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LiE · 7 Jul 2012 at 10:30

allllec said:
Purchased this and one of their pads a while back. Least effective Polish I have ever used. I've never seen it remove a single swirl!

That's a shame, is your paint the solid German kind? I've read/seen so many good things about this stuff on detailing world.

allllec · 7 Jul 2012 at 13:26

LiE said:
That's a shame, is your paint the solid German kind? I've read/seen so many good things about this stuff on detailing world.

I've used it on my Volvo 850, Honda CRX*, Mx-5 and just went and had a pop at the polo.

Just now on the polo I've spent 15 minutes-ish on one small section of the bonnet and you couldn't tell I had touched it!!

And thats following their instructions with plenty of elbow grease.

Ta

Alec

*forgot to mention, on the Honda it did remove the oxidation nicely but that was about it.

Neil777 · 7 Jul 2012 at 14:03

I used P1 to remove a load of deep scratches from the bonnet of my Passat with no problem, I was using a rotary though, don't think I could go back to trying to polish by hand.

DB_SamX · 7 Jul 2012 at 19:27

torN said:
I have a Black Astra, bought it 7 weeks ago, however some nice chap decided to key it, cheers pal.

Any ideas if i could get rid? they are pretty deep scratches, dont want to spend the money on a respray it covers the door panel and the rear section (3 door car).

Get your local Chipsaway rep to give you a quote.

Regy53 · 7 Jul 2012 at 19:29

he keyed over filler anyhow

phil675 · 8 Jul 2012 at 00:25

Can you use deironiser on the whole car or is using it on paint a bad idea?

Regy53 · 8 Jul 2012 at 00:54

no.

dont do that!

Raymond Lin · 8 Jul 2012 at 01:16

I am addicted to this detailing thing, browsing Clean your car and have like £50 of stuff in my basket !

Must not buy any more !

(The only thing I really need is the PERL stuff and the applicator pads)

Duke · 8 Jul 2012 at 08:13

Jesus how much have you spent in the last few weeks?

Neil777 · 8 Jul 2012 at 08:18

phil675 said:
Can you use deironiser on the whole car or is using it on paint a bad idea?

I think this should answer your question

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=2797329&postcount=3

Fr0dders · 8 Jul 2012 at 08:23

Theres a great new series on the Drive Network on youtube at the moment called Drive Clean

The Tutorial on Claying is a good watch for anybody that hasn't clayed before and is thinking of trying it:

Neil777 · 8 Jul 2012 at 08:37

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PFqxu3yHEPw&feature=plcp

I just got one of these as an alternative to clay, not had a chance to use it yet though what with all this rain.

lmfy2k · 8 Jul 2012 at 08:59

Any uk sellers mate?

Neil777 · 8 Jul 2012 at 09:20

Here's the ebay number 261006683837

SDK^ · 8 Jul 2012 at 09:39

I tried some AG HD wax last week on my first clean and it's pretty impressive for £32 (RRP £42) a tub.

Kenai · 8 Jul 2012 at 09:42

Why oh why did you put fake blur on that picture?

SDK^ · 8 Jul 2012 at 09:49

Kenai said:
Why oh why did you put fake blur on that picture?

I only had my iPhone with me so took the photo and did a sneaky edit

Pretty impressive quality for a mobile image.

Raymond Lin · 8 Jul 2012 at 10:08

Duke said:
Jesus how much have you spent in the last few weeks?

off my head

DAS pro - £100
Wool mitt - £19
Ironx - £15
Rainx - 7
FK1000 - £18

I did't check out the stuff above btw...The only thing I really need is the PERL as my plastic exterior has some white patches, none of the polish or wax can cure it, i can make do without the others.

Duke · 8 Jul 2012 at 10:09

I thought you had a photo of about 20 products the other day?

Raymond Lin · 8 Jul 2012 at 10:09

Duke said:
I thought you had a photo of about 20 products the other day?

3/4 of that stuff was bought a year ago when i got the car.

Basically most of the Autoglym stuff, as I had no idea what's what.

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