Light Correction Detail - Ultra Blue RenaultSport Megane R26 - Black Label!!

[RussZS]

This was a hard one - I had quite severe food poisoning coming on during the day without realising but luckily unlike a lot of RenaultSports the paint wasn't too tricky and was correcting very well. Luckily I also had some help on hand - the owner was keen to learn and helped with a few panels along with MCC Milly and MCC Greg who I have been training up to help me for a number of months now.


On to the detail…


A few before pics:

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Wheels as ever were first. They were treated with Smart Wheels mixed 10:1 with water and various brushes, then followed up with IronX to deal with the brake dust pitting:

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Next the car was foamed and intricate areas worked with Surfex and a detailing brush.


Then Auto Finesse Lather was used on the paintwork with a lambswool mitt:

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After rinsing clean, IronX was used to safely remove any fallout present on the paintwork:

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The car was then moved inside for the claying process to pick up any remaining contamination on the paintwork:

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The owner helping out with claying:

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Next the car was dried then assessed with my Paint Thickness Gauge:

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The car was pretty swirly particularly on the wings and bonnet area.


Some correction pics:


Wing before:

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After:

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50/50:

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Before:

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After:

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Door before:

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After:

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Cheeky cheating lighting shot, but it does look good!!

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The exhausts were particularly bad, so I called in my specialist!!

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AutoSol and Wire Wool made short work of them (see in the afters)

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I finished up with Black Label:

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Curing:

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The plastics were looking a little weathered:

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Nothing a bit of Auto Finesse Revive can't fix!

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50/50 on the plastics:

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and finally after a very painful day, the afters:

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Thanks for reading!!


Next up we have a BMW 330CI write up, BMW 1M in again with a few cheeky upgrades, a Clio 172 in Monaco, VW Edition 30 in white, Green Rocco, a Z3 and a VERY special white Civic FD2….

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Russ.

 

[Šįk]

Lovely!

 

[lemonnobby]

very good russ. do you wash again after claying?
and is smart wheel any good?

 

[Jimbo_M]

Awesome!! Fantastic results as ever dude, really love your write ups, so I'm looking forward to a few more lol

 

[Paul172sport]

looks stunning as always,

hope your feeling better too.

 

[Chris_786]

Looks stunning, cant believe how orange peely paint is on these cars though, mines the same

Wet sanding get rid of this?

 

[keechy]

Good work as always Russ.

 

[davo172]

Danevos 172 should take you all of an hour , later tomorrow LOL

 

[Y7 ADW]

That is a stunning R26. So much want!

Great result Russ as always!

 

[Austin-182]

Wow, saw a couple pics on facebook! Amazing work as allways, really want you to do mine, i know your far away but think it would be worth the drive tbh. Just need the money, at somepoint i will deffo have mine done

 

[Hixle]

Love it Russ, amazing work mate.

Best colour for an R26 too imo.

 

[TimR26]

That looks amazing.

 

[James23]

Brilliant! Me and a mate were eyeing this up at FCS cos he's going to pick up one in the same colour on friday! Looked stunning.