Megane R26
Copy and pasted from Detailing World... Ste and Mike will add their MUCH better pics shortly....
Today saw me travel to Warwick to help my mate Mike with his stunning Black Gold RenaultSport Clio V6.
The car is extremely well looked after, with no expense spared, but the paintwork wasn't in the best of conditions, and was covered in swirls, hazing and RDS's. The aim for today was to remove as much of this as possible, to restore some gloss to the paintwork.
Now, I have been struggling with my camera and Brinkmann, so please excuse the lack of pictures - Mike and my mate Ste were on hand taking some DSLR pics, so hopefully they will be added later on.
Mike once again washed the car for me, and it was clayed recently, so I was simply there to aid with the machine polishing.
General view of the condition of the paint:
After trying LOTS of different combinations, I settled on Menzerna 203S with a Sonus SFX1/2 pad, as required. This combination made light work of the swirls and hazing, but didn't tackle the RDS's. We decided it was best that we left the majority of deeper scratches alone, as the entire sides of the V6, and the front and rear bumper are plastic/fibre glass, so I was unable to take paint readings. These will be tackled at a later date - disappointing that that I couldn't fully correct, but I'd rather take a cautious approach towards these things.
The car was then treated to a layer of Carlack 68NSC, then topped with Mike's own pot of Swissvax Onyx. The wheels were sealed with Planet Polish WS&S, and tyres dressed with I4D Tyre Gloss.
Mike also spent a few hours polishing his detachable tailpipes, which came out incredibly well.
A few afters:
Thanks for looking,
Russ.
Today saw me travel to Warwick to help my mate Mike with his stunning Black Gold RenaultSport Clio V6.
The car is extremely well looked after, with no expense spared, but the paintwork wasn't in the best of conditions, and was covered in swirls, hazing and RDS's. The aim for today was to remove as much of this as possible, to restore some gloss to the paintwork.
Now, I have been struggling with my camera and Brinkmann, so please excuse the lack of pictures - Mike and my mate Ste were on hand taking some DSLR pics, so hopefully they will be added later on.
Mike once again washed the car for me, and it was clayed recently, so I was simply there to aid with the machine polishing.
General view of the condition of the paint:
After trying LOTS of different combinations, I settled on Menzerna 203S with a Sonus SFX1/2 pad, as required. This combination made light work of the swirls and hazing, but didn't tackle the RDS's. We decided it was best that we left the majority of deeper scratches alone, as the entire sides of the V6, and the front and rear bumper are plastic/fibre glass, so I was unable to take paint readings. These will be tackled at a later date - disappointing that that I couldn't fully correct, but I'd rather take a cautious approach towards these things.
The car was then treated to a layer of Carlack 68NSC, then topped with Mike's own pot of Swissvax Onyx. The wheels were sealed with Planet Polish WS&S, and tyres dressed with I4D Tyre Gloss.
Mike also spent a few hours polishing his detachable tailpipes, which came out incredibly well.
A few afters:
Thanks for looking,
Russ.
(and the pig and chicken!)
