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[boostn0199]

Another job that I just did over this long weekend on my new car that I just got. Used meguiars NXT wash followed by contours clay bar, scholls s3 cutt scholls s30 polish and finished it off with contours drift coat wax.

[nicr4wks]

I finally picked up some simple green and attacked the engine bay!

Worked amazingly well if I say so myself =D

[ARTZ]

I finally picked up some simple green and attacked the engine bay!

Worked amazingly well if I say so myself =D

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thats is amazing man...good work...

was that a spray on spray off job, or lots of rags and elbow grease??

i ahve an engine to work on as well, might give it a try...

here a quick before after shot of a panel I'm working on atm

[nicr4wks]

was that a spray on spray off job, or lots of rags and elbow grease??

Thanks!

There was a little bit of elbow grease but nothing to complain about. Spray simple green on, let it sit for ~10 secs, wipe over the spot a couple of times with a rag then hose off. At the very end I got the compressor out and dried everything. The green almost seems to 'lift' the grease from the paint, so you literally just wipe it off once it's been soaking for a few secs.

That's an awesome polish job, it's so clear at first I thought you had taken a photo of the lamp and the red was lens flare

[ARTZ]

Hey which simple green product did you use...i saw them at bunnings but there was a few different products most of which were kitchen cleaners and such...didnt see any degreasers of any sort...

bought a bottle of this Ooomph shit instead...sprayed on and hosed off...seemed to work ok...

cars coming along

[ch12matt]

Just a quick wash and polish.

[Peterj]

Here is some work I have done on my mk3 supra, I am a little behind on the latest products but the gear I have seems to be working well.

I got stuck into some polish work on the paint, at some stage the car has been resprayed but had not seen polish for a few years, all the paint had gone very chalky, if you run your fingers over it you would end up with white finger tips.

So I had a play around on the front guard with some hand polishing, first I hit it with a clay bar and then some ultimate cut.

Then I decided to get serious, I bought a proper random orbit machine from a detail supplier, this is the results on the roof after wet sanding and polish, im still yet to finish the car but you get the idea.

This is the wet sanding pads I bought

Heres what I started with

so first up I wet sanded with the 3000 grit disc on my RO machine, I know the paint is thick so I can get away with the wet sanding first, heres my machine fitted with the disc

next comes a lake country wool pad with menzerna 500

followed by maguires ultimate cut compound on a lake country orange pad, the photo shows the amount of polish required when using this system.

next is the finishing pass using lake country black pad with menzerna 4000

And finally a wax to protect it, for this I use colinite 845

Its important to mask it up as this is messy work and you can spend hours cleaning the trim pieces up

And finally the finished waxed panel, I find white is a bugger to photograph but there is a significant change in the finish of the paint, This panel took around an 1 1/2 hours to refinish to my standard but the results are worth it.

Engine bay before and after, using simple green and a tooth brush followed with a coat of basic polish.

At the start

Now

Edited May 11, 2014 by Peterj

[ARTZ]

Nice job.

[Daleo]

Here is some work I have done on my mk3 supra, I am a little behind on the latest products but the gear I have seems to be working well.

I got stuck into some polish work on the paint, at some stage the car has been resprayed but had not seen polish for a few years, all the paint had gone very chalky, if you run your fingers over it you would end up with white finger tips.

So I had a play around on the front guard with some hand polishing, first I hit it with a clay bar and then some ultimate cut.

Then I decided to get serious, I bought a proper random orbit machine from a detail supplier, this is the results on the roof after wet sanding and polish, im still yet to finish the car but you get the idea.

This is the wet sanding pads I bought

Heres what I started with

so first up I wet sanded with the 3000 grit disc on my RO machine, I know the paint is thick so I can get away with the wet sanding first, heres my machine fitted with the disc

next comes a lake country wool pad with menzerna 500

followed by maguires ultimate cut compound on a lake country orange pad, the photo shows the amount of polish required when using this system.

next is the finishing pass using lake country black pad with menzerna 4000

And finally a wax to protect it, for this I use colinite 845

Its important to mask it up as this is messy work and you can spend hours cleaning the trim pieces up

And finally the finished waxed panel, I find white is a bugger to photograph but there is a significant change in the finish of the paint, This panel took around an 1 1/2 hours to refinish to my standard but the results are worth it.

Engine bay before and after, using simple green and a tooth brush followed with a coat of basic polish.

At the start

Now

I started reading & thought; "I recognise that wheel!" Lol.

Looking at it now; you take for granted what it looked like when you first bought it. Such a big change.

Now do my car; please?

[ARTZ]

[nicr4wks]

Hey which simple green product did you use...i saw them at bunnings but there was a few different products most of which were kitchen cleaners and such...didnt see any degreasers of any sort...

The simple green website has a degreaser listed but I haven't seen it at Bunnings either. I'm fairly certain I picked up the all purpose cleaner, I've just moved house and have no idea which boxes my cleaning gear is in. http://www.bunnings.com.au/simple-green-946ml-all-purpose-cleaner-_p4470276

[ARTZ]

good weekend

washed with c18, clayed, polished with menzerna, finished with Mothers Micro polish glaze and Brazilian carnuba wax

[ARTZ]

Ok was just going through some photos and it appears I have completely changed the colour of the car

before washing

after wash and polish looking a little more shiney

after glaze and wax applied it appears to have turned orange

[ARTZ]

The before and after shots of Grants car...

[Ants]

Bout bloody time you posted Grants R ol man.

In that first pic he has a huge grin on his face, kinda like he's gonna have sex for the first time

[ARTZ]

I got so many good pics mam, I could fill a page with them.

[Ants]

I got so many good pics mam, I could fill a page with them.

in the event you are bored one day, just feel free to post em

[D.I.Y. Mik]

Extreme paint correction:

Only joking, but its the same thing i guess, 3000 grit would take far less buffing than the 1200 i used.

1200 takes ages to buff out.

[Trex]

How can i make my window rubber surrounds black again? They're chalky and look shit.

I've tried 4 coats of back to black and it lasted a few months but I'm after something that will be glossy and last. You detailers must know of something

[mxfly]

I'd recommend Cquartz Dlux. Not cheap but it lasts.

Here's a good review.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/52351-carpro-cquartz-dlux-review.html