DIY Garage Building

[47p2]

Finally caught up with all my chores and the Viano was the last vehicle to be detailed. It's now on the ramp with the oil draining overnight and fresh oil and filters will be fitted tomorrow.

A reflection of the clouds on the bonnet

 

[E320mark]

You have been busy John! Looking good!

 

[turbopete]

that colour seems to suit the shape of the viano/vito well. and different to the more normal (around here at least) white/silver normally seen on them

 

[47p2]

Lots of silver and black round this way.

The official name of this colour is Lugano Grey, it's an unusual colour and can look blue at times and grey at other times. Oddly enough although Mercedes call it grey the V5 shows blue

 

[47p2]

Mission accomplished, can't believe the price of Castrol Edge now

 

[47p2]

Done a bit more on the Subaru today and took some reflection shots

 

[47p2]

Finished the Subaru today, that's all it's getting for now

 

[coventryslk]

When I have time I will do the mercedes. Need some spare time got to give the windows, guttering and patio a clean.

Using scaffold tower for safe working

 

[47p2]

Cars first and patio, guttering and windows can be done another time, as for scaffolding mine will be out tomorrow to cut the hedges

 

[47p2]

Oh...I should never have bought a black car, it's going to mess with my head...Been doing a bit more polishing as I still wasn't happy with the finish, it's almost there now...almost

I have a 3M Sun Gun which is excellent for showing up swirls and marks on the paintwork, it's an expensive bit of kit but nothing else on the market compares and it's as close to natural sunlight you can get. Only problem is the battery doesn't last long and buying replacements are £100+ so for all the time I use it the cost was too much to justify the price. My Sun Gun is 6 or 7 years old and the battery is almost dead so I decided today to try hooking it up to a 12V transformer, but it didn't work so plan B was hook it up to a spare car battery with the C-Tek connected and for the first time in a few years the darned thing worked, in fact it works better than with the original battery and when shone on the paintwork showed lots of swirls so back to the drawing board and out with the polishes again

Some more reflection shots in no particular order

 

[nyx]

id love for someone to come and correct my paintwork. that looks great.

 

[C350Carl]

Oh...I should never have bought a black car, it's going to mess with my head...Been doing a bit more polishing as I still wasn't happy with the finish, it's almost there now...almost

I have a 3M Sun Gun which is excellent for showing up swirls and marks on the paintwork, it's an expensive bit of kit but nothing else on the market compares and it's as close to natural sunlight you can get. Only problem is the battery doesn't last long and buying replacements are £100+ so for all the time I use it the cost was too much to justify the price. My Sun Gun is 6 or 7 years old and the battery is almost dead so I decided today to try hooking it up to a 12V transformer, but it didn't work so plan B was hook it up to a spare car battery with the C-Tek connected and for the first time in a few years the darned thing worked, in fact it works better than with the original battery and when shone on the paintwork showed lots of swirls so back to the drawing board and out with the polishes again

Some more reflection shots in no particular order

Finish is looking good.

As for the Sun Gun. You might be surprised, if you haven't seen this before, at how much you can make one for using the same bulb as 3M do. I was!

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/for...5820&highlight=Home+made+swirl+spotting+torch

 

[47p2]

Yes I've seen that Carl, not quite a Sun Gun as the genuine 3M piece of kit is voltage sensitive to ensure the bulb is at the correct lumens to replicate the sun. Apparently a 1 volt drop is enough to throw everything out of kilter and for paint sprayers this could mean a serious miss-match of colour

 

[C350Carl]

Agree for colour matching that it is imperative the light colour is spot on. For finding swirls however, not in the slightest.

Back to vehicles. Do you wet sand at all? Or is it just painting and polishing you do?

 

[Naraic]

Agree for colour matching that it is imperative the light colour is spot on. For finding swirls however, not in the slightest.

Back to vehicles. Do you wet sand at all? Or is it just painting and polishing you do?

See post #420.

 

[C350Carl]

My bad. Been up since 0300 with the little ones so was still half asleep when I read through

 

[Frontstep]

You need to get that polishing out of your system with one of these

 

[47p2]

Back to vehicles. Do you wet sand at all? Or is it just painting and polishing you do?

No painting but plenty wet sanding on Mercs


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[C350Carl]

It's bad when you look at how expensive some cars are and the standard of paint is shocking even from the factory!

 

[47p2]

You need to get that polishing out of your system with one of these

Only just got rid of the Range Rover after 5 years of polishing it. Actually RR paint is great for working on and really does come up a treat

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