Hi all, i'm french, and we are poor of detailing products in France, so i'm always on detailing forum (DW, autopia...) Let me present you my last work : (sorry for my basic english) Here is a detail of Blue "MonteCarlo" S2000, with the Meguiars G220. the machine has been lend to me by Meguiars France for try it. and sometimes take my habitually Rotative Rupes for hard parts of the car The S2000 is a car, i would detail since a long time, and i'm happy to have find one ! Ok let's go for a wash and decontaminatio first. Megs Super Degreaser on wheel Arch Meguiars Wheel Brightener (8:1) on rims : i have let it work only 2/3 minutes before rinse : General karcher washing with shampoo plus in the container of the Karcher (not receive my foam lance yet...) After, i havewash it with bucket and CG Maxi Suds II Brush wheel with Autoglym Wheel cleaner décontamination : Clay Fine Sonus and Meguiars #34 Final Inspection Lights need too : car not too contaminated, only down of doors and bumpers... Wash passage doors with Meguiars APC, and AG Brush Time to prepare a little car with masking tape G220 Meguiars : This is my first time with an orbital and it is a really toy and easy to work with it !!! PTG It read "NFe" because, this part of the S2000 is in Aluminium great mesure for a good work ! Ok go for start Results : Orbitale need more time for corrections than a rotative ! Swirls are medium, and easy to remove it with 83 and cutting pad or sometimes polishing pad After : With orbitale, i can do more long section in one shot ! Others in same conditions : Very swirled here ! Meguiars polish, more liquid than Menzerna are easy to work i have keep the hardiest for final (birds bomb stay too time, and other things catch in the clearcoat...) you can see little problems, the others big, have been wetsand with P2000 After many passages : With orbital, i cant remove completely wetsanding... so i take my Rupes Paint stay instead with little things too catch (little stone chips...) Go for finition. Glasses are in a bad way i use the autoglym glasses polish great but cant remove all : so i decided to use Meguiars 85 (hard compound) Exhaust treat with 85 too, and AG Metal polish for remove swirls give by 85 After : Tyres return black with Surf city garage ! time to do a great clean at plastics with Autoglym Bump care : and protection with 303 aerospace protectant : Megs #7 show car glaze in Sealant i have use Zaino Z2 with ZFX i have use Meguiars Plastix for lights during drying of Z2 remove of Z2 with microfibers pads and G220 Z2 + ZFX give a great deep and shine at the paint and glossy too !! i have impression to put a Carnauba... for Carnauba i use the Double WAX Dodo juice First hard wax with G220 (very funny to apply with orbitale) Hard wax is a really protetion wax : She gives me no great effect on the paint. But she became hard on the paint after 10 minutes of drying and become withe ! hard to remove, impression to apply the NXT Happily the Soft is a really wax which give a great shine and more easy to apply Remove polish residue... And shooting... thanks for reading (and sorry for my basinc english)
outstanding job! I love all the pictures and details! How do you like the G220? How does it compares to the order PC? I just sold my PC a month ago and only use my rotary, but I would still like to buy a new orbital and the meguiars machine interests me, since it's really affordable Oh and welcome to DB PS: Moi aussi je suis français, mais Canadien-français du Nouveau-Brunswick (Acadien) :thumb:
Unfortunaly, i have start detailing with a rotative and G220 were my first orbital, si i can compare with a PC or another orbital... but for compare with my Rupes LH16En, i prefer rotative for best correction, and fastest deleting of swirls, or remove wetsanding mark. Now G220, will be only for hard finition on bad paint (Subaru, 350Z...) or for doing sanding with mirka or 3M grit paper
welcome to DB, and that detail is a great way to introduce your skills!!!! and don't worry about your english, i can't speak a LICK of french... FRENCH FRIES!!!
Very impressive detail and write up! The paint is just glowing. A true quality job... If I may, I would like to suggest one thing: I would suggest that you either step up to a better wheel cleaner ( I.E.- P21S Wheel Gel) or get a stiffer brush to clean the back side of the wheels better. The back side of the wheels being dirty really detract from an otherwise perfect job. Most of the time I would not pay much attention to them, but when you have everything else perfect , that stands out. Again, this is just a suggestion!
Great job on the Honda! How long did it take you in total? J'oblies presque tous le francais que j'apprendes..mais j'adore votre résultats.:thumb:
Did you say this was the first time you used an orbital? I DONT YOU BELIEVE YOU! You look like a PRO TO ME!!!!! :applause2:
Are you taling about the black thing on the bumper. I think in europe all cars with HIDs need to have spray washers on to wash the headlights. So, its a spray washer.
Nice write up and even better work. Really did a great job om those swirls and bringing back a beautiful finish. I really like how thorough you are with all the jams and things like that.
