MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: Boothy on August 19, 2010, 06:52:09 pm

Title: A bit of a clean
Post by: Boothy on August 19, 2010, 06:52:09 pm
The weather was warm, the sky was cloudy and it seemed like a nice day to give the motor a buff.

Striped it right back with Stardrops to get rid of all the old wax etc then a coat of Lusso Revitalising Creme and then a coat of AG Super Resin polish. I don't normally use this but after reading an article of Detailing World it appeared to be pretty good at removing swirl marks by hand. Once I'd done that I left it for a while and then went over it with Lusso Oro wax.

Plastics/rubbers were all treated with a mixture of AG products.

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................and then it rained for forty minutes and forty seconds!  :laugh:
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: Saint Steve on August 19, 2010, 06:55:07 pm
Great effort Boothy  :happy2:

Like the wheel colour  :smiley:
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: Dav on August 19, 2010, 07:19:36 pm
Looks great, I do like them in red!
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: Greeners on August 19, 2010, 07:57:01 pm
Wheels set it off a treat! Very nice!  :congrats:
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: JPC on August 19, 2010, 08:06:51 pm
Looking nice mate, but the Super resin polish would have probably negated any benefits of using the revitalizing cream!

otherwise, good stuff! ;)
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: Ands GTi on August 19, 2010, 09:08:14 pm
Looking really good!  :happy2:
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: rdfcpete on August 19, 2010, 09:11:13 pm
Well smart Boothy, like yours a lot. Tbh I think these wheels suit the red more than your previous multispokes  :happy2:
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: Boothy on August 19, 2010, 09:27:50 pm
Quote from: rdfcpete on August 19, 2010, 09:11:13 pm
Well smart Boothy, like yours a lot. Tbh I think these wheels suit the red more than your previous multispokes  :happy2:

I agree. The current wheels look a lot better than the old multi spokes that I had, although I still liked the look. The old rims have gone to pastures new now anyway so its the last I'll be seeing of them.

Thanks for the complements from everyone too  :smiley:
Title: Re: A bit of a clean
Post by: markc on August 19, 2010, 09:51:04 pm
Looks great mate  :happy2:  Have to get some pics of mine up on here soon  :grin: