Volkswagen Golf mk1
Having previously been fully resprayed, the vehicle was in need of some refinishing to remove the bodyshop inflicted buffertrails and swirling before show season.
Before, general:
Masking marks and overspray:
Fisheyes:
Lots of buffertrails from previous polishing attempts:
The car didn’t warrant a full clean and decontamination session; it was literally spotless when it arrived! An ONR wipedown was given to remove surface dusting and the polishing commenced:
Starting high on the roof.
Before/After:
Bonnet:
Before/after:
50/50:
Meanwhile, Matt from MH Services was fitting a Bluetooth handsfree phone kit and a Cooper S front bumper to my customers’ Cooper D.
NSF wing before:
After:
NS door before/after:
Overspray spotted low down:
Before/after:
Light clusters before/after:
Moving onto the boot lid, lots of tricky curves and angles to navigate here; a timely process.
Before:
After:
A 50mm backing plate was used with a 75mm spot pad to allow correction in the deep channels (tough to pick out on the photographs)
Outer edge completed as normal:
Before/after:
Rear screen was badly scratched. CarPro Ceriglass used via rotary to lessen the damage:
Far from perfect but a lot better:
End of day 1:
An early start and time to correct the rest of the bonnet:
Roof complete:
OSF wing complete:
Once the machine work was complete, a thorough IPA wipedown was given to remove remaining polishing oils and protected with AMDetails’ AM Seal paint sealant.
Exterior black trim coated with G-Techniq C4. Britework with Jeffs Prime. Glass with 3M Glass.
17 hours later:
Much better!! Thanks for reading.
Jim