Volkswagen Golf R32 mkiv – Major Paint Correction Detail
I was invited over by Jonny from Pure Detail again in the North West to lend a helping hand on the Golf. It was booked for his “purest” detail; a wheels-off, full interior, engine bay and major paint correction.
On the first day Jonny had deep cleaned the car in readiness for my arrival early Thursday morning – Thurs & Fri were spent machine polishing and then the interior, engine and arches etc tackled last thing Saturday morning.
After a 5am start and a two hour journey, I arrive at PD HQ:
Although it hasn’t got many miles on the clock (~35k), the Golf paintwork was rather abused! Two words, ‘car wash’.
It was obvious we’re going to have to go aggressive with this one.
My first before/after on the bonnet:
Two hard hits were required with FastCut+ and Ultrafina on a foamed wool Lake Country pad to get the desired results.
Jonny testing the Lake Country wool pad before moving onto his own Meguiars wool pads:
After I’d corrected the N/S quarter of the bonnet with wool, I stepped down to a foam polishing pad with Menzerna 203s to refine the finish further.
50/50:
Working my way down the N/S.
Before/after:
Wing/door 50/50:
Before/After:
The large wool pads are all well and good but you’re unable to get in close to panel edges etc. Further correction had to be made with the 3M compounding spot pad ensuring every area was defect free.
Before (where the wool pad wouldn’t reach safely)
And after with the spot pad work:
A nice 50/50 on the N/S rear door:
Probably the worst area on the car was the roof. Riddled with defects but several scratches that were far too deep to remove.
General before and after:
50/50 on the rear quarter showing how much colour & clarity is lost when your car’s covered in swirls.
Video footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T3H0SVpOuE
Again, on the rear quarter, a before/after:
Clarity and gloss restored:
N/S finished – working my way round the bootlid:
After with halogens:
After without halogens:
After with the Brinkmann LED inspection lamp:
Bumpers badly scuffed too. More wool compounding required.
50/50 low down on the sill:
Jonny finishing off the backend:
Due to the immense build up of dust and polish residues, the car was jetted down outside and brought back in for drying.
Engine bay dressed:
Interior wiped and a hoovered. Paintwork IPA’d and protected. Glass cleaned. Tyres & arches dressed. Pretty much finished!
Quite a transformation! A stunning colour to work on (Deep Blue Pearl). Lovely.
Thanks to all those involved.
Jim
I was invited over by Jonny from Pure Detail again in the North West to lend a helping hand on the Golf. It was booked for his “purest” detail; a wheels-off, full interior, engine bay and major paint correction.
On the first day Jonny had deep cleaned the car in readiness for my arrival early Thursday morning – Thurs & Fri were spent machine polishing and then the interior, engine and arches etc tackled last thing Saturday morning.
After a 5am start and a two hour journey, I arrive at PD HQ:
Although it hasn’t got many miles on the clock (~35k), the Golf paintwork was rather abused! Two words, ‘car wash’.
It was obvious we’re going to have to go aggressive with this one.
My first before/after on the bonnet:
Two hard hits were required with FastCut+ and Ultrafina on a foamed wool Lake Country pad to get the desired results.
Jonny testing the Lake Country wool pad before moving onto his own Meguiars wool pads:
After I’d corrected the N/S quarter of the bonnet with wool, I stepped down to a foam polishing pad with Menzerna 203s to refine the finish further.
50/50:
Working my way down the N/S.
Before/after:
Wing/door 50/50:
Before/After:
The large wool pads are all well and good but you’re unable to get in close to panel edges etc. Further correction had to be made with the 3M compounding spot pad ensuring every area was defect free.
Before (where the wool pad wouldn’t reach safely)
And after with the spot pad work:
A nice 50/50 on the N/S rear door:
Probably the worst area on the car was the roof. Riddled with defects but several scratches that were far too deep to remove.
General before and after:
50/50 on the rear quarter showing how much colour & clarity is lost when your car’s covered in swirls.
Video footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T3H0SVpOuE
Again, on the rear quarter, a before/after:
Clarity and gloss restored:
N/S finished – working my way round the bootlid:
After with halogens:
After without halogens:
After with the Brinkmann LED inspection lamp:
Bumpers badly scuffed too. More wool compounding required.
50/50 low down on the sill:
Jonny finishing off the backend:
Due to the immense build up of dust and polish residues, the car was jetted down outside and brought back in for drying.
Engine bay dressed:
Interior wiped and a hoovered. Paintwork IPA’d and protected. Glass cleaned. Tyres & arches dressed. Pretty much finished!
Quite a transformation! A stunning colour to work on (Deep Blue Pearl). Lovely.
Thanks to all those involved.
Jim
