MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: RussZS on June 17, 2011, 05:49:23 pm

Title: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: RussZS on June 17, 2011, 05:49:23 pm: Today saw me nervously travel to a not very sunny Wolverhampton, with my fingers firmly crossed that the rain would stay away, so that I could spend the day giving Al's beautiful GTI a bit of love.

As ever with lighter cars, the difference isn't as obvious as a swirly black car, especially without any decent sunlight, but I think it's turned out very well, and the paintwork is certainly a lot cleaner than it was.

A couple of before shots...

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P1050198 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842857066/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050200 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842858092/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

As ever, I started off with the wheels, tyres and arches with G101 and various brushes. This followed with G101 on shuts, sills, petrol cap, grille, etc. I then washed the car with Optimum Car Shampoo and rinsed off.

I followed this up with Tardis (which removed very little!), then Wolf's Decon Gel, which did a great job of removing the additional contaminants:

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P1050202 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842313473/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

I then followed this up with Elite Polyclay and Citrus Bling lube. The roof in particular was quite bad. This pic is from just one quarter of the roof!

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P1050201 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842858736/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

Next up I decided to tackle the deeper scratches in isolation, as most of the paintwork was only suffering from relatively light swirling, aside from a few key areas which needed heavier compounding.

First up, the door handles, which were pretty bad:

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P1050204 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842860422/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

and after...

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P1050206 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842862232/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

RDS on the roof:

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P1050211 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842318199/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

and after (you can just make it out, but largely removed)

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P1050213 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842866062/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

I then set about cleansing the paintwork with Auto Finesse's Rejuvenate, stepping up to Menzerna 3.02 in place, where needed.

Rejuvenate is a very impressive paint cleanser, with a great level of cut if used with the right technique. This is my polishing pad after half of a panel...

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P1050207 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842863284/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

and after half of the roof.........!!

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P1050224 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842870108/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

Unfortunately a lot of the correction shots didn't come out too well, but here is an example of a 50/50 on the passenger door:

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P1050237 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842872692/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

A few quick pics after polishing:

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P1050218 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842320687/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050221 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842322285/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050223 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842869258/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050225 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842324653/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050229 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842871826/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

There's a lovely gloss and glow to the paintwork, but also a nice sharpness to it.

I followed this up with Wolf's Body Wrap Nano Sealant (which I also used on the wheels). I used 3M Tyre Restorer on the tyres, 20/20 on the glass and Optimum on the exhaust.

Some 'afters':

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P1050239 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842873686/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050241 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842328125/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050242 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842875422/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050243 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842329737/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050244 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842330623/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050245 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842878042/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050246 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842332421/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050250 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842333095/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

and down looooooooow (Air is so cool!)

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P1050252 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842880434/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050253 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842334723/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050255 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842881928/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050256 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842882958/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

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P1050257 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42262279@N04/5842337189/) by RussZS (http://www.flickr.com/people/42262279@N04/), on Flickr

So, big thanks to Al for giving me the opportunity to work on his car, much appreciated.

Mrs Al is also going to hopefully take some pics when its a bit brighter, showing off the true finish, which I feel is masked by the poor lighting and clouds.

Thanks for reading!

Russ.
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on June 17, 2011, 05:57:08 pm: Great work! Where are you based?
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: Boothy on June 17, 2011, 06:02:01 pm: Nice job there mate and loving the stance with those rims.
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: RussZS on June 17, 2011, 06:04:04 pm: Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on June 17, 2011, 05:57:08 pm

Great work! Where are you based?

Cheers :)

I'm in Walsall, near Birmingham :smiley:
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: JPC on June 17, 2011, 06:09:10 pm: Russ are you sure you clayed the car? lol looking at that pad, theres a lot of contamination coming off the paint! :jumping:
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: RussZS on June 17, 2011, 06:11:12 pm: Quote from: JPC on June 17, 2011, 06:09:10 pm
Russ are you sure you clayed the car? lol looking at that pad, theres a lot of contamination coming off the paint! :jumping:

Yep, very sure!! I spent a good 60 mins or so claying it! I was surprised too... it was mostly like that on the roof.
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: Greeners on June 17, 2011, 06:18:35 pm: Looking very good, nice one Russ! :congrats:

And Al your just a big tart!! :P
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: stealthwolf on June 17, 2011, 06:19:53 pm: Awesome turn around. And shame on big al for allowing it to get in such a state! :grin:
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: big al on June 17, 2011, 06:34:20 pm: Quote from: stealthwolf on June 17, 2011, 06:19:53 pm
Awesome turn around. And shame on big al for allowing it to get in such a state! :grin:

Don't blame me, it's been in the bodyshops recently more than it's been with me! :grin:
I try to clean it every weekend, but with a dog with cancer treatment going on have not had as much chance as I would like.
Thanks so much for the work carried out Russ, great write up and fantastic result. :happy2:
Title: Re: Enhancement Detail - BigAl's GTI!
Post by: percy on June 17, 2011, 07:00:28 pm: Nice job there again Russ! Will send you some pics of the LM'S as ive got the tyres on now and waiting to find time put them on! :drinking: