Car Detailing | Polishing Booth

Porsche 944 S2

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:11:39 +0000

If you are over 30 this will have been in your Top 3 of Fantasy Cars at some time, The Porsche 944 S2

The customer found me through the Meguiars Website.

He was looking to buy a Meguiar’s G220 Polishing Machine to mint up his Porsche 944 S2 as he has a customer coming on Tuesday from Pistonheads. The conversation soon turned to the condition of the car and he said it had seen better days. The paint was thin in places and probably needs a respray in the future as it’s got white patches all over the Guards Red Paint, Ok that was an exaggeration it was only over the bonnet, roof and nearside. None of this clear coat malarky this is paint!

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During…

We found a combo that started to work, the paint was so dry it was literaly soaking the polish in before getting chance to work it. We settled on 3M Compound and Menzerna on a 3M yellow pad being followed up by a 3M Ultrafina on a yellow pad swiftly being topped off with HD Wax. 50/50…sort of!

The paint was soaking everything we threw at it and was fading out. We tried another wax chemical Guy’s 52 and this helped, but we then applied Meguiars No7 Show Glaze in 2 coats, this was the oil that was needed!

After…

The customer reaction was, It’s now not for sale!

Show Scooby

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:12:27 +0000

This is Steve Cooper’s Scooby (Wheelrite) that I have prepared for Oulton.

Bad Paint Swirls

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:08:58 +0000

My customer was returning his car after leasing it and needed a quick spruce up. The swirls in the paintwork were pretty bad!

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The lower panels AFTER washing…

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Wagon!

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:01:23 +0000

This came in to have the paint freshened up after having the stickers removed.

It’s a good job I have some ladders!

Before…

G3 was used to cut through the paint it was then machine polished using Meguiars No82 Swirl Free Polish and then was topped off with some Meguiars Liquid Wax.

After…

Range Rover

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:56:07 +0000

This car arrived at 6.30am and was due to take a couple to their wedding at 2.30pm!

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Job finished by 12.30pm and the happy couple arrived on time.

BMW 5 Series

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:50:15 +0000

This black BMW 5 series came in pre-sale.

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A Diff Guard

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:06:59 +0000

Whilst at Modified Live I was approached by Rob, a guy from CADS, clutching a Tesco’s carrier bag and he said can you do anything with this?

So I did!….

Porsche 997 Turbo

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:32:40 +0000

This is Kris’s Porsche 997 Turbo, a very special car.

Before…

Something had been spilt here, looked like a soft drink.

During…

Being snowfoamed.

The wheels were then cleaned.

The tar was then removed. Yes, even Porsches pick up tar

It was then taken inside and clay barred to remove any bonded on contaminents.

It was then re-washed and brought back in and dried off ready for polishing.

After the polish was removed it was then waxed with Autoglym HD Wax. While this was curing I proceded to clean the interior. The wax was then removed and it was taken outside to observer what had been achieved, my most enjoyable day at work ever!

After…

Subaru WRX

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:47:26 +0000

This Subaru arrived after having a new body kit fitted and the wheels refurbed.

Before…

A scratch on the boot lid…

And a nasty polishing mark on the bonnet…

During…

It was snowfoamed…

Then washed, clayed washed again and rinsed taken inside for polishing and paint rectification and ended up looking like this…

After…

Scratch gone…

Holograms removed from the rear panel…

Subaru Impreza RB320

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:37:07 +0000

I was asked to prepare an RB320 for a Show in Preston. I’d been asked to try and make it look like new.

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During…

Snowfoamed…

Then dried off, it was clayed, re-washed dried off again and the Poorboys Black Hole was applied before topping of with HD Wax and this is how it looked…

After…

It went on to win Best Standard Newage on the day against appoximately 20 other Imprezas.