So I bought a few new products this week but I thought i'd spend the day giving all the products a good run through as well as the 3m rotary polisher I have on loan.
The routine started as usual with a good power rinse, then a wash with G101 APC roughly 1 part to 8 parts water. This stripped off most of the products off the car.
I then rinsed and done a full wash with meguires hyper wash. Now I love this stuff the foaming is for me second to none and always get a good result.
Anyway car washed I gave it a quick spray with autosmart glue and tar remover which removed all the stuck on tar. I left for 10 minutes then re-washed the car.
This time to test it out I used snow foam from cleanyourcar.com. This stuff is half the price of the megs and it was clear early on why. There was no where near as much foaming on the same concentration, infact I had to double the amount I was using to get a similar foam.
Once complete I then clay bared the car using megs clay bar and poorboys carnuba detailing spray as lubrication.
It got one final wash again as above.
Now it was time for the 3M polisher.
I was apprehensive at first but I thought I need to be brave. I wanted to start with the roof so using a medium cutting pad and medium cutting compound I started. I masked off the roof into 6 sections to keep it simple (1 panel at a time.
At first it was strange and I thought "Oh No this is hard" but after 10 minutes I was getting the hand of it.
I finished the first panel and when I buffed it off, the swirls had gone but to my horror loads of holograms. I kinda freaked a bit but I new when I went to the finer compound this would go.
Anyway finished of the roof and then changed to a fine pad and fine (anti hologram) compound.
My initial scare was soon gone as I started to see some awesome results.
The machine is actually very easy to use and results were so much quicker than a DA. I mean I spent about 30-40 minutes on the roof and the results were excellent.
Now a bit more confident I went onto do the rest of the car. Rather than using the cutting pad I decided just to use the polishing one with fine compound. After about 90 minutes of fairly hard work I had completed the machine side.
I was tempted at this point to do a machine polish with autoglym super resin but opted to go straight to the chemical guys black light, so the whole car got a coat of that.
So easy to use and the results are breathtaking. The thing I love about it is you can do the whole car in a oner then after 15 minutes buff off to give an amazing seal. It really is the best product I think I have ever used.
Once done it was time for a good wax coat. I opted for the collinite 476 wax.
Another very recent product to my repertoire it is another must have.
A good tip (from big craig) is to wet the applicator pad you use before hand and apply 2 thin coats.
TBH it is a wee bit harder to use than say the dodo juice purple haze pro but I feel the end result is better. It's definitely one you don't want to let dry on the paintwork so I applied to small areas and buffed as I went round the car. This stuff is also an awesome glass cleaner BTW so that was used to get the glass work perfect.
Next on the agenda was the wheels and tyres. The wheels to be honest have some coats of sealant on already but I thought I'd go over them again with poorboys wheel sealant. The tyres got a once over with megs trye Gel. A great product but remember to apply sparingly and allow to dry before you drive.
Last to be done was the trim. Now I have had my car 12 months and this is the third time I have treated the trim so this stuff goes along way. I am referring to autosmart trim ultra. I applied using a small pad and buffed off the excess.
I done the inside yesterday so no need to go there. Ok I guess it's picture time.
Oh my Vi unit too which is awesome
The proof, all my cloths being washed by the good lady
Anyway I got to sit back with a brew and look at my results.
The pics don't do it justice my car has never looked so good. Thanks for looking folks.
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Originally Posted by MINIme:)
. Very shiny 
...The shine on that roof is just amazing as is the rest of the car... 
