*** The Car Cleaning Thread ***
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Very kind of you 
I do have to say we are in love. I might propose to her soon 
What was interesting is discovering how thin the paint is these days. 54 micron in places on the bonnet. 70 to 90 on the rest. Hence what paint is there will be seriously looked after.
I do have to say we are in love. I might propose to her soon What was interesting is discovering how thin the paint is these days. 54 micron in places on the bonnet. 70 to 90 on the rest. Hence what paint is there will be seriously looked after.
I thought that!
the red door is starting to turn pink. going to try to t cut it then use some mer.For this job I got Finesse Detailing from Alton to do this. Job took 9 hours and the price of the chemicals used isn't something I'd normally have to hand.
Taping is to cover plastics and protect from the paint sealants etc. They used amongst others: Zaino AIO, Z5, Z6 & Swissvax Shield.
Hope that helps clarify.
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So do you rate these guys? Must say the work looks good and I see their name come up on my Facebook quite often as it's a local company and have thought about giving my paintwork some professional loving
So do you rate these guys? Must say the work looks good and I see their name come up on my Facebook quite often as it's a local company and have thought about giving my paintwork some professional loving
So far so good! Paint protection/enhancement was very professionally done and not the faintest hint of a swirl mark left. Very friendly guys. I'm going to be using them regularly moving forward.
Oh for f....I swear the weather is sentient, and hates me 
It's been dry all day and forecast said dry for basically the next few days. The car is pretty clean, but I wanted to give it another quick wash and put a second coat of wax on. I was leaving work an hour early today, so planned to do it when I got home. Before leaving work, one last weather check to see if it will rain...
BBC Weather: "Overcast but dry. Perfect car cleaning weather."
Android Weather App: "Yup. No rain. Go for it."
RainToday Radar: "SCOPES CLEAR, CAPTAIN!".
Great. Get home, get all the gear out, pressure wash the car then go and mix up some shampoo. Just as I'm starting to wash proper, the mother of all black clouds rocks up like "hey, nice car douchebag, trollolololol" and proceeds to start ****ing down.
I've started so I'll finish. Unfortunately, the rain is not really heavy enough to rinse the car properly, so as a final indignity, I'm forced to look like a nutter, standing in the rain rinsing a car with a hosepipe whilst incredulous neighbours drive past.
Sometimes, I hate Britiain
It's been dry all day and forecast said dry for basically the next few days. The car is pretty clean, but I wanted to give it another quick wash and put a second coat of wax on. I was leaving work an hour early today, so planned to do it when I got home. Before leaving work, one last weather check to see if it will rain...
BBC Weather: "Overcast but dry. Perfect car cleaning weather."
Android Weather App: "Yup. No rain. Go for it."
RainToday Radar: "SCOPES CLEAR, CAPTAIN!".
Great. Get home, get all the gear out, pressure wash the car then go and mix up some shampoo. Just as I'm starting to wash proper, the mother of all black clouds rocks up like "hey, nice car douchebag, trollolololol" and proceeds to start ****ing down.
I've started so I'll finish. Unfortunately, the rain is not really heavy enough to rinse the car properly, so as a final indignity, I'm forced to look like a nutter, standing in the rain rinsing a car with a hosepipe whilst incredulous neighbours drive past.
Sometimes, I hate Britiain
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Any water repellant coating that results in beading will do this...and yes, the one big downside. Lots of dust spots rather than an even layer.
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