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Detailing chat

Hi I've been thinking it'd be nice to have a thread where simple questions that people don't want to create a thread for, could go. Or any chat related to detailing.

I've a question. If I've put a wax on, then a sealant. Then after a few weeks or w/e I'm thinking the shine isn't what it was. (After washing obviously) Can I apply wax on top of whatever sealant and wax is left from the first time, or do I have to remove the remaining sealant + wax first?

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bbari

Curran wrote: »

When did Halford's become Irish owned!! :P
That's the one bbari; couldn't remember the name of it!

I hope you won't forget your own name one day

Noccy_Mondy

Curran wrote:

When did Halford's become Irish owned!! That's the one bbari; couldn't remember the name of it!

I've been putting off getting a few bits off you for ages, I promise I'll get to you before the end of summer!

ianobrien

Looking at this forum is getting depressing as I haven't managed to give any of the cars a decent clean, I working up the country and all the cleaning stuff is back in Cork. Even if I brought all the stuff up I'm in an apartment and there is no outside tap!

I could go to the local car wash but having witnessed their action with a brush on a long handle I'd rather have a dirty car.

Foxhole Norman

Lads, what'd be the best thing for getting stained on coolant off bits of the engine bay? A fair bit of it staining the engine since the rad blew months ago and never thought to clean it.

markc1184

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Lads, what'd be the best thing for getting stained on coolant off bits of the engine bay? A fair bit of it staining the engine since the rad blew months ago and never thought to clean it.

I had a similar problem before and used some engine degreaser and worked it in with a brush then used a steam cleaner to take everything off. Was only on mine for a couple of days though rather than months.

bbari

ianobrien wrote: »

I'm in an apartment and there is no outside tap!
I could go to the local car wash but having witnessed their action with a brush on a long handle I'd rather have a dirty car.

I don't have the driveway facility so I go to the local petrol station with 2 buckets etc and wash it myself.

vectra

bbari wrote: »

I don't have the driveway facility so I go to the local petrol station with 2 buckets etc and wash it myself.

Nor do I.
All of my detailing is done on the street.

ianobrien

bbari wrote: »

I don't have the driveway facility so I go to the local petrol station with 2 buckets etc and wash it myself.

Thanks for that. I'll ask in the local car washes if I can use (and pay obviously) for water and not their chemicals or labour.

bbari

vectra wrote:

Nor do I. All of my detailing is done on the street.

How many times you are told that up the road you can get it washed for â‚¬5??

Curran

bbari wrote: »

How many times you are told that up the road you can get it washed for â‚¬5??

He's that fella that's up the road! :P

vectra

bbari wrote: »

How many times you are told that up the road you can get it washed for â‚¬5??

Never,
They all know the wash up the road would not meet my requirements :pac:

bbari

Curran wrote:

He's that fella that's up the road!

I say this fella can easily charge euro 5 per panel

bbari

ianobrien wrote:

Thanks for that. I'll ask in the local car washes if I can use (and pay obviously) for water and not their chemicals or labour.

Instead of going to the car wash guys go to the petrol station with coin operated machine where you can buy 4 minutes for 2 euro. This is what i do anyway. Much happier since i started doing this. As Curran says, atleast you can treat the paint like a tomato skin

punisher5112

bbari wrote: »

Instead of going to the car wash guys go to the petrol station with coin operated machine where you can buy 4 minutes for 2 euro. This is what i do anyway. Much happier since i started doing this. As Curran says, atleast you can treat the paint like a tomato skin

How much of a que do you let build up:-D

bbari

punisher5112 wrote: »

How much of a que do you let build up:-D

I move the car from the washing bay when I'm going to shampoo (only if there's anyone waiting) but definitely move the car when I am drying.

There's a drive thru wash too, most of the people use that so I rarely come across anyone who want to wash him/herself.

