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First Clay And Was For My St2

Philf1
Philf1
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It has been such a great day today I thought it was time to treat my ST2 to its first proper clean since I bought it back in January.

This was how I did it started about 11 am;

First I cleaned wheels (realised I had no alloy wheel cleaner after getting everything out so just had to wash with Autoglym shampoo)

Rinsed car with clean water

Carplan Demon snow foam

Washed with Autoglym and the Demon foam

Rinsed off with clean water

Dried (although top be honest it was that hot it pretty much dried itself.)

Clay bar and quick detailer mist

Meguires stage 1 Paint cleaner

Meguires stage 2 polish

Meguires stage 3 carnuba wax

Wonder Waxed wheels

Metal polish on the exhaust

Bumper care all the black bits

Tyres blacked

Finished at 4 pm. Knackered!

Sit back and enjoy the shine

Pics of the finished job. Very pleased even the wife commented on how shiny it is now

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Will probably rain now knowing my luck.

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    Very nice :)

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    Megan 225 in the background? Good work. Was thinking of getting mine detailed but it's £395 can't get the hang of clay bars

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    Megan 225 in the background? Good work. Was thinking of getting mine detailed but it's £395 can't get the hang of clay bars

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    No it's my sons clio sport 197 but they do look similar.

    First time I've used a clay bar myself, it's my sons, just need to keep it well lubricated then it glides over the panel easy and gives that glass like smoothness very impressive.

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    Oh right, you actually can't spot the difference in that picture, same grill almost. You raced him yet to compare? ( off the public road of course ) what did you use to lube the clay bar?

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    No race yet but he reckons mins faster. Certainly has quicker acceleration I think.

    I used meguiars quick detailer spray came with the clay in a pack. When you have Claude a panel wipe it clean with a microfibre cloth.

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