Paul J Smith
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Evening all,
Got a PM from a member on AccordR asking if I'd carry out some paint correction on his new purchase. A couple of weeks later I had a Pirates Black ATR sat back in my garage
I won't apologise for the lack of pictures. The temperature on the day was hovering around 1 degrees and there was a strong wind blowing through that car park so I was in no mood to be taking photogenic snaps for everyone else to enjoy :roll:
The owner wanted the paint brought back to a respectable finish, good enough for the odd meet and bring back the purple to the paint.
When I first saw the car up at Knockhill I thought the paint looked OK but it wasn't until a good snow foam and over an hour with the spray and clay bar that I saw how bad it really was :-(
So the usual list was carried out -
*Full car washed using two bucket method and Meguiars shampoo plus.
*Front, sides and rear of car de-tarred using AS Tardis.
*Full car re-washed again.
*Bodywork clayed using Meguairs Medium clay bar.
*Full Body correction carried out using Porter Cable DA Polisher, 3M compounding pad and Megs Ultra Cut Compound #105.
*Full car then polished using 3M Perfect IT III Ultrafine SE Polish and 3M Perfect IT III SE Polishing Pad.
*Bodywork then sealed AG Extra Gloss Protection.
*A coat of Collinite No.915 Marque D'Elegance Car Wax then applied.
Before claying -
After claying-
Some shots after compound-
Some shots after polish-
Owner had a new set of powder coated wheels to fit to the car so no time was spent cleaning the wheels and I was asked not to valet it either. It didn't make for the best of pictures but the paint came out good and a good coat of what I like to call "winter wax" should keep the owner happy until the better weather arrives :thumbup:
Good to be back in ATR again :-D
Got a PM from a member on AccordR asking if I'd carry out some paint correction on his new purchase. A couple of weeks later I had a Pirates Black ATR sat back in my garage
I won't apologise for the lack of pictures. The temperature on the day was hovering around 1 degrees and there was a strong wind blowing through that car park so I was in no mood to be taking photogenic snaps for everyone else to enjoy :roll:
The owner wanted the paint brought back to a respectable finish, good enough for the odd meet and bring back the purple to the paint.
When I first saw the car up at Knockhill I thought the paint looked OK but it wasn't until a good snow foam and over an hour with the spray and clay bar that I saw how bad it really was :-(
So the usual list was carried out -
*Full car washed using two bucket method and Meguiars shampoo plus.
*Front, sides and rear of car de-tarred using AS Tardis.
*Full car re-washed again.
*Bodywork clayed using Meguairs Medium clay bar.
*Full Body correction carried out using Porter Cable DA Polisher, 3M compounding pad and Megs Ultra Cut Compound #105.
*Full car then polished using 3M Perfect IT III Ultrafine SE Polish and 3M Perfect IT III SE Polishing Pad.
*Bodywork then sealed AG Extra Gloss Protection.
*A coat of Collinite No.915 Marque D'Elegance Car Wax then applied.
Before claying -
After claying-
Some shots after compound-
Some shots after polish-
Owner had a new set of powder coated wheels to fit to the car so no time was spent cleaning the wheels and I was asked not to valet it either. It didn't make for the best of pictures but the paint came out good and a good coat of what I like to call "winter wax" should keep the owner happy until the better weather arrives :thumbup:
Good to be back in ATR again :-D