At last a dry day to get started on the bodywork - there was no need for a clay bar treatment. So Meguires Step 1 was used with the electric buffer in an effort to bottom out the paint and hopefully get rid of the swirl marks and clean it. Not sure how successful this was so may well do this again sometime soon, as previously this took 3 sessions on the Aero Blue! Then it was onto Step 2 just on few selected places, then Step 3 Carnuba Wax.

 

It looks lovely Steve......your hard work has certainly paid off. The polish/shine certainly seems to show up better on the red than the blue I think. However,if you're very good, I'll let you have another go at your old blue one when I'm up in Collingham later this week!?

 

its amazing what you can do with photoshop these days

 

Seriously though, Steve, how about a 'master class' on body work stuff for the next newsletter? I'd like to know what your secrets are because I have no idea what all the various treatments and processes are.

 

Hey Eric, you were supposed to keep that a secret!

 

Well it's funny you should say that - that is the plan for the next News Letter in March. Until I first got a Crossfire, I had never been interested going to such lengths to make a car look nice. But I do think the results are worth it, especially after a bit of practice. The paints used on the Crossfires are very unusual and look their best with a good polish and wax

 

Excellent! I will await with eager anticipation!

 

This Aero Blue Should be familiar this at Chatsworth House and the car had been given the treatment a few days before

 

You up for doing the same again this year then?!!

 

steve looks like your after my " BEST TURNED OUT CROSSFIRE " award that i won at picnic in the park last year...no electric machines for me good old elbow grease catch up soon....chris

 

Chatsworth is on the list again this - bring the wax and we will give it the once - over!