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

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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.

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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.

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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

Claying

Car taped up and inspected

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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.

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

50/50

After 2 hits

Before

After

50/50

After 2 hits

boot and bumper

This area was definitely the hardest hit.

Before

After

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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.

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

Results

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

jonjay · Jul 6, 2011

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 · Jul 6, 2011

car looking loads better than before, great work as usual

dav3 · Jul 6, 2011

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 · Jul 6, 2011

dav3 said:
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 · Jul 6, 2011

Stunning job mate - as always

4937Liam · Jul 6, 2011

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 · Jul 7, 2011

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... :think:

jonjay · Jul 7, 2011

Staszek20vt said:
Stunning job mate - as always

Cheers Stan. You still due in the UK soon?

4937Liam said:
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.

jonathan_phang said:
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 · Jul 9, 2011

Cracking turnround Maz, nice feedback from the owner too matey

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