tegwin
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| posted on 16/7/06 at 09:57 PM |
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The saga of waxing the tintop
So I got the hosepipe out and washed the tintop for the first time in about 6 months....
Sponged off the inches of cr*p and toweled the car down... (sad I know!)
Got the wax out and began rubbing it into the bonnet....A few seconds later I started to notice little white flies crawling on the bonnet...I brushed
them off and began polishing that patch of wax....
Turned my back to pick up the wax again...looked round and the area of wax on the bonnet was completely crawling with these damn flies....
I tried to brush them off but most of the little buggers got squished into the wax 
Had no option but to make a hasty retreat!!!
Needles to say, its now dark, the flies have flown off and I have a small shiny patch on the car and the rest looks a mess...
Plus the birds seem to have liked the bugs so they have cra**ed all over the clean car...
Why do I even bother!?!?!
[Edited on 16/7/06 by tegwin]
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ruskino80
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| posted on 16/7/06 at 10:04 PM |
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i fettled the car on saturday wash'n'wax ,also about 6 monthe since last done properly-looked a bloody treat,then she took it to work this
morning and this afternoon she returned with still a shiny car but SOME F#$*~$G TW#T HAS KEYED THE WHOLE REAR QUARTER---nice and to cap the day off
pesky schueee won again---bah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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donut
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 06:26 AM |
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Do what i do and just don't bother!!
Problem here is that we have a hose pipe ban so i cant use my high pressure hose thingy 
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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iank
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 07:08 AM |
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Was F1 on? I was too busy arsing about at the beach...
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graememk
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 08:42 AM |
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i was to busy building my car....F1who ?
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donut
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 09:19 AM |
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BTCC was on!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 09:45 AM |
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BTCC was a bit brutal, wasn't it - must cost them a fortune in new body panels...
David
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AlexS
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 04:11 PM |
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Yeah good BTCC this weekend!
As for the flies i do the bumpers in back to black or whatever cheapo equivalent i get my hands on and the flies love that! End up with thousands of
them on it, not worth cleaning it in summer!
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Russ-Turner
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 06:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by donut
Do what i do and just don't bother!!
Problem here is that we have a hose pipe ban so i cant use my high pressure hose thingy
As stupid as this might sound, it was on the news last week that when the term 'hosepipe ban' is used, this is apparently only garden
related. You could hose your car, your patio, your mountain bike... but if you hose your garden you are flouting the ban... what's that all
about?!
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