The car below is my Trophy that yesterday was in with Brazo (from ClioSport). His is the man when is comes to polishing/treating cars. The words are his:
Unfortunatly the dealer did a ‘rush’ job on cleaning it. The car is absolutely brand new and was for a brand new car quite badly swirled and in some places very deep swirl type scratches, which after 3 passes with a rotary, did not shift!! Being a brand new car I took the cautious route and left them there rather than compounding.
Before pictures of swirls in bonnet
Less obvious swirls in side
Process was QEW wash
light clay
SSR2 on the rotary with a Meguiars polishing pad
#80 on a lake country polishing pad (s) via the cyclo
SSRr2 on plastic bumpers with a 4 inch pad via pc.
Strike wanted maximum durability and with it being too wet/moist cold for sealants to work properly I went for Collinite 476s. This is known to deepen the paint but isn’t best known for its reflective look. So I decided to spit shine it with sonus carnauba spritz.
I used the ‘wax as you go’ (WAYG) technique on each panel as very light rain was forecast and I didn’t want to be caught out with a polished car and then have it rain before the wax went on!
After pics of bonnet and door after polishing
After pics of door
wide shot of bonnet after #80
Bonnet after spit shining collinite
Side shot after spit shining – I was especially impressed with this as I achieved my aim of reflection and depth
It then started to rain so no great after shots
Unfortunatly the dealer did a ‘rush’ job on cleaning it. The car is absolutely brand new and was for a brand new car quite badly swirled and in some places very deep swirl type scratches, which after 3 passes with a rotary, did not shift!! Being a brand new car I took the cautious route and left them there rather than compounding.
Before pictures of swirls in bonnet
Less obvious swirls in side
Process was QEW wash
light clay
SSR2 on the rotary with a Meguiars polishing pad
#80 on a lake country polishing pad (s) via the cyclo
SSRr2 on plastic bumpers with a 4 inch pad via pc.
Strike wanted maximum durability and with it being too wet/moist cold for sealants to work properly I went for Collinite 476s. This is known to deepen the paint but isn’t best known for its reflective look. So I decided to spit shine it with sonus carnauba spritz.
I used the ‘wax as you go’ (WAYG) technique on each panel as very light rain was forecast and I didn’t want to be caught out with a polished car and then have it rain before the wax went on!
After pics of bonnet and door after polishing
After pics of door
wide shot of bonnet after #80
Bonnet after spit shining collinite
Side shot after spit shining – I was especially impressed with this as I achieved my aim of reflection and depth
It then started to rain so no great after shots
