Well finishing is a bit off the truth as I still have to finish the custom dash, rework the carpet, fit a winch, add DAB and CB and find somewhere to put the spare wheel.
Other than that the 4x4 is roadworthy almost running well and in need of a good detail.
It’s been named Venomous Persuasion all to do with some plans for my retirement small business plan which given the current climate may be a bit further away than planned.
There is also a snake.
Its all new paint as of 2 years ago when the body shell returned all nicely finished as I doodled along finding time to put it all back together.
There a thread on the build at https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-classic/453750-just-started-could-do-some-4x4-help.html
Thanks to Andy, Freddy, Mirko, John aka Dragon Man, SJ, Jacob and a few dozen others.
Ceramic seemed the way to go given that its going to get mucky and I still want it to look good. The black cherry metallic only pops if its glossy.
First, I will break a few rules like you won’t see any masking tape. It’s all getting polished. Pad care is secondary as I expect a lot of pick up and the pad is sacrificial.
Right spray of 50/50 good old Waitrose APC all over, under and engine bay.
Leave that to dwell for 10 minutes then light jet wash.
Next a small cocktail of these three in a foam gun.
Loads of foam!
Left to dwell for another 10 minutes.
Doing the Chemical Guys ceramic solution. Lots cheaper that the ‘special’ ebay sprays and less likely to screw up and require a restart.
Another jet wash.
Then into the two bucket wash with the Hydro Suds ceramic wash and hot water.
Well the finish is pretty good but then it is un-roaded paint.
Drying towels used just to remove the surface water. Then get out a light clay bar to remove overspray and any other gunge that’s collected while its been sat on the drive.
Pretty good pick-up all over.
Then another wash.
Looks good wet but I expect some marring from the clay.
The reason we use two buckets this being the rinse/dirty one. Use two micro mits at the moment but apparently wool mits is the way to go?
Dying again.
Nice marring shots.
Light polishing with a soft red pad and Chemical Guys V38 Optical compound. The pad is sacrificial as mentioned at the start. Lots of pad conditioner will be used. Using a rotary at 1000 to 3000 rpm.
Aimed for 5-10 passes only and the reflections looked good. No microfibre wipe down yet!
Polished all the paint, trim and glass.
Then a 50/50 isopropanol water wipe down.
Quick look at the pad and a lot of pick up noted. Not all paint as the glass and trim contributed.
Next a microfibre applicator and the Ceramic Hyperwax Coating.
More to follow…..
Other than that the 4x4 is roadworthy almost running well and in need of a good detail.
It’s been named Venomous Persuasion all to do with some plans for my retirement small business plan which given the current climate may be a bit further away than planned.
There is also a snake.
Its all new paint as of 2 years ago when the body shell returned all nicely finished as I doodled along finding time to put it all back together.
There a thread on the build at https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-classic/453750-just-started-could-do-some-4x4-help.html
Thanks to Andy, Freddy, Mirko, John aka Dragon Man, SJ, Jacob and a few dozen others.
Ceramic seemed the way to go given that its going to get mucky and I still want it to look good. The black cherry metallic only pops if its glossy.
First, I will break a few rules like you won’t see any masking tape. It’s all getting polished. Pad care is secondary as I expect a lot of pick up and the pad is sacrificial.
Right spray of 50/50 good old Waitrose APC all over, under and engine bay.
Leave that to dwell for 10 minutes then light jet wash.
Next a small cocktail of these three in a foam gun.
Loads of foam!
Left to dwell for another 10 minutes.
Doing the Chemical Guys ceramic solution. Lots cheaper that the ‘special’ ebay sprays and less likely to screw up and require a restart.
Another jet wash.
Then into the two bucket wash with the Hydro Suds ceramic wash and hot water.
Well the finish is pretty good but then it is un-roaded paint.
Drying towels used just to remove the surface water. Then get out a light clay bar to remove overspray and any other gunge that’s collected while its been sat on the drive.
Pretty good pick-up all over.
Then another wash.
Looks good wet but I expect some marring from the clay.
The reason we use two buckets this being the rinse/dirty one. Use two micro mits at the moment but apparently wool mits is the way to go?
Dying again.
Nice marring shots.
Light polishing with a soft red pad and Chemical Guys V38 Optical compound. The pad is sacrificial as mentioned at the start. Lots of pad conditioner will be used. Using a rotary at 1000 to 3000 rpm.
Aimed for 5-10 passes only and the reflections looked good. No microfibre wipe down yet!
Polished all the paint, trim and glass.
Then a 50/50 isopropanol water wipe down.
Quick look at the pad and a lot of pick up noted. Not all paint as the glass and trim contributed.
Next a microfibre applicator and the Ceramic Hyperwax Coating.
More to follow…..
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