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The days of the 20 quid mobile valeter are long gone.Just a quick wash to get rid of the pollen and bee poo.
Soft99 Fusso coat doing it's thing. BH touchless not even sticking to it, although I only put about 50ml in the lance with a bit of citrus pre wash.
Carpro Perl diluted 1:1 on the tyres.
TBH if my situation didn't allow for me to use a proper washer, I'd rather get a mobile valeter to do it every months. I paid £20 to get my ST done before Ford fair and they did as good a job as I'd ever do, if not better.
Useful with this hobby otherwise its quite depressing I find
Cleaned both interior and exterior today… I’m quite OCD so having a fresh interior is a lovely feeling 
Big fan of Auto Finesse - Verso for interior cleaning tasks.
Steering wheel had become shiny and generally quite grubby but after using Verso at 10-1 now has a clean, matte finish… much better! (minus the lint from my cheap cloth)
Big fan of Auto Finesse - Verso for interior cleaning tasks.
Steering wheel had become shiny and generally quite grubby but after using Verso at 10-1 now has a clean, matte finish… much better! (minus the lint from my cheap cloth)
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It all depends on your budget, but imo a pressure washer is essential, especially in winter. From there it really depends on how far you want to take it... a couple of buckets, a noodle mitt, drying towel. autoglym shampoo and a spray on wax if you want cheap and easy. If you want to take it a bit further bilt hamber or garage therapy products would be my recommendation, you cant go wrong with those brands. various detailing websites will supply everything you need
Halfords have an Autobrite Sample Kit for £13.40 which has 12 x 100ML bottles of different products.
2 Products for each Step
Step 1 Wheels
Step 2 Wash
Step 3 Decontaminate
Step 4 Polish
Step 5 Protect
Step 6 Finish
Now I know 100ML is a small quantity but quite a few are intended to be used economically and a small amount goes a long way (Less can be more)
Fairly cheap way to introduce yourself to a range of products, even introducing you to a type of product which if you liked the results could then go on and try a competitors version etc.
As mentioned, it’s a mine field and everyone has their own opinions and preferences, brand loyalty etc.
When you state “Gear” do you have the basics such as Buckets, Mitt, Drying Towels and so on?
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That’s grimy, got to do my wife’s car today I haven’t clayed it in about 2 years.Clayed the roof, first time in 18 months of ownership… could feel it catching through a towel when drying.
This was about 10 passes
I’ve never used Clay on any of my cars, though saying that by what your clay has collected could be worth going over mine.
I know it can cause marring and benefits from a Polish afterwards?
Usually I just chemically decontaminate with BH Korrosol and Tar Remover.
I know it can cause marring and benefits from a Polish afterwards?
Usually I just chemically decontaminate with BH Korrosol and Tar Remover.
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That’s the biggest issue with clay mitts as in you can’t see what you’ve removed.Clayed the roof, first time in 18 months of ownership… could feel it catching through a towel when drying.
This was about 10 passes
It's what I paid to have the outside of mine washed a few months ago. Admittedly they did knock off £5 as he's a couple of roads away.
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You want to get as much off first before going over with a clay bar. So tar and glue remover and fallout remover first and then go in with clay otherwise you'll cause a lot more marring.
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Gave mine a clean today
Scrubs up well enough.
I don't use Clay, but do use a Clay Mitt which seems to do a great job, paintwork feels very smooth.
Scrubs up well enough.
I don't use Clay, but do use a Clay Mitt which seems to do a great job, paintwork feels very smooth.
Couple of Snow Foam Shots
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just finished a 4 hour exterior clean on the wife Mazda 6. Wash, decontaminate, clay, polish and Fuso coat. Why is that someone always wants to stop and chat as soon as you’ve just applied a layer of wax..
First time using Garage therapy snow foam, very please with it and would recommend at the minute.
First time using Garage therapy snow foam, very please with it and would recommend at the minute.
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been thinking about this today
I've got a tin of Fusso to go on at some point
always heard to do polish after clay then apply Fusso
but surely the polish will put down some residue , so this would be ontop off the paint ?
panel prep, clay then polish then wax ?
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