Tried claying the Inferno for the first time ...

[JFS]

After seeing Dave88 & Eikoorb's clean Inferno's recently i felt inspired to have a go of my own. With the weather being decent this weekend i decided to try the Uber Lime clay bar and Dodo clay lube i've had sitting upstairs for a few month.

Process,

Snow foamed X2

Washed with AG shampoo and 2 buckets of warm water.

Then tried claying, TBH was rather cautious being the first time but pretty pleased with the results. Didnt show much on the clay but the paint felt much smoother.

Afterward Snow foamed the car again and dried.

Polished with AG SRP.

Then finally finished of with a good coat of Dodo juice Orange crush wax.

Really pleased with the 4 hours work, Inferno always looks so much better when clean and in the sun

If anyone has any opinions or tips on how i can improve/better products to use i would be interested to hear

Also my car has recently been keyed down the passenger door and side panel,

Pretty sure it would require a respray as its down to the primer and polishing didnt touch it, just wondering if anyone had any other idea's that may work ?

Thanks for looking

Jay

 

[Kane.]

Looks great!

 

[Y7 ADW]

Looks lovely. I feel for you about that key scratch, some people are just jelous ba*tards!

 

[JFS]

Thanks Kane, Just a shame about the scratch right down the side

 

[JFS]

Looks lovely. I feel for you about that key scratch, some people are just jelous ba*tards!

Thank you. Yeah true, hate repairing it for someone to damage it again

 

[JFS]

Anyone have any idea what kind of cost i would be looking at to have the door and side panel resprayed ?

 

[Kane.]

Around 70-100 pound a panel i suppose. Not too sure, just the sort of quotes i have had.

 

[bigrich690]

shame really coz its right in the middle so they may have to spray quite a large area, sorry

 

[JFS]

money i could have put to better use but it annoys me so much knowing its there.

Yeah i know mate, figure the whole panel will need spraying to blend it in. May use it as an excuse to get rid of a few carpark dents too.

 

[Gt rob]

got a quote on mine for similar scratch at £75

 

[chrism09]

like the car but tints look far to dark

 

[JFS]

Think i may have to look to get some quotes then, Tbh i need the scratch spraying, the front bumper and a dent taking out of my bonnet so looks like it will be expensive.

As for the tints, they were just standard as far as im aware. They may have to come out soon though as i seem to have a tiny tear in one kinda go with the colour scheme though.

 

[The Boosh!]

Regarding the scratch i bet you most of that could be rectified via machine. In fact i'd put money on it.

 

[Christopher]

I'd say most of the door damage could be 90% removed by machine, yeah.

Not so certain on the wing, higher up. Looks deeper.

 

[JFS]

Regarding the scratch i bet you most of that could be rectified via machine. In fact i'd put money on it.

Probs not something i could do myself but will definately look into the idea if i can find a detailer local, would certainly be a lot easier. Thanks for the Advice guys

 

[Ollie82.]

That scratch on the wing is too deep to be polishable I'm afraid. Anything you can get your nail in will be down to the basecoat.
In terms of costs, I hate to scare you but for a decent finish you are looking at more than £200. The reason being that you'll almost certainly need to blend to get a colour match. Thats the price of rectifying 'option' colours. Liquid Yellow for example is an utter ballache. A decent bodyshop will charge labour to strip the wing and door but of course you can 'smart' repairers that will do it under a gazebo,mask everything and charge F.A but you get what you pay for and I've seen some hideous repairs that will look even worse after a matter of weeks. Also paint costs have gone up so look at a good 150 at least for those for two panels.
How far into the door does the scratch go as it'll determine whether you'll need a blend into the quarter if it's too deep to polish out.

 

[Craig.]

Alot more inferno's popping up now im sure ive seen that about tho, i like it mate guttering about the scratch tho

 

[JFS]

That scratch on the wing is too deep to be polishable I'm afraid. Anything you can get your nail in will be down to the basecoat.
In terms of costs, I hate to scare you but for a decent finish you are looking at more than £200. The reason being that you'll almost certainly need to blend to get a colour match. Thats the price of rectifying 'option' colours. Liquid Yellow for example is an utter ballache. A decent bodyshop will charge labour to strip the wing and door but of course you can 'smart' repairers that will do it under a gazebo,mask everything and charge F.A but you get what you pay for and I've seen some hideous repairs that will look even worse after a matter of weeks. Also paint costs have gone up so look at a good 150 at least for those for two panels.
How far into the door does the scratch go as it'll determine whether you'll need a blend into the quarter if it's too deep to polish out.

Thanks for the advice ollie, The only scratch on the door is the bit in the picture so hopefully wont need the whole quarter doing. Really want it doing properly as its my pride an joy tbh

 

[JFS]

Alot more inferno's popping up now im sure ive seen that about tho, i like it mate guttering about the scratch tho

Thanks craig, looking forward to seeing yours out and about. Looked amazing in your thread, im very jealous.

 

[Craig.]

Do you want me to speak to my mate about getting them scratchs out? he works at vauxhall near the boro ground in the bodyshop, time served painter for renault, hes s**t hot painted loads for me

 

[JFS]

Yeah that would be brilliant craig, thank you i really appreciate it.