First proper clean of the 200

[harey]

So, having had the car only a couple of weeks I thought I should start as I mean to carry on.

After a good wash and clay bar session I used a DA to apply a polish and glaze.

This is my 1st white car and i'm chuffed with the results but it's going to be a nightmare to keep clean and it's so hard to get a reflection....

200 side by Jon Hare, on Flickr
200 front by Jon Hare, on Flickr
200 rear by Jon Hare, on Flickr

 

[Dumdum]

Looks good, mines going to my mate who’s a polishing geek tonight for a few days, gonna get the clay, buffer and various treats on it and I’ll donate him 60 quid, he just loves polishing cars for some bizarre reason, I’d rather do an extra few hrs at work and pay him

 

[AmosMoses]

Bloody lovely! That colour is awesome.

 

[Foxspeed]

cleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

 

[harey]

Looks good, mines going to my mate who’s a polishing geek tonight for a few days, gonna get the clay, buffer and various treats on it and I’ll donate him 60 quid, he just loves polishing cars for some bizarre reason, I’d rather do an extra few hrs at work and pay him

I normally like doing it like it’s almost therapeutic. But not really seeing your results on a white car (with the reflections) takes it away a little. I do most people’s cars at work for around £60 if I’ve got nothing on.


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[Dumdum]

I normally like doing it like it’s almost therapeutic. But not really seeing your results on a white car (with the reflections) takes it away a little. I do most people’s cars at work for around £60 if I’ve got nothing on.


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Silver is also notoriously hard to clean compared to darker colours, my old 406 coupe looked mint when it was shiny, some p21s and it looked like it had a shimmer! Loved that car and it went well too being a 210bhp V6 (same engine as the Clio V6 albeit not tweaked as much)

 

[Ocsltd]

Looks cracking!!

 

[LOCKE]

Beautiful mate.

 

[Pav]

nice,very nice indeed

 

[Dumdum]

Looks cracking!!

Beautiful mate.

nice,very nice indeed

Cheers lads, I loved my 406... oh wait...

 

[harey]

Cheers lads, I loved my 406... oh wait...

Ha ha,

Thanks for the comments. I’ll stick some more photos up soon when I get some miles on her


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[LOCKE]

So, having had the car only a couple of weeks I thought I should start as I mean to carry on.

After a good wash and clay bar session I used a DA to apply a polish and glaze.

This is my 1st white car and i'm chuffed with the results but it's going to be a nightmare to keep clean and it's so hard to get a reflection....

View attachment 126000200 side by Jon Hare, on Flickr
View attachment 126001200 front by Jon Hare, on Flickr
View attachment 126002200 rear by Jon Hare, on Flickr

What products did you use mate. You have done a great job!

 

[harey]

What products did you use mate. You have done a great job!

Thanks,
I used Poor Boys Shampoo and lambs wool mitt
meguiars clay bar and lube
DAS6 polisher with the below
Auto Gylm Super Resin Polish on a Hex logic white pad
Autobrite Cherry Glaze on a Hex logic red pad
Then fished off with Fk1000P
Took about 5hrs