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G'day all.
Thanks to the public holidays over easter, I finally had the time to give my mk 3 the love that it needed oh so badly! Paint work was pretty rough and there were a fair few scratches in the paint work and just generally filthy!
I was mega keen to get it polished and waxed, so it'd be gleeming again, and I could be proud of it!
The plan was: wash, clay, wash, polish, wax. Then interior and glass. I knew the polishing wasn't really going to remove many major marks or involve any great paint correction work, but I just wanted to give the paint some shine!
Detailers start cringing... now
Anyways. I'm not detailing nut, so I don't have a bunch of fancy products; but I used Mothers clay bar, Autoglym: Super resin polish, Shampoo, Paint Renovator and Glass polish. Mequires Interior spray. And a bit of truck wash (CT18 ) on the wheels.
The bodyshampoo was really low sudsing, which had me a bit confused to start with, but judging by the amount of crap that was coming off my 'wash mitt' it was doing a pretty good job!
I wasn't entirely happy with the clay bar, but having never used another brand, I've got nothing to compare too. However, I've got to get a new one now (I think this ones well shagged) so I reckon I'll try something else. It still did it's job, removed a HEAP of crap, and well, I figure some clay is better than no clay!
The Super Resin Polish was good. I found it gave a nice deep shine, with minimal effort. However I think it had minimal corrective qualities. (The car needs machine polishing to be perfect anyways) Still, it gave a nice gloss and instantly made the car look a truck load better!
The Glass Polish was pretty good. I think the best one I've used (only used a couple cleaners really) However I think my technique lacked a bit, as I still had some streak marks etc. Overall, glass looks much better now!
Wax was just ICE ( by turtle I think) Which definatly isn't the flashes wax going round, but I've used it many times before, with good results & reasonably long lasting protection. Also nearly ran out of that too, so I'll be looking for something a bit fancier next time round.
And some pics: they aren't the best, but better than nothing.
Early (foggy) morning. Pre wash:
crap close up:
post wash:
(Terrible shot!) but this is the clay after the top 1/4 of one fender. As you can imagine, the car was so filthy!
Post clay wash, shammy and into the garage for polishing (the sun finally decided to come out)
Post polish:
Thanks to the public holidays over easter, I finally had the time to give my mk 3 the love that it needed oh so badly! Paint work was pretty rough and there were a fair few scratches in the paint work and just generally filthy!
I was mega keen to get it polished and waxed, so it'd be gleeming again, and I could be proud of it!
The plan was: wash, clay, wash, polish, wax. Then interior and glass. I knew the polishing wasn't really going to remove many major marks or involve any great paint correction work, but I just wanted to give the paint some shine!
Detailers start cringing... now
Anyways. I'm not detailing nut, so I don't have a bunch of fancy products; but I used Mothers clay bar, Autoglym: Super resin polish, Shampoo, Paint Renovator and Glass polish. Mequires Interior spray. And a bit of truck wash (CT18 ) on the wheels.
The bodyshampoo was really low sudsing, which had me a bit confused to start with, but judging by the amount of crap that was coming off my 'wash mitt' it was doing a pretty good job!
I wasn't entirely happy with the clay bar, but having never used another brand, I've got nothing to compare too. However, I've got to get a new one now (I think this ones well shagged) so I reckon I'll try something else. It still did it's job, removed a HEAP of crap, and well, I figure some clay is better than no clay!
The Super Resin Polish was good. I found it gave a nice deep shine, with minimal effort. However I think it had minimal corrective qualities. (The car needs machine polishing to be perfect anyways) Still, it gave a nice gloss and instantly made the car look a truck load better!
The Glass Polish was pretty good. I think the best one I've used (only used a couple cleaners really) However I think my technique lacked a bit, as I still had some streak marks etc. Overall, glass looks much better now!
Wax was just ICE ( by turtle I think) Which definatly isn't the flashes wax going round, but I've used it many times before, with good results & reasonably long lasting protection. Also nearly ran out of that too, so I'll be looking for something a bit fancier next time round.
And some pics: they aren't the best, but better than nothing.
Early (foggy) morning. Pre wash:
crap close up:
post wash:
(Terrible shot!) but this is the clay after the top 1/4 of one fender. As you can imagine, the car was so filthy!
Post clay wash, shammy and into the garage for polishing (the sun finally decided to come out)
Post polish:
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