I've been looking forward to this one for a LONG time! The owner, a DW member, contacted me late last year to get booked in for one of my ever popular single day Enhancement Details. The car itself is a huge personal favourite of mine - I've loved the V6 ever since it was released on Ph1 form. Liquid Yellow has got to be one of THE best colours there is out there, so a LY V6 was a dream come true for me... Some befores (it was raining at first so some were taken inside): DSC04101 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04102 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04103 by RussZS, on Flickr Wheels, tyres and arches were first, using: - Smart Wheels 4:1 on the wheel rears and fronts with various brushes - Surfex 4:1 on tyres and arches with various brushes DSC04104 by RussZS, on Flickr Lots of dirt under those hefty arches: DSC04105 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04106 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04107 by RussZS, on Flickr The wheels at this stage were very clean, but traces of brake dust and tar remained, so IronX and Tardis was used to deal with this: DSC04108 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04110 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04111 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04114 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04118 by RussZS, on Flickr 2nd hit of IronX DSC04116 by RussZS, on Flickr Next the car was foamed with Hyper Wash to begin to break down the loose dirt on the car: DSC04121 by RussZS, on Flickr I then worked around the car with various brushes, attending to the more intricate harder to reach areas, using Surfex as and when required: DSC04122 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04123 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04124 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04125 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04130 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04132 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04133 by RussZS, on Flickr After this, the car was fully rinsed, then hand washed with Auto Finesse's Lather Shampoo and a CarPro/CQuartz Wash Mitt: DSC04135 by RussZS, on Flickr Then the car was rinsed again. At this stage it was evident that the car was littered with fallout, tar and was rough to touch, so I began to safely decontaminate the paintwork. IronX was first: Not too bad... DSC04136 by RussZS, on Flickr Getting worse... DSC04137 by RussZS, on Flickr The boot!! DSC04138 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04139 by RussZS, on Flickr Wow... DSC04140 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04141 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04143 by RussZS, on Flickr Apparently caused by some recent building work a neighbour has had completed. Tar was dealt with next using Tardis: DSC04144 by RussZS, on Flickr I then foamed again to ensure any IronX and Tar was fully removed: DSC04148 by RussZS, on Flickr Looking sharper already DSC04149 by RussZS, on Flickr Next I clayed with: DSC04150 by RussZS, on Flickr Once the car was inside, I also dealt with the large sills which also had tar present on them. I removed this via Tardis and a MF rather than using a spray, to avoid any Tardis going into the cabin: DSC04151 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04155 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04152 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04154 by RussZS, on Flickr Next I began to assess the paintwork for defects, swirling and scratches. Generally it was in very good condition, but it had picked up a bit of swirling, and the paint lacked a fair amount of gloss. After trying a few combinations I settled on Scholl S17+ and various polishing pads. Before: DSC04158 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04161 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04162 by RussZS, on Flickr Bonnet 'after' under Halide: DSC04163 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04165 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04170 by RussZS, on Flickr Great flake pop! DSC04172 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04174 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04177 by RussZS, on Flickr Before: DSC04195 by RussZS, on Flickr After: DSC04196 by RussZS, on Flickr After polishing was completed, I began dealing with some of the other details. Exhaust before: DSC04198 by RussZS, on Flickr The excellent Britemax Metal Twins were used, making short work of the built up grime: DSC04200 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04202 by RussZS, on Flickr The Twins were also used on the Metal Petrol Cap: DSC04204 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04207 by RussZS, on Flickr 3 coats of Opti Seal on the wheels: DSC04208 by RussZS, on Flickr C4 on plastic trim: DSC04209 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04210 by RussZS, on Flickr I then finished up with Zaino Z2, topped with Swissvax's Crystal Rock. DSC04213 by RussZS, on Flickr Auto Finesse Crystal was used on the glass, Britemax Rubbermax on the tyres and ZAIO on the door shuts.
Finally, (quite a few!) after.. DSC04214 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04215 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04217 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04222 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04223 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04225 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04226 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04227 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04228 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04229 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04231 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04234 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04238 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04239 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04240 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04241 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04242 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04245 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04247 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04250 by RussZS, on Flickr and of course... the ever popular Tesco pics... DSC04256 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04257 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04258 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04260 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04261 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04262 by RussZS, on Flickr DSC04268 by RussZS, on Flickr What a car and what a pleasure! Next up we have a full correction on a Skoda Octavia vRS, a full correction on a black Chrysler 300C ESTATE (!!!), an Enhancement on a Ferrari 360 and an Enhancement on a Clio 182... Thanks for reading: DSC04248 by RussZS, on Flickr Russ.
Great work as always. Love the color. Any idea how the car managed to acquire that much iron fallout? Does the owner run a foundry?
Thank you! The owner's next door neighbour had some recent building work done apparently, which included a fair amount of welding (!) so we assume it was on the back of that. I've never seen so much contamination on a car before!
Great job, looks amazing. That was a fantastic amount of contamination. It looked like a woodgrain paintjob. Does he live next to a coal burning plant?
