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My first Customer - 172 Cup



Today my first customer for my machine polishing services came round :)

Quade's 172 Cup looks mint, so we gave it the DA treatment to look even better!

We started at around 9:30, and finished everything just after 6pm! I am knackered lol!

I havent got as many before shots as I'd have liked, but I think the final results pics speak for them selves!

Here's what we did:

First washed the car:

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Then we dried it ready for claying. The car wasn't that contaminated, the clay bar didnt get very dirty at all (well not as much as when I did mine, the clay was nearly black at the end!)

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Then I taped it up ready for machine polishing :)

The condition of the paint was pretty good mostly, with just your general light swirl marks. There was the occasionally deeper scratch that I struggled to remove completely, but there were all made significantly less noticeable!

I was using a G220, with menz pads and either menz intensive polish, and occasionally used power gloss for the deeper scratches :)

Random after shot :)

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One of the most noticeable improvements. This area of scratches by the rear wheel arches was almost completely removed.

Before:
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After:
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That's it Im afraid for the before shots, now just the final results!

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It's almost mirror finish! So you even make out my burnt head from being at Mallory Park all day yesterday!

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Thanks to Quade for letting me do this to his car! I'm very happy with the results, just hope you like it as much too! :D
 

Ali

  V6, Trackhawk, GTS
Lovely!

Work on your right ups and i think you'll draw alot of interest.

Good work!
 
  Mk2 Clio 1.6
looks awesome nice work.

how did you remove the scratches in front of the rear arch? mine is covered in them.
 
  221bhp/ton Mondial Terror
Pics came out really well mate. Was knackered after today. Just woke up! lol. Very happy with the results! :cool:
 
  120d M Sport
Excellent results there, the rewards of detailing! Quade's car has gotta be one of the best cup's on the site aswell though
 
  172 Race Car
Looked like a lot of work when I popped in earlier. Results are stunning but far too anal for me. Id have to leave it with you mate. That 5 hours we spent just cleaning mine was bad enough.

Quade's car has gotta be one of the best cup's on the site aswell though
A man with taste, It is a very, very nice car.
 
  #174
Nice work! Mondial blue is such a nice colour when detailed :)

How did you find the menz pads? Just ordered a few myself. I'm really tempted with that EZ brush too, but not sure if I can justify £16 for a brush lol :eek:
 
Nice work! Mondial blue is such a nice colour when detailed :)

How did you find the menz pads? Just ordered a few myself. I'm really tempted with that EZ brush too, but not sure if I can justify £16 for a brush lol :eek:

Yeh the menz pads are good, I was using the orange pad. I might invest in the white cutting pad at some point :)

The EZ brush is good though! Much easier to use than a sponge, especially if you have thin spoked alloys!
 
  #174
I used an old mitt wrapped around a hoover attachment to do the wheel backs before PPC lol :eek: I did have one of those vikan brushes which was good until I used it to scrub off some cv boot grease!

Think I just went for the yellow (finishing?) pad, supposed to work well with PO85RD.

Anyway I'll stop spamming! :p
 

The Boosh!

ClioSport Admin
  Elise, Duster
Looks awesome mate :D I have got grays track **** tomorrow... And if that took you the best part of 9 hours im dreading how long his will take. Its fubar.
 


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