Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Last one I'll post for a while - promise!!
My Birthday treat today lol - was planning on having the day off today to just chill, but this very local booking came up, and seeing as it's something a bit different and today was the only day I had free for the next 3 weeks, I just had to book it in!!
It's been previously restored but the paintwork was in a pretty sorry state - it's owner has left it with the garage for around 3 months now as an ongoing project to sort a few bits out on it, they've all been fixed now but it's been sat in the corner of the workshop gathering dust so that's where I got called in!
Before:
Booked in for a stage 3 valet. These things are small but have lots of fiddly bits (eg. wheels!) and was unable to use a pressure washer for fairly obvious reasons! (Build quality, age of car etc)
Chance to wheel out the Optimum No Rinse again - this time a strong mix was sprayed on to a panel at a time left to dwell, then washed using TBM and grout sponge with a weaker ONR mix, then immediately dried off with an Elite Ultra Plush drying towel and moving on to the next panel.
Once fully washed, the same was done to the wheels, these were then polished up as best as I could with Autosol (around 20 minutes per wheel as there are limits!!) Tyres were dressed with AS Rubber dressing to leave a natural look finish in keeping with the look of the car.
Polish today was an old skool one - AG SRP chosen because of it's filling abilities and the fact the garage owner is a huge AG fan 
This was topped with my other fave - Poorboys Black Hole glaze and then waxed with Collinite 476s for a long lasting finish to leave:
not bad for a hand job imo 
Chrome work was polished with Megs Metal Polish as it was only slightly tarnished. Glass with AS Glass Clear, roof wiped over with G101 and sealed with AS Silverseal. Whole car wiped over with ultra soft buffing towel and AS Reglaze.
Interior was also done but yet again I forgot photos  Just a quick hoover and APC wipe down required in there.
The afters:
Not bad for an old car imo!:
Thanks for looking. Nice quick job for me in comparison to recent ones - around 4.5 hours.
Comments and constructive criticism welcome as per usual.
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JayCarr
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Registered: 19th Dec 02
Location: Cambs Drives:M3 & X3
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Awesome Rich 
When yo apply SRP buy hand, do you apply in circles or straight lines? Same with wiping off. My paints pretty badly swirl marked and want to get results by hand like you've done here.
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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good work on a lovely car. i want an old MG to jaunt round in for the summer 
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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quote:
Originally posted by JayCarr
Awesome Rich
When yo apply SRP buy hand, do you apply in circles or straight lines? Same with wiping off. My paints pretty badly swirl marked and want to get results by hand like you've done here.
I would like to know too 
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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+1 on that.
Great job Rich!
I get the feeling you think you are annoying people buy putting up all these posts, but I quite enjoy reading them so please continue.
[Edited on 18-06-2009 by Graham88]
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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x2 Graham, I enjoy reading them 
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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I want my black car to look like this lol
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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I apply SRP as I do any polish by hand in circular motions but I do it a bit strangely:
Apply in circular motions, then work over same area in lines, then circular motions again. Not adding any more product, simply working in whats already on the panel. I use microfibre pads.
The Poorboys glaze also fills swirls and enhances the gloss though so it's not just the results of the SRP
I try not to post much of my work up on here as there are far more anti detailing people on here than there are people who seem to enjoy them, so I now try to just post interesting or random stuff lol.
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