20Hrs later

[Lambchop]

Hi guys and Girls

So on Saturday I decided to detail my car. I got some Swissvax Shield and needed to test it out
Only way of doing this is prepping the paint surface

Products used

Flex 3401 VXG
Menzerna SIP
Menzera FA
CCS Oranage Pad
CCS White Pad
CCS Black Pad
Chemical Guys Jet Seal 109
SwissVax Shield
Mothers MF Applicators
Loads of MF Towels
Chemical Guys Extreme Slick Synthetic -Acrylic Polymer Detailer (Anti-Static)
Chemical Guys WINDOW CLEAN / GLASS CLEANER
Chemical Guys Silk Shine dressing
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss
Chemical Guys Pure leather conditioner
Aerospace 303
3m Blue tape
Autoglym Metal polish
Tons of elbow grease and patience

Before Pics





The 2 Bucket Method :biggrin


After the wash



Arches Before


Arches After ( I did make them look better but was tight for time so didnt take an updated pic )
Sealed with 303


I removed all the wheels and cleaned them all
I sealed them using CG JetSeal 109



Time for the hard work
I clayed the car with some New clay that Freerider asked me to try . I was very happy with it
I used CG Anti Static detailing spray at the lube

This pic was after i clayed the bonnet . Have a look at the contamination



Pics taken after I had clayed the car



The Paint work was in need of some TLC. The car was covered with minor scratches caused by Grit and the odd
Patch of weirdness



These pics were taken during the polishing

50/50 ( Left side polished with SIP and a CCS orange pad) Right Side was untouched


More Polishing shots




This Pic is after I used SIP on a orange pad followed by FA on a white CCS pad


50/50 : On the left side Its just the SIP applied with a Orange CCS pad . On the right its SIP followed by FA . Can u see the difference?


More pics of the body work after SIP and FA




Pics Taken in the sunlight


Engine Trim detailed with Aerospace 303


This Pic was taken after the first application of Jetseal 109 applied with a Mothers MF application pad





2nd application of Jetseal 109



I used Aerospace 303 on the interior aswell. Its a fantastic product


Now for the grand finale . After 18hrs of polishing and prepping the time had come to apply SwissVax Shield

The Product


The results






The swissvax went on really really easy and come off just as easy. A little went a long was
Im really impressed with it .

So after 20hrs of cleaning and polishing I managed to get a few beading shots
Wasnt by choice but here you go




Thanks for looking

[calypso]

Nice work, car looks great.

[Starvekos]

Looking good. I like the matt look left by 303 in the engine bay

[freerider]

AWESOME work dude, always so rewarding when you see your car all nice and sparkly and swirl free after all that work

[Carn]

Nice work Nick

Glad you liked the 303, as I said it's fantastic for just about everything

Tell us more about the clay Nick/Don, is this similar to the yellow sample that did the rounds some time ago ? Both appear to very similar to the Ricardo clay's, they also have blue and yellow bars

[springbok]

Very nice. Glad to hear you guys are all enjoying the 303.

Jetseal looks good too.

[Lambchop]

Thanks for the Kind words guys . At least my hard work paid off

The Clay :

All I can say is ...This clay rocks ..A little goes a very long way
Its really sticky so the chances of you dropping it are quite slim
When I mean sticky I mean sticky I battled to get it off my fingers
Only issue is u need lots of lube ..but other than that Its great

I never tried the Purple clay but so far this is the best clay iv used

303:

Iv been after this for as long as I can rememeber
This has got to be my product for 2009 . Its AWESOME if you havent got some go get some NOW!

I was so sick and tired of using 3-4 different products for trims and dash boards and leather etc .Where 303 does all of the above and more
Most definatly money well spent

[Carn]

Seems to be similar to the 'sticky' yellow one then, maybe more bite

[Lambchop]

(29-12-2008 09:44 AM)Carn Wrote:  Seems to be similar to the 'sticky' yellow one then, maybe more bite

[Graham Savage]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO THAT LOOKS FOKKEN MAGIC DUDE!!!

[Carn]

Okidoki, yellow and blue are identical....apart from the colour off course

[Lambchop]

(29-12-2008 04:03 PM)Carn Wrote:  Okidoki, yellow and blue are identical....apart from the colour off course

Carn, Can u get it in red

Thanks Mr Savage