Enhancement Detail - Scirocco GT

[RussZS]

I did this car a couple of weekends ago, on what must have been one of the windiest days of the year, so had to battle with constant debris falling from the over hanging tree! It was also the first VAG that I've attempted to correct 'in a day' and it's probably my last - with hard German paint it's near impossible to sort it out fully in 8 hours or so, it's simply too hard, requiring either heavy compounding then refinement, or multiple passes.

Luckily, this Scirocco was in very good condition to begin with, so I soldiered on, and did what I could within the agreed timescale. I am however going to return to sort some of the RDS's out which I couldn't on the day, after a training session with KDS.

So, on to the detail...

As ever, I started with my usual process:

- Wheels, Arches and Tyres with G101 with various brushes
- Bodywork with Optimum Shampoo
- Tar treated with Tardis
- Fallout treated with Decon Gel
- Clayed with Elite Polyclay
- Rewashed with Optimum and dried with Uber Drying Towels.

As said before, the car was VERY clean and VERY well looked after, with obvious evidence of wax on both bodywork and wheels, along with very clean shuts and sills and minimal tar and fallout.

The clay didn't pick up much at all either:

P1050081 by RussZS, on Flickr

Paint readings were taken all over the car, and were averaging a typical VW reading of 150 or so:

P1050082 by RussZS, on Flickr

The paintwork was in very good condition also, but its glossiness was being robbed by the swirling all over the car, for example:

P1050085 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050090 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050098 by RussZS, on Flickr

I spent a fair amount of time trying to find the perfect combo, but settled on Megs 105 on a Megs Cutting pad. Megs 105, although a relatively heavy compound, finishes down VERY well on harder paints such as VW's, so luckily I was able to obtain a great finish using one polish. Ideally, given more time, I would like to refine with 205, but given that I only had a day, I believe the results to be very good.

P1050102 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050108 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050109 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050111 by RussZS, on Flickr

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P1050118 by RussZS, on Flickr

Before....

P1050123 by RussZS, on Flickr

After...

P1050121 by RussZS, on Flickr

I finished up with:

- 20/20 on the glass
- CG New Look Trim Gel on tyres and plastics
- Colli 845 on the wheels
- Supernatural Hybrid on the paintwork and door shuts

Some afters:

P1050132 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050133 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050134 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050135 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050139 by RussZS, on Flickr

P1050140 by RussZS, on Flickr

A frustrating one this, but I was relatively happy with the outcome. I'm moving into a unit soon, so no more issues with rain, and indeed wind, fingers crossed!!

Thanks again Luke for the opportunity to do your car

Cheers,

Russ.

 

[Curley]

Nice and deep reflections, good work mate.

 

[lee182RS]

Nice work, feel free to do mine!

 

[Gally]

Black really is the dogs balls to detsil Russ looks so wet!

Shame you had to fire a hardcore lsp instead of a glasur or pinnacle over a glaze! Would have been dripping wet but customers need durability!

Super work mate!

 

[Y7 ADW]

That looks fantastic. Great Work!

 

[Jimbo_M]

Top work dude, that looks very noice now

 

[RS200Lew]

I like these in black and the blue. Looks like a nice outcome being done in a day. Hope you get your unit buddy as im trying the same thing at the moment. The expense nowadays is mental so i need a slightly bigger customer base and i think i will then take the plunge. It takes some balls doing it Russ so good luck!!!