Clio 182 Trophy Spring Detail (first time rotary)

[aucky]

Spring is here, time to get rid of the swirls from the harsh winter.
I’ve used a DAS-6 a few times and achieved reasonable results but now I’ve decided to upgrade to rotary in the form of a cheap and cheerful Silverline.

Due to time restrictions and it being my first time I’m only aiming for about 80% correction (I use it every day anyway).

Apologies for the amateur camera work. Its an ancient point and shoot which keeps flicking itself to video so I just take the shot whenever it decides to work!


A few before shots:

I found some AG wheel cleaner in the cupboard. Probably stronger than my usual bilberry solution..

Iron-X’d.. so THAT’S what that brown stain was!

Arches given a quick scrub

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Wheels given a layer of Jetseal.

Car jet washed and foamed with PH neutral foam, shuts, trim and details agitated with a soft brush

Dodo SN still holding up after winter

Washed using TBM (grit guard in the rinse bucket), with Dodo BTBM and a sheepskin mitt.

Tar removed and Iron-x’d

Time for clay (and a beer)
Sonus green clay, Dodo born slippy lube and a mug of hot water

Pretty clean..

found some!

Ooops! In the bin it went

Washed again with BTBM and sheeted off with an open hose.

Clean. That'll do for today!

Day 2
I was of course greeted with this..

Various before/after shots

Menzerna [FONT=&quot]PO 85 RE 5 on an orange polishing pad, followed by ( I can’t remember the name, menzerna something) on a finishing pad. [/FONT]

I knew I wasn’t going to get the whole car polished in a day, so I decided to lay down some protection as I finished each area.
Following polish each panel was wiped down with IPA/distilled water 50:50 solution and treated with Werkstat Prime Strong by DA on a soft pad.

Jetseal 109

Day 3:
The car was soaking from the misty weather. Doused with water and dried off.

The first coat of Jetseal from yesterday is doing the trick:

Various before/after shots

I then realised the zip on my trackies had been rubbing on the door. Back to square one!

After 2-3 coats of Jetseal I applied 2x Coats of Dodo Supernatural (an hour or so apart)

I had hoped to get some arty shots but the location I was going to use has since been gated off. So out of ideas and out of light I headed home.

Very happy with the results.
Thanks for reading, comment welcome

 

[JD]

Loving the end sticker! Except not many people will understand it!

re dropping the clay, here's a quick tip; put old but clean towels down under where you are claying. That way, if you drop the clay, you can carry on

Other than that, great results!

 

[Hixle]

Great results mate, such a great colour when properly cleaned.

I really want/need mine to be PC'd!

 

[aucky]

Loving the end sticker! Except not many people will understand it!

re dropping the clay, here's a quick tip; put old but clean towels down under where you are claying. That way, if you drop the clay, you can carry on

Other than that, great results!

Thanks.
Good thinking batman

 

[Jimbo_M]

Nice detail there mate, as said its a fantastic colour once machine polished/brought up to a high standard...still one of the best cars i have detailed.

 

[.Andy.]

Top notch job. Very impressice chap!

 

[Kane.]

f**king ipad, cant see al pics :dapprove:

 

[aucky]

f**king ipad, cant see al pics :dapprove:

http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n264/Aucky89/Detail/

 

[aucky]

A few beading shots from the rain this morning

 

[Y7 ADW]

That is stunning! I have decided, I'm getting a Trophy next.

Can you come and do mine, it needs a machine polish desperately!

 

[Kane.]

http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n264/Aucky89/Detail/

Cheers, great job youve done there, did you find it much easier with the rotary ?

 

[aucky]

I'd say correction comes easier with the rotary so in that sense, yes.
However compared to DA the rotary tends to go where the hell it wants sometimes and you just have to go with it... so less controlled than the DA. Thats why I used the DA to apply some of the products.

 

[Gally]

It's looking good mate, red cars are awesome! Trophy's are very awesome.

I find with my car and Red's that they aren't the most reflective colours.

I thought my blue would have been good but they aren't great, needs to be a darker blue for reflections to work I think.

One of mine...

Maybe it was my crap camera making them a little hazy. I'll try again with the new one.

 

[retrorides90]

Wow stunning... I love my detailing and I'm swapping the das 6 for a rotary as I keep getting asked to do modern stuff after people have seen my beetle and I just dont think it's up to some of the hard modern finishes. Top work red always looks stunning but that is exceptional! just what a trophy deserves

 

[Jon.G]

Nice bump Renault paint is actually quite soft though.

 

[aucky]

Nice bump Renault paint is actually quite soft though.

Harder than I was expecting. Its not Honda soft anyway

 

[JD]

Newer Renault paint finishes vary greatly. Paul's megane was as hard as my panzer.

 

[Gally]

I've seen a lit more hard than soft. Clios were 95% hard imo.

 

[Sam@NP]

looks brilliant you've done a great job. Reading this made me feel so guilty about the lack of polish mine sees.

 

[Sam]

That looks lush mate.

Great effort.

 

[aucky]

Cheers guys.

I'm in the process of buying a house with an oversize garage, so I'm predicting the winter protection detail to reach new heights of OCD and back pain.
....and I can't wait.