Heathen

Spotted these in homebase for €24:99... I have a karcher k2 and was wondering are these any use for snowfoam and the likes??

http://www.halfords.com/motoring-travel/cleaning-body-repair/pressure-washers-hoses/karcher-fj10c-ultra-foam-jet

H

Curran

Heathen wrote: »

Spotted these in homebase for €24:99... I have a karcher k2 and was wondering are these any use for snowfoam and the likes??

http://www.halfords.com/motoring-travel/cleaning-body-repair/pressure-washers-hoses/karcher-fj10c-ultra-foam-jet

H

Short answer; no!

They won't produce a thick foam that you would see on snowfoam lance videos. They don't have any metal gauze in them, and it's the water and solution being forced through it, that creates the thick foam.
The device above will produce a foam but it will be very watery and run straight off the car.

Heathen

Yea the snow foam lance has been on my shopping list for a while, but the €63 pricetag is a hard pill to swallow, so other more pressing items (nappies etc..) usually take priority haha

Cheers for the reply, at least i now have €24.99 towards the proper lance

Noccy_Mondy

Where can one acquire nozzles for a nilfisk lance. Both of mine are acting up.

Heathen

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Where can one acquire nozzles for a nilfisk lance. Both of mine are acting up.

http://www.detailingshed.com/shampoo-snowfoam/186-snow-foam-lance.html#/fitment-nilfisk_kew_alto

punisher5112

Heathen wrote: »

Yea the snow foam lance has been on my shopping list for a while, but the €63 pricetag is a hard pill to swallow, so other more pressing items (nappies etc..) usually take priority haha

Cheers for the reply, at least i now have €24.99 towards the proper lance

H

Go onto aliexpress its around €21 to €25 delivered to your door.

That's where I got mine it is deadly and forgot to take pics.

I think I used too much foam though as it uses it so quick nearly half a bottle of it.

Noccy_Mondy

It's not like that thing in the link, it's just a black head, that clicks onto the end of the lance.

Heathen

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

It's not like that thing in the link, it's just a black head, that clicks onto the end of the lance.

The one pictured is the karcher one, its just the pic on the page, you select whatever one you need in the drop down menu

[Deleted User]

Heathen wrote: »

so other more pressing items (nappies etc..)
H

Just wait until you're out of the nappies......imagine the amount of snowfoaming you can do then!!! :pac:

Newtown90

Heathen wrote: »

Spotted these in homebase for €24:99... I have a karcher k2 and was wondering are these any use for snowfoam and the likes??

http://www.halfords.com/motoring-travel/cleaning-body-repair/pressure-washers-hoses/karcher-fj10c-ultra-foam-jet

H

Had this and it's a waste of money really ended up buying a proper one for 40 quid a few weeks back and there is no comparison.

colm_mcm

All the meguiars stuff is gone in halfords, they seem to be stocking mers, G3 and autoglym with turtle wax stuff being promoted more.
Pity, as some of their stuff is decent.

Special Circumstances

colm_mcm wrote: »

All the meguiars stuff is gone in halfords, they seem to be stocking mers, G3 and autoglym with turtle wax stuff being promoted more.
Pity, as some of their stuff is decent.

I'm guessing you looked for it with the rest of the car wash stuff and didn't find it in Limerick.
It's around the corner, all together on its own shelf at the end of an aisle in Limerick.

waraf

Quick question for ya lads....

I used clay for the first time over the weekend (Bilt Hamber auto clay) and I found it crumbly and difficult to mould into a solid disk shape. I left it sitting in warm water for a few minutes before I started claying in the car. The directions said to use water as a lubricant but I was using warm water with ph neutral shampoo in it. Was it the shampoo that was causing the problem with the crumbliness or is clay always like that?

Thanks

Curran

Strange; as you are the 2nd person to experience similar in the last 2 weeks. Wonder if its the shampoo causing a bit of breakdown.
Shouldn't happen!
I've experienced clay breakdown and become sticky but not BH Auto Clay, and it was using diluted Demon Shine as a lube.

colm_mcm

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I'm guessing you looked for it with the rest of the car wash stuff and didn't find it in Limerick.
It's around the corner, all together on its own shelf at the end of an aisle in Limerick.

As you go down the shop, the karcher and auto glam is on the left. Then the other stuff is on the right, did I really miss it? Odd place to put it...