Light Correction Detail - Candy White Golf Edition 30 - Auto Finesse Tough Coat!!

[RussZS]

I've been looking forward to this one for a while - I obviously love a bit of Edition 30, but I have particular love for them in white. This particular example included the stunning Xenon headlights and had also had its wheel refurbished by A1 Wheels in Bilston, who have done a simply stunning job!!


The car was very clean, and had been clayed recently, but was very swirly so needed some paint correction and some good protection laying down...


Some befores:

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Very clean already!

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Wheels were up first. I began with a pre-rinse with my Kranzle to remove any loose dirt:

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Smart Wheels applied liberally...

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Various brushes used to agitate:

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Rinsed:

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Next the car was foamed with Hyper Wash (as it wasn't too dirty)

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Intricate areas cleaned with G101 and VP Brushes:

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Lather was used on shampoo duty:

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After washing, IronX was used to safely remove the fallout present in the clearcoat:

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Tardis was used next to deal with the tar (pic was blurry - apologies) then the car was refoamed, rinsed and moved inside to begin claying:


AF Clay was used:

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Like the Mazda before it, quite a lot of sap removed from the roof and bonnet area!

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Next the car was dried and paintwork assessed.


It was averaging a healthy 130 or so, which is normal for Golf's. However, it was quite heavily swirled...

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After trialling a few combinations, I was getting superb results with Megs 101 via Rotary!! This stuff is seriously impressive!!


Before:

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After (note the improved clarity!)

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Rear Quarter after:

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Before (halide)

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After:

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Before:

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After:

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The wing mirrors had recently been painted black and were very swirly!

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After:

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B Pillars:

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After, not quite perfect but much improved!

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Lights before:

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After:

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Door shuts were cleaned with Tripple:

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The exhaust was quite bad, so out came Mercury and the Wire Wool!

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Crystal on the glass:

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Mint Rims on the wheels:

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2 layers of Tough Coat on the paint...

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Spritz on the interior:

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Total2 on the fabrics:

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Interior after:

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and finally, after 15 hours or so, some afters!!

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AWESOME finish from Mint Rims:

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and of course some Tesco shots... which also included a couple of mine...

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A really enjoyable detail and the owner was delighted!!


Thanks for reading!

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Russ.

 

[Y7 ADW]

Brilliant yet again Russ, and a lovely Golf!

 

[Toby]

Wow. Brilliant results.

 

[Stefan.]

cant say im a golf fan.....BUT that is f**king nice!!! and could actually see myself in one

Also im guessing thats your bird in the pics, if so fair play fella

 

[JD]

Love these.

I'd be very interested to see some black versus wet sanded black photos, if you organise a meet/detail another black Edt30!