BluKoo
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As usual, all pictures and text are lifted from detailing world.
Also its not me doing the work. Its my brother, so I can't answer any detailing questions.
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I've been meaning to post these cars up for ages and as a result I'd told myself I wasn't allowed to do any new ones until I had so here we go 
First up is this Makinen which had made the journey up from Edinburgh to have a full correction including the removal and re application of new decals (this is the second Mak we've now done this to). The owner had been busy getting everything else on the car up to his standards over the previous months and as a result this had basically left the detailing to be the only thing left to complete it.
On arrival, pretty clean to be honest with a slight sign of paint oxidization on the top of some panels but the camera didn't really pick it up:
Wheels & Calipers had recently been painted:
Here you can see why the decals had to come off as they were badly weathered and had started to crack:
As they were now so brittle it was proving to be a very tedious job by removing them with the heat gun so after a quick QD down to remove any dirt I used an eraser wheel to get them off in a much quicker fashion:
I know, it looks rough as hell but it's highly effective and the marks it leaves behind are no harder to remove than clay marring.
Makes a bit of a mess mind you...
One bare looking Makinen now ready for the wash stages:
Once prepped and ready for polishing the defects were clearly visible, the car was covered in pretty nasty scratches:
After taking plenty of detailed paint readings I worked my way around the car with various polish and pad combinations depending on the thickness (some panels were thicker than others):
 
 
 
Oxidized paint on the rear spoiler blade:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With the car corrected, refined and fully wiped down with IPA it was ready to have the new decals applied by Donald at the Vinyl Cut, if you're local to Aberdeen you may have seen his van before - you can't really miss it 
Due to the paint being pretty soft it had picked up a bit of marring during the fitting of the stripes which was to be expected:
This was easily removed with Menzerna 85RE on a finishing pad before using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid to prepare the paint for waxing:
2 coats of Crystal Rock was the LSP of choice:
Autobahn for the wheels and Pneu for the tyres too:
Unfortunately due to the rubbish Aberdeen weather it was very overcast outside on the day of collection so I had to improvise a bit and try and create some sunlight with the help of the 3M Sun Gun:
Smear free glass, just as important as the paintwork:
Up next is an RS4 Avant in Phantom Black belonging to a good customer of ours, the paint was pretty bad in places with alot of random scratches needing several hits with the edge of a wool pad:
The car received a 3 stage correction process consisting of Menzerna S500 and a Lake Country purple foamed wool pad, Menzerna 3.02 and a LC H-T Polishing Pad and then Menzerna 85RE with a LC H-T finishing pad.
The first 2 stages of correction were carried out per panel with the refining stage left till after the car had been rinsed of all the compound dust later on.
A few correction shots, these are all after Menz 3.02 with refining still left to do:
 
 
 
 
The "RS4" and Audi Ring badges were removed to get at the defects behind them:
 
 
 
When machining roofs with rails make sure to tape the insides to prevent the backing plate or pad coming into contact with them:
 
As you can see, compound dust can make its way into all the door shuts etc so I always find it's best to fully rinse the car off before starting the last stage of machining:
After a thorough blow dry the paint was prepped with Rejuvenate:
Then 2 coats of Tough Coat were applied (approx 12 hours in between each coat):
Swissvax Opaque was applied to the roof rails...
...and the badges were polished up with Werkstat Prime Strong before re-fitting:
Approx 60 hours later and this is how it looked:
Last but by no means least is this RS5 in Sepang Blue belonging to another good customer of ours, it was in for a 1 day Protection Detail with a little bit of correction here and there.
LSP was Werkstat Acrylic which really brought the pearl out in the paint, it really is a stunning colour in the metal:
Thanks for looking
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BluKoo
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Also, here's a link to a new video reviewing their wheel woolies.
All shot and edited in house.
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/blog/2012/01/pb-wheel-woolies-demo-video/
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
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That Evo is ubber 
Top work as always! Love these threads!
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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Awesome!
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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WOW!
Love all 3!
And the vinyls on the van lol.
Awesome work.
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Hammer
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RS4 is stunning, love it.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Not sure what I love more, the cars of the rear door vinyl on the van 
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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Fucking love Evo VI Mak editions
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Very cool cars and fine work
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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The RS4 is stunning.
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taylorboosh
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i had to double take the van
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brebaz
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Registered: 11th Dec 09
Location: newcastle
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sweet!!
any pictures of the car in the background on the first evo picture?
[Edited on 25-01-2012 by brebaz]
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
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My brothers R8 is Sepang blue, it's an amazing colour 
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by brebaz
sweet!!
any pictures of the car in the background on the first evo picture?
No pics of the Aero 8 at the moment. They might come at a later date.
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brebaz
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Registered: 11th Dec 09
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ok, thanks
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Danny92
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Registered: 2nd Sep 11
Location: Stockport
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wow great work! love that evo
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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love your threads, get to see quality cars how they should leave the factory - pleasure u must get from this must be awesome
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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gotta love Donalds van
He wrapped the GTR and did the saltires on the roofs for us.
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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That TME is bloody lovely
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Rich H
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Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
love your threads, get to see quality cars how they should leave the factory - pleasure u must get from this must be awesome
quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
As usual, all pictures and text are lifted from detailing world.
Also its not me doing the work. Its my brother, so I can't answer any detailing questions.
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