Opel Astra Station Wagon - Metallic black
10-15-2012, 05:07 AM
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Opel Astra Station Wagon - Metallic black
Hi.
I polished this daily driver yesterday; Opel Astra Station Wagon, metallic black. Around 2005 or something. It came as a daily driver and left as a dd as well, so I wasn't after a showroom shine. Some enhancement only. This is how it went...
Scratches and paint:
This ride was in a very, very bad condition. Not only because of swirls and scratches, but there was very many paint chips around the car body. I think the car was never waxed.
The paint was original, however I'm not 100% about the rear bumper, because the flake looked a bit different there.
Pads and compounds:
FLEX PE14-2 + Lake Country yellow cutting pad + Menzerna PO203S was my choice from the beginning. It worked well, and I would consider the clarcoat semi-hard. On some places I used the DA polisher, because of the bad looking paint.
The second round was done with FLEX XC 3401 VRG + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + Dodo Juice Lime Prime combination. I really like the Lime Prime. Very user friendly polish/glaze.
LSP:
I put a layer of Finish Kare 1000P on top of Lime Prime.
Conclusion:
The overall look improved a lot (especially the mirrors lol!), but sure the bad condition of the surface is still very visible. Or especially now. The job took 9 hours in overall.
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Process:
1) Pre-wash
- Turtle Wax Super Detergent wash spray
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
2) Wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
- 2BM + microfiber mitt
3) Claying
- Zaino Z-18 Detailing Clay
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam as lubricant
4) Polishing
- Menzerna PO203S + Lake Country CCS yellow cutting pad + Flex PE14-2 / 1. round
- Dodo Juice Lime Prime + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + FLEX XC 3401 VRG / 2. round
5) LSP
- Finish Kare 1000P
6) Others
Tires:
- Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance Tyre Gel
Windows:
-Maston window wash spray
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Pictures...
Before anything and the wash
Before the wash.
After the wash.
I polished this daily driver yesterday; Opel Astra Station Wagon, metallic black. Around 2005 or something. It came as a daily driver and left as a dd as well, so I wasn't after a showroom shine. Some enhancement only. This is how it went...
Scratches and paint:
This ride was in a very, very bad condition. Not only because of swirls and scratches, but there was very many paint chips around the car body. I think the car was never waxed.
The paint was original, however I'm not 100% about the rear bumper, because the flake looked a bit different there.
Pads and compounds:
FLEX PE14-2 + Lake Country yellow cutting pad + Menzerna PO203S was my choice from the beginning. It worked well, and I would consider the clarcoat semi-hard. On some places I used the DA polisher, because of the bad looking paint.
The second round was done with FLEX XC 3401 VRG + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + Dodo Juice Lime Prime combination. I really like the Lime Prime. Very user friendly polish/glaze.
LSP:
I put a layer of Finish Kare 1000P on top of Lime Prime.
Conclusion:
The overall look improved a lot (especially the mirrors lol!), but sure the bad condition of the surface is still very visible. Or especially now. The job took 9 hours in overall.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Process:
1) Pre-wash
- Turtle Wax Super Detergent wash spray
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
2) Wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
- 2BM + microfiber mitt
3) Claying
- Zaino Z-18 Detailing Clay
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam as lubricant
4) Polishing
- Menzerna PO203S + Lake Country CCS yellow cutting pad + Flex PE14-2 / 1. round
- Dodo Juice Lime Prime + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + FLEX XC 3401 VRG / 2. round
5) LSP
- Finish Kare 1000P
6) Others
Tires:
- Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance Tyre Gel
Windows:
-Maston window wash spray
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Pictures...
Before anything and the wash
Before the wash.
After the wash.
10-15-2012, 05:08 AM
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Polishing
Miscellaneous scratch/swirl pics.
I'm loving it already.
50/50 (Bad pic sorry).
At first I wasn't sure if the mirror cover was black matte plastic or painted
.
It sure was painted
.
Miscellaneous scratch/swirl pics.
I'm loving it already.
50/50 (Bad pic sorry).
At first I wasn't sure if the mirror cover was black matte plastic or painted
.It sure was painted
.
10-15-2012, 05:08 AM
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Above the doors.
Another mirror.
The headlights should have been sanded...
...but I'm sure theyr'e lighting up the road better now too.
Another mirror.
The headlights should have been sanded...
...but I'm sure theyr'e lighting up the road better now too.
(If you get what I mean haha!)
10-15-2012, 09:31 PM
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My Ride: 2008 Metallic Green 535i,Dakota Brown leather,NAV,HD Radio, Comfort Access,Sport pkg,Premium Pkg,Cold Weather pkg,Logic7,Park Distance, SAT/Paddles, Ipod adapter, tint, LED Side markers, & halos, heated fronts,CPO'd car, tinted tails, heads, reflectors, backup camera, afe cold air intake, led license plate lights, rear lip spoiler, recoded modules: remote folding of mirrors, deleted accept screen on idrive, auto unlocking of door when ignition turned off, closing windows, & sunroof w/ remote, digital speedo on instrument cluster.
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