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It's been a while on since i've been on the detailing tools. The mrs and i have opened up a coffee shop inside a cinema and the hours dont allow me to do as much as i'd like to. So the story goes that the owner of this cinema has a Mini moke californian thats been modified somewhat & he'd like it shown in a car show next week. I'll get a list of what hes done later on. With only 600km on the ODO and having spent most of its life under a car cover, you'd be forgiven to think that the paint was in pretty good nik. Sadly this is not the case.
I've added some pics below to help describe the story.
as you can see the paint is swirled and hazy
even from a distance you can see the bad paint
with my trusty Meguiars i went to work ..
first was a wash and clay.
Having not much exposure to the elements the clay didnt pick up too much. But its still a necessary step.
Then after a test spot i decided to start with Medium cut cleaner (i forget the number lol) with 8006 pad for 2 passes
Then #80 with 8006 for 4 passes - i should note that the paint is very very hard and stubborn to work with.
This is the stage i am currently at. (til tomorrow)
There are still some other smaller marks in the paint which wont come out that were revealed once the larger swirls were removed. I feel that a cutting pad might be needed for this step.
heres whats been achieved so far.
PS : for those that are wondering the dots are the metallic fleck in the paint
From the drivers seat .. the left side of the bonnet remains untouched whilst i have only worked on the right side. I look forward to showing you the complete car engine and all.
I've added some pics below to help describe the story.
as you can see the paint is swirled and hazy
even from a distance you can see the bad paint
with my trusty Meguiars i went to work ..
first was a wash and clay.
Having not much exposure to the elements the clay didnt pick up too much. But its still a necessary step.
Then after a test spot i decided to start with Medium cut cleaner (i forget the number lol) with 8006 pad for 2 passes
Then #80 with 8006 for 4 passes - i should note that the paint is very very hard and stubborn to work with.
This is the stage i am currently at. (til tomorrow)
There are still some other smaller marks in the paint which wont come out that were revealed once the larger swirls were removed. I feel that a cutting pad might be needed for this step.
heres whats been achieved so far.
PS : for those that are wondering the dots are the metallic fleck in the paint
From the drivers seat .. the left side of the bonnet remains untouched whilst i have only worked on the right side. I look forward to showing you the complete car engine and all.
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