this is my first actual showing of any of my work on this forum, so hopefully you guys will approve. anyways, decide to do a little late winterization on my GTI. better late than never. i was planning on doing a full detail with correction on it (as its still sporting its "dealer-direct" swirls and marring). i decided to let the polishing wait til the spring time, for obvious reasons. i decided on a "winter protection detail". it was my first time working with Jeatseal and the SV Onyx. i'm going to have to get used to applying the jetseal a little more. i think i used more than i should have. i felt it was semi-hard to judge its coverage at first, but like some other high end peoducts, less is more. here's what i threw down today. (work time was about 5 hours) Wash/Wheels: Adams red car wash P21S TAW Pre-soak on heavily soiled areas MF wash mit P21S Sticky Gel on wheels P21S TAW on tires misc wheel brushes Tires dressed with VRT Interior: Craftsman 6.5HP wet/dry stainless steel vac Einzsett Cockpit Adams Glass CG Leather cleaner DD Uber MF Clay: DD Uber clay Adams detail spray as lube IPA wipedown after claying DD Uber MF LSP: SV Cleaner Fluid 2x Jetseal 109 1x SV Onyx DD CCS foam applicators DD Uber MF i only applied the SV cleaner fluid to the hood, as i have never used it before and wanted to see how i liked it. plus i had read about it possibly creating some bonding issues with the Jetseal. guess i'll find out in time. all exterior trim was dressed with Adams VRT. the windshield and both the passenger and drivers side windows were treated with Aquapel. i cant wait til the spring time so i can put my makita on the paint and really bring her back to life. the car only has a little over 3k miles on it, but it's already got a good amount of RIDS and pretty good amount of swirling, which its had since i drove it out of the dealership. some pics for your enjoyment. they are in chronological order. and now the rough stuff: interior done: clay: (surprising since i clayed it about a month and a half ago...effing winter.... jetseal doing its thing: in the meantime: and the Onyx: (application was a pleasure with this wax i must say...) afters: its a shame it was such a nasty day out. the car looked MUCH better in person. i couldnt stop staring... hopefully tomorrow will be sunny out so i can snap some better pictures to better show the results. Fin. PS: thanks to FMinus for hooking me up with and turning me on to the jetseal. UPDATED PICS: (with some sunlight this morning)
Very nice detail. It looks great. Sometimes I'm just amazed at number of products that are used in a detail...:thumb:
thanks man. yeah i was thinking that today while working. if i had gone through with the correction today, the list would be twice as long...:doh:
thanks eric. i'm in love with the GTI. i switched from a stageII B5 Audi A4 to the GTI and i can honestly say i'm having more fun with the GTI stock than i did with the stageII audi.
Vehicle looks good to me :thumb: Nice vehicles these GTI's are :cheerl: Thank you for taking the time to share with us eace:
At some point, will u report back to us on the durability of your combo? Im anxious to hear if SV cleaner fluid affected the bonding of JS..thanks and very nice work, that is a nice car EDIT: How much cleaner fluid did you use..is it true the 16 oz will do 1-2 cars??
Great job and you gotta love Jetseal under a quality nuba! I do love this combo and you made it look great on a great car. The more I see these cars the more I like them!
thanks for your kind words. i wish i had more work to share with you guys but i'm not getting work this winter unfortunately. hopefully things will pick up in the spring so i can put up some nice full details.
yeah i definitely will. its supposed to rain within the next couple days so i'll be sure to put up some pics of the beading etc on the hood compared to the rest of the car. Fminus assured me that the SV cleaner will not create any problems with the bonding of the jetseal, but then again others say it does. i only did the hood with the SV cleaner and i still have most of it left. i could definitely see getting 2 cars out of it if you use it appropriately. i honestly didnt see much of a difference today, but it was very overcast. i'll have to take another look tomorrow.
thanks i appreciate that. it was my first time with both the jetseal and the SV onyx and i have to say im VERY please with the combo. yeah i didnt like the MKV GTI's when they first came out, but as you can see i've learned to love them and their style.
nice little shot today of some beading. needless to say im still very pleased with this combo (JS109, SV Onyx). the car still looks great!
Very nice job, the beading looks great. As for the Jet Seal, what is the order you apply it with the SV CF. SV CF -> Jetseal -> LSP ?
thanks for the compliments. you're right on the money with the order of applications. people claim that using the SV cleaner fluid before jetseal prevents the jetseal from bonding properly, but i can say that i do not see any evidence of any issues restricting bonding. if anything, the cleaner fluid helps the jetseal bond to the paint, the way i see it.
yeah i have to say, at first i was hesitant to spend the money on swissvax and was still getting good results with my "run-of the-mill" products, but i have to say i now am a believer. i've only tried Onyx as far as their waxes go, but for their lowest level wax, its very impressive IMO. i can only imagine how nice it is to work with their higher end stuff that costs in the thousands. the cleaner fluid is expensive, and im not quite sure if i thnk its worth the money yet. i'll be doing a full correction detail on my car as soon as spring rolls around. that will be the true test to determine if there really is a worthwhile difference with the cleaner. either way though, i highly doubt you'll regret getting anything swissvax. the SV Pneu tire dressing is really nice also. love that stuff. their brushes are great also. as far as my high-end clients, using swissvax is an easy upsell for them, even if they dont know what the heck it is. they just know its expensive, is "imported", and comes in classy looking containers. as soon as i let some of my high end guys know recently that i was going to be using SV products, they scheduled full jobs for spring (even though they probably would have anyways haha). either way, they were excited about the SV products.
