Detailing chat

vectra wrote: »

If it is any consolation to you,
I washed the Passat today and dried it.
I could have dried another one without wringing it out.

It's actually impossible to wring that yoke!!

Curran wrote: »

Jeez ye'll wash the paint off that thing if you keep it up!
Will ye do mine next!
:P

Irish response is Irish :P

Mister Jingles

Honestly anytime I get the car cleaned a bird ****s on it (im actually convinced it's one of those huge herring gulls) and I could go ages without washing and nothing will happen.

Would an APC do the job as well ?

APC would do a job on it, but won't be as slick as the Bird Sh#t Remover....it would have more lubrication properties to prevent the gritty nature of the dropping, causing any potential damage.

Mister Jingles

I probably will look into it next week, no point now as I won't be getting the car washed for a couple of weeks. Also the the novelty of having a spray in my slowly growing collection called bird **** remover would amuse me and probably others

It's one for the boot and a plush microfiber cloth!

Gotta love the name of it though - no messing about!

Mister Jingles

If it was marketed well if would be a big seller,especially in Dublin :pac:

Don't know where you are from, but don't want to know what the 'burds' are like down your way!!...Durty!!

vectra

Curran wrote: »

Funny you should mention that - just today, an Irish supplier added Poorboys range and one of their products is 'Bird Sh#t Remover'

Hmm
I wonder could that supplier get this? :P

Gavman84

Anyone in cork please fancy getting rid of a small mark on bonnet think needs to be machine polished to shift it. Don't have one myself! Don't know where it came from.

dnd detailing are in cork city somewhere.

http://dnddetailing.ie/

Gavman84

Ya I use them but looking for someone who might have a da as its a tiny mark don't need the whole bonnet done or anything. Quick rub of a da sort it I say.

Ah right, your begging for a freebie you mean :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac::pac:

:P

Mc Love

Just watching the beads, it's hypnotising

Danger781

Does anyone have any experience with plasti dip or vinyl wrap? Not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask.. Since getting the car I've been considering blacking out the chrome trims on my MINI. Like this:

Not sure what would be better..

Danger781

Danger781 wrote: »

Not sure what would be better..

Plasti dip. Definitely plasti dip. Vinyl looks like such a balls to work with.

bbari

Danger781 wrote: »

Plasti dip. Definitely plasti dip. Vinyl looks like such a balls to work with.

Agree, Plasti dip is so easy to work with. Having said that it didn't work for me, probably i didn't apply it properly. I applied on the grill and it came off where the grill was bent.

MarkN

Lads, I'm thinking of one of these.

http://www.chemicalguys.com/Porter_Cable_Complete_Detailing_Kit_p/buf_209.htm

What do I need to know?! Buy a kit?

Mainly I just want to remove light swirls, marks and then apply and buff wax off - that is pretty much it.

Good bit of kit, porter cable machines go down well in usa.

If you look down page it gives you the recommendations for each pad and what polish to buy.

Detail shed does a tester kit of the CG polish they are recommending on that page for you to start with.

On how to go about things look up Ammonyc and drive clean on you tube, Larry does the best video how 2's out there for working on the cars paint.

Oh yes um buy from the European site so you get the right plugs voltage for machine lol

Assuming you are using it on or are still driving the F10 5er, then the paint work will be on the extreme end of the hardness scale. Correction with a 500w Dual Action will be slow. Though, that removes any risk involved. While still being quite safe, there are models that come with an 850w motor, and correction with it will be easier. The extra power means the machine won't bog down under pressure.

MarkN

Hi Curran - driving a 2004 325ci at the moment which is in fairly good nick but a polish with a bit of cut wouldn't do any harm. Waxed it a few weeks ago and it has got a lovely shine to it so I know the potential is there to really restore it.

Paintwork will always benefit from even the lightest of machine polishing. Restoring the gloss, shine and depth of the paint is the biggest factor....while random deep scratches will remain, and will be visible if inspecting the paintwork closely, from a feet away, the paintwork will look vastly improved.

What happened the F10? Or am I confusing you with someone else?

bbari has the F10

Ohhh, so there's only one F10 in the country!!

OK curious now, what the pants is a F10 5ER????

Curran wrote: »

Ohhh, so there's only one F10 in the country!!

How many F10 owners are in here who are also into detailing their F10? :P

bbari is the only one I can think of!

edburg wrote: »

OK curious now, what the pants is a F10 5ER????

BMW 5 Series. F10 is the chassis code.

Cheers, I was at a loss trying to work it out lol

MarkN

Had a 2012 m-sport but sold it last year, bought a house an E60 and a kid (didn't pay for the latter as such) - sold the other 520d a few weeks ago and doing some saving at the moment maybe for a 420d, we'll see.

edburg wrote: »

Cheers, I was at a loss trying to work it out lol

F10 - 2010 - current 5 series
E60 - 2003 - 2010 5 series
E39 - 1996 (?) - 2003 5 series

edburg wrote: »

OK curious now, what the pants is a F10 5ER????

BMW 5 Series, F10 model

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

How many F10 owners are in here who are also into detailing their F10? :P

bbari is the only one I can think of!

If you have a narrow mind, you cant put two and two together!
Perhaps Im mixing up MarkN, with another person with N as their surname - the other person Im thinking of, is a BMW fan, and I believe they owned a F10.