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Wanted - My car machine polishing

Pep

Pep

Living Dangerously
ClioSport Club Member
Car  M2,XJS,S1000RR
I'm after someone to give my car the full works please.

I'll travel to wherever you are within reason, as long as you're good!
Please PM me or reply in here :)
 
Re: Wanted - My car machien polishing

How far are you again?!
 
Re: Wanted - My car machien polishing

There's a really good guy who posts on here, east midlands based.. Can't remeber the name, did an old Ferrari a few weeks ago iirc!
 
Or bring it round to mine?

Bucket, sponge, hose pipe.. ? ;)

Will find out his name, he posts up in the detailing section!

You need to take me for a spin next I see you!
 
Cheers mate.
Yeah I do, completely forgot to offer at the peacock the other night!
 
JimWD is best bet fella, I would let him do my car and let's be honest, with my anal OCD that's saying a lot.

Top fella, exceptional work and puts my obsessiveness to shame!

edit; not taking anything away from you Harpham fella :)
 
JD said:
JimWD is best bet fella, I would let him do my car and let's be honest, with my anal OCD that's saying a lot.

Top fella, exceptional work and puts my obsessiveness to shame!

edit; not taking anything away from you Harpham fella :)
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Dont worry about it lol ;)
Im the very same with my car, which is why im always very careful when thinking about letting others touch it! I dont even like my dad going near it lol!
 
And now see this is interesting as my dad won't go near mine, even if asked to help. He also won't touch the R8 since I detailed her this weekend . . . pics to follow ;)
 
JD said:
And now see this is interesting as my dad won't go near mine, even if asked to help. He also won't touch the R8 since I detailed her this weekend . . . pics to follow ;)
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Lol my dad doesnt look after his cars though, so I dont him near mine as I dont want him doing any damage to it ;).
When he does do repairs or something he has the attitude that if the normal way of doing something doesnt work, then force will.... Which often ends in damaging something :S The reason why with this car, any repairs that it needs will be done at a garage!
 
I do detailing but have not done anyones car from cliosport this year. Ive got some polish to get rid off before i buy any brand new stuff.
 
my mate does it, mop and machine poilsh with dodo juice products, he based in birmingham and think charges £60 for a days work

pm em if ur interested
 
hes just startin his business up and is a mate of my fiance so anyone i send him will be slighlty less than what he would charge normally!

ill try n get some pics up of his work!
as far as im aware he uses all correct products and equiptment!

if he does a gd job i wouldnt be moaning about paying less lol
 
I'm not.

But mopping is . . . how can I put it? Like cutting out an expensive painting with a blind fold on.
 
i ment machine polish lol - but its does swirl and paint coreection - i didnt mean mop - im gettin myself confused!

im havin mine doen by him soon and he said it would remove swirls and bring the paint colour back upagain - and then all the wax's etc and it gonna be a full days work for £60 - until it comes bk that all i nknow but ive seen some before and after pics and he does a fantastic job
 
OK, I'll explain this a little bit more.

Mopping is the correct term for using a sanding machine and a buffing pad to remove scratches and contaminants left after a respray. It's a quick fix.

Paint correction is the art of correcting swirls by removing the least amount of paint possible.

If your mate is using a Paint Depth Guage (PDG) great. If not, I'd worry about the amount of paint he's removing.
 
Mopping;

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Paint correction;

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Not being dumb at all chap. You're not to know. Very small % of the Gen Public do know the difference.

Just make sure he knows what he's doing, or you'll pay 60£ + £100s to correct the issues he's caused, either in respraying or proper machine correction.
 
i no hes said £60 to me and ill get a description or step by step of what he will do!

ill also get some of his before and after shots!
 
another mate of mine in stoke on trent - does most of the corsa-c club cars

this i swhat he does!!

Light Swirl & scratch removel this will correct faded paint, and as above leave your car really smooth and shiney!

*** NOTE: This is not full paint correction! ***


Jet washed
Mix of snow foam + auto brite orange zest (de-greaser) (left for 5 mins)
Hand washed with the 2 bucket methord (Meguiars #60 car shampoo)
Wheels treated with megs wheel brightener (to remove any tar, stuck on brake dust and all other containments)
Clayed with megs smooth clay (removes tar etc so the paint is smooth
Washed again then jet washed off
Car dryed with sonus de wonder drying towel and megs last touch
Any non colour coded parts of the car taped up to stop white marks
Paint work is fully machine polished using a range of fine abrasive polishes to remove fine scratches, oxidation, swirl marks and other paint defects
(A combo of Menzerna 3.02 and 3m fast cut and then finished off with Menzerna final finish)
dodo lime prime applied (Pre wax cleaner)
Megs super resin polish applied by hand then buffed off with a microfiber cloth
carnauba wax applied by hand (brand dependant on car colour)
Wheels sealed with Poor boys wheel sealent
Windows cleaned with megs fast glass & treated with RainX (Your choice)

£70
Time taken 5-6 hours (approx. depending on the condition of the pain)

again when i get home will put pics of his work up!
 
L to the OL.

5-6 hours for that? I don't think so. It takes me 5-6 hours to wash and reapply wax to mine. Let alone correct paint!

Clio sized car takes me 10-12 hours. So a day. I have two booked in this weekend, so keep an eye out for threads/write ups. I'll include time lines just for you.
 
he does a gd job but i thought the same y so quick cus i spend that doin the same as u lol

im only posting them to see what ppls reactions are cus i really need mine doing but dont want to waste my time or money

i know i have bits that are past the paint to the underneath scratches but the rest is just swirls im hoping!
 
JD said:
L to the OL.

5-6 hours for that? I don't think so. It takes me 5-6 hours to wash and reapply wax to mine. Let alone correct paint!

Clio sized car takes me 10-12 hours. So a day. I have two booked in this weekend, so keep an eye out for threads/write ups. I'll include time lines just for you.
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+1

10-12 hours is how long it always seems to take me. I can't see how it can be done properly in 6. It took two of us 8 hours to do my mates recently.
 
just asked him and there is 2 of them who do it together so that possibly y!
ive asked him y its not full paint correction too and awaiting reply"!
 
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