jediknight83 Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 yes that is a regular comment... that it looks better than when it was new. ALot of dealers dont put much emphasis on how well the paint shines.. and neither do alot of owners... to some.. as long as it is clean (as in free of dirt) then they are happy. My services are available to those who want more than just a clean car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantmygti Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Wonder if I might ask for a touch of advice from the master. As mentioned the Gti is showing a few VW scars. Namely very light scratching here and there as a result of washing and/or lifeshine'ing poorly. What do you recommend to shift these? She is dark metallic blue. Would a regular polish be the best bet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 i actually really rate autoglym super resim polish. It wont do much to remove them completely but does a great job of cleaning up the paint and filling or hiding them and under a good wax the results can last a good few months to truely fix the scratches i would recommend machine polishing from a professional followed by a good wax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techieboy Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Nathan, you've got PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harddrive Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 It is an amazing car ....... however I am not sure about that steering wheel. Well do on a perfect job btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Nathan, you've got PM. [/ QUOTE ] not that i can see....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Hi Nathan Your work is top quality as ever!! The interior of that car looks awful. The steering wheel, the pedals, the gear stick!! What did you think on your little low-speed test drive?? Thanks Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techieboy Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Feck knows what went wrong there. Hopefully you've got a PM this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Hi Nathan Your work is top quality as ever!! The interior of that car looks awful. The steering wheel, the pedals, the gear stick!! What did you think on your little low-speed test drive?? Thanks Geoff [/ QUOTE ] the interior is a thing of beauty. its all carbon fibre inside.. the steering wheel has been changed from the leather one as its used alot on the track. The gear stick falls just in the right place aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Car number 3 for this customer and a different venue for today. The GT3 is his dedicated track car and spends alot of its time at Fearnsport Porsche Specialists at Silverstone. Firstly id like to say thanks to them for being very accommodating. Im pretty sure im going to be back there now and again for other cars aswell which will be nice as they have some amazing machinery there! Anyway.. left the house at 7am and arrived at Fearnsport at 8:45 after passing 2 accidents on the A14 that had happened no more than 10 cars ahead of me! Wheeled the GT3 outside and took a couple of before shots. Not terrible swirls but swirls none the less. Pre-washed with AG PM3 via the foam lance. Then shampoo'd with AG shampoo and dried with a sonus yellow drying towel. Tar / Rubber marks removed with AG tar remover and then the whole car was clayed with sonus green clay. Then although it was still chilly it was nice and sunny so i thought i'd detail outside for a while. Did a few tests and decided onces again that ip 3.01 on a megs yellow polishing pad was the way forwards. Most of the front was covered in armorfend stuff (being a track car) but the rest was all treated in the same way Then it actually started snowing so it was into the garage for the premium paint cleanse applied via machine on a megs finishing pad at 600rpm Then on with the 47% carnauba wax applied by hand.. much to the amusment of the staff at fearnsport who made many jokes about me massaging a car. This is the only pic of me 'massaging' in which i didnt look like a dork (some will argue.. i still do! Andy ... Fearnsports owner watching over me Thankfully after almost 11 hrs the staff were all commenting on how good it looked and how impressed with the amount of work i had put in. I was pretty knackered so didnt take many after pics and completely forgot to take after correction shots... sorry Thanks for looking... Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantmygti Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Looks like you turned a red car into a burnt orange one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Tone_ Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 As I am told - thats the difference between a clean car and a shiny one! This is similar to how mine looked after the collinite 915 app - "glowed" and almost looked metallic! This is certainly glowing though - again looks metallic (or at least pearl coated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Something to do with the flourescent lights aswell i would have thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Firstly a little history of this car. Its a 1995 Virage Volante with the 6.3 widebody cosmetic look. However toward the end of the production Aston ran out of the normal 5.3 engine that should be fitted to this car. So the last 11 Virage Volante's got the new engine meant for the Vantage Coupe (to be released in 96) which had an extra 40bhp... this was the 6th from last Right... enough of that... This was booked in for a 2 day detail and was supposed to be at the customers house but with the poor weather forecast it was relocated to the owners business where there was a roomy warehouse. Once pre-washed and shampoo'd this is what it looked like.... I had been warned it was in bad condition.. Then clayed the whole car... which i then realised just how big it is! The PTG showed quite a mix! 340 one side of the bonnet and 150 the other side. 100 on the doors. 