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Given that I've a) Not done it for over a year and b) It's the RR day tommorrow, I felt I really ought to actually make use of the vast amounts of car care junk I've collected over the years and do a PROPER clean/polish/wax on the Mondeo.
So, I overcome my DIY-retardedness, got outside, and spent the afternoon cleaning.
Products used:
Meguiars Gold Class Car Wash + Meguiars Washmit - nothing particularly interesting here, I do that once a week anyway. Washmit is pretty damn useful - more so than a sponge. It's kinder to your paintwork and it lets you get into more awkward areas such as under spoilers etc.
Chamois to dry - Didn't used to be able to get any results with one of these but now I've worked out how to use it, it was a very good way of avoiding irritating dried watermarks.
Meguiars Claybar - Used one before, did nothing, put it back in its box. This time I actually bothered to read the manual, and boy does it work. Removes loads of annoying rubbish, INCLUDING the paintwork off the door of the Corsa that parked beside me at Sainsburys the other day. Left paintwork as smooth as class. Recommended.
Meguiars ScratchX - Got some irritating scratches caused by inconsiderate morons in a carpark and a nice scratch on my front bumper where I sucked particularly hard at parking one time, so gave this a go. Waste of time really, nothing really changed.
Autoglym Super Resin Polish. Not sure what this does, but I had a bottle so I applied it anyway
Meguiars NXT Tech Wax - Brilliant. Went on dead easy, came off dead easy, shines quite nicely.
Autoglym Car Glass polish - Does exactly what it says on the tin but it's a bit of a faff as you apply it and remove it as you would a wax, rather than just spray on and wipe off.
End results? Well...
Very pleased, although Silver has to be the least rewarding colour to wax.
What do you reckon?
So, I overcome my DIY-retardedness, got outside, and spent the afternoon cleaning.
Products used:
Meguiars Gold Class Car Wash + Meguiars Washmit - nothing particularly interesting here, I do that once a week anyway. Washmit is pretty damn useful - more so than a sponge. It's kinder to your paintwork and it lets you get into more awkward areas such as under spoilers etc.
Chamois to dry - Didn't used to be able to get any results with one of these but now I've worked out how to use it, it was a very good way of avoiding irritating dried watermarks.
Meguiars Claybar - Used one before, did nothing, put it back in its box. This time I actually bothered to read the manual, and boy does it work. Removes loads of annoying rubbish, INCLUDING the paintwork off the door of the Corsa that parked beside me at Sainsburys the other day. Left paintwork as smooth as class. Recommended.
Meguiars ScratchX - Got some irritating scratches caused by inconsiderate morons in a carpark and a nice scratch on my front bumper where I sucked particularly hard at parking one time, so gave this a go. Waste of time really, nothing really changed.
Autoglym Super Resin Polish. Not sure what this does, but I had a bottle so I applied it anyway
Meguiars NXT Tech Wax - Brilliant. Went on dead easy, came off dead easy, shines quite nicely.
Autoglym Car Glass polish - Does exactly what it says on the tin but it's a bit of a faff as you apply it and remove it as you would a wax, rather than just spray on and wipe off.
End results? Well...
Very pleased, although Silver has to be the least rewarding colour to wax.
What do you reckon?
I can never get a decent result with one!!
