*** Car Wash / Valet / Detailing Thread ***
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Autoglym leather cleaner is decent, with those scrubby pads.
If you want something decent, though, get Geist kit from somewhere like clean and shiny. It comes as a pack with cleaner, restorer and protector
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Pretty sure a few people here have the race glaze one
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Rag company, the orange ones (eagle I think) are 350 odd gsm and lower pile.
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These ones ?
Trying to find orange ones
The Rag Company The Drago 16 x 16" 70/30 Multi Purpose Towel
The DRAGO is an outstanding all-around dual-pile workhorse towel that doesn't mind doing the dirty work for you with premium quality microfiber that's competitively priced. Dual-pile construction: Use the plush side for the delicate aluminum of today's high-end wheels and other soft metals; and...
theragcompany.co.uk
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It's mainly to tidy it up before it goes up for sale. I'm not bothered how long it lasts, cheaper the better obviously.
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These ones ?
Trying to find orange ones
The Rag Company The Drago 16 x 16" 70/30 Multi Purpose Towel
The DRAGO is an outstanding all-around dual-pile workhorse towel that doesn't mind doing the dirty work for you with premium quality microfiber that's competitively priced. Dual-pile construction: Use the plush side for the delicate aluminum of today's high-end wheels and other soft metals; and...
The Rag Company Eagle Edgeless 350 16 x 16 Plush Microfiber Towel
The Rag Company's Eagle Edgeless 350 is a perfect lower-GSM, plush buffing towel for waxes, glazes and sealants. Buy online or collect in-store.
www.cleanandshiny.co.uk
Or
THE RAG COMPANY PEARL 16 X 16 EDGELESS PEARL MICROFIBER TOWEL - GREY OR ORANGE (12 Pack)
The Edgeless Pearl is The Rag Company's dedicated towel for the removal and levelling of all types of ceramic coatings. It's unique closed-loop pearl-weave construction has all the characteristics you need for safe, fast and effective work on coatings - lint-free, soft, removal "bite", and...
www.cleanandshiny.co.uk
Has anyone tried the fibre king ones, I've been looking at these to buy some in bulk..
fibreking.co.uk
Microfibres | Microfibre Car Cloths | Microfibre Towels
If you are looking for our premium microfibre cloths & drying towels, you’ve come to the right place! Clean smarter, not harder, with the microfibre cloths from FibreKing.
fibreking.co.uk
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It's mainly to tidy it up before it goes up for sale. I'm not bothered how long it lasts, cheaper the better obviously.
Autoglym from Halfords will be your best bet then
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Has anyone tried the fibre king ones, I've been looking at these to buy some in bulk..
Microfibres | Microfibre Car Cloths | Microfibre Towels
If you are looking for our premium microfibre cloths & drying towels, you’ve come to the right place! Clean smarter, not harder, with the microfibre cloths from FibreKing.
I haven’t but I was always intrigued by Mcrofbre: https://mcrofbre.com/
Can also vouch for touch-less. I put a pre made amount in a weed sprayer so it's always ready.Used touchless for the first time today with new MJJC V2. Worked out my PIR at 2% with my set up I need 250ml per litre. Stuck everything on max and ended up firing shaving foam at my car, had to back it off or I could've had snowball fights with what was sitting on my car
It certainly didn't kill off my quick beads I put on with the last wash.
The car was absolutely filthy as I've just not had the time recently to clean it, so with that in mind, it was due a decon wash.
2% PIR Touch-Less, 10% dilution of Purifica (in a battery operated foamer which was hard work) and Purifica shampoo. Plus a 1:3 Sidero fall out soak before rinsing and finishing with a pH neutral wash. Topped up with Perfecta Si02.
The paint work is still looking great.
2% PIR Touch-Less, 10% dilution of Purifica (in a battery operated foamer which was hard work) and Purifica shampoo. Plus a 1:3 Sidero fall out soak before rinsing and finishing with a pH neutral wash. Topped up with Perfecta Si02.
The paint work is still looking great.
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The Rag Company Eagle Edgeless 350 16 x 16 Plush Microfiber Towel
The Rag Company's Eagle Edgeless 350 is a perfect lower-GSM, plush buffing towel for waxes, glazes and sealants. Buy online or collect in-store.
Or
THE RAG COMPANY PEARL 16 X 16 EDGELESS PEARL MICROFIBER TOWEL - GREY OR ORANGE (12 Pack)
The Edgeless Pearl is The Rag Company's dedicated towel for the removal and levelling of all types of ceramic coatings. It's unique closed-loop pearl-weave construction has all the characteristics you need for safe, fast and effective work on coatings - lint-free, soft, removal "bite", and...
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yeah i was thinking pearl weave (as per their video , they explain about the pearl)
the plush eagle edgeless (purple ones) i have (for the buffing/removing excess part) they are good !
I'll probably buy the pearl weave ones
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Is that all in one foam bottle or separate stages?
Separate stages, the Touch-Less was in a foam cannon but the Purifica isn't as economical so tried a 10% dilution via a handheld battery powered foamer. The foamer isn't that good though so it took a while to do the whole car.
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any recommendations for bottle holder to keep in my car?
I'm currently looking at this, but I'm sure I could probably half that price with something else
www.cleanandshiny.co.uk
I'm currently looking at this, but I'm sure I could probably half that price with something else
Poka Premium Large Bottle Holder up to 1 litre
This product is perfect for organising 5 of your favourite 1 litre bottles, it is made to put bottles in without straining the atomisers. It is also a great solution for storing polishing pastes. The 4 mounting holes means it can be fixed securely, and is with all the Poka Premium products there...
www.cleanandshiny.co.uk
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any recommendations for bottle holder to keep in my car?
I'm currently looking at this, but I'm sure I could probably half that price with something else
Poka Premium Large Bottle Holder up to 1 litre
This product is perfect for organising 5 of your favourite 1 litre bottles, it is made to put bottles in without straining the atomisers. It is also a great solution for storing polishing pastes. The 4 mounting holes means it can be fixed securely, and is with all the Poka Premium products there...
Just do what I do and throw it in the passenger footwell then complain to yourself when it leaks everywhere
Used a large "Seametal" microfibre drying towel (£6) from Aliexpress yesterday and couldn't fault it. I'm by no means a regular car washer / detailer or anything so experience is limited but it soaked up everything in one go from my Focus and left no marks or streaks etc.
Can't see the value in paying £20+ on anything for such towels, not for my needs anyway.
Can't see the value in paying £20+ on anything for such towels, not for my needs anyway.
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Just do what I do and throw it in the passenger footwell then complain to yourself when it leaks everywhere
haha
on my old car, i used to have a bungee cord going from hook to hook, from the boot to where the back seat meets i then had a bedside storage organiser hanging from it, Velcro onto the side carpet
i had bottles and cloths in that
my new car has nothing i can do anything like this with lol