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Iceberg 172 mini detail



Knuckles

ClioSport Admin
Chi dropped this Iceberg 172 a couple of weeks ago when collecting his 6 MPS.

He he wanted me to bring some life back into it and generally tart it up.


I managed to start on this yesterday evening and finished it today. 13ish hours in total I think.


Dirty 172


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Dirty front end and faded plastics


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Caked wheels


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Nom


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Lovely engine bay covered in odd white spatter


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Mmmmm


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Sprayed the whole car with RDS and let it dwell while I mixed up some lather. Sprayed that off and did the wheels with the rest of my imperial mix from the review this month. Washed the whole car and was left with


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Nice colour when it's clean


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Give the car a hit with TARdis, somehow it only took one hit and a little agitation. Didn't get any pics as there wasn't all that much for the camera to pick up.


Next up iron x. There still wasn't that much fallout.


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Washed again and clayed with AF clay bar. I still find this lacks adequate bite, requiring more effort than necessary to remove excess contamination. Leaving this


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Minor swirling here and there with a few RDS' but nothing major


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After getting the muck off the paint I moved onto the engine. I mixed up a fairly strong verso cocktail and started scrubbing


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And the other side for comparison


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Half done


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And finished, cleaning that is.


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Moved onto the shuts. And the boot :(


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I found a few blobs of touch up dotted around that would be a shame to leave. And since I was giving the headlights a light sand I figured I may as well.


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Headlights before, not too bad, but could be better.


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That was the end of day 1


Started early the next day, washed the car down with lather to make sure anything it picked up overnight was removed.


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And dried
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It looks like someone had a go at wet sanding in the past


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Cracked out the g3 scratch remover on an AF #1 pad for the sanding marks


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I then switched to AF revitalise #2 pad and polish. The paintwork wasn't bad but this brought back some depth and gloss to the finish.


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Polished
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Unpolished
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Bonnet, wing and bumper done


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Iceberg has quite a nice flake and texture


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Found these which I figured would be good to test ultra glaze against


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Getting there


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Reflection post polishing before glazing


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Then onto the glaze.


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The scratch


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And after


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I tried to get some 50/50s but I really struggled


The right side was glazed


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And then the left side


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Then the car was waxed with AF essence, but no pics as it was just wax curing.


I gave the whole car a qd wipe down after removing the masking tape to remove any dust, then I gave all the plastics and glass an IPA wipe down.


Then onto AF revive.


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Then the interior was sprayed with the verso mix, agitated, dried and vacuumed.


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And some afters


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And then it rained


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Awaiting collection now.


Cheers
 

LiamR172

Scotland - NW
ClioSport Area Rep
Great work again Scott, Chi will be at you every weekend with a different car from now on haha.
What about the wheels though?
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Nice turnaround.... Some silvers can be a real pleasure to work on.
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
That engine bay. :(

My god it was bad, looks like the car was machined polished with the bonnet open, looks lots better mate. :D
 

Ben

ClioSport Club Member
Nice turn around, nothing more satisfying when detailing than bringing up faded plastics back to life.
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
How long roughly were you working UG for Scott and at what speed?

Weather dependant I'm going to crack on with the other side of my car tomorrow.
 

Knuckles

ClioSport Admin
How long roughly were you working UG for Scott and at what speed?

Weather dependant I'm going to crack on with the other side of my car tomorrow.

Just a few passes on speed 2 until it covered the area

I tried it by hand too to see how it differed but it was inconsistently thick and I found it hazed over quicker. so I went back to da
 

welshname

ClioSport Club Member
I'll still be out therethen too :)

I go on the 28th september for the week.

Cool! Me and Jon.G are getting a ferry early morning on the 2nd and will be at the ring late evening for tea.

Christopher, Eddie and two of our other friends are coming over early hours Friday morning and aim to be at the ring by the evening. We'll have to meet up for a pint or something!
 
R

RyanWXM

@Knuckles ok thanks mate might make a tomorrow a day with the car and try to sort this out as well as other little issues
 
  Clio 172
Cracking job that, now I have a car that actually works I'll have to get the makeover, although still a few mechanical things to sort first
 


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