Just had a go at full paint correction today . Managed to do the bonnet and tailgate . Bought a dual action polisher and two stage polish from autobrite at Stoke . Went on a half day paint correction course which was very helpful .
Pretty straight forward and made a hell of a differance to my paint . Washed , clay barred , two stage pollish and waxed .
Going to do one side next weekend . A good three days to correct a full van but it's going to be worth it .
Guys don't get mistaken between polish and wax , sealant protection . Polish is what you use to get the paint to shine and is usually abrasive so to remove paint blemishes , swirl marks ect . Wax or sealant is then applied to protect your polished surface . Trying to polish a van by hand will take for ever particulaly if you've got swirl marks to remove . VW paint , clear coat is extreamly hard and by using a machine to polish the clear coat will make life a whole lot easier .
Do be put off if you've not used a machine polisher and worried about ruining your pride and joys paint work as the dual action polishers is easy to use and if you follow some simple steps your not going to do any damage .
I am by no means an expert but I am now pretty confident about the world of detailing .
Any guys in the north west want any advice or demonstrations I would be glad offer advise .
Lot of work that especially when you drive off down the road and a stone fly's then takes a big chip out of all your hard work. You would get on well with a mate of mine at work, he is really anal over it long as the rain stays off I'm happy