Silver Fiesta 1.6

[Wayno]

This fezz was dropped off with me nice and early on Sunday morns!!!

The car was really dirty all round, plenty road grime, mud, bugs and brake dust all over!!!

















So i started off by spraying a generous amount of APC all over the car, included in the really dirty wheel arches.... i let that soak in well to try losen up all the grime on the car!!! While it was soaking i started on the wheels!!!

Sonax Extreme applied!!! Also gave the arches a good scrub with the "toilet brush"......



Then got to work on the badges, they needed a clean as plenty dirt was lodged in there!!!



I then washed the car with a diluted solution of APC to remove all the grime!! Once that was done i started the hardest part, CLAYING!!!! it took an age as the car had built up a fare amount of contamination in the 4 years since it was purchased!!! Once that was done i rinsed the car, dried it and taped it up!!





I then pulled it into the garage to inspect the Paintwork!!!

Lights where dull and swirled!!!



Sorted out nicely with some Megs UC on a White Polishing Pad... :smtp25



The Paintwork was actually in farely good condition, there where a few fine scratches and some marring, but nothing serious...





Corrected using a combination of Megs UC and CG No.2 on an orange hex logic pad.... :smtp25









Once the correcting was completed i gave it a coat of AG SRP by hand then polished it off with a black finishing pad!! I then gave the car a final wash using the two bucket method and dried it nicely!!!







I then finished it off by giving it a coat of Sonax Extreme Paste Wax. Also finished the black trim, wheels and inside of the car!!! Arches where given a coating of Bare bones to make it nice and black again!!!















The owner then took some more pics of the car in a better location!!! Hope you can all see these?

[Vincent]

Wow nice work there Wayno, good solid effort put into that Car. silver cars arent always that easy to show off. Those last pics in the underground parking really show the car and work off nicely. Great stuff.

[onyx]

Fantastic turnaround! Love those shots in the basement...

Did the Megs UC and CG no.2 not give you a completely scratch/swirl free surface?

"Once the correcting was completed i gave it a coat of AG SRP by hand then polished it off with a black finishing pad!!"
FYI Its recommended that SRP is 'worked in' rather than applied to the entire vehicle and then buffed off... it can be a downright PITA to remove if left to dry...

[Wayno]

(03-08-2010 10:17 AM)onyx Wrote:  Fantastic turnaround! Love those shots in the basement...

Did the Megs UC and CG no.2 not give you a completely scratch/swirl free surface?

"Once the correcting was completed i gave it a coat of AG SRP by hand then polished it off with a black finishing pad!!"
FYI Its recommended that SRP is 'worked in' rather than applied to the entire vehicle and then buffed off... it can be a downright PITA to remove if left to dry...

I did the SRP in sections man, didnt let it dry!!! came off in a breeze, hardly any work required at all....

The UC/CG No.2 combo removed all the swirls/imperfections.... I just thought i would try extract slightly more shine with the SRP, it was more an experiment!!!

[Torres1]

Great work Wayno. You do enjoy working on the fezzies... SRP is a mother to remove if left to dry, I learnt that the hard way..

[Jughead]

Wow !!! Great turn-around ... Looks "brand-new" again ... Cool underground parking/basement shots ... awesome job ....

[jagged]

Whao!!! what a transformation...this is the reason why i like detailing

Excellent work Wayno...especially liked the work on the rims

[flarkitwo]

Sweet job there! The owner is clearly VERY proud of their cabby now

(03-08-2010 11:20 AM)Torres1 Wrote:  Great work Wayno. You do enjoy working on the fezzies... SRP is a mother to remove if left to dry, I learnt that the hard way..

Interesting, since applied some on my g/f's 3-year old Picanto after I'd clayed and left it to dry. Didn't find it hard to buff off after an hour, so perhaps I was lucky. I did mist the applicator with a squirt of water first to keep the SRP application very thin

[calypso]

Nice work and cool after pics

[Carn]

Another top effort Wayno, well done bud! Better than new

[Woodie]

Great work Wayno - nice wet finish on the silver.

I noticed that you removed the grill during the polishing process - is this something you do regularly?

[Wayno]

(04-08-2010 07:05 AM)Woodie Wrote:  Great work Wayno - nice wet finish on the silver.

I noticed that you removed the grill during the polishing process - is this something you do regularly?

Yeah i do Woodie, i just find it so much easier to work around the front bumper without there!!! Its also so easy to remove so its well worth it!!!

Thanks Carn/Calypso, appreciate the comments!!!!

[springbok]

Great job. Those shots in the basement are fantastic. Very professional.

[PaulVW]

Great work Wayno!

The basement pics are awesome.

Great transformation on the Fiesta - it looks like a new car again

[Wayno]

Quick Update to the Fiesta: Engine sorted out nicely!!!!

[Torres1]

Now that is how the engine bay should look...fantastic work Wayno.

[springbok]

I like what you did to that engine.

[Woodie]

You got the thumbs up from our local engine bay guru (Springbok), and you can't do any better than that.

[calypso]

Nice top up to the thread.
Now when you going to do the underside of the car?

[Carn]

Nicely done once again Wayno

(10-08-2010 07:43 AM)calypso Wrote:  Nice top up to the thread.
Now when you going to do the underside of the car?

One thing I haven't seen yet is a full dash removal to clean out the firewall...Any takers