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Today I did some detailing...
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Stallingrad wrote: »Why on earth would you wash your car today?! :pac:
It wasn't raining when I did it and there was lots of dirt accumulated around the boot/bumper
I hear it's going to be raining for the next week so won't get any sort of detailing done and I'll probably need to wash it again anyway 0 -
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Davey, sounds like you had a bit of a nightmare today!
Rinsed off and used a not so thirsty Microfiber madness towel, it was only 500g/m and it wasn't great but that's all they really had in the Detailing Shed, all the good towels are out of stock.
Yeah, the 500gsm towel is never going to be a drying towel. Its a buffing towel. The Microfiber Madness drying towel is the Dry Me Crazy (white) and is 1200gsm, and a totally different pile of microfiber.0 -
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punisher5112 wrote: »I've just seen a woman sweep her car with a rough bristle sweeping brush.
I'm sure she use Brillo pads when its really durty
Mind boggles......
She is probably from the same family as this guy. :eek:
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Finished about an hour and half and still wrecked
Snow foamed
Two bucket wash
Clayed
Dried
Two coats of wax.
Didn't bother with interior as can do that any day. Wanted to get some wax on it for the winter months ahead. That do me now till January on the waxing front. Will still wash every couple of weeks
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Finally got off by behind and gave the car and the motorhome a quick clean. The procedure was
- Rinse down with water to remove the crap from Ophelia
- Snowfoam with BH Autofoam
- Rinse down
- Wash with AG shampoo and the two bucket method (and a large wheel woolie strapped to a length of timber to reach the roof of the Ducato)
- Dry with a Dry-Me-Crazy
- The Leon got a quick going over with AG Rapid Detailer as I want to use it up.
Photos are
Ya the Leon needs another coat of CarPro Reload but I didn't have time to properly decontaminate, detar, etc. and the Ducato needs the same.
Also, Ya I know, there's a rather dirty Skoda in the background that needs a decent clean..........0 -
Finally got off by behind and gave the car and the motorhome a quick clean. The procedure was
- Rinse down with water to remove the crap from Ophelia
- Snowfoam with BH Autofoam
- Rinse down
- Wash with AG shampoo and the two bucket method (and a large wheel woolie strapped to a length of timber to reach the roof of the Ducato)
- Dry with a Dry-Me-Crazy
- The Leon got a quick going over with AG Rapid Detailer as I want to use it up.
Photos are
Ya the Leon needs another coat of CarPro Reload but I didn't have time to properly decontaminate, detar, etc. and the Ducato needs the same.
Also, Ya I know, there's a rather dirty Skoda in the background that needs a decent clean..........
It's cheaper than joining a gym 0 -
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micks_address wrote: »It's cheaper than joining a gym
Somehow I got talked into cycling 35km of mountain bike trails next weekend. I imagine it will take about 4 to 4.5 hours and it's going to be "fun". Who needs a gym when I've got that ahead of me....0 -
Okay so not washed the car probably since August and done a lot of road trips to all ends of the country so she was well dirty but waxed up in April so all surface only.
APC all over, rinse
Foamwash, rinse
Two bucket hand wash
Hand dry
De tar but not sure will I do this like I did today again, not a lot came off and the oily residue was unwanted, think I might just spot detar in the future
Rinse
Hand dry
Iron out, again very little on the paintwork and not that much from the wheels
Hand dry
Claybar (but forgot to do the roof:rolleyes:)
Rinse
Hand dry
Double glaze
Double Collinite
Tyre dressing
Don't mind saying back wrecked, 5 hours from start to finish and only break was the detar and ironout while they did their business.
Just one or two minor scratches so no correction
Big car downside I suppose, should be well sealed now for the Winter, gloomy day for pics but at least that's the better weather for detailing...
General before shot
Wheel area the worst as usual
Wheel afterwards
Gloomy but still some reflections
And we're done...well, inside later...
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Gave the car it's second wash the other day. Brought it to my mam's house this time. The power washer was missing the hose inlet connection and the hose itself was a screw on hose for outdoor taps so I couldn't use either of them.
Cleaned the wheels with the wheel Woolies for the first time but it was a pain as I couldn't get a proper rinse with the pump sprayer so dirty water kept accumulating at the bottom requiring extra rinsing.
Prewash with BH Surfex HD and a rinse. The tree outside my mam's house had these tiny flower like hard debris that the pressure pump didn't rinse off, as a result it kept getting stuck in my mitt so I had to spend extra time checking it and removing them.
Two bucket method, took forever to fill with the tap and the Auto Glym body shampoo didn't lather up much, probably better with a hose.
As my towel is a buffing towel I used Auto Glym Rapid Wax when the car was wet. It seemed to buff ok but some spots felt sticky with the towel and some spots just glided nicely. I was washing in the sun at lunchtime so not ideal conditions. Seems to have given it a little bit of extra shine. Didn't dress the tyres which would have added to the overall attempt.
I'm not looking to get a high level detail, if I just give it a decent wash each week or two I think it would look a lot better than being detailed once a month, where it would be dirty for 2 weeks. The wheels were fairly dirty but the body wasn't too bad, just light spots of dirt. Of course a wash still made a big difference. As soon as I get some sort of pressure washer or hose sorted it will take the time and effort out of washing which is good as I intend to wash it every 1-2 weeks to keep it looking clean and they will make it less of a chore and more enjoyable.
I'm afraid that my prewash isn't doing a great job and without a pressure washer I'm pushing dirt around. I'll see if I can at least get a regular hose to rinse the car properly.
Maybe third time's the charm! No before pictures, but I think it looks ok for my second wash, sorry the pictures aren't great
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Gave the car it's second wash the other day. Brought it to my mam's house this time. The power washer was missing the hose inlet connection and the hose itself was a screw on hose for outdoor taps so I couldn't use either of them.
Cleaned the wheels with the wheel Woolies for the first time but it was a pain as I couldn't get a proper rinse with the pump sprayer so dirty water kept accumulating at the bottom requiring extra rinsing.
Prewash with BH Surfex HD and a rinse. The tree outside my mam's house had these tiny flower like hard debris that the pressure pump didn't rinse off, as a result it kept getting stuck in my mitt so I had to spend extra time checking it and removing them.
Two bucket method, took forever to fill with the tap and the Auto Glym body shampoo didn't lather up much, probably better with a hose.
As my towel is a buffing towel I used Auto Glym Rapid Wax when the car was wet. It seemed to buff ok but some spots felt sticky with the towel and some spots just glided nicely. I was washing in the sun at lunchtime so not ideal conditions. Seems to have given it a little bit of extra shine. Didn't dress the tyres which would have added to the overall attempt.
I'm not looking to get a high level detail, if I just give it a decent wash each week or two I think it would look a lot better than being detailed once a month, where it would be dirty for 2 weeks. The wheels were fairly dirty but the body wasn't too bad, just light spots of dirt. Of course a wash still made a big difference. As soon as I get some sort of pressure washer or hose sorted it will take the time and effort out of washing which is good as I intend to wash it every 1-2 weeks to keep it looking clean and they will make it less of a chore and more enjoyable.
I'm afraid that my prewash isn't doing a great job and without a pressure washer I'm pushing dirt around. I'll see if I can at least get a regular hose to rinse the car properly.
Maybe third time's the charm! No before pictures, but I think it looks ok for my second wash, sorry the pictures aren't great
I usually wax on a dry car. Is the rapid wax meant to go on a wet surface?0
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