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Rich H

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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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14th Jun 11 at 22:52

Hi Guys,

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my thread. Thought I'd better find a little bit of time to sift through the vast amount of photos I've been collating lately and post a few for your enjoyment!

As per usual my day to day activities can be followed on Twitter and Facebook there's been a whole lot of maintenance again recently, along with a few cars I've been unable to post photos of. Also started on a couple of long term detailing projects that I'll post at a later date once completed.

For now though:

Golf R32

Booked for a 1 day enhancement detail. Enhanced with a 3M Extrafine / Ultrafina combo, glazed with Clearkote Red Moose Glaze, sealed with Chemical Guys Blacklight and topped with Zaino Z8.

Next up:

Mercedes E Class Estate

A car I have had on maintenance for a good couple of years now - never seen any paint correction, so is showing its fair share of swirls due to courtesy washes and the previous valeter

This is now wearing it's fourth coat of Chemical Guys Blacklight and is regularly topped with Zaino Z8:

Jaguar S-Type R

Another booked for a 1 day enhancement detail, a very well kept car, but in need of a good de-contamination session, and a 1 stage machine polish to bring out the depth in the paintwork. Enhanced with the same 3M combo as the R32, glazed with Chemical Guys EZ Creme and sealed with Zaino Z2 / Z8.

Porsche Boxster S

Only the 1 photo that came out remotely well unfortunately! A protection detail on a new clients recent purchase. Thorough 3 stage decontamination process (Tardis, Iron X and Bilt Hamber clay) cleansed with Autosmart Platinum, glazed with Chemical Guys EZ Creme Glaze, topped with Zaino Z5 and Z8.

VW Polo

Some of you may remember this severely oxidised VW Polo from last month. This has been worked on amongst other bookings. Finally complete. Several hits with 3M Fast Cut Plus, Meguiars 83, glazed with Clearkote Red Moose and sealed with FinishKare FK1000P

Mercedes C Class

Carried out for a Clean Your Car forum member - another 1 day enhancement detail to improve on gloss levels and remove general hazing, improve on swirl levels. Enhanced with Scholl S17+, refined with Meguiars 205 and sealed with Bilt Hamber Auto QD (owner will be adding his own LSP soon) Forgot my camera so 2 poor Blackberry pics I'm afraid!

Toyota Aygo

A brand new car that the dealer made an absolute hash of on the PDI valet. Riddled in swirls - then told my client that paintwork with swirls is perfectly normal! Another 1 day enhancement. This time enhanced with Wolfs 'The Medium' refined with Meguiars 205 and topped with Bilt Hamber Finis wax. A very challenging detail due to the weather, but got there in the end.

(pre refinement: )

and finally:

TVR Sagaris

Another car on long term maintenance, and again never seen any form of paint correction. This gets used hard, and see's it's fair share of fast road / track use. Wheels proved a perfect test bed for Wolfs Brake Duster (which performed well, but is a bit too slow for my work routine) Wheels sealed with Zaino CS, paintwork protection topped up with Bilt Hamber Auto QD (a fantastic product) exhausts with Britemax twins etc.

Plenty of tasty cars booked in over the coming few weeks too, so will try and make the effort to post some 'proper' write ups soon too,

Thanks for looking,

Rich

[Edited on 14-06-2011 by Rich H]

Jambo

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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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14th Jun 11 at 22:55

Sagaris

DansCorsaSXi

Organiser: Yorkshire
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Registered: 13th Jan 10
Location: Worksop
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14th Jun 11 at 23:01

Good work Rich

Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread

Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread

antnee

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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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14th Jun 11 at 23:09

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Sagaris

quote:
Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
Good work Rich

Matty SRi

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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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14th Jun 11 at 23:24

Excellent work. God i love those TVR's!

big eck

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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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14th Jun 11 at 23:28

Great work buddy. Black comes nice but is a mare to keep it like that lol.

Colin

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14th Jun 11 at 23:32

Looks good. Do all your punters agree to you taking pic's & sticking bits of tape etc on to show off 50/50's to the internet?

I think i'd be going 'mate, i'm paying you like lots of dough for that....gonna just get on with it'

Or are they all cool?

Do you ask them 1st or just say its part of the correction? Do they ever say no?

corsagsigav

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Registered: 28th Jan 08
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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15th Jun 11 at 04:30

Sagaris i want

Rich H

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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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15th Jun 11 at 06:56

quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Looks good. Do all your punters agree to you taking pic's & sticking bits of tape etc on to show off 50/50's to the internet?

I think i'd be going 'mate, i'm paying you like lots of dough for that....gonna just get on with it'

Or are they all cool?

Do you ask them 1st or just say its part of the correction? Do they ever say no?

Cheers, if you read the blurb in amongst the pics, I have worked on several cars of late that I wasn't able to take pics of

Most are fine with it and some even request it - in a lot of ways a lot of people now expect it as part of the 'service' - they'll keep it as part of the cars history etc - allows them to prove its been well looked after etc. I don't fanny around with a camera anywhere near as much as many others out there do - I spend 10 minutes tops above the time it takes me to complete the car with the camera.

Oh and the taped 50/50's are there more for me than anything - allows me to work in smaller sections at a time to ensure I don't miss a bit (easier to do than you may think

) and allows me to see what sort of correction levels are being achieved.

[Edited on 15-06-2011 by Rich H]

N90ATH

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Registered: 10th Sep 03
Location: Boreham, Essex
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15th Jun 11 at 12:10

After seeing the polo lol u may have to come sort my corsas pink out lol

chrisritch

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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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15th Jun 11 at 12:21

that Sagaris is just porn. Looks fucking evil.

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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15th Jun 11 at 13:59

Sagaris makes me hard.

redtom

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Registered: 6th Oct 07
Location: Kent
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15th Jun 11 at 14:05

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Sagaris makes me hard.

Bonney

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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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15th Jun 11 at 15:35

Some great wirk there

You got a new van aswell?

Ojc

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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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15th Jun 11 at 15:52

Sagaris in the house opposite where I'm working in that flip colour.

Good work Rich you lovely man

djgritt

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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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15th Jun 11 at 16:29

quote:
Originally posted by redtom

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Sagaris makes me hard.

Rich H

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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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15th Jun 11 at 17:09

Cheers y'all. Sagaris is an awesome bit of kit, but I still don't like how poorly put together it is (I know that's how all TVR's are, but still!)

Bonney - yeh new van

Will post a couple of pics when I get it signwritten or something. Not had time yet!

Daveskater

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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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15th Jun 11 at 20:32

Spanking as ever mate

Nice enhancement on that Golf

Numberwang!

Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures

Corsa_Sport21

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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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15th Jun 11 at 20:55

Did you leave the Sagaris ticking over while working on it??

Damn right i would have just to listen to the noise,even if i did need to put my own fuel in it.lol.

Awesome work though.

I like your threads.

Couple of before pics,and a couple of after pics to show the results rather than lots of the same area but at different angles.

Rich H

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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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15th Jun 11 at 22:11

Cheers chaps

Nah didn't leave it ticking over

It'd stall anyway - temperamental bugger on cold. Pulled it in and out of the garage though

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