Post Your Reflection Shots

[valvedoctor46]

4 hours ago, jars said:

C’mon, the thread is for “your” reflection shots 

My bad. Bet you had a sneaky look though

[Titanium_Man]

Of course I did and is the only way I could tell you it didn’t work on me phone 

[valvedoctor46]

Just now, jars said:

Of course I did and is the only way I could tell you it didn’t work on me phone 

jars, I strive for black paint reflections like what was in the video I posted. I suspect there must've been a degree of wet sanding involved at some point in the process. I love black paint, but its a swine to keep looking error free.

[Titanium_Man]

I agree .... for a mates black Audi S3 to do in the coming weeks, which I’m looking forward too

[valvedoctor46]

18 hours ago, jars said:

I agree .... for a mates black Audi S3 to do in the coming weeks, which I’m looking forward too

Will you be doing any wet sanding or a full m/c polish. Ooh the satisfaction of freshly corrected paint

[Titanium_Man]

I’ve had a very good look and no wet sanding needed.... but yeah, great satisfaction from a good mop 

 

Sorry for the poor pics, but this was my last wet sanding one I did .... only a small patch. I do have a black mk1 Fab vRS sat in my garage that I was considering wetting the whole thing, just for good practice and to see what kinda result I can personally get. 

 

 

[valvedoctor46]

Nice work jars. Looks tip top. I honed my wet sanding skills on my daughters black fabia sport that we bought off hutchy. Have done quite a lot on other cars since with awesome results. Don't forget the pics of your friends Audi once you've tackled it

[ToVRs]

Fiesta & my vrs, the st is a lot easier to make shiny!

[valvedoctor46]

On ‎4‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 17:34, ToVRs said:

Fiesta & my vrs, the st is a lot easier to make shiny!

I'd love a white car next but just don't know if I would get my 'shiny' fix on one.

[valvedoctor46]

A quick pic of the side of a 3 series BMW I did over the weekend. Just a top and tail really to remove the brush marks/scratches from snow removal !! I did however finish all the panels off with chemical guys blacklight sealant and topped off with natties black paste wax.

[Bud]

I cleaned it, it rained. C'est la vie

[Gissin]

poor boys, hand quick polish produced good results

[JohnnyType2]

carpro nano polish, gtechnic c2v3, two coats of dodo juice supernatural wax, believe me this same view looked like a spider web the swirls were so bad before i started. The PO must have washed it with a half brick.

[stevie.d]

Here's mine after coating it in Cquartz 3.0 yesterday.

 

 

[Vrsboi]

Just a coat of hd wax

[BriskodaJeff]

Does this count?

Fusso 99 Dark, Megs Ultimate and Megs Quik Wax top-up.

 

I just love the effect of these products combined.

 

Edited 11 May, 2018 by BriskodaJeff
Closer zoom added

[Gaz]

Considering my car's colour doesn't lend itself well to reflection shots, I've spent the early afternoon applying Carlack 68.  Very impressed with both the ease of use and result:

 

 

It'd been poo'd on before the Carlack was back in my garage 

 

Gaz

Edited 13 May, 2018 by V6TDI

[valvedoctor46]

Couldn't resist taking a shot like jars' opening photo on this thread. I spent a total of 11 hours over the weekend in the garage only to be greeted with some hologramming this morning which the sun kindly lit up for me

[Titanium_Man]

2 hours ago, valvedoctor46 said:

Couldn't resist taking a shot like jars' opening photo on this thread. I spent a total of 11 hours over the weekend in the garage only to be greeted with some hologramming this morning which the sun kindly lit up for me

 

Looks awesome!! 

 

Yeah I had exactly the same when I took that car from my first post out into the sun. Eventually worked out it was the crap MF cloths I was using and got it sorted. I lesson well learnt. 

[Svend]

Okay random ones. 

 

Honda Civic door shut. 

 

 

Honda Civic wheels

 

More Honda Civic 

 

Skoda Superb 

 

 

 

[valvedoctor46]

On ‎5‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 10:41, jars said:

 

Looks awesome!! 

 

Yeah I had exactly the same when I took that car from my first post out into the sun. Eventually worked out it was the crap MF cloths I was using and got it sorted. I lesson well learnt. 

Hey jars, It never even occurred to me that it could be the m/f's causing the holograms, albeit I use what I thought was quality edgeless Korean ones. Your comment has also got me thinking about the foam handpuck I used to apply the wax . I have since been on carpro uk website and found some interesting products. Anyone on here had experience with the Koch chemie anti hologram product ?

[Liambobson]

Cheapest car shampoo on Amazon and water..... 

[Titanium_Man]

27 minutes ago, valvedoctor46 said:

Hey jars, It never even occurred to me that it could be the m/f's causing the holograms, albeit I use what I thought was quality edgeless Korean ones. Your comment has also got me thinking about the foam handpuck I used to apply the wax . I have since been on carpro uk website and found some interesting products. Anyone on here had experience with the Koch chemie anti hologram product ?

 

 

 

Yeah, it took me a little while to pin it down to the MF’s. I bought loads of the orange Boa MF’s from clean your car, which are awesome. 

 

The puck should be alright.... you’re not being too heavy handed with it?!

[Titanium_Man]

I’ve also read that the clay mitts can induce a bit of marring..... although I still use a clay bar 

[valvedoctor46]

I've heard good things about the orange boa m/f's.I'll have to buy a few. I'm sure ill get there, its just soul destroying seeing the holograms when the sun has got his hat on.