Another GRP Restoration done. This 2013 Autotrail Scout was delivered to us pretty much untouched and unloved for the last few years. If you watch the first video, you can see a perfect circle which we think was from a decal that was put on the surface by a dealer, maybe advertising a price or something like that, but it was on both sides. This also highlights how cloudy the GRP had gone from neglect. Autotrail changed their GRP quality around 2013 to a much nicer finish that restores up lovely compared to their previous GRP. Prior to this, Autotrail used Aluminium sides, so they've pretty much nailed it now, but as good as the GRP is now, it still requires maintenance, or video one is likely to be your current finish. As always, video two only shows just how bloody😯 good we are, and yes I'm passionate about our skills because we've transformed this dull cloudy, tired looking Motorhome, back to its factory finish, not only vastly improving the whole Motorhome, but adding 10x the value of our actual Restoration service cost. What's not to be passionate about🤷♂️ #autotrail #motorhome #caravan #grp #restored #oxidised #detailing 
Does quality get much better🤷♂️ I doubt it for a British built Caravan, but that's pretty much a given for those in the know, and those that know, know quality doesn't get much better than this classic 2004 Vanmaster, yes 2004😯 This Caravan is a new purchase for today's customers, but they knew this beautiful classic could be much improved, and improvement was the order of the day. Upon arrival we found exactly as we'd expected, dull front and rear panels, and cloudy side panels. Nothing unusual and nothing our Restoration service couldn't tackle as you can quite clearly see on the video we shot. #vanmaster #caravan #restored #oxidised #detailing #fibreglass #faded 
That got your attention❗ What we often find when people book with Tourershine is they've done their research, and often this research starts with Google, which I absolutely encourage. What you won't find on Google is any negative reviews or feedback about our work, but what you do see now and again are comments like 'very good, but expensive' and it's not for me to join dozens of forums to justify or explain our pricing structure. We let the research and end results do this for us. Plus I guarantee that anyone commenting on our prices, are not doing so from direct experience. I'm experienced enough to not take things personally, but on my own platforms I can go a little way to explain why some people think what we do can seem expensive. I'm fully aware of the value of services, plus I'm aware that we can be a benchmark set that often cannot be compared with if you look at what each company is actually offering as an end result. At Tourershine we specialise in 2 things. Firstly, returning a Caravan or Motorhome from a dull tired finish, to as near to factory new as possible with what we have to work with. Secondly, applying a protection to new Caravans or Motorhomes to stop the first part happening in the first place. We have to factor in travel costs all over the country, time taken to get to jobs, extremely specialised tailored products, the best and most reliable equipment, and the best aftercare possible. All this and the end results, plus nearly 2 decades of specific experience means you will be in the best hands in the business, and your results will be as premium as it gets. 16 years in business, regular 6-8 week lead times and zero advertising is enough for me to be confident we have things pretty much spot on. Feedback is what got us where we are now, and I don't class comments saying we are expensive as negative, but I do believe in transparency and happy to justify any costs quoted to any enquiry sent, so don't be afraid to ask. #caravan #motorhome #restored #detailing #doyourresearch 
If there's one thing that drives owners of Caravans and Motorhomes mad, it's swirled up windows. Window swirling is caused by incorrect cleaning equipment, normally a harsh brush or old sponge 🧽 but also things like squeegee blades or leathers can cause this kind of damage. There are several products to remove scratches, but nothing beats several grades of specialist compounds, polishing heads, a machine polisher and a bucket load of experience. This method will give the crystal consistent finish you can see above on the second video. Caravan and Motorhome windows are made of acrylic or in some rare circumstances, perspex. Couple this with them being tinted and you have a very delicate surface that's easy to damage. If we worked on 10 brand new Caravans or Motorhomes, I guarantee that 9 of them would be pretty much in the state you see on the first video above, which is crazy 🤪 in fact, the job above is a 2020 Autotrail, that the customer hasn't ever washed off yet, meaning these windows were like this when they purchased it new last year. These surfaces need extra care and we'd suggest the use of 'New' microfiber cloths every time you clean your windows. Avoid abrasive products that claim they can remove deep scratches. These can cause a distortion in the window if you concentrate in one area. In our opinion if you are restoring a scratched window, then you should do the whole thing, removing exactly the same amount of surface material across the whole of the window. Lastly, this material cannot be exposed to any product that has petroleum within the ingredients. We always recommend Autoglym Fast Glass, which states specifically that it's 'acrylic safe' We also recommend you remove any stickers from these windows, especially static ones. They can eventually cause microfracturing. If in doubt, get a professional to do the job. It will save you in the long run. #caravan #motorhome #acrylic #acrylicwindow #restored #swirl #marring 
And there we have it folks. The finished result from a couple of posts back, where somewhere in the supply chain, a wash was carried out to this brand new Camper, causing swirls and marring, after we told the customer to not let anyone touch it until we'd carried out our work. (Because we knew this would happen) Our customer mentioned that they called the supplying dealership and questioned why the Camper had been washed, when strick instructions were left not to. They hand on heart denied washing it, until they forgot to mute the call and my customer heard them shouting at a member of staff about washing a sold Camper that had in big Red letters on the order form 'DO NOT WASH' Busted 🤦 Anyway, lesson learnt and copious amounts of apologies and vouchers were handed over. So.. several hours of very delicate machine work, with some extra fine compound and the softest machine head available to man, and this brand spanking new Elddis now looks brand spanking new 🙆 plus protected with our Tourershield service afterwards.. As Caravan and Motorhome specialists, we rarely get involved with Black paintwork on our work, but I'd do another one of these stunning Fiat Ducato jobs, because the paint quality was exceptional. #fiat #ducatocamper #blackvehicles #paintcorrection #paintprotection #elddis #elddiscampervan #leaveittotheprofessionals 
Over the last 6 months or so, I've been investing a lot of time and money into a face-lift of Tourershine. We've been in business since 2008 and never really gone crazy with our brand, but I felt now was the time to step our game even higher. We pride ourselves on being extremely professional and with that comes our branding, and it's this branding that is the core of what's seen by the public and our customers. The new logo was the brainchild of the fantastic team at @daisydigitalcreative They were given a rough brief description of what we needed, plus the colours we wanted to use, and what they came up with somehow smacked the nail on top it's head. The logo represents a faded tired swoosh, transforming back to a new glossy finish that we wanted to look like it was rotating, to pay homage to the machine polishers we use every day. This logo was then taken and replicated on all our new workwear, invoices, aftercare literature, business cards, plus the highly demanded decals we put on every job as our seal of approval, and finally our brand new website. The website is the 🍒on the cake and 'Webglu Multimedia Solutions' totally smashed our brief, giving us a bang up to date, simplified and fully managed site we are now proud of. This links directly to any Instagram posts on the Blog page, making my life far easier and meaning instantly updated posts live as we work directly from here to the website. These changes are all part of running a business and keeping ahead in these fast moving times, and the people I have behind the scenes are as good as it gets for Team Tourershine🙏 
👎Coming Soon👎 So today's was what we diplomatically refer to as a waste of our time 😕 and this wasn't down to our customer, it was yet again, someone in the supply chain before this brand spanking new 2021 Elddis Camper conversion was collected, not listening to a simple instruction. This camper was booked in to be fully paint sealed with our Tourershield service, but as the customer hadn't yet received the camper at the time they booked and as this is painted Black, we instructed the customer to inform the supplying dealership (one of the biggest in the UK) not to wash it, or do any kind of prep work to the exterior. There's a really important reason for this and anyone that owns a Black vehicle will know why, but the photos will tell you exactly why we gave this simple instruction. After a 1hr drive to this job, we had to re-book it for a far more costly paint correction, before we can seal it, and drive away to the next job, because rectifying the swirls and marring on this 20 mile Camper is not a quick process. #swift #swiftcaravan #swiftmotorhome #swiftcamper #swiftgroup #detailing #paintprotection #paintcorrection 
Why some jobs are always best left to the professionals😕 This 2016 Hymer was purchased by today's customer from a large dealership and things weren't quite as the customer expected. The quality of these Mercedes based Hymers is as premium as it gets, and the finish should be absolutely stunning, but this one lacked that pizzazz. What we think had happened is the original selling dealership has sold this Hymer with a paint Protection service, but either, not when it was brand new, or with little or no preparation before application. They'd managed to get the paint sealant all over the decals, and if you know the later Hymers, you will know they have a textured decal that you cannot touch with any form of polish or sealer because it stains into the surface, proving impossible to remove without extensive damage to the decal surface. We would normally mask off these decals when doing certain work, because we know exactly what can happen if you don't. Sadly someone didn't know this and they'd ruined the very expensive decals beyond repair. We also had to bring back the finish on this motorhome, because the overhead panel was dull and the sides had the usual aluminium cloudy finish. If you are wondering why there's a screen cover over the front, it's because we use this to stop compounds and dust hitting the plastic scuttles, causing stains. Although we couldn't fix the decal issues, we could do everything else on the customers list including some horrendous hedge surfing, leaving this high end Hymer as good as it should of been in the first place from the selling dealership. 👊 #hymer #motorhome #restored #oxidised #leaveittotheprofessionals 
We might rename the month of April to national Bailey month, because that's all we seem to be Restoring lately🤷♂️ The HUGE twin axle 2011 Unicorn was booked in because it was covered in bodywork patches and generally very dull. We didn't get any decent before shots because it was so cold first thing, it was just covered in frost and condensation, but we did get some cool after pictures once the sun had woken up. This was the first of Baileys Alutech Unicorns, and initially they built these top of the range Caravans, using a full Aluminium construction, which as always, dented constantly, hence the amount of repairs on this Caravan. As always, we soon tackled this and turned what was a tired, patchy and dull Caravan, into an absolute beauty, leaving our customer overwhelmed, literally. #caravan #baileysofbristol #baileyUnicorn #faded #patchy #restored #oxidised 
Our old friend body repairs 🙄 Zoom onto this 2013 Bailey Olympus and you will see a huge patch. They aren't the easiest thing to pick up on a camera and in real life it looked horrendous. This, we've spoken about several times, but its a cracking before and after shot. Bodywork on Caravans and Motorhomes isn't anything unusual. Aluminium dents extremely easy, so it's very common to find repairs like this. The problem is, when you don't maintain your panels with a protective product, the painted repairs will deteriorate at a different pace to the original finish, showing up as patches on your panels. These patches if unprotected or fixed by us when they first appear, will start to blister, and then the blisters flake and you have a huge patch that has what look like stone chips all over it. This we can only visually improve, not fix. That stage is an expensive bodyshop job. Thankfully we caught this one just in time and as you can see, on the 2nd photo. I say this over and over again. Protection is absolutely essential on these surfaces to keep the big bad Tourershine boys at bay 🐺 Unless you needs us to protect your panels in the first place, in which case we are pussy cats 🐈 #caravan #baileysofbristol #baileyolympus #faded #bodywork #restored 
Ford's literally don't get any more retro than this beautiful Transit based Autosleeper. This stunner was booked in for a full Restoration after our eagle eyed customer and owner of this motorhome, spotted another one of our Autosleeper jobs with the same registration number as his, but 3 numbers out, quite possibly meaning one of our previous jobs and his motorhome were sold by the same dealership around the same month, 21 years ago. How cool is that 😎 It's no secret I'm a big fan of the monocoque Autosleeper body. The quality of the gel-coat is top draw and better than some new builds today. These things are perfectly predictable and restore up amazingly as you can see in the pictures above. 📷 One very cool campsite conversion starter finished 👌 #motorhome #autosleeper #fibreglass #faded #oxidised #monocoque 
As old school Bob used to ask. 'Can we fix it' No Bob, we cannot fix it this time 🤦 We are good, in fact it's been said we are top of our game, but even we cannot put a surface back on. To Restore a surface is to bring back the original in our line of work. Keeping things original is always our aim. Keeping things factory is to keep things at their optimum value and like most aspects in life, originality is king 🤴 This 2003 Mclouis Motorhome has fallen foul of the dreaded gel coat transparency or Microfracturing as we refer to it. The second zoomed in picture will show you why we call it Microfracturing. This literally has no surface to restore. It's all been chewed up and spat out by the ☀ brutal UV. Need clear evidence of why we say a protection on GRP is imperative? Zoom in on that shape just under the Mclouis decal. That's the famous silhouette of a Spanish bull sticker. That bull 😤 has protected that small part of the rear panel in the same way a sealer or protective wax would of done if applied when this was shiny, and maintained that way. Sadly it's game over for this rear panel and it now needs costly paintwork which will be a pain to do, a pain to find a company to do it and a pain if it's not done correctly. Forget location location location in your much loved Caravan or Motorhome. We say protection protection protection from new or from a shiny starting point. With the Caravan and Motorhome hobby becoming ever more popular, please don't neglect your investments. A Caravan/Motorhome is for life, not just until you can get on a plane again. A small investment in your time maintaining, or money in our time doing the job for you, pays dividends in the long run. #motorhome #caravan #grp #faded #oxidised #uvdamage #uv #sundamage #protectedpaint 
➡️Coming Soon⬅️ We've just assessed this delightful 2012 Bailey Olympus and booked it in for next week for a full Restoration. This is pretty much as extreme as it gets 😯 This Bailey has it all, but ignore the Greenery over the surfaces because that's not difficult for us to remove as the first stage of our Restoration service. What you should be looking at is the pure lack of any shine whatsoever, on every panel. This is due to oxidation and this is what we know better than most. There are also several patches of what look to us like factory repair work, and we have the challenge of blending this back in with the rest of the Caravan finish. This is one job I'm looking forward to, and the after shots will be a total transformation as you will be able to see yourself 🧐 #caravan #baileysofbristol #baileyolympus #aluminium #oxidised #faded #detailing 
We make a big thing about GRP and its fading problems, but this isn't the only material used to build Caravans and Motorhomes. They also use aluminium which tends to be a type of powder coated finish. This method certainly isn't as popular as it used to be, but there are still a few European manufacturers using this traditional material, Hymer being one and Dethleffs being another. This 2019 Dethleffs Trend might only be 3 years old, but this is around the time we'd start to see issues. Aluminium finishes don't initially go dull in the same way fibreglass does, it tends to go cloudy in certain lights and this is what we'd originally see around 2-3 years old. This is where our paint sealer helps stop this happening and this stunning Dethleffs is evidence of that. We sealed this motorhome when it was brand new and before Covid, it spent 90% of its touring life in Spain, often for months at a time. We would always be called to clean it back up when our customer came back to the UK. We've only ever given this motorhome our basic service, which doesn't include any form of polish or wax or topping up of products. Just a plain simple wash off, with the correct products, followed by a bit of detailing to make it look new again. This specific motorhome is also famous within Team Tourershine after a Spanish 🦎 hitched a ride back to the UK and happily lived for quite some time under the solar panel 😎 Another reason prevention is far better than the cure. #protectedpaint #dethleffs #motorhome #protect #paintprotection #caravan 
We may be a small company, but we try to ensure our products perform consistently using our own testing methods, rather than solely relying on what our product suppliers tell us. This 2015 Bailey Unicorn is a full GRP construction and sealed by us in 2015 when it was brand new for the same customer. We normally say our paint sealers will last around 5 years, so at 6 years old, this customer asked us to inspect and potentially reapply our sealer. The Caravan spent the first few years on a seasonal pitch, which isn't always ideal for a Caravan, because they sit it the same place, with the sun sat on the same panels month after month. This Unicorn then spent the rest of its life in Europe, until lockdown, where its sat in the customers garden ever since. Ordinary a 6 year old, or even much newer would be dull, weathered and generally tired looking by now, if unprotected, but this Unicorn looked surprisingly mint. We had a small amount of work to do on the windows due to branch scratching, and a couple of scuffs needed attention on both front corners, but that's it. 👌 We've been Restoring Caravans and Motorhomes for 16 years now, and introduced our Tourershield paint protection service into the business around 9 years ago and in all this time, not once has our sealer let us down, giving us full confidence in its longevity and performance year after year 👍 #caravan #baileysofbristol #baileyUnicorn #grp #paintprotection #motorhome. 
🔄Machine Polishing🔄 This is what we do every day, but often it's assumed that anyone can buy a polisher and some polish and do the job themselves, and maybe you can get it to where you are happy with the results, but are your results the right ones? Firstly, the surfaces we work on are not car finishes. They aren't painted and lacquered surfaces. They have a fraction of the tolerance a car surface has. In basic terms, it's far easier to ruin our surfaces beyond repair, than a car surface. Fibreglass, plastic, aluminium powder coating and acrylic, all have limits and that limit is the difference between shine and game over. That fine line is the difference between experience and none. That job is the difference between trying to save money and costing you thousands to rectify the poor attempt, and we've seen it all. From aluminium down to the bare metal, Fibreglass turned Yellow or Brown by overheating, acrylic windows burst from too much pressure, and plastics literally melted 😲 Can we rectify these mistakes? No chance. So is it worth the risk doing these very skillful jobs yourself, or getting someone who's got little or no experience on these surfaces, to do the work on the basis they were a few ££ cheaper than us? That's up to you. 🤷♂️ What I will say after 16 years of Restoring Caravans and Motorhomes is this: We use tailored compounds made only for us, because nothing else works. We need different grades of heads for each material we work, differing pressures, differing machines speeds, differing machine angles, all for very different surfaces, and all these took years to perfect. What myself and my colleague Lee do, is very difficult. We don't advise having a go yourself, and we definitely don't recommend letting someone else loose on your pride and joy, that thinks they can achieve what took us years to get where we are now. We might not be cheap, but we are the best at what we do and the alternative might end up costing you far more. As my Dad always told me. Do it right once. ✅ #caravan #motorhome #aluminium #fibreglass #abs #plastic #restored #detailing #leaveittotheprofessionals 
Yes I know, it's a Bailey Senator. Yes we've featured these Caravans several times, but this one is slightly different. This one has the standard dull faded and oxidised sides, but this one has a couple of extra features thrown at us for a challenge. Zoom on the 'before' shots and note the dark blotches, or tiny patches. This is what we call 'Tiger Stripes' and its caused by the use of a cover over an oxidised surface. This naturally moves in the wind and creates the marks you can see. The second issue this Bailey had, was dull front and rear panels, which is pretty rare on an ABS panel, but the difference before and after is astounding. Lastly, owners of these Caravans often mistake the dark lines down the side panels as normal streaks. This isn't actually the case. The lines you can see on the side of the oxidised panels is where rain water flows from natural points, normally window corners and the joint in the middle of the awning rails. This flow of water removes the oxidation and what people think are streaks, are actually shiny lines. It's the rest of the panel that's dull. Take a look. #baileysofbristol #baileysenator #baileypageant #baileyranger #bailey #caravan #motorhome #oxidised #detailing #dull #faded #resto #restored 
Classic Ford built to last and last it has. This 2003 Autosleeper Pollensa was booked for a full Restoration after our customer gave up on the job. We've seen this situation many times before, where an owner pops to their local Halfords and spends a small fortune on a machine polisher and loads of products to try and bring back the surfaces of their Motorhome or Caravan. I totally understand why owners do this and respect their choice, but in reality, I can wire up a plug, but I wouldn't ever attempt to re-wire a house. That might sound harsh, but the fact is, a machine polisher and products recommend by staff at Halfords can be a dangerous combination without the actual experience, and more often than not, the job the owner does is harder for us to rectify, than us doing the job from the beginning. Not only that, it's not uncommon for a DIY job to actually remove the tolerance we needed to do the job properly in the first place, rendering the job beyond our skills. Thankfully this job wasn't so bad, and we were able to rectify the customers work. The first picture might look reasonable, but in reality it wasn't. Not only did this Motorhome have all the usual faded surfaces, it had a very inconsistent patchy finish, caused by the DIY work. Swiping ⬅️⬅️ shows off our finished results. A deep glossy finish that not only shines like a diamond in a 🐐 bottom, it's consistently shinny top to bottom, wheel to roof. Our lovely customers could instantly see the difference and agreed to leave well alone in the future. #motorhome #autosleeper #grp #fibreglass #detailing #dewalt #oxidised #restored #resto #caravan.