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Today I did some detailing...
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Did a quick clean today, myself:
Looks like someone custom sprayed them purple/gold:
I'm assuming the goldish colour is down to the brake dust (as it didn't appear on the back wheels).
Has anyone tried Armour All Wheel Shield before?
Brother got me two of them at christmas, and I gave it a go. Have to say it's actually not too bad. After using it you can see the brake dust and such forming on it and it kind of hardens and breaks off the wheel. It's not too shabby.
Was also wondering if anyone had used Orchard Auto Care's Tyre Glitz before, either? I find a lot of the OAC products (that I've used, anyway) are pretty good, but I'm feeling a bit let down with this one.
I parked in the town today, beside a red VW Golf (or Polo.. one of the two, anyway) and it was obviously just after being detailed or serviced or whatever, but it was very clean and very shiny, and so were the tyres. Noticeably shiny. Sunglasses shiny.
Now, admittedly, the tyres did look a bit Fisher Price as it was probably too shiny, but I liked it overall and prefer it to the look I've gotten from a fair dose of Glitz (which seems to wear off rapidly fast, even when using a lot of it). But I wonder is it just my tyres not being clean enough or such before applying it? I cleaned the car today and I dried the tyres off before applying two coats of Glitz, but still the tyres look a bit dull (this is about an hour later).0 -
If only it was an ST
Ooops
, I mixed you up with another poster on here that has a ST. For some reason when I was looking at it first I thought I seen the different coloured fog light surrounds.Deleted User wrote: »Did a quick clean today, myself:
But I wonder is it just my tyres not being clean enough or such before applying it? I cleaned the car today and I dried the tyres off before applying two coats of Glitz, but still the tyres look a bit dull (this is about an hour later).
I haven't used this product, I was between Orchard Auto Car Glitz and GTechniq T1, in the end I went with T1 as I wanted C2v3 and just got them both from their website.
A quick rub of the tyre wont get much of the grease etc off the tyre which is the main reason that tyre dressing doesnt last as long as it should. Here is a post from DW where the guy used a scrubbing brush type thing to clean his tyres, and as you can see from the bucket after two tyres the water is pure black, also the tyres afterwards look really clean and grease free.
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KKV; did you prepare the tyres well before applying the coat of Glitz. Strong APC mixture and a stiff bristle scrubbing brush is needed to get the tyres prep'd. If there is any previous product on the tyres or dirt, then it will never live up to expectations!
Some people love a really glossy shine off their tyres, personally, I prefer a darker matt appearance....where the tyre looks black opposed to the sometimes grey/brown appearance of weathered tyres.
The big thing that Glitz offers over most of its competition is the non-sling! For example Meg's Endurance Gel is a favourite of a lot of people, but unless you apply it, let it dry and come back and buff some of the excess off, you get splashes all over the side of the car....admittedly, hard to see on darker colours, but you will see oily-like drops. Also its very durable.
Here are a few photos of how Glitz should look.....
Given a light rub straight after application to give a slightly more matt appearance.
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Mrs stimpson has the Volvo this week and I was asked to make it smell like something other than an old ashtray. So the Gliptone twins came out.
Passenger seat after a clean;
And after a coat of conditioner:
And a second coat:
I have to say, it's not a bad smell. Smells like a shoe shop - new leather smell (maybe a Little bit chemically). The leather is noticeably softer compared to the back sests. I've been told to give it a week and clean it again as the conditioner opens the pores of the leather and more of the ingrained dirt comes out. I was amazed at the dirt of the cloth when I rinsed it out - even after the second wipe down. Filthy.
I got some of this just incase the smell of Gliptone was too much... It's a formidable smell - really stings the nostrils
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Got a couple of hours today so I had a go at my trim. I picked up don't stuff called Forever Black on Amazon. Its no C4 but it's considerably cheaper. It comes with a bottle of cleaner and a bottle if dye. The trim has gone a horrible creamy color. Pictures don't really pick up the shade of grey, but here's the before pic. The rear was by far the worst - I figure that bit spent most of the time facing the sun:
Prep was washing down with an APC solution at 3:1, followed by a scrub with the included cleaner also 3:1. I dried if off with a MF towel and then gave it a wipe with isopropanol alcohol for good measure.
After reading up on DW, I didn't use the supplied applicator. Instead I poured some into an old Tupperware box and used one of my cheap ebay applicators.
After one coat:
Two coats:
Three coats:
There is still some grey bits, but I wanted to leave it to dry properly. The rest if the trim looks brand new:
Despite masking up, I got some on the paint:
But a wipe of a MF with IPA sorted that.
Also good for painting gas meter boxes:
And nail varnish:
Note to self: buy some disposable gloves.0 -
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Well today I did a few small jobs. I found the missing tube of autosol I had bought last year so I went and polished up the exhaust tips:
Next job was to remove some discolouration from the headlight covers. I used a €1.50 tube of Crest toothpaste and it cleared them right up:
How she is looking as of about 30 mins ago:
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used to feel ashamed to lift the bonnet but not anymore lol
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