Spec me some cleaning kit

Brum Man · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:41

It took me about 6 hours to get it looking like that, and I could have spent longer but I got bored!

For that I used bog standard car wash using a wool mitt, followed by megs clay bar, 2 coats of klasse all in one (it a polish, paint cleaner and a few other things), one coat of poorboys sealant and 2 coats of the wax I mentioned.

Took a lot of hard work but when I finished it look bloody excellent! Just a shame I've just sold it

(BTW, I DID NOT use the sponge in the bottom pic on the paintwork, it was just for the wheels

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Tesla · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:41

[TW]Fox said:
if, like me, you suck at the waxing.

Hairy Fox.

There are a lot of products on the market, I think there are a lot of unnecessary products too but I know people will disagree (elliot).

cymatty · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:42

Tesla said:
Hairy Fox.

There are a lot of products on the market, I think there are a lot of unnecessary products too but I know people will disagree (elliot).

El always disagrees, that is just him.

agw_01 · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:46

I reckon £50 will get me a decent shampoo, wax, polish, clay bar and wash mit.

That and a bit of patience and I reckon you'll be able to turn any car into something to be proud of.

Fox, that's true about the silver. My dads' Rover 800 is a sort of bluey silver and that hides scratches very well... whereas my 220 and both the 214's had quite reflective paint and thus look/looked horrible when the sun shone on them.

eidolon · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:49

[TW]Fox said:
If I could get it like that I'd so have a black car - I'm just paranoid of getting a car that just looks a mess when the sun shines on it and lights up all the swirl marks

I haven't really started on detailing the (black) CTR yet so after I wash it, it's filthy within a day or two but the MR2 used to only get washed once per month as it stayed immaculate all that time.
I remember waxing the bonnet on the MR2 with Meguiars NXT then driving 300 miles to Newcastle. When I got there the whole car was filthy but the bonnet was like I'd just washed it, not a spec of dirt on it!

If you can be bothered to get rid of the swirls with a PC first then give it a good polish and wax then a black car can look fantastic for weeks on end.

Brum Man · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:50

agw_01 said:
I reckon £50 will get me a decent shampoo, wax, polish, clay bar and wash mit.

Don't forget some decent towels to get the polish/wax off. You don't want to do more damage taking it off!

Will also enable you to buff the paintwork well.

Simon · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:50

T cut and colour magic

I have some stuff that you just rub all over a wet car with a wet sponge, leave it to dry to a haze and then buff off, comes up well shiny and water beads off for ages afterwards.

I haven't washed my car in about 6 weeks though :rolleyes:

[TW]Fox · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:50

Is the PC really capable of taking a car which has had 5 years of neglect (Well not neglect but regular washing) and is thus swirl-mark city and making it look as awesome as your MR2 did?

eidolon · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:52

It's better than that!!

There's a thread on detailingworld about a red 16 yr old MR2 that had fairy liquid wash twice per year and after it had been done with the PC it was amazing!

agw_01 · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:54

[TW]Fox said:
Is the PC really capable of taking a car which has had 5 years of neglect (Well not neglect but regular washing) and is thus swirl-mark city and making it look as awesome as your MR2 did?

Go over to detailingworld.co.uk and have a look at some of the cars over there.

Absolutely amazing what the PC does the paint work. I've seen them for sale around £80. Bargain for something that can restore your paintwork to such a level.

edit... Damn you eidolon

eidolon · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:58

Before

eidolon · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:58

After

[TW]Fox · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:58

Hmmm I can still see many swirlmarks on that red one..

edit: ok that 200SX is utterly awesome, damn, thats a serious difference.

L0rdMike · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:59

WOW at the MR2. :eek:

It had a respray really didnt it?

eidolon · 8 Jun 2006 at 23:01

agw_01 said:
Go over to detailingworld.co.uk and have a look at some of the cars over there.

Absolutely amazing what the PC does the paint work. I've seen them for sale around £80. Bargain for something that can restore your paintwork to such a level.

edit... Damn you eidolon

Don't forget to allow for the cost of a transformer, extension cable, backing plates, pads and all the polishes/waxes etc. that you need. In total it's realistically closer to £250

I've just got my SSR2.5 today so I plan on testing it out on the CTR at the weekend, I'll get some pics if I end up doing it.

agw_01 · 8 Jun 2006 at 23:05

eidolon said:

Now, that's what I'm talking about!

eidolon said:
Don't forget to allow for the cost of a transformer, extension cable, backing plates, pads and all the polishes/waxes etc. that you need. In total it's realistically closer to £250

Ouch

I would have thought you'd at least get the transformer and at least one polishing pad with it.

Looking forward to seeing the pics.

eidolon · 8 Jun 2006 at 23:08

agw_01 said:
Ouch I would have thought you'd at least get the transformer and at least one polishing pad with it.

You get one pad made from sandpaper, I let my mate use it on his car and he's gonna need to respray the bonnet now as it's taken the laquer off it, oops!

I think the PC, transformer and extension cost me £150 all in. I've also bought 3-4 pads and a backing plate which cost me about £50 I think. Then it's up to you what products you use, I've went for the Poorboys stuff myself so I'll see how it goes.

thedazman67 · 8 Jun 2006 at 23:12

i am with el on this one for me £50 wouldnt be enough for what i buy

i spent £86.00 on the following

Megs NXT Car Wash
Megs Deep Crystal Stage 1 Paint Cleaner
Megs Deep Crystal Stage 2 Deep Crystal Polish
Megs Deep Crystal Stage 3 Carnauba Wax
Megs Applicator pads x 3
Megs Lambswool Wash Mitt
Megs Water Magnet Drying Towel

Tesco Value Microfibre Cloths three pack x 2

Comes out looking like this

In the near future i will be buying the following

Megs Quick Clay Detailing System
Megs NXT Glass Cleaner
Megs Endurance High Gloss Tyre Protection Gel
Megs Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner

thedazman

benneh · 8 Jun 2006 at 23:21

I seriously recon you should go over the whole thing in Meguiars ScratchX.
It will be mighty labour intensive, but the difference is shocking, when i did mine (before i finished up) the difference between the areas that had been ScratchX'd and those that hadnt was as clear as night and day. It got rid of some nasty rubs/scratches and swirls and just generally made the paint look new. It will give you blisters and take you an age, but if you want it to look like new i recon you should:

Rinse>Wash>Rinse>Claybar>ScratchX(whole car)>Wash>Rinse>Dry>Wax.

Sorted.

agw_01 · 8 Jun 2006 at 23:32

Yours does look amazing benneh.

So, use ScratchX in place of polish, or should I still use polish?