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Hi,
This was my first full detail with the PC. I bought the PC in December along with a few of the Megs pro range of products when I was on holiday in Florida.
I hadn’t had time to do a full detail only to try it out on different days using the techniques I had read about on various forums. First was my bonnet, then my roof, followed by dads bonnet and then my boot. Each time I saw an improvement in the results as my familiarity with the products & process improved.
This first full detail was a good test. It was my brothers lease car (VW Golf) black with 90K on the clock. It had seen more automated washes than hand washes and had very little tlc. There was a good mix of marring, swills, scratches and stone chips. To say the paint was poor was an understatement … It goes back to the lease company today (Monday) as its just been replaced with a Passat so I wanted to try my skills out while I had the chance.
The day wasn’t good (i.e. no sun and lots of rain), so I cant show any good before / after sun shots only this one of it wet :
These should give you some indication of the paint (after claying and drying) and viewed under a 500w halogen :
I masked off half of the bonnet and wing so I could monitor my work and was quite surprised at the results :
Other comparison shots :
And these are the best after shots I have got :
The products I used :
Clay : Megs (From quick clay kit)
Wash (and clay lube) : Megs Gold Class
Wheels : Wonder Wheels
Tyres : AA
Paint : #83 with Sonus orange, #80 with Sonus green & NXT by hand.
I only did the outside and didn’t top with a carnauba wax, that seemed excessive as it was only going back to the lease company …
I do have a question though, the paint (mostly on horizontal surfaces) has tiny pits all over it which are hard to see in normal daylight but jump out under halogen (also easily seen in the photos). What are these ? What causes them and how do I get rid of them if I come across them on other cars ?
Cheers,
WD
This was my first full detail with the PC. I bought the PC in December along with a few of the Megs pro range of products when I was on holiday in Florida.
I hadn’t had time to do a full detail only to try it out on different days using the techniques I had read about on various forums. First was my bonnet, then my roof, followed by dads bonnet and then my boot. Each time I saw an improvement in the results as my familiarity with the products & process improved.
This first full detail was a good test. It was my brothers lease car (VW Golf) black with 90K on the clock. It had seen more automated washes than hand washes and had very little tlc. There was a good mix of marring, swills, scratches and stone chips. To say the paint was poor was an understatement … It goes back to the lease company today (Monday) as its just been replaced with a Passat so I wanted to try my skills out while I had the chance.
The day wasn’t good (i.e. no sun and lots of rain), so I cant show any good before / after sun shots only this one of it wet :
These should give you some indication of the paint (after claying and drying) and viewed under a 500w halogen :
I masked off half of the bonnet and wing so I could monitor my work and was quite surprised at the results :
Other comparison shots :
And these are the best after shots I have got :
The products I used :
Clay : Megs (From quick clay kit)
Wash (and clay lube) : Megs Gold Class
Wheels : Wonder Wheels
Tyres : AA
Paint : #83 with Sonus orange, #80 with Sonus green & NXT by hand.
I only did the outside and didn’t top with a carnauba wax, that seemed excessive as it was only going back to the lease company …
I do have a question though, the paint (mostly on horizontal surfaces) has tiny pits all over it which are hard to see in normal daylight but jump out under halogen (also easily seen in the photos). What are these ? What causes them and how do I get rid of them if I come across them on other cars ?
Cheers,
WD
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