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Detailing On A Budget

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    #122
    west cork lad
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭west cork lad


    http://www.homevaluediy.ie/joomla/images/homevalue%20spring%20flyer.pdf link to nilfisk c110. Not bad machine for €100 I think, am open to correction. I got c120 and can't fault it. It's on page 3 :-)


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    #123
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    randy hickey wrote: »
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    Job Bridge, no doubt...



    :P


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    #124
    discombobulate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    west cork lad wrote: »
    http://www.homevaluediy.ie/joomla/images/homevalue%20spring%20flyer.pdf link to nilfisk c110. Not bad machine for €100 I think, am open to correction. I got c120 and can't fault it. It's on page 3 :-)
    Amazon had the c110 on special a few times last year. Picked it up for 50 quid from them. Great for use on the car


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    #125
    SeaFields
    Registered Users Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    It appears that nearly all of the Autoglym items are reduced on amazon of anything up to nearly 40% off.

    Just added a few small things to the wifes order to bring it up to the 25 quid.


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    #126
    stimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭stimpson


    I was looking in Halfords for wiper blades yesterday and to replace front wipers on both cars with Bosch blades came in at €72 (2 flat and 2 standard with spoiler).

    After looking at a few sites yesterday, I found eurocarparts.com who came in at £30 for the same wipers with free delivery to the UK (add €3.50 for parcel motel)


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    #127
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    ^ Had to pick up a rear blade for a Mark IV Golf on Friday - got it in Southside Motor Factors for under a fiver - the same one is Stg£9.99 in the Halfords uk site!:eek:


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    #128
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    This one is especially for KKV.

    AG Fast Shine and Lube is the trade version of AG Rapid Detailer.

    So for under €40 (incl Parcel Motel delivery) you can get 5L.
    http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/autoglym-no54-fast-shine-and-lube.php?osCsid=0dbeaa329807d2b75b1ce63556b97b58
    The same quantity bought through Halfords atm will set you back €109.90 - a saving of nearly €70!

    Just think of all the sandpaper you could buy with that!!:D:D


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    #129
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    randy hickey wrote: »
    This one is especially for KKV.

    AG Fast Shine and Lube is the trade version of AG Rapid Detailer.

    So for under €40 (incl Parcel Motel delivery) you can get 5L.
    http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/autoglym-no54-fast-shine-and-lube.php?osCsid=0dbeaa329807d2b75b1ce63556b97b58
    The same quantity bought through Halfords atm will set you back €109.90 - a saving of nearly €70!

    Just think of all the sandpaper you could buy with that!!:D:D


    Sandpaper :confused: What kind of a moron goes near his car with sandpaper..?



    :o


    Seriously though, as someone with noooo clue how to use Parcel Motel, is there a brief how-to on Boards? I see it mentioned a lot, but I've never quite grasped how it worked, so...

    But €40 for a 5ltr seems the bees knees. Definitely something I'm interested in!


    EDIT: Ahh, they charge a £6.35 delivery fee within the UK (unless you spend over £75).


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    #130
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    Here's the original one I linked to:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Autoglym-Fast-Shine-Lube-5ltr/dp/B00A2A2QKU

    It works out at €44.77 delivered to the Parcel Motel address in Newtownabbey, plus it looks like PM will charge €7 for delivery as it is slightly oversize(check that with them before you order).

    So that would be €51.77 for 5L - I make that a 47% saving on Halfords' price!


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    #131
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    Sorry - you also asked about how to operate Parcel Motel.
    It really is as simple as the instructions on their site:

    http://www.parcelmotel.com/about.html

    Here's a relevant Boards thread on it as well:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85189888

    Hth.


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    #132
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    randy hickey wrote: »
    Here's the original one I linked to:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Autoglym-Fast-Shine-Lube-5ltr/dp/B00A2A2QKU

    It works out at €44.77 delivered to the Parcel Motel address in Newtownabbey, plus it looks like PM will charge €7 for delivery as it is slightly oversize(check that with them before you order).

    So that would be €51.77 for 5L - I make that a 47% saving on Halfords' price!


    Hmm.. all things considered there, it looks like I'd probably be better off buying direct from Elite Car Care, and just paying the £11 delivery charge. With PM likely to charge €7, it seems to be as long as it is short

    Though ordering direct gives me the opportunity to add other stuff, as I don't think the Postage increases.. or at least it didnt when i added another 5ltr product, just to check.


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    #133
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_721259_langId_-1_categoryId_212371

    Thanks to Davy who posted it in BA.


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    #134
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Great bargain. Just reserved 27 of them.


    (I'm joking, I'm joking). :D


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    #135
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Are the specs of that Halfords shampoo driving anyone else mad?

    It's a 1 litre product. The page says:


    Current price: €2.50
    (Unit price: €5.00 per litre)
    WAS €9.99 *
    SAVE €7.49 (74%)


    If it was €9.99, and it's now €2.50, where are they getting €5 per litre from!?


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    #136
    Curran
    Registered Users Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Its probably pants to use too - reckon you'd have to use 1/4 of a bottle to get any sort of slick mixture that'd be safe to use on your car with a mitt!

    Its not all about the suds when talking shampoo, its more about the slick / lubrication it offers, so there is less resistance when using the mitt, and dirt moving over the surface. Suds do help to suspend dirt in the mix, but its not the number 1 priority when choosing shampoo.


