Parted company with it already.

I've had the car less than a week and have parted company with it already.

However, I may get it back tomorrow, as it is with the Detailer.

Even though I asked the garage not to do anything with the paintwork, they cleaned it, when the detailer shone his fancy light on the paintwork you would not believe the amount of swirling on it, that is the trouble with black paint.

Hence my early visit to the detailer, one can only hope he will work his magic along with the GTechniq products and bring a smile back to my face.

I will know either late this evening or sometime tomorrow morning.

I would love to have a black one but given a previous experience with a brand new black Golf GT and the swirling on it on collection and a week later I swore never again to have a black car. Problem is the colour looks awesome when all nice clean and very shiny!

Hopefully they will sort it out for you

Pardon my ignorance but what causes the swirling?

My last car, X5 in carbon black, had swirling all over the paintwork but my Evoque is fine. I had Supaguard applied by the LR dealer but can't remember if I had the same done with the X5.

Ali.

Usually, poor wash technique combined with grit in cleaning cloth/sponge etc.

Can also occur if someone polishes the car. Either at the factory or the dealers.

To get around it, cars are usually, cleaned either using a foam lance, detergent is sprayed on to the car and then hosed off, and only microfibe towels are used to dry and polish the car, or alternatively you can use the two bucket method using a sheepswool wash mitt. One bucket has the shampoo the other clean water in which you rinse out the mitt everytime you you finish cleaning an area.

Eve-king,
Can you ask your detailer what we uses to remove swirling on high gloss plastic please.
I'm running some tests of my own at the moment, but it would be good to hear what we uses.

(02-05-2012 04:12pm)doug Wrote:  Eve-king,
Can you ask your detailer what we uses to remove swirling on high gloss plastic please.
I'm running some tests of my own at the moment, but it would be good to hear what we uses.

I will, I'm sure he said that this area would be hand polished, but I'll ask him tomorrow, I know he is using G Techniq products, I won't be getting it back until the afternoon, it has been a big job, the whole car has been machine polished to remove all of the swirl marks.

It would be good to see some pictures, I've only recently learnt about detailing and am still undecided about the benefits, particularly with all the lousy weather we get here. I've had my Evoque over a month and because of the weather I've only managed to wash it once.

Let's put it this way detailing doesn't come cheap, it's a completely different game to valeting, and there are websites and forums devoted to it.

I'm paying several hundred pounds for this and that is at the lower end of the detailing spectrum, but I am not showing my car, I just want to give the car the best possible treatment at the outset. Black is after all a bugger to maintain.

I'm told the body protection is guaranteed for several years, more of that when I get it back.

I'll do my best to get photos done as well.