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PC'd for the first time!



A

al

  ST on the way...
Took my car to visit L200 Steve off Detailing World today for a PC and a Detail.

Was an excellent day and he REALLY knows his stuff! Very pleased with the results :D

Some flake pop in for Rich and some trees for Brazo ;)

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Before & A fellow CS'er

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Before Drying - and Steve and Tommy claying

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Steve taking thickness readings & fully masked up

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Starts with the PC and assistance from Gaz

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Keeping the pad clean and some interim shine ;)

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^ Before & After - Steve applying trim detailer - the spoiler sweating!

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Some more shine and splitter dressing

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All done and time for photos ;)

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Flake really pops in the sun, better than it ever has!

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Wow!! :D


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Onto a different location (Wooley Edge) on the way back :)

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A thoroughly excellent day! Well worth the trip to visit an expert! :)

Full details of products used are in Steve's post on Detailing world.

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9456
 
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al, wouldnt mind knowing how much you paid, looks perfect.

mines in dire need of doing, swirled to fk
 
cleanyourcar

cleanyourcar

  Fiat Coupe 20vt
I can vouch for Steve. He is 'the detailer', really nice guy knows exactly what he is doing and produces stunning results time after time.

Al, you Clio looks fooking amazing, now you are just going to be paranoid about even washing her. :D
 
Rich

Rich

  106 GTi
Nice one Al.

Just need to keep it swirl free now, you can tell its Pearl Black in those pics ;)
 
A

al

  ST on the way...
cleanyourcar said:
I can vouch for Steve. He is 'the detailer', really nice guy knows exactly what he is doing and produces stunning results time after time.

Al, you Clio looks fooking amazing, now you are just going to be paranoid about even washing her. :D
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Rich said:
Nice one Al.

Just need to keep it swirl free now, you can tell its Pearl Black in those pics ;)
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Cheers mate! Yep, it's a different colour!! lol ;)

I've got my sonax, two buckets, lambswool washmitts, QD spray, water magnet and a million MF's!! :cool:
 
J

JBarber

  Black/Gold 182
Impressive results. On his website there's a description of a restoration on an old Cavalier GSI. Absolutely quality.
 
A

al

  ST on the way...
JBarber said:
Impressive results. On his website there's a description of a restoration on an old Cavalier GSI. Absolutely quality.
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You wanna have a read through the one of the DB7 too.
 
J

JBarber

  Black/Gold 182
You just wouldn't believe it was the same car. It's got to be worth taking it somewhere like that before selling a car, would seriously increase the price I reckon. Do you think those paint restorations would make stone chips really noticeable?
 
A

al

  ST on the way...
The stonechips on mine are about the same, not really made a difference to them.
 
J

JBarber

  Black/Gold 182
I would consider it but only when I'm going to flog the car, it'll just get screwed up again otherwise! Plus you could argue that restored paint is actually worse then unrestored paint because it has a thinner layer of clearcoat, albeit a more even layer so better reflection.
 
A

al

  ST on the way...
JBarber said:
I would consider it but only when I'm going to flog the car, it'll just get screwed up again otherwise! Plus you could argue that restored paint is actuall worse then unrestored paint because it has a thicker layer of clearcoat!
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If you wash it properly it won't get screwed up.

The PC'ing on mine only removed about 3microns, which considering the total paint thickness (including clearcoat) was about 100 to start with isn't much.
 
J

JBarber

  Black/Gold 182
In my experience it's pretty hard to completely avoid swirls. I tried wash mitts but they still leave marks so I now use a soft brush and the 2 bucket method. My reasoning is that with a brush you can't apply too much pressure because the bristles just bend. Plus down here in Kent you can't use a hose or spray gun (drought) so rinsing becomes more difficult

The other thing is if it's too nice it makes you reluctant to drive it in case it gets dirty!
 
A

al

  ST on the way...
He used a foam gun to start with to help remove dirt attached to the car, then rinsed and went onto the two bucket method.
 
A

al

  ST on the way...
It doesn't look like that anymore! :( lol

It's covered in sandy rain shite and flies!! :S

Good wash tomorrow will fetch it up tho :D
 
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