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Minty_Fresh

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25th Jan 10 at 16:33

update (one for rich h)

paint was looking a little sorry for itself so soon got it down to friend of mines work to give it a go over..

i spent 10 hours doing the following..

good wash with AG shampoo and lambs wool mitt
wiped down with a drying cloth
once over with g6 on cutting pad
once over with g10 on polishing pad
polished it with AG super resin polish by hand
waxed it (mer wax) by hand

took about 80% of the swirl marks and general marks on the paint which im happy about, could of cut into the paint some more but didnt want to remove to much paint..

the outcome.. (correcting the paint)

bad swirl marks..

scratches down the door.. (before)

after:

some reflection shots:

was to dark to get outside pics that night but took some earlier..

cant forget a pic of the 'beading'

Rich H

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25th Jan 10 at 16:47

bought some much needed life back to the paint there. Quite like dragon green.

Get that tow bar off!

flybikeslee

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25th Jan 10 at 16:50

what he said ^

Minty_Fresh

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25th Jan 10 at 16:56

quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
bought some much needed life back to the paint there. Quite like dragon green.

Get that tow bar off!

ye does look alot better then it did, how you think i done rich saying its the second time i have used a DA?

think im going to get myself some poorboys black hole and chemical guys butter wet wax to add a little more depth, but dragon green comes up well tbf..

shaunmods

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25th Jan 10 at 17:22

Thats come up really well Jadyn! Nice work

Easy enough to do with a DA? Wouldn't mind having a go at doing mine

Minty_Fresh

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25th Jan 10 at 17:33

cheers shaun..

it wasnt to bad on this tbh as being a vw the paint is quite thick so you can be a little tougher with it, but every vehicle is different obvioulsy..

just have to take your time and be careful

only way to learn is try it

SVM 286

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25th Jan 10 at 17:44

Nice clean up but stance is all wrong.

Minty_Fresh

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25th Jan 10 at 17:46

stance is perfect, dont want to lower it anymore otherwise i wont be able to get it off my drive..

Rich H

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25th Jan 10 at 17:57

Hard to tell from the pics, although you have quite clearly knocked out a lot of the swirls and restored a good level of gloss. You won't get it 100% on a car of that age anyway so don't beat yourself up at not getting full correction. It's also near on impossible to with a DA on german paint.

Only thing I noticed was in this pic:

You can see a lot of smearing or buffer trails around the area that has the light reflection - so either needs refining further with finishing pads and polish or a good wipe down to remove the smearing

Minty_Fresh

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25th Jan 10 at 18:01

thanks rich

think thats a job well done tbh..

SVM 286

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6th Feb 10 at 00:22

quote:
Originally posted by mk4_boy
stance is perfect, dont want to lower it anymore otherwise i wont be able to get it off my drive..

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