Had a little trip to GDI today to detail the GDI clio, rather badly swirled to say the least!!
Paint after claying
The thickness was a good 150 microns all over which gave me plenty to play with. I compounded with SSR2.5 @2000rpm which cleared most swirls but left a few random scratches - and today thats where they stayed :thumb:
Next up I removed some glorious buffer trails with #80 on the pc to leave a significantly better finish
Process was wash QEW - the look on Andy's face when I said I could wash it inside the workshop was priceless lol.
Sonus gray clay and AG tar remover to rid the paint of the brake dust.
SSR2.5 and #80 on rotary and PC
Finished with megs #21.
The only thing that came close to removing the crust of baked on wheel dust was Meguiars #66 via 4 inch pc pad. The wheels get so hot the plastic dust caps had melted!!!!!! The wheels could not be fully cleaned however and will probably go in for shot blasting.
Paint after claying
The thickness was a good 150 microns all over which gave me plenty to play with. I compounded with SSR2.5 @2000rpm which cleared most swirls but left a few random scratches - and today thats where they stayed :thumb:
Next up I removed some glorious buffer trails with #80 on the pc to leave a significantly better finish
Process was wash QEW - the look on Andy's face when I said I could wash it inside the workshop was priceless lol.
Sonus gray clay and AG tar remover to rid the paint of the brake dust.
SSR2.5 and #80 on rotary and PC
Finished with megs #21.
The only thing that came close to removing the crust of baked on wheel dust was Meguiars #66 via 4 inch pc pad. The wheels get so hot the plastic dust caps had melted!!!!!! The wheels could not be fully cleaned however and will probably go in for shot blasting.
