Carjunkie Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Today saw me wrestling against a very sorry looking 3 series on an 05 plate, this started on tuesday for a regular client who had just purchased the car & was booked in for a Detox 3 + extractor to upholstery, it's always nice to rid yourself of other people out of your new car On arrival she pointed out a few "grey" patches... We had a chat & I inspected I guessed either shonky bodyshopy repair or ham fisted polish attempt by someone who had absolutely no idea what he/she was doing, further investigation by the owner revealed the latter ! & another mess for me to clean up seem to have alot of these this year so far. Today I "borrowed" the local AS rep's unit for the day (he's a mate & a good guy) it was pretty busy at 8am Washed two bucket method using lambswool mash mitt & as tardis for the tar deposits, clayed with Zaino clay while still wet rinsed again dried off & into the unit, I had already taken many PTG readings on tue so pretty much knew what was in store, some befores Boot lid before, test patch settling on Menzerna IP3.02 via makita rotarty & 3M pad After 2 hits: passenger rear quarter during: After: Working my way around the car, this was then followed up with Menz' 85RD on a blue pad, which was followed by an ipa wipe over once all done. Panel gaps etc blown with the airline & dust over with my new duster. Dodo lime prime lite by hand, I found this to be a tad on the fussy side but maybe it was the weather conditions or just me ? I will faff with it again over the weekend & see what its like on the Detox machine, Wax of choice today was Swissvax Best Of Show applied by germn applicator & while this did its stuff I dressed the tyres,arches etc & then buffed off with a Poorboys fluffy mf Quick tidy up, outside for inspection & wipe down with some field glaze, which left me with this: Sorry for the complete lack of whole car shots I had a garage to my left & many 1000L tanks to my right (which you can see in some reflections) they didnt make for super backdrops Many thanks for taking the time to read any comments welcome Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Looks great! BOS came up quite nice, do you apply to the whole car first or panel by panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carjunkie Posted May 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Looks great! BOS came up quite nice, do you apply to the whole car first or panel by panel? Cheers ! Was worth the effort Best of show is one of my favourite waxes, this time I applied to the whole car & virtually buffed off right away, if it was any warmer (or I wasnt in the shade) I would probably have done it panel by panel, but kept my eye on the wax as I applied anyhow Thanks Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahaydock Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Top correction there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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