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Author Gave GSi the work over (sorry NO 56k)
Andy GSi
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16th Jul 06 at 10:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sorry for a lot of pictures

Once all my Meguiars cleaning products arrived I waited for a nice day to give it a full detailing.

This is the list and order of the products I use by hand:

1) Meguiars Shampoo dried with Meguiars Water Magnet (two bucket method)
2) Meguiars QuikClay
3) Repeat step one
4) Meguiars Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner
5) Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze
6) Meguiars NXT TECH wax
7) Turtle wax tryer gel



This is how the car was before I started (ok its not that dirty, as I gave it a wash mid week)




Few pictures after a wash and towel dried down




Now it was time for the Clay to do its work. I couldn’t believe how much dirt came from the car




Now it was time to repeat the first few steps, cleaning (two bucket method) and towel dried down.





Now for having a look at the paint to see what condition it was in. There was swirl marks, but I couldn’t remove them by hand so I have to the best to hide them.



After I spent 4 hours applying the deep crystal paint clearner, show car glaze, and Meguiars nxt tech wax, it was time to sit back and admire all the hard work:









Then a close up of the paint work after all products applied:



The wet look really stood out



It really took its time, but the car has never looked so good.



[Edited on 16-07-2006 by Andy GSi]

[Edited on 16-07-2006 by Andy GSi]
Rob B
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16th Jul 06 at 10:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Missed a bit Looks gorgeous
All Torque
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16th Jul 06 at 10:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lovely, That claybar is magic

Good work
Andy GSi
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16th Jul 06 at 12:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah the claybar is great as the Imbedded elements are removed
jamied
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where u get all tht from mate? was it a package?
jonnysri
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that colour looks sooo nice! nice work my friend!
Andy GSi
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16th Jul 06 at 12:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 306CORSA
where u get all tht from mate? was it a package?


no mate i got advice from www.detailingworld.co.uk on what to get and what order to it in
jamied
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ahrite, where u order from ?might order same stuff u did
shawboy
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i will bring mine round for you to do.
Jake
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16th Jul 06 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
clay bar is the best thing ever.
ed
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16th Jul 06 at 12:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I remember back in the olden days when everyone said Megs was rubbish and you should use Autoglym. How the times have changed.
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SetH
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Why would you wash the car again after you clay barred it? with the mothers system you dont have to do that. Mothers stuff is the uber daddy in the states btw.

If you get that car in a shopping centre car park or similar with the bright overhead lights then i think it will show you hardwork a lot better than that direct sunlight.
ed
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16th Jul 06 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Or just re-spray it in some 2k paint. Fuck all this waxing and stuff.
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16th Jul 06 at 13:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks ace mate


think il have to invest in one of these clay bars everyone is raving about

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
bubble
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just hope a flock of fat geese dont drop their load over your area!!!
mark_d
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that looks amazing
crazycorsa19
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someone please tell me what this clay bar thing is please????????????????
crazycorsa19
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looks awsome btw
Marc
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Good work Should really do mine
Corsa Sport Gav
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that clay stuff is gr8, i did mine about 2months ago and it still has the glass/mirror finish on it and like u i was amazed the amount of grime it pulled it, its well worth doing like.
Jambo
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going to invest me thinks..............
Dav
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Lovely car mate, really like the GSi's especially in that colour

How does the dirt gathered in the claybar not scratch your car as you drag it across the bodywork? And how do you clean the claybar itself to get the dirt out for next time you use it?
ed
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The clay bar scratches your paint up loads. The way I used mine when I could be bothered was cut a small bit off and used it then throw it in the bin.
Andy GSi
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16th Jul 06 at 22:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
SetH – well I washed the car again, as it detailer made water marks, so had to wash car again.
never heard of that mothers stuff, will have a look for some

306CORSA – got it from http://www.cleanandshiny.co.uk

And for everyone asking about the clay bar, please read the following page for a lot of helpful knowledge

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4829

Cheers people for all the comments


[Edited on 16-07-2006 by Andy GSi]

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