Detailing chat

I've been wanting to give the car a proper spring clean for a while. Weather in Dublin not looking too great this weekend... it might be a while before I get to it!

Any recommendations for clay bar and clay lubricant?

I'll just leave this here

Curran wrote: »

Wash
Drip Dry
De-Tar
Rinse
Drip Dry
Fallout Remover
Rinse
Claybar with Clay Lubricant
Wash
Rinse
Dry
Protection - Wax or Sealant

Brands like CarPro, Bilt Hamber would be the better ones out there - KKD also which represents good value for money.

That’s some routine! I’ll probably never find enough spare time in my life for that unfortunately but I ordered a bottle of the carpro trix stuff as it seems a decent compromise for getting rid of some of the crap on the car without costing a lot of money or time, I’ll give it a polish and a wax after it weather allowing

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I've been wanting to give the car a proper spring clean for a while. Weather in Dublin not looking too great this weekend... it might be a while before I get to it!

I've been planning to wash the car the last two weeks but I've been too lazy. It's quite a while since the last wash and I was really hoping to do it today but the weather is absolutely miserable. Worked 2 extra days this week so I only have today and tomorrow off and today I had to be up early for a bunch of errands and after working 67 hours this week I probably wouldn't be arsed washing the car anyway!

vicwatson wrote: »

How can I tell if car has been put through brush wash. First time. Brand new car. Looks like it to me, micro scratches on surface but garage said it was hand washed. I don’t believe them

Hand wash is worse as they tend to use brushes and sponge if very lucky....

Brillo pass would be about right.

Better of stating you want car untouched and in no way washed from new

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hand wash is worse as they tend to use brushes and sponge if very lucky....

Brillo pass would be about right.

Better of stating you want car untouched and in no way washed from new

Brillo pass?

In fairness the cars get delivered like that micro scratches,swirls and even holograms. The dealer just adds to it

vicwatson wrote: »

In my case not true, it was perfect on purchase, then the gits did a small bit of work, washed it and ruined it.

But it's clean therefore you should be happy.

It wrecks my head how they can take a car in with near perfect paintwork and in a matter of minutes destroy the look of it.

After some of my experiences, if I get work done now, I stick a note on the steering wheel saying 'do not wash'. I know they think I am a complete fruitcake.

Gave the car a polish with Britemax then a few coats of King of gloss and done all the trim with Solution Finish. Going to tackle the inside tomorrow

It's the joys of black paint. There is some deeper swirls in the paint but it's my daily so I'm not pushed on getting them out

Relative noob when it comes to detailing apart from the usual two bucket method wash and polish every few weeks on my previous cars. Anyway, I've recently bought an e60 M Sport and theres a few patches of paint on the bonnet thats gone cloudy for want of a better word. From a bit of research I've seen this is oxidisation of the paint. Is there anyway I can treat this myself at home? I haven't got an electric buffer or anything, or is it a job for a detailer?

Cheers.

Duff wrote: »

Relative noob when it comes to detailing apart from the usual two bucket method wash and polish every few weeks on my previous cars. Anyway, I've recently bought an e60 M Sport and theres a few patches of paint on the bonnet thats gone cloudy for want of a better word. From a bit of research I've seen this is oxidisation of the paint. Is there anyway I can treat this myself at home? I haven't got an electric buffer or anything, or is it a job for a detailer?

Cheers.

Curran wrote: »

A hand polish might bring it up. You'll have to do the rest of the car along with it as the bonnet will be part restored and the rest won't so there'll be subtle differences. Same would apply with a detailer but you'd definitely want the whole car done as the difference would be vast.

As Curan said
As a matter of interest.
What color is it?
Might be well worth a machine polish all over.

Duff wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I was planning on doing the whole car anyway. It's black. What's the recommended procedure? wash, compound, polish, wax? Any recommendations on products?

Jet wash, let dry, De tar, de iron, wash, clay and so on.

bazz26 wrote: »

lads, quick question for you.

I removed the old tax/insurance disc holder from the windscreen that the dealer put there, it was difficult to remove and left some adhesive marks on the windscreen. What would you suggest using to remove the remaining adhesive?

For this exact job I always use a product called Sticky Stuff Remover. That or something similar can be bought at any hardware store.

You could use tar remover but the strong smell isn't something you want in the car. Cleaning with glass cleaner afterwards will reduce the smell but it'll be there for a little while.