Jimmeh
Registered User
A year goes by since Adam last had his Corrado on display indoors at the International Centre in Telford for Ultimate Dubs. One or two visits to the bodyshop, a few thousand miles and a couple of subtle mods later, its that time again
March 2010, this was my working environment:
March 2011 however:
Two days were initially given to freshen up the paintwork and to tidy the interior and upholstery. In the end however, spread over four days, some 26/27 hours were clocked and the minor paint correction detail soon turned into more of a major paint correctional detail.
Product
3M Glass Cleaner
3M Fast Cut + (green)
3M Extra Fine (yellow)
3M Ultra Fina (blue)
AutoSmart G101
AutoSmart Tardis
AMDetails mild clay bar
Belgom ALU
Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild
Jeffs Werkstat Prime Strong
Menzerna 85RD 3.02
Menzerna 203S
Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner
Meguiars Super Degreaser
Meguiars Last Touch
RaceGlaze Black Label wax
The car:
The defects:
As Adam would be taking the wheels off at a later date to deep clean and polish the splits, sort the arches and paint the calipers, I got stuck into the bodywork straight away.
A fair bit of time was spent cleaning the intricate fiddly areas where a washmit would otherwise struggle to reach:
Once clean and rinsed, it was time to clay to lift surface contaminants.
The rear end being the worst affected (the roof, two front wings and the bonnet were freshly painted)
Rinsed. Dried.
Paint inspection.
Overspray on the O/S,
Sanding marks (DA pigtails),
Machine holograms,
March 2010, this was my working environment:
March 2011 however:
Two days were initially given to freshen up the paintwork and to tidy the interior and upholstery. In the end however, spread over four days, some 26/27 hours were clocked and the minor paint correction detail soon turned into more of a major paint correctional detail.
Product
3M Glass Cleaner
3M Fast Cut + (green)
3M Extra Fine (yellow)
3M Ultra Fina (blue)
AutoSmart G101
AutoSmart Tardis
AMDetails mild clay bar
Belgom ALU
Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild
Jeffs Werkstat Prime Strong
Menzerna 85RD 3.02
Menzerna 203S
Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner
Meguiars Super Degreaser
Meguiars Last Touch
RaceGlaze Black Label wax
The car:
The defects:
As Adam would be taking the wheels off at a later date to deep clean and polish the splits, sort the arches and paint the calipers, I got stuck into the bodywork straight away.
A fair bit of time was spent cleaning the intricate fiddly areas where a washmit would otherwise struggle to reach:
Once clean and rinsed, it was time to clay to lift surface contaminants.
The rear end being the worst affected (the roof, two front wings and the bonnet were freshly painted)
Rinsed. Dried.
Paint inspection.
Overspray on the O/S,
Sanding marks (DA pigtails),
Machine holograms,
