19 Hours of polishing gets a 16 year old car looking like...

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:22 pm

Below are the before and after pictures of my new Bongo. The paint was horrendous when I picked it up. Really cloudy and it felt like sand paper to touch. After a little bit (well actually ALOT) of TLC I`m really pleased with the result!
Spoiler before

Spoiler after

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:23 pm

Bonnet before

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:25 pm

Bonnet after

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:26 pm

AFT half polished

ignore the lower line thats just the light. The curved line shows the difference in the AFTs fininsh.

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:27 pm

Finished Article

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:30 pm

Finish now like glass

Dr Fingers · Post by **Dr Fingers** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:39 pm

Pretty impressive: would you like to share the secret ingredients (apart from lots of elbow grease, that is!).

Derek

Lotustuart · Post by **Lotustuart** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:44 pm

its mostly Meguiars...
Megs NXT Wash
Megs Clay kit
Megs Ultimate compound
Megs Final poilsh compound
Megs Prewax sealant
and Concours 50/50 Wax

All compounds and sealant applied with a PorterCable Random orbital Polisher, the rest by hand.

Pricey, but worth every penny.

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:11 pm

Come on ........own up ..........you swapped vans when we weren't looking !!

No seriously ....... that's a fantastic job .... looks fabulous [ and really does look like a different van ] !

Dr Fingers · Post by **Dr Fingers** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:38 pm

Think I'm going to have to get me some..

great job!

Derek

maviczap · Post by **maviczap** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:11 pm

Can you do mine for me

£5er ok

Nice job

drivememad · Post by **drivememad** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:16 pm

It looks too good to eat my tea off even

you've done a fantastic job [are you taking commissions?]

stuc · Post by **stuc** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:24 pm

Excellent, as a painter that looks good to me, nice to see an effort put in.

onewheeltoofew · Post by **onewheeltoofew** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:30 am

Wow. right, that's inspired me to do a proper job on mine now!

Northern Bongolow · Post by **Northern Bongolow** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:07 am

wouldnt look that smart if it was greeeeeeeen.

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