mk1 Seat Leon Cupra R - Black Magic Paint Enhancement Hybrid Detail

[jonjay]

mk1 Seat Leon Leon Cupra R – Paint Enhancement Hybrid Detail

My mate Dave had his blue BMW detailed last year that was a little worse for wear. Thread can be found here: http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=152929

This time it was his pride and joys turn for a little spruce up. Being a mate, I just said “yea bring it down we will sort it out”. Oh dear, what a mistake that was…lol!

This might be the worst one yet.


Products
Wash n Drying

• Dodo Juice Supernatural [body work and wheels]
• AutoSmart G101 All Purpose Cleaner [Plastics and Rubbers]
• AutoSmart Tardis [body and wheels]
• Valet Pro Snowfoam [body]
• Chemical Guys Strong Wash [bugs]
• Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser [arch liners and engine]
• Wolfs Chemicals De-ironiser [wheels and Body]
• PB Super Plush Drying Towel [body]
• Chemical Guys microfibers [body]

Body Work

• Elite Car Care fine polyclay [body]
• AutoSmart Reglaze [everything]
• Menzerna Intensive Polish (P3.02)
• Menzerna Power Polish (PO 106FA)
• Meguairs #205
• Britemax #4 Pad Glaze
• Dodo Juice Lime Prime [hard to reach areas]

Sealants and Waxes

• Chemical Guys XXX Hardcore Wax [LSP]
• AutoFinesse Tripple [Door shuts and wing mirror]
• WerkStat Prime [Wheels]

Plastics, Rubbers and Glass

• Megs Tyre Endurance Gel [tyres]
• Megs NXT Metal Polish [exhaust]
• Lusso Glass Polish [glass inside and out]
• AutoSmart Finish [Plastics, arch liners and engine]
• WD40 [plastic wipe down]

Tools

• Dodo Juice Spin Doctor Rotary
• Meguairs G220 DA
• Karcher Pressure washer + Snow foam Lance
• Elite Car Care Heavy Polishing Pad
• Sonus Green Pad + Sonus SwirlBuster
• Various Spot Pads
• Swissvax Detail Brush
• EZ Detail Wheel Brush
• 3M 3434 Masking Tape

Dave turned up on time, nice and early 08:30am. Car was pretty filthy

Before Detail Pictures

 

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Didn’t look to bad when you stood back

Alloy Wheels

Wheels were cleaned with Bilberry Wheel cleaner and then treated with Wolfs Deironiser. Not too much fallout.

 

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Snowfoam

Snow foamed with ValetPro – As you can see it done a great job on clearing away the bird bomb. Car was re-foamed once the car was rinsed.

Inspection

Last minute decision to clean the engine bay! Cleaned with CG Orange Degreaser, AS G101 and then dressed with AS Finish.

 

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Car was taken into my workshop and the swirls and RDS were shocking.

Claying

Car taped up and inspected

 

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Bonnet

Before

After 1 hit with Menz IP. Really deep RDS here – I was shocked.

Took another depth measurement just to be sure paint level was healthy.

After 2 hits of Menz IP achieved desired results.

50/50 – oh dear

It was clear at this stage that the car needed a massive amount of work and effort to get her back to her former glory. Dave and I decided to proceed as a paint enhancement but on some panels I would go the extra mile to get a nice result. There was still RDS present on some panels but knowing when to stop and move on was key.

 

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left side wing

Before

After – as you can see still some RDS

After 2 hits on the whole panel.

Left side Doors

Before

After

At this stage I was wasting a lot of time fighting buffer trails left from the rotary and the Sonus Swirlbuster Pad. The paint was soft by VAG standards so I thought it would be better to move onto DA and see how I got on.

Before

After

 

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Left Side Arch

Before

50/50 – the after on the right side

After

Roof and Wing Mirros/B]

AutoFinesse Tripple worked really well on wing mirrors. Came out like new.

Roof gave some nice deep reflections.

Right side

50/50

Closer look

Corrected:

Before

After

 

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50/50

After 2 hits

Before

After

50/50

After 2 hits

boot and bumper

This area was definitely the hardest hit.

Before

After

 

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Rear bumper was really hard work!

Before

After 2 hits – still real deep RDS

Car ready to be finished off

Car looking good.

Britemax #4 chosen to give a nice deep shine. This was applied with a finishing pad and a DA.

I chose CG XXX Hardcore Paste Wax. I really do feel this is a very underrated wax and not sure why it is overlooked? It gives a decent wet look finish, decent durability and at a very reasonable price.

 

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Results

 

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What a hard hard days work! This was a paint enhancement / correction hybrid detail. Really needed 2 days to refine the finish further and get those deeper RDS lessened. Glad to report Dave was pleased with the look overall and always good when you have a happy friend appreciating your work. He was especially pleased with engine bay being so clean considering its never been cleaned…ever.

Thanks Dave!

Detailers Notes

- One polish for the whole car? Doesn’t always work out that way
- Decide on whether it’s an enhancement or correction to manage your own expectations better.

 

[chris285]

car looking loads better than before, great work as usual

 

[dav3]

Cheers Maz excellent job. Sorry it was a struggle but didn't want to make it too easy for you. Next time shouldn't take all day. I know I wanted wet look not that wet bloody rain.

 

[jonjay]

Cheers Maz excellent job. Sorry it was a struggle but didn't want to make it too easy for you. Next time shouldn't take all day. I know I wanted wet look not that wet bloody rain.

Welcome buddy

 

[Staszek20vt]

Stunning job mate - as always

 

[4937Liam]

Amazing work once again! - Those swirls looked very similar to the ones sitting all over my car! I need some proper time off work so I can get my teeth into mine.

Interesting that you found the paint to be quite soft - mines like bloody tank armour.

 

[jonathan_phang]

I dip in and out of the detailing forum - always love these threads though - thats some real fantastic work that youve done there. If I were the owner I'd be over the bloody moon. Now why arent any of my friends willing to do this...

 

[jonjay]

Stunning job mate - as always

Cheers Stan. You still due in the UK soon?

Amazing work once again! - Those swirls looked very similar to the ones sitting all over my car! I need some proper time off work so I can get my teeth into mine.

Interesting that you found the paint to be quite soft - mines like bloody tank armour.

Cheers Liam, appreciate your post on my detail threads.

If you need any assistance mate, give me a PM or email.

I dip in and out of the detailing forum - always love these threads though - thats some real fantastic work that youve done there. If I were the owner I'd be over the bloody moon. Now why arent any of my friends willing to do this...

Cheers! You got to have the right friends

 

[butler2.8i]

Cracking turnround Maz, nice feedback from the owner too matey