deano87
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Firstly, apologies for picture quality. For anyone that didn't see yesterday's thread, click here!
After washing - you can see the colour differences. It has definitely had a new boot and bumper at some point. This is really where you can see that the roof has faded. Most of you will know about the crash (new bonnet, bumper and passenger wing)
Old wing, new bonnet.
New wing, old doors.
The roof is what really needed attention. After all 3 stages. Not a huge difference tbh.
The roof again, after all 3 stages, then Meguiars Spray Wax which I always used to use after simply washing. Picture quality isn't great but you can see that the boot is a more vibrant red.
Ok, with not hugely successful results with the roof (although it is much better, just not great) I decided to tackle the drivers wing with Megs 3 Stage. You can see by the colour of my shadow, the difference between wing and bonnet still.
Because of time, I set about doing the rest of the car with just the Megs Spray Wax, which I highly recommend for people that want good results, for not a lot of effor.
This shows the difference (or not much) between the Stage 3 treated wing, and Spray Wax treated door.
And from my bedroom window, it looks pink 
So, in a bit of a conclusion. The Meguiars stuff is very good. I definitely noticed the difference on the roof. It was much smoother and had changed colour. However it was still on the pink side of red. I put this down to a few things. 1) An 8 year old, flame red car that has covered nearly 80k miles and probably never been kept in a garage 2) I needed to work the Paint Cleaner (Megs t-cut basically) a lot better.
 
[Edited on 13-03-2008 by deano87]
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AndyKent
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Difficult to tell TBH as the colour is really washed out
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pow
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Do you live at house number 54 by any remote chance 
Looks good deano, car always looking clean 
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Do you live at house number 54 by any remote chance
Looks good deano, car always looking clean
Yes, but what street 
I need a clay bar next. Loads of black dots on lower half of the car.
I might go and get some better pics this afternoon on the digital camera
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mwg
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Have you tried Autoglym Super Resin Polish?
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Have you tried Autoglym Super Resin Polish?
Yeah, don't like it. When I first used it, it didn't seem to make much difference at all (this was just on a washed car).
Then bought the Meguiars Spray Wax, foam pad applicator and ultimate microfiber cloth and got much better results.
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lil_g
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Get a Clay bar 
Looking much more red than yesterday Deano
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deano87
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I will get some proper pics after food - Gregg can give the proper verdict
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Whittie
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T-Cut mate. Would of got the same results. Just not as shiny
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gianluigi
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how much did the insurance put on your premium to detail it?
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Fonz
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/7386/spray2.jpg
concentration on your face!!
As you know Dean i seen your car many a time and i rate it as one of the less Pink Red Corsas i've ever seen and surprised you had that thread yday. still i havent seen the roof, or at least taken notice.
in terms of clay bar, i tried it to remove black dots etc, but with no luck, its only gets rid of the "surface" smaller particle stuff...i got some tar remover but still to have chance to use it!
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deano87
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Originally posted by gianluigi
how much did the insurance put on your premium to detail it?
gtf
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Fonz
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Originally posted by gianluigi
how much did the insurance put on your premium to detail it?
ROTFL
i guess LOL'd in the office and got a strange look! 
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Fonz
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/7386/spray2.jpg
concentration on your face!!
As you know Dean i seen your car many a time and i rate it as one of the less Pink Red Corsas i've ever seen and surprised you had that thread yday. still i havent seen the roof, or at least taken notice.
in terms of clay bar, i tried it to remove black dots etc, but with no luck, its only gets rid of the "surface" smaller particle stuff...i got some tar remover but still to have chance to use it!
Check it on Saturday or ask Gregg, his reply "yes, it is quite pink"
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Fro
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Dads bimmer looks fricking cool 
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John
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What you should have done was attacked it with t-cut.
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Fonz
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quote:
Originally posted by John
What you should have done was attacked it with t-cut.
thats wot i told him yday!
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pink cars are cute
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Sportycorsa86
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my car was really bad all over it, it was proper pink , i got it machine polished with G3 compound and then used the spray wax on it, it came up lovely i couldnt belive it lol
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Edd
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t-cut is garbage
you need a good quality polishing compound and a machine polisher
will come up like new
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deano87
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I didn't use t-cut because I had already bought the Megiuars stuff. Might try some t-cut the next time.
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deano87
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It's now raining
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Have you tried Autoglym Super Resin Polish?
Yeah, don't like it. When I first used it, it didn't seem to make much difference at all (this was just on a washed car).
Then bought the Meguiars Spray Wax, foam pad applicator and ultimate microfiber cloth and got much better results.
You should have waxed after the SRP mate. SRP contains loads of fillers and even the best 'Detailers' would reccommend it when not using a machine. Best to apply it 1 panel at a time, then finish off with your spray way. I used to hate SRP, I'm sure there are posts on here about it, but when you know how to use it properley its one of the best on the market.
[Edited on 13-03-2008 by corsa-dan]
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deano87
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Will bare that in mind
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gianluigi
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi
how much did the insurance put on your premium to detail it?
gtf
sorry mate i was only having a laugh, no offense intended
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