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Jay@Gleaming Kleen
11-03-2009, 08:25 AM
Customer bought this a few months ago and was paintwork was in a very bad state. We had decided when I viewed the car few weeks back that the best option would be to get the bodyshop to do their work first as a few area's needed respraying mainly front bumper but he decided enough was enough as couldnt bare looking at it in the state it was in so decided to bring the job forward and would get me to revist after the bodyshop visit in January to retify any damage caused.

Customer kindly washed the vehicle for me beforehand so with the wash stage done I proceeded to clay the vehicle, the front end and bonnet was covered in blue specks of paint which easily removed with sonus green clay

Some of the defect
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5661.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5667.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5681.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5676.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5732.jpg

PTG readings showed healthy depths all around averaging between 130-140 microns.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5685.jpg

Correction was done mainly with 3M FCP and 3m green compounding Pad. With the paint rock hard and the defects deep it required 2-3 hits.

These before and after pics are after correction and yet to be refined
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5777.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5764.jpg

Boot Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5741.jpg

Boot After
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000038.jpg

Bonnet Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5681.jpg

Bonnet During
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5706.jpg

Bonnet After
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5729.jpg

Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5806.jpg

After
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5808.jpg

Fuel Cap Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5820.jpg

Fuel Cap After
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/DSCF5821.jpg

Bumpers and hard to reach areas done with 3m Spot pads. Lights were polished with Menz 3.02
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000010.jpg

Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000012.jpg

After.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000014.jpg

Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000021.jpg

After
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000024.jpg

Before
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000004.jpg

After
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000005.jpg

Vehicle was finished down with Menz 85rd and Megs Finishing Pad and then given a wash and IPA wipedown ready for 3 coats of Zaino Z2 and Z8

Wheels were cleaned with swissvax cleaner fluid and then protected with Autobahn wheel wax. Tyres dressed with Swissvax Pneu

After 22 hours of work we were left with this:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000072.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000075.jpg

Sun showed its face for 5mins
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000041.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000065.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000089.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000077.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000033.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000091.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000118.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000132.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000129.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000096-1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000103-1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000101-1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/JAYPLAY28/m5/P1000093.jpg

as always thanks for looking

glendog74
11-03-2009, 02:14 PM
Awesome paint finish. I especially love the garage loft space reflection on the polished bootlid! :thumbs:

RichW
11-03-2009, 02:45 PM
Lovely job :thumbs: