Race Valeting Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Finally getting round to doing a write up for this the last detail of 2008. And what a stunner it was a TT Show car, going to be used as a JL Audio demo car and also a feature coming up in Redline too. Arrived yesterday morning at around 7:30, the TT was brought out the garage to start the washing. Firstly the wheels were sprayed with some smart wheels and the tyres with some g101 this was left for 5 mins and then agitated using some envy brushes/EZ Detail brush. Next up was some citrus de-greaser this was sprayed to all the lowers and left for a few mins before rinsing off, then all the shuts were cleaned using some g101 too. Then out came a snowfoam mix of some g101 to help remove the old protection, this was lef to dwell for 5 mins before rinsing. Then the car was washed using some Dodo born to be mild shampoo and a z sponge. The car was then clayed using some sonus green and some last touch as lube. Before a quick final wash and drying using my Race Valeting Ultimate Water Guzzler Drying towel and some megs final inspection as a drying aid. Then the car was taken in the garage ready for correction. Its was looking very sorry for its self really, with some bad swirling and scratches. Out came the Makita and my pad/polish collection, I firstly started if with 3 blobs of megs 83 and 1 blob of megs 80 on a megs polishing pad. This was working magic on such tough paint, 2x passes at 600 to spread2x passes at 9004x passes at 1500 to break the polish down4x passes at 2000 acheiving correction here3x passes at 12002x passes at 600 refining the finish. 50/50 corrected After 7 hrs machining, then IPA'd and then LP Lite followed by 2x coats of Dodo Supernatural it was looking like this. The tyres were dressed using espuma rd-50 and the exhuasted polished using some megs nxt. Then the interior was hoovered and the dashed cleaned and the seats cleaned/conditioned and all the glass was cleaned. The engine bay was also cleaned and dressed. After 11hrs I was well shattered and happy to be in my nice warm van heading home Thanks for reading Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Paul, the paint looks milky to start with compared to the finished item the depth and gloss is superb ! how many miles on the car ? had it only had car washes ? awesome work on a difficult colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Valeting Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I think its got about 26k on the clocks. The car is in and out of bodyshops all the time having mods done etc, but I think It has deffinatly seen a few car washes too. It was a very hard days graft but the results speak for themselves. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Looking rather nice after finishing. Can't believe how bad the clay was! What do you apply IPA with out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Valeting Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I just spray the IPA on a clean mf and gentle wipe the surface. The IPA helps to remove the oils from the polishes and helps prep the paintwork ready for LSP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Cool. Cheers Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Valeting Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Cool. Cheers Paul. No worries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Nice work.... But very surprised the guys chose a convertible to be a JL show car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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