Megane R26
I've never, ever used the 3M range of polishes, so I ordered a sample kit from Elite earlier this week, and spent today getting to grips with them.
- FCP: Love this stuff, it sure doesn't muck about! Cuts a lot quicker and more aggressively than 3.02 which I'm used to and seems to finish down pretty well. It does dust quite badly, but adding some Ultrafina into the pad definitely helps control this. My favourite heavy cutting compound! I could have done with this on a black Megane 225 I did recently. It would have made short work of it's deeper swirls!
- EFC: Great mid range polish. Seems to fit in between 3.02 and 203S but seems nicer to use and works wonderfully well with 3M's own yellow pad (as you'd expect!). It was hard to tell if refining was needed on my Silver paint, but the finish it left was stunning!
- UF: WOW! Where has this been all of my life!? I know a lot of people love Megs 205 and PO85RD, but for me this is the finishing polish of choice. Such a pleasure to use and leaves a stunning finish which buffs off easily. I did use a little too much and got a touch of fling, but once the pad was loaded and primed I only used a couple of blobs. Again, matching 3M pad was lovely to use too! (Does anyone use the black one instead?)
Anyway, I finished off with an old friend - Zaino Z2. I probably should have used ZAIO and ZFX, but I just lamped a layer of Z2 down over the UF'd area, left it for 15 mins, removed then topped with Z8!
Some afters... not bad for silver me thinks!
I just wish Zaino beaded a little more... probably my best finish so far on my car. What else is worth a bash on silver?
Thanks,
Russ.
- FCP: Love this stuff, it sure doesn't muck about! Cuts a lot quicker and more aggressively than 3.02 which I'm used to and seems to finish down pretty well. It does dust quite badly, but adding some Ultrafina into the pad definitely helps control this. My favourite heavy cutting compound! I could have done with this on a black Megane 225 I did recently. It would have made short work of it's deeper swirls!
- EFC: Great mid range polish. Seems to fit in between 3.02 and 203S but seems nicer to use and works wonderfully well with 3M's own yellow pad (as you'd expect!). It was hard to tell if refining was needed on my Silver paint, but the finish it left was stunning!
- UF: WOW! Where has this been all of my life!? I know a lot of people love Megs 205 and PO85RD, but for me this is the finishing polish of choice. Such a pleasure to use and leaves a stunning finish which buffs off easily. I did use a little too much and got a touch of fling, but once the pad was loaded and primed I only used a couple of blobs. Again, matching 3M pad was lovely to use too! (Does anyone use the black one instead?)
Anyway, I finished off with an old friend - Zaino Z2. I probably should have used ZAIO and ZFX, but I just lamped a layer of Z2 down over the UF'd area, left it for 15 mins, removed then topped with Z8!
Some afters... not bad for silver me thinks!
I just wish Zaino beaded a little more... probably my best finish so far on my car. What else is worth a bash on silver?
Thanks,
Russ.
