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Subject: 2013 VW Golf R
Requirements: Paint Correction and Opti Coat Install
This brand new VW Golf R required a good amount of paint correction prior to the Opti Coat installation. I was a bit surprised at how many swirls and scratches this one came in with. The customer and I believed that this one was on the ground for quite sometime prior to he buying the car. Cars that sit this long will get countless dealer washes and “details”. Hence all the imperfections on this one.
Exterior
– Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
– Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
– Wheel wells were cleaned up
– Washed with Adam’s Car Wash
– Decon with Wolf’s Decon Gel
– Wash down and rinsed
– Door jambs were cleaned up
– Nano Scrub AutoScrub
– Dried
– Tires dressed
– Masking
– Paint Measurement
– Compound – Menzerna FG400
– Final Polish – Sonax Nano Polish
– Last step – Optimum Opti Coat
– Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight
– Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
– Rubber and Plastics Treated
– Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
– Exhaust tips cleaned
– Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Products used
Links to products used –
Adam’s Car Wash
Wolf’s Decon Gel – Iron Remover
Stoner’s Tarminator
Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Optimum Opti Coat
Adam’s Super VRT
Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot’s 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes LHR75
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Uber Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam’s Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Before shots
Prep – clean up tires, wheels, wheel wells, pre wash, decon, nanoskin autoscrub
Wheels, tires, wheel wells first – Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and Adam’s APC to remove the brake dust, dirt, and grime.
Adam’s APC on the tires
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner on the wheels
Brushes were used
Rinse
After
Auto Finesse Citrus and Obiltarate used to remove bug and tar.
Decon – Pre Wash – Wash – NanoSkin AutoScrub Mitt –
After prep we put the car back in the sun – take a look
Paint Correction Shots
Before
After
B pillars
B pillars after
Rear bumper before
Rear bumper after
Rear bumper before
Rear bumper after
After shots
After shots
Enjoy.
How much does a full cleaning/paint correction/opticoat cost?
George,
If you would like you can come by for a quote that would be best this way I can see the condition of the car etc, figure opti coat would be $350 plus the correction.
You can email me to set up a quote at phil @ detailersdomain.com