Envy Valeting Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I've been looking forward to doing this paint correction detail since the summer. Many thanks to Chris (the owner) for the booking and thanks to Baz at Auto Detox for agreeing to a days work. Day 1: Started with the engine being detailed with G101, various Envy brushes and high pressure water. Sadly in all the fun on day 2 I forgot to take pics of the engine after, it looked beautiful and matt black for those that are interested. Once the engine was clean I did the beautiful wheels with AS smart wheels and Envy brushes, and the new Vikan wheel brush which I've just taken stock of!! (like an EZ detail really). Snow foam then followed. Allowed to dwell, rinsed off then washed with the two bucket method, grit guards, Z sponge and Sour Power shampoo. Dried off to look like..... The car was moved indoors then to take some snaps of the defects. The car was then de-tarred on the lower panels and behind the wheels with TGB, and then clayed with Meguiars smooth surface clay bar. The interior was then given a full hoover, leather was cleansed with Dr Leathers non-solid leather cleaner (not the wipes) and agitated with a brush. Plastics and dash cleaned and conditioned. Glass cleaned with an alcohol based cleaner. Here endeth day 1! Day 2: Saw the arrival of myself and Baz from Auto-Detox at 08.00 and paint thickness measurements were taken. All good healthy levels all round. Typically around....... Time to protect the plastics and raised areas between panels etc. Polish choice we both pretty much both chose Scholl Concepts S3+ Gold edition, and I settled on the Scholl yellow spider pad. Baz chose the 3M orange compounding pad. We also used the Meguiars 4" cutting pad. Here is a pre-refinement 50/50 after 1 pass on the wing The bonnet was pretty tough and was subject to 3-4 passes with the polish/pad combo just to remove the defects and we knew it was going to be a long day! Progress was slow but a clear difference could be seen. Natural 50/50 In between sets we were wiping down with the lovely Eraser product, I'd not used this before but its VERY good Once the cutting stage was carried out the car was de-dusted, wiped down with Eraser again then the whole car was refined using Menzerna Final Finish, 3M blue waffle finishing pads, and Megs 4" finishing spot pads too. De-dusted again, de-taped, wiped down again and given a coat of a Vintage wax and left to cure. The stunning Hayward and Scott tail pipes were hit with Autosol, glass had an alcohol based cleaner, tyres had RD50. I'm sure something else happened too!!!! As you can imagine, the sun was long gone so only indoor "after" pics as we'd been on the car for 11 m/hrs just yesterday alone. The wax was buffed off and all that remained was to take the after pictures. All in all the car was subject to 30hrs of hands on work, and we hope you can tell the difference! Thanks for looking, and many thanks to Barry for making the work load a lot lighter and the day (all be it 11hrs!) go faster! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envy Valeting Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 I've been looking forward to doing this paint correction detail since the summer. Many thanks to Chris (the owner) for the booking and thanks to Baz at Auto Detox for agreeing to a days work. Day 1: Started with the engine being detailed with G101, various Envy brushes and high pressure water. Sadly in all the fun on day 2 I forgot to take pics of the engine after, it looked beautiful and matt black for those that are interested. Once the engine was clean I did the beautiful wheels with AS smart wheels and Envy brushes, and the new Vikan wheel brush which I've just taken stock of!! (like an EZ detail really). Snow foam then followed. Allowed to dwell, rinsed off then washed with the two bucket method, grit guards, Z sponge and Sour Power shampoo. Dried off to look like..... The car was moved indoors then to take some snaps of the defects. The car was then de-tarred on the lower panels and behind the wheels with TGB, and then clayed with Meguiars smooth surface clay bar. The interior was then given a full hoover, leather was cleansed with Dr Leathers non-solid leather cleaner (not the wipes) and agitated with a brush. Plastics and dash cleaned and conditioned. Glass cleaned with an alcohol based cleaner. Here endeth day 1! Day 2: Saw the arrival of myself and Baz from Auto-Detox at 08.00 and paint thickness measurements were taken. All good healthy levels all round. Typically around....... Time to protect the plastics and raised areas between panels etc. Polish choice we both pretty much both chose Scholl Concepts S3+ Gold edition, and I settled on the Scholl yellow spider pad. Baz chose the 3M orange compounding pad. We also used the Meguiars 4" cutting pad. Here is a pre-refinement 50/50 after 1 pass on the wing The bonnet was pretty tough and was subject to 3-4 passes with the polish/pad combo just to remove the defects and we knew it was going to be a long day! Progress was slow but a clear difference could be seen. Natural 50/50 In between sets we were wiping down with the lovely Eraser product, I'd not used this before but its VERY good Once the cutting stage was carried out the car was de-dusted, wiped down with Eraser again then the whole car was refined using Menzerna Final Finish, 3M blue waffle finishing pads, and Megs 4" finishing spot pads too. De-dusted again, de-taped, wiped down again and given a coat of a Vintage wax and left to cure. The stunning Hayward and Scott tail pipes were hit with Autosol, glass had an alcohol based cleaner, tyres had RD50. I'm sure something else happened too!!!! As you can imagine, the sun was long gone so only indoor "after" pics as we'd been on the car for 11 m/hrs just yesterday alone. The wax was buffed off and all that remained was to take the after pictures. All in all the car was subject to 30hrs of hands on work, and we hope you can tell the difference! Thanks for looking, and many thanks to Barry for making the work load a lot lighter and the day (all be it 11hrs!) go faster! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 thats one hell of a difference. Superb work Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 thats one hell of a difference. Superb work Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tim that is stunning work, must have been one very happy owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tim that is stunning work, must have been one very happy owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Looks AWESOME! Great 50/50s and the finished article looks brilliantly wet! I still like the E39 M5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Looks AWESOME! Great 50/50s and the finished article looks brilliantly wet! I still like the E39 M5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinggreen Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Simply stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinggreen Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Simply stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Brilliant work, Tim! Almost made me cry, I had exactly the same type of car, same colour, same wheels, number plate M5 *** What a car that was! 400BHP standard! Driving in Ascot, Bracknell, Windsor, Datchet, Slough during the night, just me and HER... Aaaaaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Brilliant work, Tim! Almost made me cry, I had exactly the same type of car, same colour, same wheels, number plate M5 *** What a car that was! 400BHP standard! Driving in Ascot, Bracknell, Windsor, Datchet, Slough during the night, just me and HER... Aaaaaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 What a difference! Was rather swirly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 What a difference! Was rather swirly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Good work Tim - bet the owner was over the moon with the car now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Good work Tim - bet the owner was over the moon with the car now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 What a transformation, great work. This is definitely an example you should have on your website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 What a transformation, great work. This is definitely an example you should have on your website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 WOW!!! Thats an amazing difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 WOW!!! Thats an amazing difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 WOW, great work tim. Looks like a different car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 WOW, great work tim. Looks like a different car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzr350z Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The whole car looks stunning,buuuuut,the dirty tyre tread lets the car down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzr350z Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The whole car looks stunning,buuuuut,the dirty tyre tread lets the car down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Was I the only one to visit the classifieds after looking at this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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