MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: gjseb16 on May 05, 2013, 08:42:20 pm

Title: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: gjseb16 on May 05, 2013, 08:42:20 pm: 8 hours off hard graft and finished quite well i think
started with

prewash
then snowfoam
jet wash
clayed dodo juice
wash again with megs gold
then dried
the 2 coats of colinite 915 and then jetseal 109
glass with auto gleam fast glass
and trims with autogleam trim get
wheels 2 coats of poorboys wheel sealent

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Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: Andy on May 05, 2013, 08:45:00 pm: Looks excellent :happy2:
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: gjseb16 on May 05, 2013, 08:47:02 pm: thanks dude forgot how hard colnite 915 is to take off by hand :signLOL:
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: Andy on May 05, 2013, 08:51:27 pm: I used college last year and it took me ages to do
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: xjay1337 on May 05, 2013, 09:06:13 pm: Nice result, awesome colour man.

Also if you're finding it hard to remove you're probably leaving it too long or applying too much! Thin coats!! :-)
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: gjseb16 on May 05, 2013, 10:02:43 pm: obviously leaving it to haze but does say use a damp cloth which was odd hours thought good results but may have to try lighter coats next time
Title: Re: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: RetroRaz on May 06, 2013, 01:03:35 am: I spent 4 hours doing my car too today. And ive got same color as you too :P

Looks really good!

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Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: gjseb16 on May 06, 2013, 09:52:56 am: love my colour
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: JoeDarKa on May 06, 2013, 07:12:56 pm: Wax then seal? Iv always done it the other way round
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: gjseb16 on May 06, 2013, 07:34:45 pm: I thought it was wax then seal which is right yeah
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: xjay1337 on May 07, 2013, 09:11:04 am: No you'd never use sealant after a wax.

Usually you use either a wax or a sealant. They tend to give different optic effects.

Sealants tend to give a more crispy look, a colder shimmer. Sealants tend to last longer.
Waxes tend to give more of a wet-look, ideal for shows or those who demand the most from the aesthetics of the car, for example a show or concourse car, however waxes generally don't last as long and can be harder and less forgiving to apply.

What a lot of people is apply a sealant base and then apply a wax on top of that. Most sealants are solvent based and would all but remove the underlaying wax, but the sealant tends to bond better to clean, unwaxed paint..

So you would first apply sealant, allow that to cure and buff it off and then you would apply a layer or two of a show-wax for that wet look..while still maintaining protection due to the under laying layer of sealant.

In short, never put sealant on top of a wax, it's bad. People die.
Title: Re: treated the golf to a good clean today
Post by: JoeDarKa on May 07, 2013, 07:35:13 pm: Either way, jetseal lasts yonks and so does collinite!!