Last Weeks Deatil-BMW 320d M Sport, other details now added

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Last Weeks Deatil-BMW 320d M Sport, other details now added

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a good friend of my dads had bought the car brand new and was unhappy about a few niggles and inperfections on the car that he has picked up over time

the car was a sound base, with good paint and a decent place to start from, the car was full of small scratches from his dogs and from parking it in a busy street in southport with work

i viewed the car the week before the detail and we agreed a package to suit his needs

anyway, less talk and more pics, i know thats what we all like anyway

so, a before of the most major scratch
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a before of the wheels, now believe it or not, he has always taken it to a drive in drive out handwash place who have used some kind of acid wheelcleaner, and they had left the wheels looking so dated and aged, leaving behind almost a black tar that was un movable by washing, and 3 out of 4 of my wheel cleaners
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and another before
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and another
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and another
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and another
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bonnet done and corrected
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interior all done, just needing hoovering
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front
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rear
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side on
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after first pass, 2 masked areas needing further attention
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wheels after
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scratch removed
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frontal and side
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rear and side
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the pics do the car no justice, as it was foggy being close to the sea, it came up remarkably well, removing the milky film it had seemed to have hiding the lusture, breathing new life in to the paint

total time for correction and protection, 10.5 hours

marc was over the moon with the results knowing his newly restored cars paint was safe again and protected for winter and a top up package was agreed for a quarterly basis

process was

wash, snow foam, rinse, clay snow foam and rinse again

all machine work done with my megs g220 DA used at variable speeds to polish cut and correct

wet sanding with 2000 grit used wet and soapy

2 passes with menzerna intensive polish on a megs polishing pad

2 passes with menzerna final finish spritzed with QD for lubrication

2 layers of collinite 915 by hand and a further layer of zymol carbon to really leave that wet look to the finish, finished with field glaze

blacking treated with zymol vinyl, interior all washed and treated,

all glass treated with zymol glass

and an auto smart freshner to finish off

please excuse the pics were off my phone as my camera went flat, as i plugged the lead in to the camera the night before, just not the camera in to the wall, DOH

any interest on the same or a similar process doing to any polo owners, or memberes with other cars, just pm me :D
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Post by oliverpologti »

good results there

do you not notice that a da machine is quite hard to get imperfections out of german motors?

i have the pc and just sometimes it struggles
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i find it pretty good mate, just takes time and for the process to be followed thuroughly

it may take a little longer, but i feel its worth it as its safer for the customers vehicle too

you may find its the speeds and compounds your using which are letting you down oliver :)
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Great work Jeff. I'm just a few steps away from ordering myself a Kestrel with poorboys polishs and pads kit 8)

How come you used the 2000 grit? Was that for tough scratches on the paint?
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yeah mate loses the rough edges of the scratch without risk of the paint flaking if its become brittle
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Have you tried and Zaino Z-8 Grand Finale Spray Seal? Gets a very good write up! 8)
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Cracking Job Jeff!! :) you've got the patience of a Saint :)
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Post by Jeff GTi »

no, i believe it is good stuff, but im using zymol for now
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Post by 89_polo_squareback »

sorry im slightly off topis, but could you reccomend a good leather cleaner as ive got beige leather interior in my 6n but i can never seem to get it clean!!
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Post by Jeff GTi »

either - zymol leather cleaner followed by zymol leather feed

or

zaino leather cleaner followed by zaino liquid leather

either are great combos mate, zaino is better though, but more money
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Post by more-bhp »

Jeff - What does it cost for a tart up of yer motor..

Like my A4 Cab ????
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pm sent jason, sorry for the delay
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Post by Jeff GTi »

heres a couple of the full corrections i have done for you to see

my polo gti
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corsa before
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corsa after
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focus st after
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street ka after
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1993 L reg fiesta after (15 years old, silver and check the shine)
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my golf gti
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my red polo gti
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my 206 gti - hdi
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and finally my show and shine winning 306 D-Turbo (p reg)
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Post by alexperkins »

Im loving that red polo GTI! Some very good work in there Jeff. I wish I had someone like you near me!!
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Post by Harnz »

great wrk mate how come you sold the red gti again. i saw it 4 sale twice one on autotrader and one one pistonheads from a dealer it hand the rims yo stuck on there in black by then :)
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