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The rear three quarter presented little problems for Gordon. The befores:
And the afters...
The bootlid was the last panel of a long Saturday... befores showing etching, some deeper RDS and general swirls:
Owing to thinner paint on this panel, a more controlled correction approach was used rather than Fast Cut, with multiple hits of Menzerna Intensive Polish on a green Hexlogic pad being chosen – with less paint removed per set, correction takes longer but ensures that you remove paint in a more controlled way so you can maximise the correction without taking the paint to being too thin. After correction and refining:
At 2am, with the temperature outside down to -11degC, we decided to call it and night and slither home back to Gordon’s – the roof and bumpers and tailgate would be Sunday’s task...
... and what a task they would prove to be on Sunday!! The bootlid and bumpers were actually relatively easy going, corrected using Menzerna Intensive Polish and refined with Meguiars #205 Ultra Finishing Polish. The bootlid before as an example...
And after...
The rear lights before...
And after...
Easily the most time consuming panel to correct however was the roof where the etching was at its worse:
Multiple hits of Fast Cut Plus as deemed safe were used to remove this etching, with the finish then being refined using Intensive Polish and Meguiars #205 to leave the following – a fairly significant turnaround, but at the cost of about 10um of paint:
The gloss black trim was looking rather sorry for itself before:
Cheered up nicely after:
As much as we would have loved fully completed after shots outside in the daylight, I’m afraid time simply did not allow and we were not willing to rush anything just for the sake of some after shots – so we took the car to the completion of the machine polishing stage and around 3pm we got the following “after” pics in the slightly fading afternoon light... pics do well to show the turnaround though
... Still a few bits to do at this stage (protection, glass, tyres and trim, and arches to be dressed), but we wanted to take these pics to give an idea of the level of turnaround achieved on this car in the daylight. Enjoy 
:
Rolled back inside for completion, the car was protected using a concours carnauba wax, tyres dressed with Espuma RD-50. Wheels protected with FK1000P although they were being removed from the car shortly after this detail for a refurb. Arches dressed with All Seasons Dressing. Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel used on the rubbers and plastic trim. Glass cleaned with Stoner Invisible Glass. Exhausts treated with Briliant #2 Aluminium & Stainless Steel Polish. The detail was completed 7pm on the Sunday, exterior only, after starting 9am on the Saturday. A long time, but we think well worth it! The final after shots...
This was certainly a hugely enjoyable detail and a great way for Gordon and I to round off 2009 – going to take a little time off over the festive period and we’ll be back detailing in 2010 as we look to take out detailing team from strength to strength in the coming months – watch this space!
And on that note – I would like to wish all Meguiars Online members a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
All the best! :thumb:
And the afters...
The bootlid was the last panel of a long Saturday... befores showing etching, some deeper RDS and general swirls:
Owing to thinner paint on this panel, a more controlled correction approach was used rather than Fast Cut, with multiple hits of Menzerna Intensive Polish on a green Hexlogic pad being chosen – with less paint removed per set, correction takes longer but ensures that you remove paint in a more controlled way so you can maximise the correction without taking the paint to being too thin. After correction and refining:
At 2am, with the temperature outside down to -11degC, we decided to call it and night and slither home back to Gordon’s – the roof and bumpers and tailgate would be Sunday’s task...
... and what a task they would prove to be on Sunday!! The bootlid and bumpers were actually relatively easy going, corrected using Menzerna Intensive Polish and refined with Meguiars #205 Ultra Finishing Polish. The bootlid before as an example...
And after...
The rear lights before...
And after...
Easily the most time consuming panel to correct however was the roof where the etching was at its worse:
Multiple hits of Fast Cut Plus as deemed safe were used to remove this etching, with the finish then being refined using Intensive Polish and Meguiars #205 to leave the following – a fairly significant turnaround, but at the cost of about 10um of paint:
The gloss black trim was looking rather sorry for itself before:
Cheered up nicely after:
As much as we would have loved fully completed after shots outside in the daylight, I’m afraid time simply did not allow and we were not willing to rush anything just for the sake of some after shots – so we took the car to the completion of the machine polishing stage and around 3pm we got the following “after” pics in the slightly fading afternoon light... pics do well to show the turnaround though
... Still a few bits to do at this stage (protection, glass, tyres and trim, and arches to be dressed), but we wanted to take these pics to give an idea of the level of turnaround achieved on this car in the daylight. Enjoy :Rolled back inside for completion, the car was protected using a concours carnauba wax, tyres dressed with Espuma RD-50. Wheels protected with FK1000P although they were being removed from the car shortly after this detail for a refurb. Arches dressed with All Seasons Dressing. Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel used on the rubbers and plastic trim. Glass cleaned with Stoner Invisible Glass. Exhausts treated with Briliant #2 Aluminium & Stainless Steel Polish. The detail was completed 7pm on the Sunday, exterior only, after starting 9am on the Saturday. A long time, but we think well worth it! The final after shots...
This was certainly a hugely enjoyable detail and a great way for Gordon and I to round off 2009 – going to take a little time off over the festive period and we’ll be back detailing in 2010 as we look to take out detailing team from strength to strength in the coming months – watch this space!
And on that note – I would like to wish all Meguiars Online members a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
All the best! :thumb:
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