Detailer's Domain: New Car Paint Correction and Opti Coat install on VW Golf R

Subject: 2013 VW Golf R
Requirements: Paint Correction and Opti Coat Install

This brand new VW Golf R required a good amount of paint correction prior to the Opti Coat installation. I was a bit surprised at how many swirls and scratches this one came in with. The customer and I believed that this one was on the ground for quite sometime prior to he buying the car. Cars that sit this long will get countless dealer washes and "details". Hence all the imperfections on this one.

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Decon with Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compound - Menzerna FG400
- Final Polish - Sonax Nano Polish
- Last step - Optimum Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

Adam's Car Wash
Wolf's Decon Gel - Iron Remover
Stoner's Tarminator
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Optimum Opti Coat
Adam's Super VRT
Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes LHR75
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Uber Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam's Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before shots








Prep - clean up tires, wheels, wheel wells, pre wash, decon, nanoskin autoscrub

Wheels, tires, wheel wells first - Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and Adam's APC to remove the brake dust, dirt, and grime.


Adam's APC on the tires


Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner on the wheels



Brushes were used




Rinse




After



Auto Finesse Citrus and Obiltarate used to remove bug and tar.



Decon - Pre Wash - Wash - NanoSkin AutoScrub Mitt -













After prep we put the car back in the sun - take a look










Paint Correction Shots

Before


After


B pillars


B pillars after


Rear bumper before


Rear bumper after


Rear bumper before


Rear bumper after


After shots




After shots
































































Enjoy.

 

I want one!

 

Tornado Red is such a great color for the R. Great job! Now all your client needs is some nice R tails

 

Wicked Phil! Love me a German red-head!

 

great job!

 

Great work and excellent documentation of the correction!

 

I would like to see some shots of one all taped up if possible. Thanks

 

Not really all that much that needs taping on these cars. Side pillars, rubber around doors/side glass, roof antenna, and sunroof if it's got one.

 

Very nice Phil!

 

thank you guys for the feedback.

 

For the B-pillars what combination of pad/compound did you use?

 

Nice work!