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[body_work] Not A Full Detail, But I Used Some New Products Today...

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chocolate_o_brian

It's a bit long winded this one so apologies if all you expected was piccies

 

(I've cut and pasted this thread and picd from Scoobynet, if it seems a little "3rd party" in places :lol: ).

 

First of all, I wanted to wash the car today to see what results I had got from Mondays session where I applied new dye to all the arch/door/bumper trimmings that you get on a 205GTI. They were in a sad state as happens over time and trimming dressing's weren't solving the fade problems.

 

So a little while ago, a mate on another forum suggested this stuff...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ll%3FMyEbayBeta

 

Basically a guy I believe who frequents the 205drivers forum wanted something reliable to solve his fading problems a while back. The above product was sourced from the U.S.A. and was deemed a success, so I thought I would try some out. Bought last week for about £12.50 delievered so a good price considering it can do two cars, or multiple coats on one car. I did have a thread on here somewhere asking which colour (black or grey) would be best. I went for black in the end and definitely made the right choice.

 

So Monday... it wasn't raining for the first time in days, but I didn't have time to wash the car and use the dye (as it would take hours), so I was a bit naughty and just rubbed all the trimmings down with a damp cloth. I decided to mask the red inserts rather than take them off and re-apply, as again it was a time thing and I have no garage - all this took place on my driveway. I prayed for good weather lol. I then decided to mask around the trimmings too so I didn't risk getting dye on the paint work and having to faff about wiping it everywhere

 

I took a few before pictures to show the sad state of the trimmings, note the car is dirty, but not absolutely filthy.

 

Basically a guy I believe who frequents the 205drivers forum wanted something reliable to solve his fading problems a while back. The above product was sourced from the U.S.A. and was deemed a success, so I thought I would try some out. Bought last week for about £12.50 delievered so a good price considering it can do two cars, or multiple coats on one car. I did have a thread on here somewhere asking which colour (black or grey) would be best. I went for black in the end and definitely made the right choice.

 

So Monday... it wasn't raining for the first time in days, but I didn't have time to wash the car and use the dye (as it would take hours), so I was a bit naughty and just rubbed all the trimmings down with a damp cloth. I decided to mask the red inserts rather than take them off and re-apply, as again it was a time thing and I have no garage - all this took place on my driveway. I prayed for good weather lol. I then decided to mask around the trimmings too so I didn't risk getting dye on the paint work and having to faff about wiping it everywhere

 

I took a few before pictures to show the sad state of the trimmings, note the car is dirty, but not absolutely filthy.

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300268.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300269.jpg

 

Around the arch trimmings was particularly bad...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho.../S6300266-1.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho.../S6300267-1.jpg

 

Bit dark this one, dunno why

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300270.jpg

 

The front bumper one was probably the worst however...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300271.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300272.jpg

 

 

Got a 50/50 shot of the drivers side door/rear quarter to show the difference straight away. Note it's wet so when the dye had soaked in and dried it was slightly closer to dark grey over black.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300273.jpg

 

A 50/50 shot of the front bumper, where you can really see the difference!!

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300275.jpg

 

 

After I had done the whole car, and masking tape was taken off etc. I took one shot of the dry results (as the car was dirty and I wanted to get proper shots when cleaned for maximum results).

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300274.jpg

 

 

So that was Monday out the way, and it heaved it down most of yesterday so today (Wednesday) was my first opportunity to wash the car and see how much difference it made to the cars appearence. A bit sad I know, but I was looking forward to washing the car, as I had a new lambswool wash mitt and Poorboys waffle weave towel to try out, along side the new Autoglym High Definition Wax.

 

I havne't bothered with before or during pics, as it's not really my thing, but I'll write a brief description of what I did and used, as I'm not a pro detailer what so ever - I just take pride in my cars.

 

Firstly, I hose the wheels with my trusty Karcher pressure washer and applied Autoglym Wheel cleaner. This alongside my trusty Megs wheel scrubber didn't get rid of all the grease, so I kinda used some Autoglym engine de-greaser I had laying around Does the trick, but not advised if your alloys are in mint condition - mine need a refurb anyway unfortunatley.

 

So, hosed them down after this and then hosed the whole car with the Karcher at full whack - no mineral water used, just good old 'council pop' from the outside tap

 

Car was washed with two bucket method as per usual using Autoglym shampoo conditioner and my new wash mitt ( I decided to try an ebay item, as I was sick of having to buy wash mitts @ £7.99 from halfords every few weeks as they fall apart , and Polished Bliss were out of stock).

