Detailing chat

slave1

They may be my future friends once my current friends get consumed:)

acri

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Your options are:
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vectra wrote: »

Option one above is
well suggested.
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That did the job nicely! It's not perfect, but it is a damn sight better than what it was. Got a few complements from passers-by!

I see above you mentioned that the colder it is, the harder it is to buff off. It was about 5°C yesterday. Needless to say, I skipped shoulder work today.

Duff

Hey guys,

I remember reading here a year or so ago about some brand of spray on wax people were using that buffed off quickly and gave a nice , lasting shine and was handy to use when in a rush/ not doing a full detail. I can't for the life of me find the name of it again though, any chance anyone knows what I'm talking about?

opinionated3

Duff wrote: »

Hey guys,

I remember reading here a year or so ago about some brand of spray on wax people were using that buffed off quickly and gave a nice , lasting shine and was handy to use when in a rush/ not doing a full detail. I can't for the life of me find the name of it again though, any chance anyone knows what I'm talking about?

Sonax brilliant shine detailer maybe???

Duff

I don't think that was it, but I've looked at a few Youtube reviews of it, and that looks decent too. I'll get that if the name doesn't come to me. Cheers.

RR3.5

Glare polish maybe?

Gtechniq C2V3 or QD?

vectra

Carpro Reload?

ronnie3585

Reggae reggae sauce?

Duff

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Reggae reggae sauce?

Not spicy enough.

Cheers, lads. It was the Glare stuff I was thinking off. Was driving me mad :pac:

EPAndlee

Anyone used Autoglym Polar Seal yet? Picked up a bottle of it this evening. €24 for a litre, said its worth a shot before spending €60 on a litre of CarPro Hydro2

Duff

Has anyone any experience with Meguiars 105 and 205 cutting and finishing pastes? I need to 2000 grit wet sand my bonnet to remove some oxidisation was was going to use this to restore the paint after? Any other recommendations for a cutting compound and polish if not?

You don't need to use sandpaper to remove oxidation. A polish will do the same job.

Duff

I'd planned on just trying to polish it out, but the general consensus on the AutoDetailing sub-reddit was that I'd be better off using a fine 2000 grit or similar wet sand and then polishing after I posted a pic of the oxidisation.

vectra

As said above.
Try polishing first.
This wet sanding seems to be the latest craze "just because"

If it were my I would try with the lesser of 2 evils first.
ie
start with the least cut and work up.

Duff

vectra wrote: »

As said above.
Try polishing first.
This wet sanding seems to be the latest craze "just because"

If it were my I would try with the lesser of 2 evils first.
ie
start with the least cut and work up.

Any recommendations on a rubbing compound and polish? I was thinking of the Megs 105 and 205.

vectra

Duff wrote: »

Any recommendations on a rubbing compound and polish? I was thinking of the Megs 105 and 205.

Megs 105 and 205 have been around with a while and are still going well, so I would use them.
Remember, Start with lowest cut/pad and work up until you find the best combo to suit.

Duff

vectra wrote: »

Megs 105 and 205 have been around with a while and are still going well, so I would use them.
Remember, Start with lowest cut/pad and work up until you find the best combo to suit.

Picked up some Megs compound and polish earlier along with a clay bar and quick detailer but couldn't decide on a wax as the place I was in only had turtle wax as an actual wax, everything else was spray wax which I already have some of. Any recommendations for a good, hard wax that will last a few months? Read good things about collinite 845 but it costs as much to post it here as it does to buy!

Thanks.

billybonkers

Uh oh, spilt some soft drinks on the front seats. 50/50 leather/cloth VW seats.

What should I use to remove the staining? The seats are black.

JustLen

https://www.aldi.ie/car-polisher/p/010847253266500

Any opinions on this?

I assume it's a rotary?

It's a rotary alright. At that price I'm not sure it's going to have enough torque to do the job in a timely fashion. I could be wrong though, don't have any experience of those.

slave1

Duff wrote: »

PAny recommendations for a good, hard wax that will last a few months? Read good things about collinite 845 but it costs as much to post it here as it does to buy!

Thanks.

Have you tried Amazon, that's where I get mine and generally no postage as it's easy to get over the £25 total order mark for free postage.
You may have to search through the sellers to find one that ship to Ireland, last time I got mine it was AMZ themselves selling so no issue...

moby2101

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's a rotary alright. At that price I'm not sure it's going to have enough torque to do the job in a timely fashion. I could be wrong though, don't have any experience of those.

Hey MM
Could you recommend a decent one?

Cheers
Mike

vectra

Duff wrote: »

Picked up some Megs compound and polish earlier along with a clay bar and quick detailer but couldn't decide on a wax as the place I was in only had turtle wax as an actual wax, everything else was spray wax which I already have some of. Any recommendations for a good, hard wax that will last a few months? Read good things about collinite 845 but it costs as much to post it here as it does to buy!

Thanks.

Soft99 Fusso from Autopia

Lord Nikon

Duff wrote: »

E60 by any chance?

moby2101

moby2101 wrote: »

Hey MM
Could you recommend a decent one?

Cheers
Mike

I only ever had 1 rotary polisher and it was a Kestrel. Good yoke but I preferred using a D/A.

Maybe Foxhole Norman would be better able to recommend one for you.

Duff

Lord Nikon wrote: »

E60 by any chance?

Of course! :pac:

The E60s must suffer from oxidation. I did a job on one recently enough to remove it all over the car along with oily fingerprints.

Lord Nikon

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The E60s must suffer from oxidation. I did a job on one recently enough to remove it all over the car along with oily fingerprints.

Paintwork on mine is alright for a 2007, however, oxidation has got to the headlamps.

padyjoe

How do you cycle the MF clothes? Hopefully they're not meant to be thrown away after a single use. Thinking a bit further: how to know the MF reached its end of life?