Ibiza vs Polycharged Zaino Z2

[fr-tdi]

had a free day today to get round to going over the ibiza again, never been ultimatley happy with its finish so i thought i would fix that

kick off:

water spotting, little etch marks here and there and the odd light swirl

break out the pre-wash tools i used

elite snowfoam in the lance followed by a 4:1 surfex mix on the lowers

(really dunno whats going on with the plate in this shot )

the SF doing its job well.....car was washed last week iirc and hasnt moved out the garage since!

my mum nipped round at this point while the ibiza was dwelling and wanted to see her car foamed lol

EEK nice defects.....ill be doing this soon so ill do another write up :thumb:

 

[fr-tdi]

anyway back to the ibiza...

all badges,shuts,trim,arches and grille were cleaned with a swissvax brush and the surfex mix 4:1....

to be honest, they werent dirty at all since the last time i did them but heres what they came up like

and that brought me neatly on to the 2BM wash, chemical guys citrus wash & gloss in the dodo buckets and with a lambswool mitt of course :thumb:
i always choose to do my wheels last, as they never see chemicals, only a normal shampoo

after a nice bath she was rinsed off and claying could begin
weapons of choice were sonus green and dodo born slippy, the sonus was ample as she had virtually no contamination as the following pictures show

after lower half of car

nice! :thumb:

 

[fr-tdi]

the next stage was drying, and gave me a chance to try out a new product to my collection! woo, dodo 'time to dry'.

must admit its a really really good product to have! this combined with the ultra-plush made the drying process a joy! beading flattened almost instantly and enabled the towel to glide across the surface leaving alomst no patchy damp bits behind!

now with the car dry i had a quick fag and a coffee! and set up the machine.
combo used was menz 3.02 on a sonus sfx2 followed by 85rd on an sfx3 which worked well in my opinion

very hard to capture the light swirls but they were there
really hard colour to work with so i didnt bother with 50/50 as it proved pointless

before...not too bad at all but as said light defects

and to:

at this point the camera was failing to pick up the minor defect removal so i saved the battery.

so after the car was machined in the above fashion, i cracked out a favorite, only this time it would have a turbo strapped to it

Z2 and the polycharging kit

half a dropper added to 1oz and ready to mix

3 layers were added in succession to the entire car, each layer applied and buffed off in the normal fashion.

curing:

and removed:

 

[fr-tdi]

i also applied the Z2 to the doorshuts whice brought them up awesomely! :doublesho

tyres and trim were dressed with megs endurance and poorboys trim and glass cleaned with normal window cleaner, arches dressed with chemical guys barebones, but i didnt bother taking 'application' shots lol

after that it was time to pack up after 11 hours work and get some nice shots of the finished job

 

[fr-tdi]

back in her bed till next time and i took some shots under the lighting and with the flash as she was inside

i apologize for the pictures but thanks for having a look anyway

 

[Bondiblu]

Awesome job done there, makes me feel like mine has been neglected

 

[Breezapom]

ahh thought it was you on dw good job

 

[bertrum]

WOW mate! Good job!

 

[MTIbiza]

Awesome job mate.

No wonder you have won awards when the car looks that good and is that tidy!

 

[diss_50]

Excellent pics bud - I'll need to let you loose on my car!

 

[jwilkinson]

a top effort with stunning results!

 

[fr-tdi]

cheers folks

 

[Mat]

I knew this would be one of your threads

 

[fr-tdi]

hows that lol

 

[Tricky Red]

And so did I.

Top job.

 

[Disco_Biscuit]

You really do have to much time on your hands! ;0)

 

[stezo2k]

wow, thats what i call a shiny tidy car

love it

keep up the good work buddy
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[st10587]

how do i book mine in and how much do you charge??

 

[Gooner_Mike]

11hrs of work Fairplay, but I really don't have the patience to do that. Looking good as always.

 

[Mat]

hows that lol

cos i've seen enough of you on DW!

And if there's ever a mk4 detail thread, with words like "Zaino" and "Polycharged" in it, it's bound to be you LMAO

BTW: I once spent 5 (almost solid) days on mine!

11hrs is still enough! I will be getting home this evening about 8:30 and washing as much as possible read for Inters 2moz!