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Hi guys, welcome to my last write up of 2010. You might say I’ve saved the best car until last! This is a stunning 2010 Bentley Continental GT Speed in Onyx Black with Magnolia main hide.
The car has covered 5000 miles and, it is used to its full potential by the owner. The car came to me quite dirty so it was hard to get an idea of the paintwork. Once I had it washed it was easy to see there were quite a lot of light swirl marks and marring spoiling the beautifully painted car.
The car was booked in for an Enhancement Detail + interior detail.
Here is the car on arrival…
The first job I wanted to get started on was the interior. I started this at around 7 PM and finished around 10PM.
First up, dust down!
Below is a sequence of before and after pictures. This better explains the attention to detail and what was done!
A few after pictures of this stunning interior…
The boot was also done…
Now, the next morning I completed the wet work. It really was wet work on this car; the rain was relentless and came down very hard. I got soaked and my camera would if I was taking any pics!
The car was washed, de-tarred then brought back into the unit wet to commence the claying.
The Bentley definitely need a good clay, every panel was full of contamination as shown below.
The car was then blow dried then towel dried.
After claying, I gave the car an IPA wipe down and assessed the paintwork.
As mentioned before, there was quite a lot of light swirling and marring, nothing too major, but it did affect the overall look of the paintwork.
The polishing then began!
Before
After
Same again on the other side…
Before
After
The boot lid done in the same way, as with the rest of the car…
The side of the car…
Before
After
The smaller, more intricate areas of the car received the same treatment but with a smaller Swissvax finishing pad.
A-Pillars being polished.
The car was then sealed using our own winter sealant!
Now, once all the paintwork had been polished and sealed it was time to start on the finishing touches!
The wheels were polished with Swissvax cleaner fluid by hand and sealed with Swissvax autobahn. This was also applied with my hands/fingers
The wheels were in quite a state if I’m honest and a lot of iron fillings were impregnated in the surface of the wheel. This is probably due to the weight of the car and how fast it can travel. With this, the brakes have a huge job to scrub of the speed, and I’m sure they get very very hot!
The exhaust was polished with Swissvax Metal polish.
The seals, again with Swissvax Seal Feed.
Now, let’s get a real idea of the finish of the paintwork by going around with the sun gun. This was after a single stage machine polish. This isn’t a full correction detail, but it is still a nice finish.
So, there are still a few deeper marks in there, but as I will prove now, it still looks stunning! Just because a car doesn’t get fully corrected doesn’t mean at all that it won’t look stunning!
Now….
To re-cap.
And a final one…
Thanks for reading guys!
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