first detail for my 13 year old car!

[bobbarley]

Ok, so my Golf hasn't been polished or detailed in any way for 13 years, as you can imagine the metallic black isn't quite at it's best!

Looking to give her a full detail starting from scratch.  At the moment it's full of stone chips which I'll have to fill in and then sand down flush with the surface.

What sort of pads and polish should I be looking to use to tackle 13 year old paint that'll be sanded down in places?  I imagine it will need to be something with a lot of cut?

[Murrayedition35]

Have a look at this link...might give you some ideas.


http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/what-polish-should-i-use.html

[bobbarley]

Thinking of buying the polisher along with the Sonus 1, 2, 3, 4 kit.  Seems to everything I'll need.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=520

[barrym381]

have you owned it from new 

[bobbarley]

No, just the last 4.5 years.  If you'd seen the paint when I got it you'd know the previous owner spent 7 years or so using nothing but car washes though.  The paint doesn't just have swirls, it's one huge swirl lol. 

[barrym381]

No, just the last 4.5 years.  If you'd seen the paint when I got it you'd know the previous owner spent 7 years or so using nothing but car washes though.  The paint doesn't just have swirls, it's one huge swirl lol.

give it a treat get a pro to do it   

[SI74]

This is the kit I started with, worked really well on the VAG paint.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-sonus-and-menzerna-kit/prod_677.html



It gave me these results

[Murrayedition35]

Very nice job....

[bobbarley]

Looks great mate, same kit I'm looking at just the next machine up.

I'd much rather do it myself as I'll finally have my own house and garage to do it in.  Be pleased if I can get results like that 

[barrym381]

This is the kit I started with, worked really well on the VAG paint.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-sonus-and-menzerna-kit/prod_677.html



It gave me these results

top work mate might get myself 1 of these