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Slick's Black Magic Seat Leon FR - Depth and Shine

jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Slick and I have been planning a big detail since the start of the year but due to both our cars being in and out of the tuning garages we never found the time until this weekend to bash our heads together and work on his beast.

Slick's car was detailed by Shine On (probably one of the best detailers in the world imo) almost two years ago so this at least gave me a solid base to work on. If anyone knows how to wash their car and cause minimal amount of swirling its Slick. His paintwork considering it hasn’t been machine in nearly to years was immaculate and made things quite easy for me.

From this detail we wanted to achieve two things apart from just swirl removal.

Depth - The degree of richness or intensity: depth of color.

Shine - radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.

A two stage detail was on the cards!


Products
Wash n Drying
CarLack 68 Shampoo (body work)
Meguairs All Purpose Cleaner
Valet Pro Snowfoam
Sonus Drying Towel
Meguairs and Chemical Guys microfibres

Body Work
Cleanyourcar fine polyclay
Meguairs Last Touch Quick Detailer
Autosmart Tardis
Menzerna Power Polish (PO 106FA)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime

Sealants and Waxes
Ziano Z2 Pro
Chemical Guys Hardcore Paste Wax
Dodo Juice Need for Speed.

Plastics, Rubbers and Glass
Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care
Chemical Guys Dress it all dressing
Meguairs PlastX
Tescos Glass Cleaner
WD40

Tools
Meguiars G220 mk2 machine polisher
Karcher Pressure washer
Snow foam Lance
Myriad of foam applicators
Lake Country Cutting Pad and Sonus Polishing pad.
Swissvax Detail Brush
Meguiars Wheel Spoke Brush
3M 3434 Masking Tape


Slick turned up around 11:30am. This wasn’t a problem as Slick is pretty good detailer himself so I knew I was going to get ample amount of help during the day. Only problem being best friends is we talk an awful lot so not always working hehe!

Before

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Here is the process we done throughout the day. Slick did a hell of a lot of cleaning inside the car due to the amount of things he has got professionally spray inside. Unfortunately we didn’t take pictures of the inside which is a real shame as it was spotless.

Process
1) Clean alloy wheels and tyre wall with Megs APC
2) Scrub callipers with Vikan wheel brush as best as possible
3) Wash with Shampoo and rinse wheels with pressure washer
4) Snow Foam car
5) Clean plastics and rubber with megs APC using swissvax brush
6) Wash car
7) Clay car and wheels
8) Wash car again and dry with drying towels.
9) Tape the car up
10) Clean class inside and out
11) Clean inside of the car.
12) Use Last Megs Last Touch on wheels then treat with Dodo NFS
13) Machine car with Menzerna polish. First Stage
14) Machine Car with Dodo Juice LP. Second Stage
15) Treat all plastics and rubbers
16) Treat interior paint surfaces with Dodo NFS
17) Apply Sealant
18) Apply Wax
19) Final inspection and tidy up



Clean Wheels
Before
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After
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Snowfoam

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Cleaned the plastics

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Wash

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jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Clay

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Already the car was looking good. I noticed that some of the panels had marring – this was due to the claying stage. No fear as the car was being corrected anyway.

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Car Taped Up

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Bonnet
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After

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Left Side Wing
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After

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jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Left Side Door
Before

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After

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Rear Left Door
Before

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After

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Left Side Arch
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After

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Boot
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After

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jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Rear Right Side Door
Before

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After

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Right Side Door
Before

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After

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Right Side Arch
Before

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After

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Rear Bumper
Before

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After

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jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Here are the results of the first pass with 106FA. Slicks car was very clean anyway so it was good to see that the paint was still glossy and a deep black swirl free finish.

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For the second stage, my new personal favourite for black cars I used Dodo Juice Lime prime. Its added correction abilities and the finish it gets is amazing. Amazing product to use with a machine.

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jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Having done a few black cars now I knew Ziano Z2 Pro gives a nice deep shine to VAG paint work. Here are the results

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The car was then waxed with Chemical Guys XXX Hardcore wax. Tyres were treated ready for the car to bow out.


Results

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Ibiza 130 tdi

Black Magic
Jan 15, 2007
6,275
1
Somerset
Looks stunning! Send me some of that magic stuff for the paint! :lol:

The shine on that looks unreal! I'd love to use some of those products on mine...
 

jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
5,843
1
Essex
Looks stunning! Send me some of that magic stuff for the paint! :lol:

The shine on that looks unreal! I'd love to use some of those products on mine...
Cheers mate means a lot :)

If you want a detail then I will use the same products hehehe! All products can be purchased from PolishedBliss or Cleanyourcar.co.uk :)
 
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