MGB Roadster V8
After having a fair amount of money spent on maintenance and engine work, it was time the MG had its bodywork looked at. Spec'd up for a Gloss Enhancing detail.
Product
· 303 Fabric Guard
· AutoSmart G101
· AutoSmart Tardis
· AutoGlym FastGlass
· Belgom ALU
· Chemical Guys JetSEAL901
· Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds
· Clearkote Red Moose Glaze
· Collinite 476s
· Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze
· Meguiars Last Touch
· Meguiars Wheel Brightener
· Meguiars Endurance Tyre Gel
· Sonus green clay
· Zaino Z8
Before:
After:
Inspection:
Lack of reflections:
A good two hours were spent initially ‘cleaning’ the vehicle. Door shuts, under-sills, arch-lips, chrome bumpers and their undersides; they were all pretty lathered and had a fine coating of grease to shift.
Under the front bumper (right side already done..)
And under the rear bumpers:
Didn’t capture an after of the exhaust, but, for a quick Tardis wipedown and a bit of metal polish, it came up real well.
More time spent on panel gaps, badges, britework etc:
LOTS of polish residues left from previous sessions. I’ll come onto this a little later with the toothpick!
Because the vehicle isn’t water-tight (you could actually see through into the interior in some places), a pressure washer was out of the equation. Fortunately, the roof wasn’t too dirty. Only required a wipe over with a damped cloth with G101. Picked up a bit of dirt:
Finally got round to the washing stage (only areas left to clean were the bonnet, boot lid and sides!)
Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds, Megs lambswool mitt and two bucket approach used here.
Looking nice already:
After further drying with the Black Baron vehicle dryer, paint thickness was assessed. The lowest reading I could find throughout was 250um. The highest touching 1100 in places.
Lots of previous paintwork in the past then..
To lift the surface swirling and to add oils and depth, Megs #80 Speed Glaze was used on a polishing pad.
A noticeable improvement:
N/S front wing before:
After:
Paint actually proving pretty hard for a respray. A more extensive cut/polish/refine approach would be needed for further correction.
Swirling ‘haze’ knocked back as seen here. Before/after on bonnet:
With the single-step machine polish out of the way and before finishing the paint, I decided to prep the britework and clean up the old polish residues as this would only smear/smudge the paintwork anyway. At least with the glazing to follow, any excess smears from contact with the paintwork would be sorted then regardless.
Polish build-up broken down with cocktail sticks..
As was the dirt and crud spotted around the door locks:
Chromed areas polished with Belgom ALU.
Finally (again, before the glaze just incase any overspray lands on the paintwork), the roof was protected with 303’s Fabric Guard.
Glazed via DA, a flexipads finishing pad and Clearkote Red Moose Glaze.
Waxed with Collinite 476s for max durability.
Tyres dressed. Windows polished and interior tickled..
Total time taken ~7 hours.
A lovely little car – I could happily listen to the engine noise all day! Very beefy (….for such a little car!)
Thanks!
Jim
After having a fair amount of money spent on maintenance and engine work, it was time the MG had its bodywork looked at. Spec'd up for a Gloss Enhancing detail.
Product
· 303 Fabric Guard
· AutoSmart G101
· AutoSmart Tardis
· AutoGlym FastGlass
· Belgom ALU
· Chemical Guys JetSEAL901
· Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds
· Clearkote Red Moose Glaze
· Collinite 476s
· Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze
· Meguiars Last Touch
· Meguiars Wheel Brightener
· Meguiars Endurance Tyre Gel
· Sonus green clay
· Zaino Z8
Before:
After:
Inspection:
Lack of reflections:
A good two hours were spent initially ‘cleaning’ the vehicle. Door shuts, under-sills, arch-lips, chrome bumpers and their undersides; they were all pretty lathered and had a fine coating of grease to shift.
Under the front bumper (right side already done..)
And under the rear bumpers:
Didn’t capture an after of the exhaust, but, for a quick Tardis wipedown and a bit of metal polish, it came up real well.
More time spent on panel gaps, badges, britework etc:
LOTS of polish residues left from previous sessions. I’ll come onto this a little later with the toothpick!
Because the vehicle isn’t water-tight (you could actually see through into the interior in some places), a pressure washer was out of the equation. Fortunately, the roof wasn’t too dirty. Only required a wipe over with a damped cloth with G101. Picked up a bit of dirt:
Finally got round to the washing stage (only areas left to clean were the bonnet, boot lid and sides!)
Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds, Megs lambswool mitt and two bucket approach used here.
Looking nice already:
After further drying with the Black Baron vehicle dryer, paint thickness was assessed. The lowest reading I could find throughout was 250um. The highest touching 1100 in places.
Lots of previous paintwork in the past then..
To lift the surface swirling and to add oils and depth, Megs #80 Speed Glaze was used on a polishing pad.
A noticeable improvement:
N/S front wing before:
After:
Paint actually proving pretty hard for a respray. A more extensive cut/polish/refine approach would be needed for further correction.
Swirling ‘haze’ knocked back as seen here. Before/after on bonnet:
With the single-step machine polish out of the way and before finishing the paint, I decided to prep the britework and clean up the old polish residues as this would only smear/smudge the paintwork anyway. At least with the glazing to follow, any excess smears from contact with the paintwork would be sorted then regardless.
Polish build-up broken down with cocktail sticks..
As was the dirt and crud spotted around the door locks:
Chromed areas polished with Belgom ALU.
Finally (again, before the glaze just incase any overspray lands on the paintwork), the roof was protected with 303’s Fabric Guard.
Glazed via DA, a flexipads finishing pad and Clearkote Red Moose Glaze.
Waxed with Collinite 476s for max durability.
Tyres dressed. Windows polished and interior tickled..
Total time taken ~7 hours.
A lovely little car – I could happily listen to the engine noise all day! Very beefy (….for such a little car!)
Thanks!
Jim
