Today I did some detailing...

It's the cheap lance's

I don't think there Is a big difference between milk and 'foam' TBH, if your car is wax foam is good but if not MEH! its CRAP

I use my lance with a light mix of foam/water, its runny and i don't see the need to turn it up to 11 and have full on foam

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

It's the cheap lance's

Nope.

I have the same problem with both my lances.
I think it is something else.

Either
1) watet pressure

2) Hard water.

3) I give up :P

randy hickey wrote: »

Are ye all using the same brand of snow foam? -I mean the guys that are having trouble making proper foam, i.e. KKV,McLove,TJ Mackie and Vectra?

I think it's just that they're all crap at detailing :pac:

This van came to me yesterday for a valet and a coat of wax.

My friend looks after it well but had a lot of tar spot all around the body and the roof needed a thorough clean as it was neglected.

It hadn't been cleaned in about six months :pac:







He wanted the door jams/sills clean and de-tarred





Alge was growing in various spots around the body and roof :rolleyes:









This resident found a new home



This dark patch is from diesel being spilt and the dirt sticking to it





Glue which we removed on the roof

Rare to see a work van looking so well, great job on it!

It's because the van is minded and cared for that it looks the way it dose when finished, no dents, scuffs or faded trim

Just factory fresh OEMness

Now that is all you need in your life is it not ?

Ill ask Rollo @ OCD for you and see what he says about it ;-)

Just in case but. ..I assume you all the the clear plastic piping from the brass fitting to the bottom of the bottle, in place?
Ive had someone complain before, and that was the issue but Im sure you all have it?

So I bought myself a new family friendly bus before Christmas - an 03 Volvo S60 2.0T with 75000 miles:



Most of my efforts so far involved converting to LPG, fitting reversing sensors and a hands free kit, so detailing will have to wait until I get myself a DA to fix this kind of thing:



But the one thing that was really getting on my tits was the state of the glass. I could hardly see out the back window and 10 seconds in a cold car and the windscreen would have misted up. I spent a couple of hours over the Christmas just cleaning the glass, using professional strength glass cleaner. I still had misty windscreen yesterday morning so I attacked it this morning with Isopropyl alcohol, and I've ordered a new pollen filter which I'll fit tomorrow. This will give you some idea how bad it was - they had all been used front and back:



The rear window is crystal clear now at least:




I spent some time with the IPA trying to get rid of this mysterious sticky crap off the internal trim...until I discovered it WAS the internal trim - a previous driver had been picking away at it and it's beyond repair. I've decided to look for a leather interior instead




Next thing on the list is to get some Gtechniq C4 to sort out the plastic trim. There is a lot of it and the photo below doesn't do it justice - it's nearly milky white in places.





Anyway, watch this space - as soon as the weather (and my bank balance)improves I'll be putting her back to her former glory.

stimpson - if you have a hazy screen, use autoglym glass polish. Apply it with a cotton applicator pad, let it dry fully, buff it off and you have a 100% streak-free windscreen.

Nope, not a drop of IPA in the AutoGlym Glass polish.

randy hickey wrote: »

That bloke is sticking the arm in at that price - €10 for just 500ml.
I posted about a company in the Detailing On A Budget thread last August where you can get 2.5L of IPA delivered for €18.98 - that lad would be charging €50 for the same amount!

That site has a litre for 8.99. In fairness to Doc Solder, i needed it in a hurry on New Year's Day after a hungover water based iphone disaster. He saved me far more than the cost of the IPA, and threw in a bottle of soldering flux for free. Sound bloke.