MarcB
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182 Trophy & 197 F1
An old girl gets a spruce up and some well deserved TLC, step forward a 1990 Ford Escort RSturbo.
On arrival and doesnt she look clean?
Well yes, she does, from a few feet anyway. This car is in real good condition for a 1990 car make no mistake, but lets reserve judgement for a little longer.
The car was treated to a full comprehensive safe wash and paintwork detox. Foamed with a ph neutral foam, left to dwell whilst the wheels got a little going over. The car was rinsed & wash with a MF mitt & rinsed. Tar & GLue remover applied, rinsed and then a mild clay bar used to remove bonded on contaminants. dryd over and left this:
Let the halogens reveal all, and i mean ALL!
Drivers door:
Rear quarter:
Various:
The paint thickness was measured :
and plotted to show what level of correction could be achieved and how aggressive I could be with polishing.
Front wing ready to try out polish n pad combinations
After a few passes of Menz 203
Bonnnet
Bonnet reflection
Makita rotary in action
Some close up 50:50's
After polishing
The car had some pretty major defects, most of which were addressed with a variety of polishes. Menzerna 203, 85RD,Dodo LimePrime & some 3M products made an appearance also.
Clearcote Red Moose glaze was then applied by Da polisher, this has almost zero cut and is purely adding "bling" (did i really just type that?) to the finish.
The car would be protected by hand application of Dodo Supernatural wax and topped off after curing time with Dodo Red mist.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk314/tt9060/RS Turbo Escort/outside2.jpg[img]
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On arrival and doesnt she look clean?
Well yes, she does, from a few feet anyway. This car is in real good condition for a 1990 car make no mistake, but lets reserve judgement for a little longer.
The car was treated to a full comprehensive safe wash and paintwork detox. Foamed with a ph neutral foam, left to dwell whilst the wheels got a little going over. The car was rinsed & wash with a MF mitt & rinsed. Tar & GLue remover applied, rinsed and then a mild clay bar used to remove bonded on contaminants. dryd over and left this:
Let the halogens reveal all, and i mean ALL!
Drivers door:
Rear quarter:
Various:
The paint thickness was measured :
and plotted to show what level of correction could be achieved and how aggressive I could be with polishing.
Front wing ready to try out polish n pad combinations
After a few passes of Menz 203
Bonnnet
Bonnet reflection
Makita rotary in action
Some close up 50:50's
After polishing
The car had some pretty major defects, most of which were addressed with a variety of polishes. Menzerna 203, 85RD,Dodo LimePrime & some 3M products made an appearance also.
Clearcote Red Moose glaze was then applied by Da polisher, this has almost zero cut and is purely adding "bling" (did i really just type that?) to the finish.
The car would be protected by hand application of Dodo Supernatural wax and topped off after curing time with Dodo Red mist.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk314/tt9060/RS Turbo Escort/outside2.jpg[img]
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