The 182 detailed by AndyH (AndyH's write up)

[SpaceMonkey]

I can't take credit for the write up, but have a read....

After a bit of free time over the Christmas period Spacemonkey and i decided to get together and give his car the full works. No many pictures for this one unfortunately!

There were a few additional parts which needed doing in this detail. Namely some stone chips on the bonnet and a nasty scuff on the rear bumper. Lee also wanted the wheels looking at properly so he could maintain them.

The day started with me rushing out to Toomey Renault to pick up a Racing Blue touch up set and getting some artist brushes to apply the paint with.

So the first day started at about 2.30pm with the following:

• Foamed with CG's Citrus Wash and Gloss (strong mix) via the Glimour Gun
• Pressure washed and re foamed
• Washed with 2BM and CG's CW+G
• Dried with Sonus Der Wunder towels
• Lower halfs of car clayed with Megs Mild Detailing Clay
• Lower halfs cleaned with Last Touch QD and a plush MF cloth (i wasn't too worried about marring as i knew it was going to machined)
• Paint depth readings taken
• Chips cleaned and paint applied

First inspections of the car:

In the last photo you can clearly see the scuff and parts that needed to be treated with more paint.

The car is really well looked after and was wearing a couple of coats of Nattys Red. The paint had no contaimantion and had only medium swirling.

Lee using the Glimour to foam the car:

Next i turned my attention to the scuff:

There were a couple of raised plastic parts when the car had been scuffed, these were clayed leaving a flat surface.

All of the stone chips were also treated

Me treating the scuff:

I filled each of the items with enough paint to be proud of the surface. To allow the paint to dry sensibly we left it over night.

The next morning i wiped the car down using Last Touch QD and a Miracle Drying Towel.

The order of the day was going to be:

• Wetsand painted items
• Tape up the car using 3M Tape
• Remove each wheel and clean + arches
• Machine Polish car
• Apply Dodo Juice Lime Prime via PC
• Apply Dodo Juice Diamond White Carnuba Wax

I looked at each of the painted items, checked they had dried sufficently for sanding, then moved on to wetsand each item. On the rear bumper 2500 grit paper was used followed up with 3000 grit. On the stone chips 3000 grit was used.

After machine polishing out the wetsanding marks (3m polishing pad with Menz 3.02 @ 1200rpm on plastics and 2000rpm on the metal panels) we were left with this:

Not 100% but certainly a vast improvement from before! Unfortunately i didn't get any pictures of the stone chips on the front but they were removed.


The car was then taped and ready for machine polishing. A test section showed that the paint was suprisingly hard (not a touch on BMW paint though

) and i needed to use the 3M Black polishing pad, Menzerna 85RD 3.02 and 2000rpm on the Makita rotary.

After reviewing the paint depth readings from the previous day, they showed a very healthy average of 150um and no indications of sprayed panels.

The paint was in good shape with only medium swirling and a few RDS (random deep scratches). Again i have no befores of the swirls which is VERY poor but we just didn't get round to taking them

Here is an idea of the level of correction i achieved:

With Flash:

Sunlight:

I'd say a correction of roughly 95% with some RDS still remaining.


Whilst i was doing the polishing work Lee was sorting the wheels and arches.

Minature Fat Budda at work (his words not mine

):

Lee was using Megs APC cut 10:1 on the arches followed with Megs All Season Dressing. On the wheels Lee was using Megs Wheel Brightener cut 4:1, Sonus Grey clay with Last Touch QD on the more stubborn pitting and finally he topped them with Colinite 915. Again no pictures

With the wheels and polishing done it was time to apply the Dodo Juice Lime Prime. I handed the PC to Lee, he did all the panels with a 3M finishing pad and buffed off. I cleaned the glass with Clearkote Vanilla Moose Glaze and treated the trim with Megs All Season Dressing. The car had a nice thin layer of Dodo Juice Diamond White applied. Here are the after pictures:

Thanks for looking

Andy

The pictures honestly do not do the car justice now imo.
The paint feels so smooth it's unreal. I haven't felt paint so smooth on a new car in all honesty.

Andy certainly knows his stuff & was very patient with me asking questions every 5 mins. I would recommend him to do work on any car tbh.

I will give it a very quick wash & a coat of Natty's Red & take some pics @ a fav location nearby when I get a chance.

Massive thank you to Andy again

 

[Funky]

Finish looks awesome! I'm curious, have the stone chips completely vanished or can you see them if you look hard?

 

[Gunn79]

Great work. Must be good knowing you have such a good base from which to work from for future detailing.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Finish looks awesome! I'm curious, have the stone chips completely vanished or can you see them if you look hard?

Only one or two & more to the touch than to the eye, but the majority of that is because I knew where they were.
Andy said he could have the chips & scuff thats not 100% perfect on the next effort. The rest of the car is great.

Great work. Must be good knowing you have such a good base from which to work from for future detailing.

Indeedy Gunn, just the interior to do & I'll be as happy as a pig in shiz

 

[Lottie]

Very nice

 

[iDrew]

Looks fantastic

 

[GaryMan]

Nice one Lee and Andy

:smt023

 

[Dynax]

Looks awesome lee.

I'll be in contact with you fairly soon, have to meet up and i wouldnt mind talking to Andy

 

[Jermal]

Hmmm... Interesting.

Looks lovely Lee.

 

[Hatton]

Looks saweeeeet Lee.

Andy does a good ol job!

 

[MJAS1984]

How much is it to get all that done ? ASguys at our work get charged £200 for a valet Yes they look good but nothing compared to that !

 

[cosmicremedy]

Looks awesome Lee, need to give mine a good going over...

 

[Jermal]

How much is it to get all that done ? ASguys at our work get charged £200 for a valet Yes they look good but nothing compared to that !

There are a couple of places in Norwich that do it. Evoloution valeting and Refined Reflections both do a full valet with PC, but you're looking at £300+.

It might be an idea to get friendly with someone on a valeting forum for a cash in hand, nudge nudge, wink wink, type affair.

 

[Neily03]

Looks ace Lee!! 8) 8)

 

[Scousefella]

Lee the car looks great fella.

In the pic with you sat near the front wheelarch it looks like you are about to be sucked into another world - mesmerised by driveshaft? :lol:

 

[AndyH]

Thanks for the comments everyone The car was a real pleasure to work on! So nice to detail a well looked after car

I love this colour and IMO its the best non metalic colour EVER

 

[SpaceMonkey]

In the pic with you sat near the front wheelarch it looks like you are about to be sucked into another world - mesmerised by driveshaft? :lol:

Thanks for the comments too gang

:lol: I was having a good nose to make sure there was no leaks or signs unnessary wear tbh mate. But it was all A OK

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Well the car was used last night for the first time in almost 3 weeks.
It looked & felt silky smooth when I got it out of the garage.

I had to stop to fill her up & even with some light dust on it, it looked fantastic under the filling station lights (These normally show poor paint in my experience).

I had to stop again on the way home to pick up some vitals for brekkie & I obviously parked miles away from every other car in the car park. On returning to the car it stood out a mile compared to everything else, even a couple of 57 plates vehicles.
It looked so wet & the depth of the paint looked awesome.

It will be getting a wash & a coat of Nattys Red as soon as I get a free arvo.
I might even be able to get her inside a unit @ work for the waxing etc.

Thanks again to Andy, it's only once you see you car next to others the difference is so apparant.