Havent been that active in the overclocking seen now for many many years. Just recently got a new computer and tinkering again.
Anyway bar working with computers everyday - I also got a pashion for car detailing. Below is a car I done last year for a friend, it needed some TLC!
DIRTY DIRTY DEISEL CORRECTION
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The benefit of writing after you do a detail apart from the simple fact that the event hasn’t happened yet is that you can look back and assess what went right, what went wrong and what needs to change.
I think with anything you do, in time you gain a confidence and you want exposure to new challenges to keep things fresh. That’s all well and good until you hit something that knocks you for six. Try 3 years without a polish with a car that’s used as a daily driver and 186k on the clock! The car is a hybrid turbo diesel with a bad tendency to chuck out those dirty diesel fumes out its rear end.
Rams and I have been planning this detail forever and what turned up was a dirty dirty diesel car and it presented itself like so.
Drawing on past experiences I already knew what products I was going to use. I have also almost relegated the Menzerna Intensive Polish to the bench with P203S being the star player. My logic behind this is that with intensive Polish you just don’t get the finish for the time it takes to properly break down the product. I find it dries up much quicker than the other Menzerna range. I still used Menz IP on the bonnet where it needed that extra cut.
Products
Wash n Drying
Meguairs NXT Tech Shampoo
Meguairs All Purpose Cleaner
Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser
Autosmart Tardis
Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Valet Pro Snow Foam
Super Plush drying towel
Chemical Guys and Meguairs microfibres
Body Work
Cleanyourcar fine polyclay
Menzerna Power Finish (203S)
Menzerna Intensive Polish (3.02)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime
Meguairs ScratchX
Meguairs Metal Polish
Glazes, Sealants and Waxes
Autoglym HD Wax
Meguairs Last Touch
Plastics, Rubbers and Glass
Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel
Autoglym Glass Cleaner
WD40
Tools
Meguiars G220 mk2 machine polisher
Karcher Pressure washer
Sonus foam applicators
Menzerna Polish Pad (Orange)
Sonus SwirlBuster Pad
Sonus Green Polishing Pad
Swissvax Detail Brush
Vikan Wheel Brushes
Polished Bliss Wheel and Arch Brush
3M 3434 Masking Tape
500w Halogen
WHEELS
Wheels were soaked in Bilberry Wheel Cleaner. The Arches were also soaked in CG Degreaser and All Purpose Cleaner worked in with the PB Brush.
CLEAN STAGE
Valet Pro snow foam was left to soak for 5-6 minutes and sprayed off. I applied a second coat of snow and proceeded to wash with Megs NXT wash. With amount of dirt on the car to start with I didn’t fancy adding more swirls and scratches to the mixture.
Car looked pretty good soaking wet! I was looking forward to making that a perm look.
Claying was just mental, the car obliterated the clay bar. By the end it was falling to pieces!
At this stage in the detail I was really losing the will to live. I was really worried detailing the car because the paint condition was awful and the task ahead was looking bigger than a day’s work. Spending 1.5 hours just claying the car was totally unexpected and definitely the strangest experience with a clay bar yet. Some panels where smooth to the touch but the clay bar was coming out black? Never seen that before!
CORRECTION STAGE
After trying out a few different combinations P203S and Sonus SiwlrBuster Pad seem to work. I must admit I was not happy with the overall level of correction. The paint just didn’t play ball on different parts of the car. Some panels were soft, some panels were hard and some even sticky. I had to make a decision that I was not going to able to achieve the level of correct I normally achieve with VAG paint cars. I think in these scenario’s its best to know your limitations and my limitations were time and experience. I think if I had the car for longer I would have chosen a complete different approach and most definitely would have wet sanded some parts. In light of my difficulties the results were still a night and day difference.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before – big long scratch mark
After
A painful 4 hours later and here are the results after the first stage. I did hit panels several times and I must admit some panels really tested my patience. However I think the effort made a difference in the end.
RESULTS
Unfortunately with time not on my side I didn’t get time to take pictures of the second pass with Lime Prime. I also didn’t get time to show the cleaning of plastics, rubbers and glass that the mrs helped me with as she realised I was struggling with this one. The car was finished off with two coats of Autoglym HD Wax with the second coat applied an hour apart. In an ideal world if I had the car for longer, it would have been 24 hours apart to allow the wax to cure and bond better.
Anyway here’s the results, I took plenty this time round!
As always thank you to my mate Rams for letting me detail his car. Hope you enjoy it mate! I am guessing Kenny’s golf is going to be a lot worse? I expect a free engine rebuild of something or the keys to his 500bhp Cosworth! lol
Hope you all enjoyed the detail and the write-up!
Detailers Notes
- Know my limits. Sometimes you can’t correct every single scratch and every single bit of RDS.
