Hi all, finally, something I can contribute to the CS.net forum with! :approve:
RenaultSport Clio 182 Cup – Racing blue
A major paint correction detail with engine-bay work.
Product
· 3M Glass Cleaner
· 3M Ultra fina
· 3M Extra fine
· AutoSmart Tardis
· AutoSmart G101
· AutoGlym Vinyl & Rubber Care
· AMDetails clay bar
· Belgom ALU
· Chemical Guys New Look Trim
· Chemical Guys JetSEAL109
· Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild
· Dodo Juice Supernatural wax
· G-Techniq C4 trim restorer
· Iron-X
· Jeffs Werkstat Prime
· Meguiars Last Touch
· Meguiars Super Degreaser
· Meguiars Wheel Brightener
· Menzerna 85RD 3.02
· Menzerna 203s
· Zaino Z6
On arrival: (vehicle had just driven from Cornwall, hence the bugs!)
Engine:
Initial defect inspection:
More exterior befores:
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For the owner, this was a new car - picked it up some 5 week ago. The vehicle is a 54 plate with 54k miles on the clocks.
It was hot today. An early start (8am) allowed the best part of the ‘wet-work’ to happen before the sun got too warm… First up, wheels and arches.
Tar deposits removed from wheels and arch-linings with AS Tardis:
With the wheels, arches and door shuts out of the way, the lowers and front-end were pre-soaked with AS Hazsafe (non caustic TFR)
Bug carcass’ being softening up in readiness for pressure rinse:
Undercarriage quite built-up and contaminated (tar etc)
Before/after:
After Hazsafe was rinsed, Bilt Hamber AutoFoam applied whilst intricate ‘non reach’ areas were dealt with with a soft bristled brush or two..
After the foam and pre-rinse, car was virtually clean!
Two bucket wash with a merino mitt, Dodo BTBM and lots of rinsing to avoid water spotting…
Vehicle pulled into the shade for claying to commence; usually, decontaminating the paintwork is a drawn out process – if still working outside in the full sun, you’re pretty much guaranteed to have water marks appearing.
Clay bar after the back end of the car – certainly a worthwhile job today…
With the car fully clayed and tar deposits removed, it was back outside for another rinse and water ‘sheeting’ session.
Rinsed, but lots of standing water:
After sheeting the water over the (contaminant free) panels, we’re left with very little remaining water to chase with our drying towels:
The sun now showing the car’s true condition:
From 5ft away, great!
But get in close, ooh..
Lots of swirls to tackle, but, more worryingly, a decent spread of random deep scratches, too…
Front reg. plate glue remains removed:
Bonnet under halogens:
.
Showing possible signs of spray work:
After contacting the previous owner to learn a little more about the vehicles history, they knew nothing about any repair/bodyshop doings but he had brought the car from a Dealership, so, it could have been them that blew over the front end (bumper included) to fix any stone chips etc before selling the car on.
The defects were deep. Typical ‘soft’ Renault paint proving a bit of a nightmare to work with… Quite a challenge to dig down to remove/reduce some of the worst of the defects.
Correction before refinement:
O/S front wing before/after:
O/S door before (under bump-strip)
After (above bump-strip)
Much like the bonnet, the roof was suffering from some heavy scratches…
50/50:
Note correction levels; one or two deep nicks remain.
.
Refining with 3M yellow polishing and Men 203s:
Bootlid before/after:
The boot lid, roof and bonnet proved to be a tricky and timely process… (working around the racing stripes!)
With the front door open, the sun poured in to the unit giving this before and after:
Area on roof before correction:
And another area after..
Spinning the car round:
Improving things slightly on the sills:
N/S door:
Another before/after shot of the striped area on roof: (required patience, a steady hand and lots of tape!)
The striped channels on the bootlid were tough… The area was tiny; overlapping correction passes in the same spot over and over soon leads to heat build-up.
Ah-ha! Putting Dodo’s mini wool mop to the test!
Although it hologramed badly (to be expected (esp. with my approach)) heat wasn’t an issue and was refined down effortlessly afterwards with a 3m yellow spot pad and more Menz 203s.
Wool also used on rear bumper.
Lip before/after:
N/S corner:
50/50:
Before/After:
So that was pretty much the best part of the machine polisher work out of the way… Time to rinse, dry, ipa, protect and tick-off the remaining tasks such as engine, glass, wheels, exhaust etc…
Whilst out for the final rinse, the engine was dealt with. Megs Super Degreaser and various brushes to agitate stubborn grease and muck. Later dried and dressed leaving this:
Before/After:
Paintwork protected with Dodo’s Supernatural wax. Glass with 3M’s glass cleaner. Exhaust with Belgom ALU. Wheels with ChemGuys JetSEAL. Britework with Jeffs Prime. Plastic trim with G-Techniq C4. Tyres with ChemGuys New Look trim and a concluding wipedown with Zaino Z6 the following day before collection.
Photos.
Remember this?
Bling!
And last one…
Owner was over the moon!
Thanks for reading.
