2016 Onyx White Golf R - New vehicle Prep with Gtechniq CSL

[10secdream]

I haven't posted much of my work in awhile due to a recent move into my new place and having my 3rd child but I am going to try and post as often as I can.

This weekend I got the opportunity to detail an Onyx white 2016 Volkswagen Golf R for a buddy of mine. The owner of the vehicle took delivery with zero dealership prep (still had plastics on the outside/inside). The owner took the vehicle home to swap on his winters and then drove the vehicle right over to my place. In total there are only 80 kms on the vehicle.

We opted to try out Gtechniq's brand new Crystal Serum Light (CSL) paint coating that offers 3-5 years of durability, 9H paint hardness and resists 2-12pH chemicals. For a consumer level coating this has some of the highest durability claims and I am excited to see how it performs.

Process
Exterior:
Wash: CG Citrus Wash & Gloss via 2 bucket method
Decontamination 1: Riccardo Iron Maiden
Decontamination 2: CarPro White Ultrafine Clay
Dry: Waffle Weave Towels / Forced Air
Tape: 3m Automotive Tape
Paint Thickness: Taken using Digital Coating Thickness Gauge
Polish: Blackfire SRC Finishing Polish w/ White Buff n Shine Pads via Rupes LHR15ES (5.5” pads) and GG6 (4” pads)
Surface Prep: Gtechniq Panel Wipe
Paint Protection: Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light
Tire Dressing: Tufshine Tire Clearcoat
Glass: CarPro Flyby30
Exhaust Polishing: P21s Polishing Soap

Before Photos:

It decided to snow on Friday so the vehicle arrived a little dirtier than we had anticipated. Not a big deal though as we needed to fully wash, decontaminate and spot polish some areas before applying the paint coating. The owner already swapped on some 17" winter wheels and they compliment the car rather nicely. The owner wanted to help with the detail so we got too it shortly after it arrived.

Overall the vehicle arrived in exceptional condition. We started by pulling off all the exterior plastic and noticed that some of the dark shiny areas (mirrors and pillars) would require a light polish before the coating is applied.

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During Photos:

A 2 bucket wash with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss was performed followed by a chemical decontamination using Riccardo Iron Maiden (iron and fallout remover)

Even though the car is brand new it was still fairly contaminated.

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Once the vehicle was chemically decontaminated a light clay was required to remove the remainder of paint contaminants.

After the spot polishing was performed Gtechniq Panel wipe was applied to the painted surfaces to ensure that the paint is squeaky clean.

Here is a shot of CSL leveling on the pillars.

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After Photos:

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[FrankS]

Nice work!

[haris300]

Great job! I'm excited to try out CSL. How was your application experience?

[Marc08EX]

Great job! The car looks fantastic!

The GTechniq CSL is on my wishlist.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Nice work! Car looks great.

Thanks for sharing.

[Caleb@ImpeccableImage]

Beautiful!

[Chase.Barnett]

Beautiful car and great job!

I miss my VWs. I had a Passat which was probably the cleanest Passat in America that had 65k on it when I traded it. Replaced it with a 14 30th edition GLI that I drive for 8 months before I went back to a truck. I'd love to add a Golf R to my garage in a few years, your friend has good taste.

[10secdream]

Nice work!

Thanks


Great job! I'm excited to try out CSL. How was your application experience?

Application experience is similar to Gtechniq Exo v2. My only caution is to make sure you determine the flashing time yourself. I let the roof sit too long and had to re-polish and recoat.


Great job! The car looks fantastic!

The GTechniq CSL is on my wishlist.

CSL might be my new go to coating. It is easy to apply and leaves the surface incredibly slick.


Nice work! Car looks great.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks.


Beautiful!

Agreed. Love the pearl white paint


Beautiful car and great job!

I miss my VWs. I had a Passat which was probably the cleanest Passat in America that had 65k on it when I traded it. Replaced it with a 14 30th edition GLI that I drive for 8 months before I went back to a truck. I'd love to add a Golf R to my garage in a few years, your friend has good taste.

I told my friend that when he sells it I am buying it off him.:dblthumb2:

[Charisma]

I'm a huge fan of these Golf R's! Great work.

[lawrenceSA]

Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing :dblthumb2:

[Sizzle Chest]

Nice write up and great work!

[jmsc]

Paint Thickness: Taken using Digital Coating Thickness Gauge



Now that I own a PTG and do work on some brand new cars, I'm curious what your readings were in general (hi-low, door jambs...) in mls or microns, and was the Golf ss or cc? Thanks.

[lawrenceSA]

Paint Thickness: Taken using Digital Coating Thickness Gauge



Now that I own a PTG and do work on some brand new cars, I'm curious what your readings were in general (hi-low, door jambs...) in mls or microns, and was the Golf ss or cc? Thanks.

I'd like to comment if I may....

I can't speak to this specific car (obviously) but I tend to work on a lot of VW's... in general I find:

New (VW) paint ranging from around 140µ to 160µ.
Second hand units range from 100µ to 140µ depending on how much paint correction they have been exposed to
The odd hammered one comes in between 80µ and 100µ
Door jambs typically range from 60µ to 80µ

The Onyx White should also be bc/cc

Hope this helps a little :xyxthumbs:

[jmsc]

Thanks for your comments.

A ptg has been an eye opener for me. My readings on new vehicles have been somewhat lower than what you are getting. USA versus ROW could account for that. Most (new) Asian cars are 100-160, a panel or 2 in spots 80-90. Door jambs if CC'd are over 100. Non-CC'd 60-90. Never have detailed a VW.

[10secdream]

I detail a lot of Subarus and the typical paint thickness is between 4-5 mils. On this particular VW Golf R the paint measured between 5-5.5 mils.