Renault Scenic Clay, Polish & Wax…

Another car to do – this one was more of a challenge. Aim was to restore paintwork condition, provide some gloss and protection to the body work. There is actual paintwork damage (dents, stone chips, etc) on the car – so its never going to get to 100% – otherwise the paint is has never been clayed, polished or waxed before. Secondary aim was to clean the interior.

This is also my first attempt with the Megs G220 Orbital polisher – and a set of soft pads! As this is the first attempt – I am not trying any “paint correction” – just using it as a quicker way to apply cleaner, polish and wax (all non-abrasive products).

Products used:

Megs G220 orbital polisher (on offer!)

Meguiars wash mit

Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo

Meguiars Clay

Meguiars Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner

Meguiars Crystal Polish

Meguiars Deep Crystal Wax

Applicator pads

Micro-fibre towels

Jet Seal 109

Order:

Pressure Wash

Wheels (clean and seal)

Clay

Hand Wash

Cleaner

Polish

Wax

Before (Friday):

Dirty car before

Bonnet before

Day One (Friday) – 4 hours… A pressure Wash, and wheel cleaner and wheel seal:

Post wash - wing. Swirls!
Dirty Front Wheel
Very dirty front wheels	Wheel cleaner goo!
Clean front vs dirty back wheels	Shiny Front Wheel
Despite scrubbing the backs are still filthy

Day Two (Sat) – 2 hours – Clay and a hand wash…

Dirty Clay!

Day Two (Sat) – 5 hours – Tape, Cleaner, Polish and Wax

Taped Up	Taped up!
Shiny!	Shiny Bonnet!

Day Two (Sat) – 1 hour – Inside

Clean Console

Clean Inside

Worked well?

Machine polisher!

Tape!

A pot of hot water to soften the clay!

What didn’t go so well:

Worked too fast -tried to do to many panels at once – hence haven’t got quite the finish I’d of liked.

Didn’t dry the headlights and grills enough – so polished with some water! Doh

Despite scrubbing, the back of the alloys remained very dirty. Will have to investigate what can be done…

Need either to use more clay or a more aggressive clay to clean the bottom of the doors – where there is more bonded contamination present. Thinking of this – Megs Mild Clay 200g