Had the CSL Detailed by a Professional - Zymol Royale

Focus could do with some of this but it's maybe a bit OTT perhaps if it was around £100 I would consider it. I know it's just a Focus but it means a lot more to me :p
 
got to remember black looks the dogs nuts when its polished. Awesome job done and money well spent.
 
Skiddley said:
Can't help thinking this whole detailing malarkay is just a little anal...
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So people are immaculately presented, some people have pristine houses, some people like to have a clean car, I don't see the problem to be honest.

Gibbo, CSL looks great, much better now the swirls have gone.
 
Booner! said:
how lon will it stay like that? or do you need to clean it regularly?
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HI there

On the Mustang after 12 months swirls had come back but only very few.

Its cleaning that causes swirls, using the correct methods of washing you can limit them.

The Mustang had very soft paint and hence the paint marked very easily wheras on the other hand the BMW has very hard paint.

If I stick to just washing it once every 2 weeks using the correct methods, in 12 months time there should be very few swirls re-introduced to the paintwork.
 
NickXX said:
Gibbo, do you know if jetwashing a car will reduce the amount of swirling?
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Hi there

Swirling mostly comes from washing, as such try not to use sponges and uses at least 2 buckets.

Best way to keep the car looking clean is to hose the car down, using a pressure washer on the lower areas of the cars where the most dirt collects. Then give the car a pre-wash, say using a super-spray, so spray soap over the car, leave for 2 minutes and then hose down. What this does is the soap helps lifts dirt from the car and then you just hose it down.

The car will not be cleaner and you have not even touched it with a sponge, you could now just stop at this point if you think its clean enough and won't have introduced any swirling.

If you do move onto a proper wash then use two buckets and ideally two meguiars lambs wool mits. One bucket is used for cleaning your mit and the other will have your wash in. When cleaning the car going over the paint work with the mitt as if you were cleaning an egg shell. Using the other mitt for the lower regions of the car.

Once done hose down.

Now if your dry the car be careful as this is where its very easy to put swirls in the paintwork. My advice is use one of the extra large Eurow drying towels and use the patting method. As they are so large you literally dry the entire car in less than 5 minutes, have no watermarks and the car will remain swirl free.
 
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