My big car clean day! (Pic Heavy)

W.Shakes-Beer

Today I washed, clayed, polished and waxed my car, was well needed.

The process was: Wash -> Clay car while still wet -> Wash -> Dry -> Cup of tea ->Polish -> Wax.

Done the polishing and waxing by hand as I dont have a machine polisher so well and truly knackered.

Anyway, onto the pics:

The supplies:






And the bowler kept me company



The Victim (complete with oxidized paint, bird shíte and swirls in paint:




The Result:







What do you folks think? I'm very happy with the results anyway. Now time for a cold one

FGR

Love the shine! Where did you get those cleaning products OP?

El Guapo!

Looks well. Good job OP. A bit of tyre shine now and your laughin!

W.Shakes-Beer

All cleaning products came from

http://myworld.ebay.ie/monzacarcare/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

Under the brand Dodo Juice.

I heard a lot about the brand and gave it a shot and really paid off

As far as I know cleancar.ie sell the products as well.

W.Shakes-Beer

Dean09 wrote: »

Looks well. Good job OP. A bit of tyre shine now and your laughin!

Ran out of tire shine but will be buying some tomorrow morning

Icing on the cake!

Heroditas

Cracking job done on the wheels!
It looks like it's just come from the showroom.
Nice work.

Atlantic Dawn

Brilliant job, the car looks like new, finish is amazing. How many hours are we talking or should I ask

MagicMarker

Don't really see much of a difference tbh...

pajo1981

Anyone else think that the Opel and 406 coupe share a definite similar look?

Neilw

MagicMarker wrote: »

Don't really see much of a difference tbh...

There is a slight difference but the pictures are poor, they seem blurred

I'm sure the car looks 100 times better in the metal, it can be hard to get good pics sometimes.

P.C.

You washed a dog? :eek::P:D




Jokes.

Looks good.

pajo1981

pajo1981 wrote: »

Anyone else think that the Opel and 406 coupe share a definite similar look?

Apart from being 2 door coupes, nope

Stinicker

I put some of that silicone tyre shine from Halfords on the tyres after washing the car recently (for the first time). I noticed the following morning the outline in the tarmac, its not harmful to the tarmac just blackens it like the tyres, next time your in the shops or somewhere else spray the tyres with it and it will dry after about 20mins - half an hour depending on how heavy your spray it on, and you wont have weird stains in your own driveway!

vectra

Good job,
Car looks good condition as well

W.Shakes-Beer

Neilw wrote: »

There is a slight difference but the pictures are poor, they seem blurred

I'm sure the car looks 100 times better in the metal, it can be hard to get good pics sometimes.

Yeah the pictures aren't the best, was fairly wrecked so just snapped some quick ones and put the car away.

I'll try and get out tomorrow when there actually is sun and try get a few better ones.

Bumpstop

Nice work. looks great.

teednab-el

Op great job. Car looks mint. Will you do my car for me sometime

Ardennes1944

looks like my astra after a good hour of platinum turtle waxing. i think ill stick with my cheap and very effective way

shedweller

Great job OP. I wish i had the patience. Patience for such matters gets worn down round here with all the muddy roads etc. When i pull into the carpark in work i am always amazed at how clean Dublin cars are, compared to those outside the Pale. Thats a lotta work!

W.Shakes-Beer

Cheers for all the comments folks.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Brilliant job, the car looks like new, finish is amazing. How many hours are we talking or should I ask

Best part of 6 hours with about 15 minutes of a break :eek:

teednab-el wrote: »

Op great job. Car looks mint. Will you do my car for me sometime

Ha..better let my arm recover from all the movement it got today. My Dad said the same thing when he saw it And his car would need a hammer and chisel to get the dirt off it!