Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Volvo S60 paint correction Nottighamshire | Beau Technique

Beau Technique were contacted some 2 week's back with regards to rejuvenating a daily driven 2004 Volvo S60. The vehicle in question was dull, lifeless and very heavily tarnished. A stage 2 paint correction detail was advised and accepted.

The Beau Technique stage 2 paint correction detail comprises of:

- Rinse wheels thoroughly.
- Apply non acid cleaner to inside & outside of wheels.
- Agitate with various soft bristle brushes.
- Rinse wheels thoroughly.
- Apply citrus based degreaser to wheel arches.
- Agitate with various soft bristle brushes.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Apply citrus based degreaser to all lower sections of the vehicle to remove road grime | traffic film and bug debris.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Apply citrus based degreaser to all doorshute | boot shut.
- Agitate with various brushes.
- Rinse clean.
- Rinse whole vehicle.
- Wash from top to bottom using 2 buckets | grit guards, Lambswool wash mitt and - the finest pH neutral shampoo.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Apply dedicated tar remover, leave to dwell them wipe clean with soft microfiber towels.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Decontaminate vehicle including wheels with Iron x to remove iron | metal contamination.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Remove bonded contaminants with claybar readying paintwork for pre-wax application.
- Final rinse.
- Dry using dense pile quality drying towels.

- Vehicle will be assessed with various lights and paint depth gauge ( PTG ) to measure painted surfaces.
- A 2 -3 stage pad and polish combination will be chosen to suit your vehicles paint type to ensure an overall aesthetic transformation is achieved with regards to depth of finish. High gloss imparted and a potential 70 - 80% decrease in visible swirls marks and fine scratches.
- Apply dedicated pre-wax cleaner | polish to all vehicles painted surfaces including doorshuts by hand.
- Remove using high quality microfiber towels.
- Apply high % by volume premium carnauba wax.
- Remove using dense pile microfiber towels.
- Treat | dress all exterior trim.
- Treat | dress wheel arches.
- Seal wheels with ptfe grade wheel sealant.
- Treat | dress tyres.
- Clean exterior glass.
- Seal exterior glass with nano sealant.
- Polish | seal exhaust.

After all the thorough preparation procedures were undertaken we opted for a brief video capture to show the issues in hand and what we achieved through testing fro correct pad / polish combinations to rectify the damage.



Plenty of machine polishing was undertaken to achieve a passable, vibrant and sharp finish.

















Followed by Scholl concepts S17+ medium grade polish on 3M yellow polishing pad via rotary machine polisher to tighten up the finish.

















And final finishing set with 3M ultrafina se finishing polish and 3M blue pad via rotary to jewel the finish and leave it creaking crisp and clean.

















Leaving a more than adequate improvement by minimising swirl markings, visible scratches, creating depth, gloss and vibrance to the finish.

















Before.




And after.



All exterior trim was dressed with Auto finesse revive.



















Wheels sealed with Ceramishield.

















Tyres dressed with Valetpro traditional tyre dressing.
















Glass cleaned and sealed. Arches dressed. Exhaust polished. Doorshuts cleaned with all in one polish. All relevant tricky bits round badges / grilles etc attended to. 2 layers of Collinite 845 insulator wax for protection applied.

End results.


















Back in the unit.




















And a nice walk round to show the true level of finish achieved.




Beau Technique offer a wide range of specialist valeting & fine car detailing services throughout the Midlands and nationally upon request.