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Anyone recommend some Polishing pads/cloths? Cheap and avail from halfrauds or ebay?

Also rain x.. Yes or no? The rain one not the fog. Debating it for the winter months as reviews praise it for its helpfulness removing snow/ice etc
 
Get some Angelwax H2Go. Same price as RainX but 10x better. Beads as low as 20mph and the last time it was icy I didn't have to touch the screen.
 
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Anyone recommend some Polishing pads/cloths? Cheap and avail from halfrauds or ebay?

Also rain x.. Yes or no? The rain one not the fog. Debating it for the winter months as reviews praise it for its helpfulness removing snow/ice etc
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Not sure if they fall into your category of being cheap enough but I can't fault Chemical Guys Hex Logic pads.
 
Hi,

I am looking at getting the valetpro citrus prewash, is that the best? What is the best way of applying this?

We have an outside tap so can use a special adapter or should I just get a manual spray gun?

Also what is the best alloy wheel cleaner? I've used the autoglym and wonder wheel products however they still leave little black dots on the wheels.

Thanks
 
I've been out of the car cleaning loop for quite a while now and with my new car arriving very shortly I thought I would start to stock up on cleaning products. I used to use Meguiars, a few years ago which seems to give good results. How are these still rated rated? Have people moved on from them now?

The car its self is going to be a metallic white, so not sure if that had a bearing on the product or products used.

Do you have any recommend kits or products to order or sites to review, with a budget around a few hundred?
 
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[RXP]Andy;27418203 said:
I've been out of the car cleaning loop for quite a while now and with my new car arriving very shortly I thought I would start to stock up on cleaning products. I used to use Meguiars, a few years ago which seems to give good results. How are these still rated rated? Have people moved on from them now?

The car its self is going to be a metallic white, so not sure if that had a bearing on the product or products used.

Do you have any recommend kits or products to order or sites to review, with a budget around a few hundred?
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If brand new then just a coat of HD wax preferably or Extra Gloss Protection. If not brand new, super resin polish before the wax. If there are harder to remove contaminants, clay it first. Then to look after the wax use autoglym's car shampoo followed by Aqua wax when drying. Works a treat in my experience.
 
Even with a brand new car I'd use ironx at least. Its surprising what can be collected in storage / during transport.
 
So just been thoroughly cleaning my car, clay bar etc. Finish off with Auto Finesse Tripple, but by the time it came round to buffing it off, it had frozen! Bad idea to do it in this weather I guess! So, now looks smeary! Doh!
 
Running out on most of my cleaning products and fancy trying something different instead of the easy option and buying Autoglym products. Anything glaringly obvious I'm missing on this list.

Poorboys SSR1 Polish
Poorboys Ex-p sealant
Chemical Guys Glossworkz glaze
Poorboys Natural Look Dressing
Chemical Guys New look trim gel

I'm okay for shampoo at the moment and I've not long bought a tin of Collinite 476s

Car is a the mx5 in sig if colour makes choice of products different
 
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004ZWK63U/

Anyone used this stuff before? Cheap, well rated and plenty in there to last.

We've got a gun metal type colour Mercedes C200, and looking for some decent shampoo.
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I'm considering buying some of this, price is hardly nothing for the amount you get.

I washed the car on the weekend, with some Triple Wax Car Shampoo I found in the shed.

What are good cloths to use after rinsing the car down? That soaks up the water well?
 
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So some of you may know I do a bit of detailing for people on the side of my other work avenues, mostly just odds and ends - nothing particularly high end. However today I was lucky enough to do some initial work on a 2013 Camaro with race pack (some black bits for $3500 from what the owner tells me)!

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The car only landed in Blighty a few weeks ago and had a bit of damage from the trip, also some extremely ham fisted washing has happened previously which was the main purpose of the first visit.

This was the extent of a lot of the kind of damage on a lot of the panels, literally horrible!

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Started off with a DA, it probably needs a rotary in places however I didn't want to push my luck, the paint was so soft, you could almost scratch it with your finger nails!

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I left my camera with the owner for two minutes and he tries to get all arty! .. I like it! :D

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Finally some progress, the owner was stunned by the progress even only a few hours could achieve!

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All tucked up, I put on a decent sealant and couple of layers of wax which will tide the owner over until the weather is better. He really just couldn't stand the terrible damage the previous owner inflicted so it needed some attention, even in the snow!

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Really cannot get enough of those headlights!

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