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    #137
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    Was in Halford's earlier (to buy yet another item that's out of stock :mad:), and spotted that they are selling a light 3m x 3m pop-up gazebo for €60.Thought to myself "that's not bad for what it is".

    Walked over to Homestore And More to hunt down the missus, and guess what?
    They're selling an almost identical pop-up gazebo for €50!

    http://www.homestoreandmore.ie/gazebos/pop-up-folding-gazebo/invt/058459


    058459_large.jpg

    For anybody scratching their head and wondering what the hell this has to do with car detailing, we use these if for example we need to machine polish a car on a hot day - keeps the paintwork out of the direct sunlight.
    Conversely, if on the rare occasion you might get rain in the middle of a job, you can carry on.

    They're not as sturdy as the heavy-duty pop-up gazebos, but for that money, you can't really complain.


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    #138
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    For anyone interested in one of the heavy duty pop-up gazebos at a very good price, here's the guy I got mine off last year:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-heavy-duty-fully-waterproof-PVC-coated-premium-pop-up-Instant-gazebo-3x3m-/390833623950?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Conservatory_Patio_bbq_Patio_Covers_Heating&hash=item5aff7fd38e



    $(KGrHqRHJE8FHi,EUrDrBR+6kDCUGQ~~60_12.JPG

    I got the heavy duty sides for it as well, which were around the same price as I got the gazebo itself for.


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    #139
    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    Don't know what it's like, but it's pop up

    https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thursday-8th-may/products-detail-page/ps/p/pop-up-gazebo/


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    #140
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,619 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Speaking of Aldi they have a few detailing products on special offer from Sunday the 11th May. Carnauba wax, various brushes with osciliating heads and a car polisher/buffer for €18


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    #141
    JaMarcusHustle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭JaMarcusHustle


    Hey guys, hope you dont mind me posting this (I posted it in the Detailing Chat thread a few weeks back but might be more relevant here!) but I have a €100 voucher for SpiritDetailing for sale (letting it go for €70). The expiry date is in June and I won't get to use it - can be used against Detailing services or products in the online store.

    No affiliation at all with the guy who runs this, just don't want to see the voucher go to waste is all (and perhaps get a few quid back on it). If anyone is interested, fire me a PM. Cheers.

    (Not trying to get around Adverts new rules either, have had it listed there for a few weeks now so the fees wouldn't apply to me. It's just getting buried in the Motor Accessories section :( )


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    #142
    PGE1970
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭PGE1970


    Has anyone used those Aldi detailing brushes?


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    #143
    stimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭stimpson


    PGE1970 wrote: »
    Has anyone used those Aldi detailing brushes?

    I have them. They're far too stiff for detailing. I should have brought them back but never got around to it.


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    #144
    Wheres My ForkandKnife
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭Wheres My ForkandKnife


    https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-11th-may/products-detail-page/ps/p/car-cleaning-sprays-1/

    Are there a bargain? The trigger spray must be chemical resistant? Even if you throw out the product the bottles aren't expensive for what they are.


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    #145
    PGE1970
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭PGE1970


    stimpson wrote: »
    I have them. They're far too stiff for detailing. I should have brought them back but never got around to it.

    Cheers, thought they looked a little "industrial"!


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    #146
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    For €99 this is a bargain:

    http://www.woodiesdiy.com/Product/karcher-sc1020-steam-cleaner/16385/3.11.3#.U2oynq1dV5g

    sc_1020_be_steam_cleaner_karcher_compact_class_fast_easy_steam_1512213.jpg



    Now, while it is more blow than suck, it'll still do a job for you!


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    #147
    Theboinkmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,980 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    randy hickey wrote: »
    For €99 this is a bargain:

    http://www.woodiesdiy.com/Product/karcher-sc1020-steam-cleaner/16385/3.11.3#.U2oynq1dV5g

    Now, while it is more blow than suck, it'll still do a job for you!

    I've actually used that before and thought it was utterly useless.


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    #148
    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    Theboinkmaster wrote: »
    I've actually used that before and thought it was utterly useless.

    The problem with small domestic steamers like this is two-fold.

    Firstly they don't put out enough high temperature steam at decent pressure - this one runs at 3.2bar, whereas the professional ones run from 6bar up.

    Secondly, there is no vacuum function on these, whereas there is on the professional ones.

    Having said all that, that particular Karcher unit is quite popular over on DW, so it can't be all bad.

    You pays your money and you takes your chances I suppose.


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    #149
    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    Seen a gazebo in Euro stores today for 20euro. Not a pop up though. Shop was on corner opposite old Peats Electronic shop.


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    #150
    myshirt
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    R&D Laboratories are having a sale tomorrow.

    I know our regular Detailing forum member Randy Hickey has used the Snow Foam 200 in the past, and found the cleaning ability good, and it didn't eat the LSP.

    Anything else worth getting off them? Wonder is the Citrus Degreaser any good, or the lower TFR.

    Not entirely sure on the wheel cleaners.... they look strong... anyone offer an opinion there?

    Link http://mistralie.co.uk/collections/car-and-transport?page=1


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    #151
    myshirt
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    I am very, very late on this one...

    i4 Detailing are giving 15% off everything (bar specials, which are already discounted) if you use the Coupon Code SANTA at the checkout.

    Exchange rate isn't great though... and don't like taking business from Irish operators... but may be useful to someone. Check it out.

    Link: http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/


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