focijohn
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 04:36 PM |
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tin top car polishing/waxing/ cleaning
Hello all,
As the summers comming i think its time that my dads car and mums got a bit of a spruse up.
I've got the basics sorted i.e. throwing soap on and rinsing.
What combination of waxes and or polishes do you guys recomend, use, sell? The ranges out there completely bamboozle me Ultra deep shine, super resin
polish, extra gloss protection, aqua wax etc etc. I used some of the auto glym super resin polish today and it seemed to do a good job but seems a bit
pricey or is this about right?
My local halfrauds have a 2 for 3 (cheapest free) on autoglym which is why im asking now 
Also WHAT SHIFTS TAR SPOTS and heavy impact bug death??
Cheers
John
[Edited on 25/3/11 by focijohn]
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 04:45 PM |
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Let me get this right...
Not only you are talking about cleaning a car (shudder..) But it's not even your car???
Madness!!!
Edited for gramma
[Edited on 25/3/11 by Steve Hignett]
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focijohn
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 04:50 PM |
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I'm sorry to inform you, but yup, thats correct.
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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macc man
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 04:55 PM |
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Remove tar and bugs with white spirit. I use resin polish as its far quicker and leaves less residue than wax. Depends on how much time you have got
or not got.
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focijohn
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 05:01 PM |
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Well as Mr Hignett has sumed up car washing in a response im still chuckleing about, I imagine i'll get half way through and be bored so I
won't be going mad. Just would like to make them look a bit nicer and get rid of the tar and bugs.
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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tegwin
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 05:09 PM |
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Oddly enough, I decided my car needed a wash today... for the first time in about 8 months I had the time to do a proper job...
I used Maguires shampoo in a bucket of warm water.... Applied with a proper washing mop (the weird multi fingererd things...not a sponge)... Leave it
a few mins and then hose off...
The car should now be grease and grit free more or less.... You need to go round and remove the tar... on my red car it was a bastard! There are
various specific tar removers out there take your pick of them... the best tool I find is a fingernail...
Once the car is tar free you could go one step further and get a clay-bar and lubricant to remove any fine residuals left on the surface... This took
me nearly 2 hours to do on the polo...
Then hose the car down again....
Out with the chamois and dry the car really really really well.. any beads of water caught in the seals etc will be a pain when you come to
polish..
If there are any scratches/hazing then use maguires paint restoration...
Then I would highly recomend the maguires top coat wax/polish... its not cheap but you put it on with an applicator pad..leave it 10 mins and then get
your elbow grease out and give it a good polish with a polishing rag...
Job done :-)
As a side note, I last used this wax on the car in July last year.... I recon it did a fantastic job of preventing a big buildup of crap on the paint
surface making re-doing it much easier... BUT... be warned, if you dont clean the car properly you will end up sealing shite under the wax...which
gets annoying the next time you come to polish the car
[Edited on 25/3/11 by tegwin]
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focijohn
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 05:17 PM |
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Duncan.............you saw the bit where i said mum n dads cars??? Is the maguires stuff any good? I saw it in Halfrauds and read it as megasquirt .
Hows uni going?
Is that multifingered "sponge" one you put your hand in and bits hang down like dreadlocks?
[Edited on 25/3/11 by focijohn]
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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Krismc
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 05:47 PM |
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Well this is how clean my car gets...........
....AKA very.
[Edited on 25/3/11 by Krismc]
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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Gordy
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 05:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Krismc
Well this is how clean my car gets...........
....AKA very.
[Edited on 25/3/11 by Krismc]
Not that impressive, considering it's brand new
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Krismc
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 06:02 PM |
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its 13months old and all my cars get this loving attention....
5 years old yesteday ......
3 years old in this pic
First audi 2 years old
second Audi 4 years old
3-4 years old in the pic
at least 10 years old here
Ive got a shiney shiney fetish.
[Edited on 25/3/11 by Krismc]
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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Krismc
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 06:02 PM |
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If i was you for basics id use a Super resin polish, followed by extra gloss protection, ignore most of the shite in halfords lots of products that
look good but dont last, add some decent wax and you will have a shiney car that lasts ages
Autoglym is good price/quality trade off,
Other Peoples cars...
I use Autoglym SRP and EGP on my dads car, and meguirs 3 step system if the car looks a little swirly, but dont use the EGP until you happy with
finish as it seals in pretty much everything.
My cars....
Rinse
Snowfoam
Rinse
Wash ( 2 buckets and lambs wool mit)
Clay
wash/rinse
Polish
Then finish with Colinite Wax or dodo juice rainforest rub
got about 400 tubs, tubes bottles of stuff if you need to try any let me know and ill send a sample
[Edited on 25/3/11 by Krismc]
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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hicost blade
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 06:14 PM |
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I went a bit mad last year and bought all these when they were all 3 for 2
Combined they work very well, I'm very happy with the results on paint and GRP although I only do the whole process when selling a car
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_253057_langId_-1_categoryId_165527
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_199031_langId_-1_categoryId_165527
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_199087_langId_-1_categoryId_165527
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_200371_langId_-1_categoryId_165527
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_201873_langId_-1_categoryId_165527
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_201585_langId_-1_categoryId_165609
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_199095_langId_-1_categoryId_165609
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Gordy
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 06:27 PM |
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Out of all the products i've tried , Autoglym Hi Def wax has been the best, and shine lasts for ages.
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Guinness
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 06:51 PM |
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Drive to garage.
Buy a token for £1.50 (half price mid week!) and a copy of autotrader.
Take aerial off.
Drive over to machine.
Put token in.
Sit in car reading Autotrader.
Drive out other end.
Put aerial back on a couple of days later.
Never tried this method in the Indy though! 
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 07:32 PM |
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carwash
Carwash is no good for your paint at all, i use autogly or meguiars (Spelling)
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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focijohn
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| posted on 25/3/11 at 07:58 PM |
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cheers all. will try some autoglym tak first and see how we get on.
Cheers for all your answers
John
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/3/11 at 08:52 PM |
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To be fair I have never had good results with auto-glym... atleast with the maguires stuff you can see it going on and instantly see it doing
something useful....
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