 

I rinsed the Pug with the pressure washer thoroughly and then dried with my waffle weave. This was brilliant, I really recommend using one instead of naff chamois leathers or microfibre towels. All I did was dab the car all round and it was touch dry. A lot easier than rubbing continuously spreading the damp around. Really good bit of kit.

 

So car dry, I dressed the wheels with some Mer wax I had spare as I had run out of my usual Autoglym wheel seal spray stuff. Tyres were dressed with Black In A flash (in a bottle ) - again I had run out of the spray stuff which I prefer.

 

Exhaust tip was polished with Autosol Metal polish and all the windows were given the Turtlewax window cleaner treatment (I'm still to find a window spray apart from the above which doesn't leave smear marks, so have stuck with this for years).

 

Whole car was clean and dry, so I thought I would give the Autoglym wax a go now as time was pressing and I had the Mrs to pick up from work @ 3.00pm.

 

In the kit you get the wax itself, 2 foam applicator pads and a tech microfibre towel for buffing. Keeping the applicators moist is easy as they seem a lot easier to use than the Megs ones I have used in the past. Whizzed around the whole car in about 30 mins and then left it for another 10 mins to glaze while me and my next door nieghbour talked about saturdays match.

 

Back to the point, I then worked round the car with said buffing towel, went to pick the Mrs up, and then went to find a nice spot for a few pics while the sun was still out.

 

Heres the finished results...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300277.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300278.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300279.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300280.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300281.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300282.jpg

 

And a couple of close up's to show the shine from the wax, and the huge improvement on th trimmings. I will admit, it probably does need a second coat as it's a little patchy in places, as I used a paint brush to apply it for accutrate results.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300283.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300284.jpg

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/cho...an/S6300285.jpg

 

Also note, i didn't apply any trimming dressing either, that's the colour they were after being washed.

 

Hope you enjoy my terrible write up, as usual comments and constructive crititism are welcome.

 

Andy

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pike_1.9cti

liar, you just went a brought a different car!!! :lol:

 

Looking smart, so those bumpers were orginally grey?

 

was thinking of doing my grey bumpers black, but was unsure of the outcome, but def will do it if yours were grey.

 

ben

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liar, you just went a brought a different car!!! :(

 

Looking smart, so those bumpers were orginally grey?

 

was thinking of doing my grey bumpers black, but was unsure of the outcome, but def will do it if yours were grey.

 

ben

 

Yes mate they were grey. If you look on the photobucket links up the top of the post you'll see the original colour, some 50/50 when wet, and an after pic too to compare. I couldn't post all the pics up directly, said I'm not allowed too, so I had to delete some of the IMG tags :lol: , hense the messed up post.

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nimmo

where did you get the dye from?

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Anteas

does this stuff really last ?

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chocolate_o_brian
where did you get the dye from?

 

 

Right, look in my post near the top... theres an EBAY link. 2+2=4 and all that. I did the hard work for you lol :)

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does this stuff really last ?

 

 

Considering it's only been on the car 3 days... I'm not the man to answer that question.

 

Having applied it with a paint brush, when it's dry, there is a little residue it you rub across it, similar to a pancil drawing or something. But after I washed the car thoroughly, this went.

 

Even if it needed doing say once a year, that wouldn't bother me, as its very easy to do, just time consuming, so patience is a vertue. A lot less hassle then say removing the trimmings altogether, removing the inner red bits too and then faffing about spraying them countless times. This was my method for a repair job I guess, and I'm certainly happy enough.

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DaveW

Looks great now! shame you can see your spare wheel and im not a fan of the tail pipe but other than that looks fab cant beat a good clean gti. ^_^

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Baz

Looks good! ^_^

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Oberon

Cool Stuff Choco Bri.

 

It was kinda bright when you took those shots but looks like that stuff does the trick.

 

It did look much "blacker " when still a bit wet though, but I think it looks more original as a dark grey.

 

Your tail gate is a different shade to the rest ?? or is that the light? :huh:

 

Nice work.

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Cool Stuff Choco Bri.

 

It was kinda bright when you took those shots but looks like that stuff does the trick.

 

It did look much "blacker " when still a bit wet though, but I think it looks more original as a dark grey.

 

Your tail gate is a different shade to the rest ?? or is that the light? :lol:

 

Nice work.

 

Nah I believe thats the light. Whole car is the same colour, just with stone chips everyhwere. :)

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