Jim
RenaultSport Clio 182 Cup – Racing blue
A major paint correction detail with engine-bay work.
Product
· 3M Glass Cleaner
· 3M Ultra fina
· 3M Extra fine
· AutoSmart Tardis
· AutoSmart G101
· AutoGlym Vinyl & Rubber Care
· AMDetails clay bar
· Belgom ALU
· Chemical Guys New Look Trim
· Chemical Guys JetSEAL109
· Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild
· Dodo Juice Supernatural wax
· G-Techniq C4 trim restorer
· Iron-X
· Jeffs Werkstat Prime
· Meguiars Last Touch
· Meguiars Super Degreaser
· Meguiars Wheel Brightener
· Menzerna 85RD 3.02
· Menzerna 203s
· Zaino Z6
On arrival: (vehicle had just driven from Cornwall, hence the bugs!)
Engine:
Initial defect inspection:
More exterior befores:
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
For the owner, this was a new car - picked it up some 5 week ago. The vehicle is a 54 plate with 54k miles on the clocks.
It was hot today. An early start (8am) allowed the best part of the ‘wet-work’ to happen before the sun got too warm… First up, wheels and arches.
Tar deposits removed from wheels and arch-linings with AS Tardis:
With the wheels, arches and door shuts out of the way, the lowers and front-end were pre-soaked with AS Hazsafe (non caustic TFR)
Bug carcass’ being softening up in readiness for pressure rinse:
Undercarriage quite built-up and contaminated (tar etc)
Before/after:
After Hazsafe was rinsed, Bilt Hamber AutoFoam applied whilst intricate ‘non reach’ areas were dealt with with a soft bristled brush or two..
After the foam and pre-rinse, car was virtually clean!
Two bucket wash with a merino mitt, Dodo BTBM and lots of rinsing to avoid water spotting…
Vehicle pulled into the shade for claying to commence; usually, decontaminating the paintwork is a drawn out process – if still working outside in the full sun, you’re pretty much guaranteed to have water marks appearing.
Clay bar after the back end of the car – certainly a worthwhile job today…
With the car fully clayed and tar deposits removed, it was back outside for another rinse and water ‘sheeting’ session.
Rinsed, but lots of standing water:
After sheeting the water over the (contaminant free) panels, we’re left with very little remaining water to chase with our drying towels:
The sun now showing the car’s true condition:
From 5ft away, great!
But get in close, ooh..
Lots of swirls to tackle, but, more worryingly, a decent spread of random deep scratches, too…
Front reg. plate glue remains removed:
Bonnet under halogens:
.
Showing possible signs of spray work:
After contacting the previous owner to learn a little more about the vehicles history, they knew nothing about any repair/bodyshop doings but he had brought the car from a Dealership, so, it could have been them that blew over the front end (bumper included) to fix any stone chips etc before selling the car on.
The defects were deep. Typical ‘soft’ Renault paint proving a bit of a nightmare to work with… Quite a challenge to dig down to remove/reduce some of the worst of the defects.
Correction before refinement:
O/S front wing before/after:
O/S door before (under bump-strip)
After (above bump-strip)
Much like the bonnet, the roof was suffering from some heavy scratches…
50/50:
Note correction levels; one or two deep nicks remain.
.
Refining with 3M yellow polishing and Men 203s:
Bootlid before/after:
The boot lid, roof and bonnet proved to be a tricky and timely process… (working around the racing stripes!)
With the front door open, the sun poured in to the unit giving this before and after:
Area on roof before correction:
And another area after..
Spinning the car round:
Improving things slightly on the sills:
N/S door:
Another before/after shot of the striped area on roof: (required patience, a steady hand and lots of tape!)
The striped channels on the bootlid were tough… The area was tiny; overlapping correction passes in the same spot over and over soon leads to heat build-up.
Ah-ha! Putting Dodo’s mini wool mop to the test!
Although it hologramed badly (to be expected (esp. with my approach)) heat wasn’t an issue and was refined down effortlessly afterwards with a 3m yellow spot pad and more Menz 203s.
Wool also used on rear bumper.
Lip before/after:
N/S corner:
50/50:
Before/After:
So that was pretty much the best part of the machine polisher work out of the way… Time to rinse, dry, ipa, protect and tick-off the remaining tasks such as engine, glass, wheels, exhaust etc…
Whilst out for the final rinse, the engine was dealt with. Megs Super Degreaser and various brushes to agitate stubborn grease and muck. Later dried and dressed leaving this:
Before/After:
Paintwork protected with Dodo’s Supernatural wax. Glass with 3M’s glass cleaner. Exhaust with Belgom ALU. Wheels with ChemGuys JetSEAL. Britework with Jeffs Prime. Plastic trim with G-Techniq C4. Tyres with ChemGuys New Look trim and a concluding wipedown with Zaino Z6 the following day before collection.
Photos.
Remember this?
Bling!
And last one…
Owner was over the moon!
Thanks for reading.
Jim
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he said the wax was still on mine! Typical! 
