Member Since: 04 Oct 2018
Location: Kent
Posts: 589
1st mini detail of 2021
Well after a long winter it was time today for stage 1 of detailing the D3 only had a couple of hours spare so started with the washes and scratch removal having picked up some country lane Mark's over winter.
No where near finished yet but here is the old girl so far.
16th Apr 2021 7:55 pm
kirkyworld
Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Northampton
Posts: 566
Let's see the whole car. What are you cleaning/protecting/coating with?
ok to drop mine off tomorrow for some of the same ?
16th Apr 2021 9:47 pm
Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2302
That’s just like when you’re washing your car and the neighbour passes and says “I’ll bring mine round as well” If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
16th Apr 2021 11:50 pm
Lrstaylor
Member Since: 04 Oct 2018
Location: Kent
Posts: 589
Will follow up with each stage, this is stage 1 decontaminate the paint from winter so today was
1. Rinse with jet wash
2. Snow foam
3. Rinse
4. Snow foam and clay bar.....I'm old school
6. Rinse and dry off with microfiber cloth
7. G3 on a white pad with the rotary polisher to remove the scratches
8. Quick spray wax and polish to protect the paint after the G3. Ran out of time for a proper polish, wax and sealant but that's for next time.
The car is Buckingham blue but looks black has a nice glint in the sun hopefully get some more photos tomorrow.
16th Apr 2021 11:51 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
whats the thing with this word 'detail'?
you're just cleaning the bl**dy thing
don't get it. Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
But cleaning it to a better state than it left the factory! ... then protecting it from the elements afterwards to keep it like that.
They do look nice afterwards .
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
I’d like to get mine that clean. Then the dog arrives and jumps in. Daydream over!
17th Apr 2021 11:26 am
kirkyworld
Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Northampton
Posts: 566
SN wrote:
whats the thing with this word 'detail'?
you're just cleaning the bl**dy thing
don't get it.
I disagree, detailing starts where the general cleaning finishes. A normal valet gets a car clean. Detailing a car, correcting paint defects is a completely different thing.
6th May 2021 10:49 am
ronnie12342003
Member Since: 20 Jun 2016
Location: london
Posts: 55
its a bit like patena we call it rust. detailing we call it cleaning the car lol
6th May 2021 11:27 am
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
is it worth to think about wet sanding with 3000 grit paper for proper finish before polishing?
G
6th May 2021 11:33 am
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10360
Use a clay bar before wax or polish
6th May 2021 12:54 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
If you wet sand you will need a three stage mop to get it back to the perfect shine, I would only attempt if you know what your foing.Andrew
D3 2.7tdv6 2005
D4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial died and gone to LR heaven
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6th May 2021 1:38 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
i done some wet sanding on a very longs door scratch and it came out nice after light polish but not sure how many days would it require for whole D4 lol
might stick to clay and polish
G
6th May 2021 2:34 pm
classic kev
Member Since: 12 Feb 2021
Location: Mold
Posts: 196
Wet sanding seems a bit overkill unless there are serious paint defects. An aggressive compound with the right pad should achieve good correction then follow up with finer polishes and finish with a good quality wax.
Once you get a good finish with little or no defects it is relatively easy to keep it looking mint but not everyone invests in the time and effort required. For those that do, detailing is very satisfying. I did a 3 stage polish on mine and finished with a good wax. It took a couple of days to do but the result was fantastic.
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