BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
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Another detail job for some of you guys to look at...
*** Copied directly from Detailingworld.com ***
This was done last month but I've only just found time to catch up on some write ups. It wasn’t one I was planning on showing but I figured it would be a good one to do in the end so we start from the correction stage, with the car in for 3 days...
Looks pretty good in that pic already, but if you look closer you know it's not good news when you can see buffer trails when there's no direct light on the paintwork...
Turns out the owner had previously requested a valeter to give the car a machine polish but as you can see they didn’t do the best job, as can be seen further when the Sun Gun comes out to play...
Luckily the paint readings on all metal and plastic panels were healthy enough to allow me to go hard at the paint, using a 3M Compounding Pad @ 2000rpm's with Fast Cut Plus & Ultrafina with a drop of one of Gloss-It's new products:
This is my favourite product at the moment, it reduces dusting, primes pads nicely and totally transforms some polishes, especially the Gloss-It ones via Rotary and sticky paint is now just a slight inconvenience 
Test section before:
During:
After:
50/50 on the bootlid shows the contrast in clarity of the paintwork:
This is typically the kind of random scratch that was left as it was too deep to safely polish/sand out:
Menzerna's new 80mm pads (loving these just now too!) were used for the tighter areas:
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The vents were removed to enable me to fully correct the surrounding areas:
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50/50 on the N/S wing:
Fully corrected:
50/50 on the door:
Rear 1/4 before:
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Roof:
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The side grills/fins/what ever you want to call them were a bit tarnished so while they were off I cleaned them up with some Brilliant Metal Polish and a CCS Polishing Pad:
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Products used:
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Light before:
After Menzerna 203S:
Some of the worst areas such as the sideskirts and majority of the bumpers were corrected with a Gloss-It wool pad:
These areas were then refined with Menzerna 203S and the rest of the car was done with Menzerna 85RE.
Pictures from then on were few and far between due to a 1:30am finish on the 2nd day so this was the rest of the process before the final pics:
LSP - Top Inspection wipe down followed by Zym0l Vintage.
~Exterior Glass - New Glass Sealant currently on test.
~Interior Glass - Eimann Fabrik Clear Vision.
~Tailpipes - Wire Wool and Raceglaze Alutech followed by BF Metal Sealant.
~Wheels - Blackfire Metal Sealant.
~Tyres - 3 coats of Gloss-It Signature Tyre Gloss.
~Engine Bay - Aerospace 303 Protectant.
Interior:
~ Thorough Hoover.
~ APC wipe down.
~ Leather cleansed and fed with Raceglaze twins.
~ Mats lightly shampooed with Autosmart Brisk.
~ Shuts with Prime Strong
~ Rubber Seals with Raceglaze trim dressing.
Final wipe down with Werkstat Carnauba Glos and here's the result of 35 hours work :thumb:
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Cant believe how bad it was before, looks mint that, wheels let it down though.
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Wow that looks good after.
Same colour as my Dads (merc paint code wise). What sort of cost would something like that be?
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BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
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http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/detailing-services-service-options.html
According to the text, that was a 3 day job, which would have been classed as a "major paint correction detail" so £895 + VAT
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
Location: Eastbourne, EastSussex
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how much would it cost for that kinda work?
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by john_c20xe
how much would it cost for that kinda work?
Look up one post...
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Fucking hell them before shots are terrible.
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Paul_Safc
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Registered: 4th Jun 08
Location: Washington Drives: Corsa b 1.0
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Looks like a quality job!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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That's a lot of money for a machine polish.
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Cheaper than a respray that would look as good.
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by John
That's a lot of money for a machine polish.
If you want the best, you have to pay for the best 
Remember though, that was 35 hours worth of work, and its not just a polish.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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I like reading the detailing threads and I appreciate the work that goes in.
It is just a machine polish though, something that the guys are skilled at doing.
Although if it was 35 hours work, £25 an hour isn't bad, which sounds a lot different from 900.
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FAZ
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Registered: 24th Nov 07
Location: Coventry
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f*ck me thts sorted that! those 50/50 ones aremazing the difference
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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i would not wanna drive it if mine was that clean.
excellent work by the way
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Almost a grand is alot to spend on an old shape SL imo.
Does look good for it though!! 
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Where abouts on the car was the scratch?
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