250 on the front wings and 400 on the boot lid. With that in mind i tested on a number of panels to find the best method. On the bonet i used a mix of ip3.01 with a yellow megs pad up to ip3.01 with a drop of power gloss on a burgandy pad. most of the rest of the car was ip3.01 on a yellow pad with a drop of PG here and there. The paint came up really well apart from a few rather deep marks on the bonnet and the boot lid (these were hit 2 or 3 times with mimimal paint depth change and agreed with owner these can be tackled next time with some wet and dry... but neither of our schedules would allow it at the moment) During correction with the brand new hood well protected. My attempt at a couple of 50:50 shots.. sorry there not that great.. will work on these in the future After on the bonnet Anyway this took hours... so i had to then crack on with the premium paint cleanse and then the premium 47% carnauba wax... i had to get the 1st coat on by the end of day 1 so it could cure over night ready for the 2nd coat on day 2. During and after waxing.. Finished the day at 6:30pm DAY 2 ... 10am (after collecting my s3 from the garage so was running late) Started very much the same way DAY 1 ended... .... after a wipe down with some last touch.. 2nd coat applied ... Next up were the wheels and exhaust. The owner had said not to worry too much as there were due to be stripped down and refurbed soon... but for my piece of mind (and because i didnt want them dirty in my photos ) i had a go anyway. Autosol metal polish with a foam pad did quite a good job (but obviously still need doing profesionally) Then they were done with SRP and waxed with collinite 915. Before After Exhaust was done the same Time was really cracking on so next was the glass in and out with AG glass cream polish, Arches and tyres dressed with AG products, paint wiped down with Optimum Car Wax, Interior wiped down and leather fed with Gliptone Liquid Leather.... and breathe.... and photograph Owner was over the moon. Thanks for looking Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harddrive Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Very nice car and I love the history bit at the start of the post. I bet that looks fantastic with the roof down on a hot summer's day Yet again another fantastic job Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsmith Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 I have to say, that looks awesome fella! Another cracking job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattchaps Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Top work Nathan If you're ever in Kent let me know, as my little baby would love a bit of your TLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_C Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Nathan, your work is an inspiration. Top stuff, and great pictures too (including the 50/50 ones ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Nathan you are a legend, top photography and detailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresco1 Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yep, superb work this is now my favourite thread on TSN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Im staying down in a place called Forrest Row (nr Tunbridge Wells) this week as i have a client that wants 3 of his cars given a deswirl detail. So yesterday morning i turned up at 8:30 and wheeled this out of the garage. Covered in dirt and dust it was quite difficult to see the defects. AG PM3 TFR and pressure rinsed, Shampoo'd, Wheels cleaned in and out, Then clayed with Sonus Green and into the garage and under the lights and time to sit down for 5 mins... So knowing Aston paint to be quite soft i started trying 85rd... which took 50% out... so i tried 106ff.. which did 80-90% so i tried adding a drop of ip3.01 in with 106ff... which did the job... but left maring... so then i had to finish with 85rd on a finishing pad.. so the job took twice as long.. 7hrs + on machine polishing alone. anyway... before and 50:50 shot. Then after a back breaking day i applied the premium paint cleanse by hand and then the 47% Carnauba wax. Got 1st coat all finished by 8:30pm and then home for a well earned nap. DAY 2 Started with a rinse and a wipe down.. got these pics of the water beading on the 1st coat of wax then on with the 2nd coat Time was ticking and i needed to start the second car asap (you will see it in the background of some of the pics.. full write up tomorrow night). Cleaned the glass with AG glass polish, dressed arches and tyres, Cleaned the interior and fed the leather with gliptone liquid leather. Waxed the wheels with collinite 915 and then took some photos... sorry there are loads .. actually... im not sorry.. i enjoy the photography part as much as other aspects of the detail... anyway.... Thanks... Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3WOB Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Jees, I'm still saving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harddrive Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 I would love to do your job considering how many gorgeous cars you get to work on. That Aston looks fantastic! Just out of curiosity what is the best car you have ever worked on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Nathan, where are the snaps of the Skyline?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Top work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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