Hi Chaps, thought id post up another thread on the Porsche Panamera that i cleaned the other week.
My friend asked if i could go back to give the car a full machine polish, i had already done hes wife's Audi Q3 which he was very happy with, he wanted to bring some life back into the Porsche's paint along with some sealant.
The Porsche is almost 3 years old and has covered just over 50k, i think its on 53k tbh and has spent its life on the motorways. The front bumper and the rear of the sills is full of stone chips so my friend wasn't after full correction, the Porsche had only ever been to hand car washes so was full of swirls. Even the rear light clusters where in a bad way!!
So i got to him at 8am on Saturday, the car was still quite clean from my last visit 3 weeks ago id also done alot of the hard work in de taring it and going over it with iron X but i never got the time to clay the paint as most of my time was spent cleaning the filthy interior.
The car when i arrived.
Porsche Machine Polish 015 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 010 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 012 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
First thing was to clean the wheel arches, the front wheel arch liners are plastic so these got a spray with G101 and cleaned with woolies wheel brushes but being as the rear arch liners are made from carpet these got cleaned with snow foam and the jet wash.
The last time i didn't need to clean the wheel's as they had just been refurbished, this time the wheels got a wash with Gyeon Q2M bathe shampoo and a hit of Iron X.
Porsche Machine Polish 054 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 033 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 051 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 018 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 057 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 021 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
I really wanted to get those big green calipers a good clean, they where in need of some loving. I used G101 again with a selection of VP brushes along with my wheel woolies.
The before. They had only ever been cleaned on the front faces, the bits inside where black.
The fronts.
Porsche Machine Polish 019 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Rears.
Porsche Machine Polish 022 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 058 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Fronts nice and clean.
Porsche Machine Polish 044 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Rears also clean.
Porsche Machine Polish 148 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 077 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 145 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 078 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Wheels where dried off with Gtechniq C2V3 and sealed and the tyres dressed with Megs tyre gel. :smile:
Porsche Machine Polish 140 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 142 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 149 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 144 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
I then moved onto giving the exhaust tail pipes a good clean, i used Britemax metal polish and very fine wire wool. The tail pipes on the Porsche are a brushed S/S finish, they came up great considering i don't think they have ever been done. 😞
Porsche Machine Polish 006 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 003 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 008 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
With a bit of elbow grease they came up great. :up:
Porsche Machine Polish 158 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 154 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 162 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 163 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Now onto the body work. The car was sprayed with the hose, snow foamed with VP PH Neutral snow foam, once that had time to dwell i jet washed it off.
It was snowed foamed again, the badges, wing vents, fuel filler where cleaned again with G101 and a VP brush and rinsed off. Washed with the 2BM.
Porsche Machine Polish 064 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 067 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 085 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Rinsed off, ready for a good snowing.
Porsche Machine Polish 099 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 090 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 101 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 105 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 112 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Once washed it had a de contamination, tar-x and Iron-x then clayed.
Porsche Machine Polish 119 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Rinsed off then dried using my Carpro green drying towel. :smile:
Porsche Machine Polish 124 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Once dry it was ready for polishing, Carpro Essence was the polish of choice along with the Carpro pads.
Porsche Machine Polish 166 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
The results where very impressive, really did bring the paint back to life.
Wing polished.
Porsche Machine Polish 170 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
At this point both wings, bumper and the bonnet had been polished. Polished removed with a Carpro super soft plush 350gsm MF towel. :grinning:
Porsche Machine Polish 183 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
One side complete, i must say it looks great. :tongueclosed: :hearteyes:
Porsche Machine Polish 203 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Rear lights also had a polish as they where in a shocking state. :fearscream:
Porsche Machine Polish 198 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Much better. :yum:
Porsche Machine Polish 202 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
And the finished shots, it was getting late so i was loosing the light a little but you get the idea. :grinning:
Porsche Machine Polish 216 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 215 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 212 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
Porsche Machine Polish 211 by Scott Raven, on Flickr
My friend asked if i could go back to give the car a full machine polish, i had already done hes wife's Audi Q3 which he was very happy with, he wanted to bring some life back into the Porsche's paint along with some sealant.
The Porsche is almost 3 years old and has covered just over 50k, i think its on 53k tbh and has spent its life on the motorways. The front bumper and the rear of the sills is full of stone chips so my friend wasn't after full correction, the Porsche had only ever been to hand car washes so was full of swirls. Even the rear light clusters where in a bad way!!
So i got to him at 8am on Saturday, the car was still quite clean from my last visit 3 weeks ago id also done alot of the hard work in de taring it and going over it with iron X but i never got the time to clay the paint as most of my time was spent cleaning the filthy interior.
The car when i arrived.
First thing was to clean the wheel arches, the front wheel arch liners are plastic so these got a spray with G101 and cleaned with woolies wheel brushes but being as the rear arch liners are made from carpet these got cleaned with snow foam and the jet wash.
The last time i didn't need to clean the wheel's as they had just been refurbished, this time the wheels got a wash with Gyeon Q2M bathe shampoo and a hit of Iron X.
I really wanted to get those big green calipers a good clean, they where in need of some loving. I used G101 again with a selection of VP brushes along with my wheel woolies.
The before. They had only ever been cleaned on the front faces, the bits inside where black.
The fronts.
Rears.
Fronts nice and clean.
Rears also clean.
Wheels where dried off with Gtechniq C2V3 and sealed and the tyres dressed with Megs tyre gel. :smile:
I then moved onto giving the exhaust tail pipes a good clean, i used Britemax metal polish and very fine wire wool. The tail pipes on the Porsche are a brushed S/S finish, they came up great considering i don't think they have ever been done. 😞
With a bit of elbow grease they came up great. :up:
Now onto the body work. The car was sprayed with the hose, snow foamed with VP PH Neutral snow foam, once that had time to dwell i jet washed it off.
It was snowed foamed again, the badges, wing vents, fuel filler where cleaned again with G101 and a VP brush and rinsed off. Washed with the 2BM.
Rinsed off, ready for a good snowing.
Once washed it had a de contamination, tar-x and Iron-x then clayed.
Rinsed off then dried using my Carpro green drying towel. :smile:
Once dry it was ready for polishing, Carpro Essence was the polish of choice along with the Carpro pads.
The results where very impressive, really did bring the paint back to life.
Wing polished.
At this point both wings, bumper and the bonnet had been polished. Polished removed with a Carpro super soft plush 350gsm MF towel. :grinning:
One side complete, i must say it looks great. :tongueclosed: :hearteyes:
Rear lights also had a polish as they where in a shocking state. :fearscream:
Much better. :yum:
And the finished shots, it was getting late so i was loosing the light a little but you get the idea. :grinning:
