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Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Highly recommended this to you guys...

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This was just a rupes white gloss pad. I think combining it with a lightish polishing pad could help a lot of people out and save buying a hundred polishes.

Very impressive and on the soft pad it spreads like but and leaves zero holograms etc.
 

Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
Started early on saturday morning, car really isn't that dirty as I've hardly driven it since working from home -

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Started with the wheels and arches:BH Surfex in the pressure sprayer, BH Auto Wheels & a bucket with Adams shampoo. I had to use a mixture of brushes due to the wheel design - EZ Wheel Brush, Wheel Woolies and Wo Wo Wheel Mitt for behind the spokes. Surfex applied to the tyres and arches with the very handy 90 degree Nilfisk attachment -

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Then rinsed the whole car and got BH Auto Foam ready to soften the dirt & bug splatter -

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Adams shampoo & the WM2 wash mitt minimising the damage during the contact wash -

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Then a hit of ironx & Tardis, very little reaction as you can see below. Either polished before handover or due to the fact its only done a few thousand miles since new -

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RInsed again then pat dried with the Kiln Korea drying towel

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In the unit was a blaster sidekick so had a go with that for the first time, very useful for drying up the alloys!!

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Followed by a mid polish picture showing the ramp in action and the car taped up with the 3M blue -

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Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
It was really hard to get 50/50s on the paint and I only really have a video to show it. However in picture form, the gloss B pillars were by far the worst -

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50/50 - Menzerna SF4500 & a green Hex Logic spot pad -

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Finished -

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The bulk of the paint was hit with Menz FG400 & green hex logic pads, it was then refined with CarPro Essence (CarPro gloss pad) and finally topped with Reload. Some after pics -

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Tyres dressed with Gyeon Tire, autosol on the exhaust and glass cleaned with Auto Finesse Crystal.
 

Stay Puft

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 172
Highly recommended this to you guys...

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This was just a rupes white gloss pad. I think combining it with a lightish polishing pad could help a lot of people out and save buying a hundred polishes.

Very impressive and on the soft pad it spreads like but and leaves zero holograms etc.

Which cutting pad would you match with it? May order some to try and sort out some swirls on Porsche paint.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
It was really hard to get 50/50s on the paint and I only really have a video to show it. However in picture form, the gloss B pillars were by far the worst -

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50/50 - Menzerna SF4500 & a green Hex Logic spot pad -

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Finished -

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The bulk of the paint was hit with Menz FG400 & green hex logic pads, it was then refined with CarPro Essence (CarPro gloss pad) and finally topped with Reload. Some after pics -

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Tyres dressed with Gyeon Tire, autosol on the exhaust and glass cleaned with Auto Finesse Crystal.
After the effort did you not fancy a quick coating? Lighter ceramic?

Great work!
 

Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
After the effort did you not fancy a quick coating? Lighter ceramic?

Great work!

I ran out of time to be fair. I've used cquk in the past but didn't have the cure time to leave the car there again.

Main focus was getting the swirly marring out the doors so happy for now! Something to revisit.
 
  Renault Clio S
Folks, what type of product or chemical would you use to strip/remove interior faux chrome plastic trim coating ?
 

Adamm.

ClioSport Club Member
Used the turtle wax dry and shine yesterday and it made a right mess of the paint lots of residue and was a pain to get off almost needed to wash it again. I probably used too much but I'm definitely hesitant to use it again may just stick with using it on the wheels for ease of use in future.

Results after getting it all off wasn't too bad though.

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Sunglasses_Ron

ClioSport Admin
Used the turtle wax dry and shine yesterday and it made a right mess of the paint lots of residue and was a pain to get off almost needed to wash it again. I probably used too much but I'm definitely hesitant to use it again may just stick with using it on the wheels for ease of use in future.

Results after getting it all off wasn't too bad though.

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I used it on my wife’s stealth great Kuga a couple of weeks ago. I was really imprsssed. Having said that I really only used a tiny amount. No residue and the paint was so slick to the touch.

I think less is more with this stuff tbh.
 
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Adamm.

ClioSport Club Member
I used it on my wife’s stealth great Kuga a couple of weeks ago. I was really imprsssed. Having said that I really only used a tiny amount. No residue and the paint was so slick to the touch.

I think less is more with this stuff tbh.

Yeah I think I definitely used too much. Is the Kuga black too? Maybe next time I'll stick to 1 or 2 sprays per panel. Might transfer to another bottle too as didn't like the sprayer really.
 

-Jamie-

ClioSport Club Member
@gally stuck with what I know with Autofoam lol


What are people recommending for dressing arches nowadays? Gonna while the wheels off the E92 to give them a proper clean up soon.



Also, Anodised calipers and disc bells, Got some staining on these from harsh wheel cleaners, any suggestions on trying to clean them up? Would a bit of polish do anything?
 

-Jamie-

ClioSport Club Member
Suggestions for trying to clean these up a bit? Terrible I know but I went to the Polish car wash when I first got the car

Gonna try a scrub pad with something, Dont have to be perfect, Only going at them as I'm stripping the calipers to clean them up
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imprezaworks

ClioSport Club Member
  Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Bought dodo orange crush to try. What other sample pot is good on black?

Velvet, banana armour. Just fancy one.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
@gally stuck with what I know with Autofoam lol


What are people recommending for dressing arches nowadays? Gonna while the wheels off the E92 to give them a proper clean up soon.



Also, Anodised calipers and disc bells, Got some staining on these from harsh wheel cleaners, any suggestions on trying to clean them up? Would a bit of polish do anything?
It depends on the effort arch wise. Ideally you want to clean be coat properly. If not, chemical guys bare bones or Adams undercarriage spray?
 

imprezaworks

ClioSport Club Member
  Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Anyone interested in this?.


Near new. Would be £105 delivered.
 

Sir Nancy Flowers

ClioSport Club Member
  M140i
Has anyone tried Infinity Wax Synergy QD? I know @gally loves the original QD of thiers but the 'ceramic' style appeals to me for longjevity as I dont get much time for cleaning anymore.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Has anyone tried Infinity Wax Synergy QD? I know @gally loves the original QD of thiers but the 'ceramic' style appeals to me for longjevity as I dont get much time for cleaning anymore.
All items are good. I'd get a 30ml bottle of the actual ceramic product they do and top with synergy when needed. Mike talked me through how they built it and the chemistry they used. Very fascinating to get insights like that.
 

Sir Nancy Flowers

ClioSport Club Member
  M140i
All items are good. I'd get a 30ml bottle of the actual ceramic product they do and top with synergy when needed. Mike talked me through how they built it and the chemistry they used. Very fascinating to get insights like that.
My only concern with the full blown ceramic products is their application. Dont wanna balls it up!
 

imprezaworks

ClioSport Club Member
  Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Going back to a pro 6. Ordered the hex kit but with sonax perfect finish instead of the 105. I have the megs compound already. Clean your car service wise is spot on once again.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Quite a few out now, sadly haven't tested them all but really impressed by synergy as they held back to get what they wanted and very easy to use.

I liked gyeon prime years back, but they changed it to pure I think.
 

Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
Quite a few out now, sadly haven't tested them all but really impressed by synergy as they held back to get what they wanted and very easy to use.

I liked gyeon prime years back, but they changed it to pure I think.

Prefer Synergy to CarPro Lite? I might give one of these a go on the G20 to see what it's like.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Prefer Synergy to CarPro Lite? I might give one of these a go on the G20 to see what it's like.
Just felt a bit less fussy in application and more amateur friendly. I've applied carpro finest to cars before which is accreditation only, so I have good experience with high level products.

Lite still felt like you had to be more careful, infinity feels a tad more room for error. It also has easier to use toppers, still don't enjoy using reload that much, especially on dark colours.

Infinity has really good help and communication also which is always good.
 

Amos91

Honorary Member
ClioSport Club Member
Just felt a bit less fussy in application and more amateur friendly. I've applied carpro finest to cars before which is accreditation only, so I have good experience with high level products.

Lite still felt like you had to be more careful, infinity feels a tad more room for error. It also has easier to use toppers, still don't enjoy using reload that much, especially on dark colours.

Infinity has really good help and communication also which is always good.

Cheers Gally, I've used CQUK before and that went smooth enough but would like a really simple to use one to have a play with. It looks like a nice little kit as well and could get the synergy spray as well to keep on top of it.

Something to do while I burn up my annual leave 😂
 

leeds2592

ClioSport Club Member
  Bean 182 + E70 X5
What wheel cleaners are everyone using?

I've just been using some cheapo stuff I picked up at Costco ages back but it's shite so need something better.
 


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