Impressed - shiny!
Impressed - shiny!
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joust

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14,622 posts

288 months

Sunday 8th July 2012
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A few shots of what Paul did to my car. After seeing his work on the M400 and the X5 I can only but recommend him. A real petrol head and Noble fan to boot. Remember this is 7 year old paint and the car has never been garaged.....

http://www.kikvaleting.co.uk/default.html





and a very shiny 7 year old BMW X5 as well

slipstream 1985

13,747 posts

208 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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love your house!

Scooby P1

2,617 posts

258 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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How do you get yours so shiny? No swirl marks or anything!

joust

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

288 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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Scooby P1 said:
How do you get yours so shiny? No swirl marks or anything!
About 3 hours of work from Paul so was just a "quickie" clean given what else he can do.

Well worth it, and I'm going to get him back when I've taken the stickers off to do the whole car fully.

J

mgbond

6,749 posts

261 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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I'm having mine detailed and paint corrected this month, I'll post up the outcome and reveal how much it cost.

Bondy

Scooby P1

2,617 posts

258 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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joust said:
bout 3 hours of work from Paul so was just a "quickie" clean given what else he can do.

Well worth it, and I'm going to get him back when I've taken the stickers off to do the whole car fully.

J
Who's Paul? sounds like i may need him....

joust

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

288 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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Scooby P1 said:
Who's Paul? sounds like i may need him....
See above

http://www.kikvaleting.co.uk/default.html

J

Blu3R

2,380 posts

228 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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It's still a shame about those steamed up covers....

joust

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

288 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Blu3R said:
It's still a shame about those steamed up covers....
One day I'll fix them.... One day :-)

Blu3R

2,380 posts

228 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Do it! They spoil an otherwise perfect car!

joust

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

288 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Blu3R said:
Do it! They spoil an otherwise perfect car!
I'll get Moley to have a look at it next time it's in.

J

node

732 posts

229 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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3hrs to get a finish to that standard is very impressivethumbup

Regarding your headlights, i had the same problem a few years back so i unscrewed the back casing of the light unit and used a hairdryer for about 15mins and it removed pretty much all the moisture. Its been fine since.

Scooby P1

2,617 posts

258 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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joust said:
Booked in for a 4 hour, two man session very soon!!!

Thanks J.

Blu3R

2,380 posts

228 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Scooby P1 said:
Booked in for a 4 hour, two man session very soon!!!

Thanks J.
You girl!! Hearing what you're like with your car I'm surprised you're not squirting compound on your tongue and licking the swirls off biggrin :P lick

SwankBaton

763 posts

201 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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You can get a kit for less than £200 that will take out all the defects your likely to have.
I spent over £500 getting my Z4M detailed some years back, a few nights on Detailingworld and a scrap panel and your set and I'll never pay someone else to do it (unless you dont have the time that is!)
Its really not hard, just time / labour intensive.

Great results though J :-)

Blu3R

2,380 posts

228 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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swankBaton said:
You can get a kit for less than £200 that will take out all the defects your likely to have.
I spent over £500 getting my Z4M detailed some years back, a few nights on Detailingworld and a scrap panel and your set and I'll never pay someone else to do it (unless you dont have the time that is!)
Its really not hard, just time / labour intensive.

Great results though J :-)
Absolutely. The additional problem with the Noble is there are so many curves and small areas that you'd need to use the smaller pads on quite a chunk of the body which just makes things even more time consuming.
As a general rule you're usually better off just trying to hide the defects rather than removing them completely as you'll be eating into the structure of the paint to a degree that you might compromise the lacquer. As you've said, detailingworld is the place for all questions related but you can make a huge difference just by using alternative products for the various stages.

playalistic

2,270 posts

193 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Good snow foam, wash, clay, poorboys blackhole (or diamond white depending on the colour of your paint) and then a wax on top. You'll hide 90% of the swirls, job done!

Scooby P1

2,617 posts

258 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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playalistic said:
Good snow foam, wash, clay, poorboys blackhole (or diamond white depending on the colour of your paint) and then a wax on top. You'll hide 90% of the swirls, job done!
I've got all those products except the snow foam.
But not sure about the time....

Blu3r - yours doesn't stay THAT clean all by itself you hypocrite!! wink

joust

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

288 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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I've spent 100s if not 1000s on detailing products but just don't have the time. For £70 I don't think you can fault the value, and he did it in half the time it would have taken for me to do it.

playalistic

2,270 posts

193 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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joust said:
I've spent 100s if not 1000s on detailing products but just don't have the time. For £70 I don't think you can fault the value, and he did it in half the time it would have taken for me to do it.
Can't argue with that. thumbup