[richy]

This car was a repeat customer bringing his wife's '02 Jetta to me. I thought..Oh good, black!! The car shows up and he shows me where his father in law had scraped the snow off the car using a broom...it looked like he used a bloody rake!! Every top surface had scratches; in fact, there wasn't a panel that didn't have a scratch in it. To make matters worse, the hood had a few HUGE chips in it. The car deserves to be painted, really. The customer's like "do what you can". The problem is, I had moved up to using UCC and my wool pad which is my most aggressive combo I have, that has never let me down. Not this time, the scratches would not completely disappear. I did not have gobs of clear to work with either. The chips were kinda peeling around the edges and truth be told, I was afraid to wet sand it for fear the paint would break away into a much bigger chip, so I filled them and leveled them with Langka and tried to make them as passable as can be. Not my best showing by any means. In the end I think it looked good, but not great. The interior had dog hair that was like it was sown into the carpeting...a challenge all around for this one!


The Process:

Exterior:
Wheels got DG wheel cleaner followed by Megs for the stubborn parts
Wells got Fantastic APC
Tires got ARO
Wheels subsequently treated with DG 501 followed by Z2
Wells got Adams US
Tires got DP gel
Here's a pic of my tools..some unusual but effective nontheless:



Wash consisted of foam using Gilmour
2 bucket method
Leaf blower dry


Headlights got wet sanded followed by SIP with wool and DG plastic polish with foam..here's some of the lights:




Paint:
Wool pad with 2300 rpm rotary with either UCC, SIP or X3
106ff with blue LC and rotary
DG 501 with gray LC and rotary
DG 601 applied by hand
DG 105 applied/removed by hand
AW after curing period

EXTERIOR:
Upper trim got Mothers back to black
Lower trim got DP gel
Glass got Stoners IG

INTERIOR:
Mats pw'd then treated with 303
Carpets vacummed then steam cleaned
Seats done with DG leather cleaner and conditioner
Plastic trim done with woolite:water then 303

BEFORES:











AFTERS:

	APC All Purpose Cleaner

	ARO Amazing Roll Off

[Asphalt Rocket]

Nice turn around Richy, boy do you like to spin that buffer high.

[pirex]

Very nice work! The car was a total mess. Love it

[gmblack3]

Nice correction!

As hard as VW clear is, I can't fault you for spinning at that speed.

[richy]

Originally Posted by Asphalt Rocket

Nice turn around Richy, boy do you like to spin that buffer high.

Thanks..ya, about the rotary..I have 2: the one I use for wool is an old one that is a fixed speed (2300 rpm) and my new one I use with the foam pads is adjustable.

Originally Posted by pirex

Very nice work! The car was a total mess. Love it

Thanks a lot Ketil!

Originally Posted by gmblack3

Nice correction!

As hard as VW clear is, I can't fault you for spinning at that speed.

Thanks GM..like as above, for wool, it's only one speed.

[Al-53]

Richy..came out real nice...big improvement on the paint...which is very hard stuff to say the least...car sure was a mess ..paint looked like it was in a fight with a rake like you said...

door handle area looks like they had 6 inch fingernails..lol...

but you got it looking nice again

Fine Job

AL

[joep]

Richy....sweet turnaround on the headlights

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Great save on this one richy... Like Al said the handle area was in really rough shape - the whole car was in rough shape -you turned it around nicely!!

I like the reflection pic of you sitting on the ground... it looks like it needs a caption that says "This car kicked my butt, I am having a seat"...lol

Great job!!!

[Denzil]

Awesome turnaround Richy! That paint looks like new again and doesn't look gray when it should be black.

[Dust2Glory]

Richy rich that is amazing!!! very nice turn around on the mug