Detailing chat

Whilst I definitely took the scenic route to get there, I'm finally finished with the shed (well, bar hanging a few posters/security lights, etc).

There's a corner full o' crap which is on it's way to the recycling centre tomorrow. When that's gone, i've got bicyle hangers i picked up and I'm gonna hang two bikes on the wall (by 'hang' i mean stand them against it, really). Then that'll be everything, I think.


Here's a few pics of my hard work :P














I know the car plan stuff isn't reall rated on here as being very good, but I've found their hi wax rinse and foam to be decent enough (although it's a mild false economy, as you do have to use a decent quantity to get anywhere really).

4 of the drawers are in use. One for mitts and towels/cloths, one for polishing and waxing stuff (DA pads, bottles of polish etc.) and one for wheel related bits (wheel woolies, tyre brushes etc.). Then one has the alternate heads for the pressure washer and steam cleaner, should I ever need them.

Halfords do 3 for 2 on a €1 bucket, so I buy 3 each time I go in, so in the unit with doors, there's about a dozen buckets. I reckon they'll break sooner or later, but seem good value (that said, I mixed cement in one and it didn't crack, which i anticipated it would, so.. maybe they might last!).

A lot of the shelves and drawers are empty and one or two have random shite just thrown on them that needs a bit of a clean up, the computer chair also needs to be replaced or binned, and then its all over with. Then I'll have run out of excuses to put off cleaning the car and will actually have to clean the car. Meh :P

Even though the car spends it's nights indoors now, it's still covered in bird siht all the time. Really annoying.


Have to pick up a few bits off detailing shed (keep meaning to go up to him but end up getting side tracked) as I'm lacking in tar and iron products, grit guards, an incredimitt and a microfibre machine polish pad (those are the bits I know i need off the top of my head anyway).

The car has a fortnight of silly mileage coming up, at the end of this week, so I'm gonna give it a quick rinse during the week, and then when all the driving is done with, I'll bring it in for a full detail over the course of a couple of days and go all out, nWo style on it. Hopefully it'll look the bees knees when it's done

job seeker wrote: »

Looks fantastic KKV. Is that Keane from wwe up beside the bag?

Not far off, it's his long-estranged cousin; Kane :P

(I was a really big WWE fan growing up, and although don't really watch it as much anymore (only really the Rumble each year), I was always a big Kane fan and collected a lot of his merchandise, and still pick up a random bit here and there if something catches my eye).

vectra wrote: »

Wow..!!
Some shed.
Now from an ocd point of view..
CLEAN THE GLASS..!!!

I did, after the photos, but it's still crappy. The actual pane seems to have faded or have a whiteness through it (don't really know anything about glass, but it's double glazing and a chap I know said he reckons it needs to be re-gassed?!).

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

KKV - that is an awesome set up you've got. It's exactly the kind of thing I want to do in my place. The only thing annoying me about those pics is the bird sh!t on your rear windscreen :P

Also done after the photos :P I gave it a quick foam, rinse, 2bm, dry and tyre dressing today. It's looking well.


Does anyone here use Car Plan stuff at all? I find two of their products in particular great ('hi wax rinse' and whatever their snow foam is called). I also really like their glass cleaner. Tyre dressing is crap (unless Im just doing it wrong!?). But it seems like great value (especially if you're gonna be wishy washing regularly?!)