- Rotary would have helped on this detail.
Anyway bar working with computers everyday - I also got a pashion for car detailing. Below is a car I done last year for a friend, it needed some TLC!
DIRTY DIRTY DEISEL CORRECTION
-----
The benefit of writing after you do a detail apart from the simple fact that the event hasn’t happened yet is that you can look back and assess what went right, what went wrong and what needs to change.
I think with anything you do, in time you gain a confidence and you want exposure to new challenges to keep things fresh. That’s all well and good until you hit something that knocks you for six. Try 3 years without a polish with a car that’s used as a daily driver and 186k on the clock! The car is a hybrid turbo diesel with a bad tendency to chuck out those dirty diesel fumes out its rear end.
Rams and I have been planning this detail forever and what turned up was a dirty dirty diesel car and it presented itself like so.
Drawing on past experiences I already knew what products I was going to use. I have also almost relegated the Menzerna Intensive Polish to the bench with P203S being the star player. My logic behind this is that with intensive Polish you just don’t get the finish for the time it takes to properly break down the product. I find it dries up much quicker than the other Menzerna range. I still used Menz IP on the bonnet where it needed that extra cut.
Products
Wash n Drying
Meguairs NXT Tech Shampoo
Meguairs All Purpose Cleaner
Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser
Autosmart Tardis
Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Valet Pro Snow Foam
Super Plush drying towel
Chemical Guys and Meguairs microfibres
Body Work
Cleanyourcar fine polyclay
Menzerna Power Finish (203S)
Menzerna Intensive Polish (3.02)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime
Meguairs ScratchX
Meguairs Metal Polish
Glazes, Sealants and Waxes
Autoglym HD Wax
Meguairs Last Touch
Plastics, Rubbers and Glass
Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel
Autoglym Glass Cleaner
WD40
Tools
Meguiars G220 mk2 machine polisher
Karcher Pressure washer
Sonus foam applicators
Menzerna Polish Pad (Orange)
Sonus SwirlBuster Pad
Sonus Green Polishing Pad
Swissvax Detail Brush
Vikan Wheel Brushes
Polished Bliss Wheel and Arch Brush
3M 3434 Masking Tape
500w Halogen
WHEELS
Wheels were soaked in Bilberry Wheel Cleaner. The Arches were also soaked in CG Degreaser and All Purpose Cleaner worked in with the PB Brush.
CLEAN STAGE
Valet Pro snow foam was left to soak for 5-6 minutes and sprayed off. I applied a second coat of snow and proceeded to wash with Megs NXT wash. With amount of dirt on the car to start with I didn’t fancy adding more swirls and scratches to the mixture.
Car looked pretty good soaking wet! I was looking forward to making that a perm look.
Claying was just mental, the car obliterated the clay bar. By the end it was falling to pieces!
At this stage in the detail I was really losing the will to live. I was really worried detailing the car because the paint condition was awful and the task ahead was looking bigger than a day’s work. Spending 1.5 hours just claying the car was totally unexpected and definitely the strangest experience with a clay bar yet. Some panels where smooth to the touch but the clay bar was coming out black? Never seen that before!
CORRECTION STAGE
After trying out a few different combinations P203S and Sonus SiwlrBuster Pad seem to work. I must admit I was not happy with the overall level of correction. The paint just didn’t play ball on different parts of the car. Some panels were soft, some panels were hard and some even sticky. I had to make a decision that I was not going to able to achieve the level of correct I normally achieve with VAG paint cars. I think in these scenario’s its best to know your limitations and my limitations were time and experience. I think if I had the car for longer I would have chosen a complete different approach and most definitely would have wet sanded some parts. In light of my difficulties the results were still a night and day difference.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before – big long scratch mark
After
A painful 4 hours later and here are the results after the first stage. I did hit panels several times and I must admit some panels really tested my patience. However I think the effort made a difference in the end.
RESULTS
Unfortunately with time not on my side I didn’t get time to take pictures of the second pass with Lime Prime. I also didn’t get time to show the cleaning of plastics, rubbers and glass that the mrs helped me with as she realised I was struggling with this one. The car was finished off with two coats of Autoglym HD Wax with the second coat applied an hour apart. In an ideal world if I had the car for longer, it would have been 24 hours apart to allow the wax to cure and bond better.
Anyway here’s the results, I took plenty this time round!
As always thank you to my mate Rams for letting me detail his car. Hope you enjoy it mate! I am guessing Kenny’s golf is going to be a lot worse? I expect a free engine rebuild of something or the keys to his 500bhp Cosworth! lol
Hope you all enjoyed the detail and the write-up!
Detailers Notes
- Know my limits. Sometimes you can’t correct every single scratch and every single bit of RDS.
- Rotary would have helped on this detail.
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