* The Car Cleaning Thread *

mr tommo · 29 Jul 2017 at 20:21

Wheel woolies seem to be highly regarded but seem expensive to me!
I've found the cheapo wheel brush with bristles from halfords is the perfect size for those exact alloys.

Nice car, same as mine but I must say I find the colours confusing... is that Azurite, Carbon black or something else? Mines Azurite and I swear I see loads every day unless the carbon is just extremely similar..

iMacMart · 29 Jul 2017 at 21:54

mr tommo said:
Wheel woolies seem to be highly regarded but seem expensive to me!
I've found the cheapo wheel brush with bristles from halfords is the perfect size for those exact alloys.

Nice car, same as mine but I must say I find the colours confusing... is that Azurite, Carbon black or something else? Mines Azurite and I swear I see loads every day unless the carbon is just extremely similar..

Carbon black but it's very blue for some reason....

Dis86 · 29 Jul 2017 at 21:56

iMacMart said:
Carbon black but it's very blue for some reason....

Lol yup. Azurite is too. Sapphire is sparkly (it's what my 640 is) and Jet is just...black.

iMacMart · 30 Jul 2017 at 08:38

Dis86 said:
Lol yup. Azurite is too. Sapphire is sparkly (it's what my 640 is) and Jet is just...black.

Will check out Halfords today, she needs a jetwash

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ultralaser · 30 Jul 2017 at 17:25

Can anyone recommend a good car cleaning kit (the only one I know of is the Auto Glym collection but that seems pricey!). Or am I better getting individual items and building my own kit?

Robbo · 30 Jul 2017 at 17:56

iMacMart said:
Carbon black but it's very blue for some reason....

Carbon Black is Blue. It's not black at all, it's just so dark it looks black in most lights.

My F10 is Carbon Black, it looks an excellent deep blue in the sun, and mostly black the rest of the time.

Azurite is slightly more blue, but the same idea.

Hilly · 1 Aug 2017 at 14:48

Dis86 said:
Collinite 476s isn't a bad shout then.

I've just got some poorboys black hole glaze for mine, they do white diamond for light cars.

Thank you, I'll look into it! Haven't had much need to look with the weather like it is, my poor car is filthy

Dis86 · 1 Aug 2017 at 14:59

hilly said:
Thank you, I'll look into it! Haven't had much need to look with the weather like it is, my poor car is filthy

Lol. Mine too. Get some photos up once you've done yours. It'll be good to see it.

Hilly · 2 Aug 2017 at 02:46

Dis86 said:
Lol. Mine too. Get some photos up once you've done yours. It'll be good to see it.

I'll contemplate it! Not sure I want to show off my washing skills (or lack of!)

robj20 · 2 Aug 2017 at 05:57

Any one tried the dodo juice low on eau, stays it like compared to optimum no rinse?

iMacMart · 4 Aug 2017 at 17:32

New toy has arrived

will be testing this Sunday

Hilly · 5 Aug 2017 at 16:19

amazon order? I picked the same up and the magifoam wasn't much good! Don't think I got the ratios right, so will retest during the week

iMacMart · 5 Aug 2017 at 17:30

hilly said:
amazon order? I picked the same up and the magifoam wasn't much good! Don't think I got the ratios right, so will retest during the week

Yes it was slightly cheaper than a direct purchase .... Going to test it tomorrow

Rybo89 · 5 Aug 2017 at 19:32

Just before i bought my car it had a full professional paint correction detail so it was absaloutly mint from when i bought it up until today.

3 weeks ago i decided to polish and wax it to carry on making it look perfect. Come today, i have just snow foamed it, washed and dried it and it now looks utter gash, swirl marks everywhere lol....

I used Halfords polishing pad and buffers to do it all. Guess i have done something wrong when polishing/waxing? It looked spot on up until now .Only other thing i can think of is that i have changed my snow foam to Bilt Hamber. Anyone had a bad experiance with this?

grudas · 5 Aug 2017 at 20:22

Rybo89 said:
Just before i bought my car it had a full professional paint correction detail so it was absaloutly mint from when i bought it up until today.

3 weeks ago i decided to polish and wax it to carry on making it look perfect. Come today, i have just snow foamed it, washed and dried it and it now looks utter gash, swirl marks everywhere lol....

I used Halfords polishing pad and buffers to do it all. Guess i have done something wrong when polishing/waxing? It looked spot on up until now .Only other thing i can think of is that i have changed my snow foam to Bilt Hamber. Anyone had a bad experiance with this?

snow foam won't give you swirl marks.

you sure they were simply not masked by something? a glaze? and you simply removed the coating that was on it by polishing the whole car..

Rybo89 · 5 Aug 2017 at 20:59

Was wondering if snowfoam has stripped it all away?

What can i put on it to put this glaze back on? I thought that was what polishing n waxing was for lol... Can only see these swirls when the sun is reflecting off of it but its still doing my head in.

Spikey · 5 Aug 2017 at 21:53

Anyone recommend a decent product to remove residue from a sticker on the windscreen?

jellybeard999 · 5 Aug 2017 at 23:29

Spikey said:
Anyone recommend a decent product to remove residue from a sticker on the windscreen?

Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...lish-wax/autoglym-intensive-tar-remover-325ml

Housey · 6 Aug 2017 at 00:34

iMacMart said:
New toy has arrived will be testing this Sunday

I have the same one, it's really good. Also 5mm of liquid can make all the different between falls off in seconds and minutes. I use more than they tell me I should, but for me it creates a much better foam.

Housey · 6 Aug 2017 at 00:35

hilly said:
amazon order? I picked the same up and the magifoam wasn't much good! Don't think I got the ratios right, so will retest during the week

See above, more is better, I would go more than they suggest which makes a thick and strong foam that hangs around for minutes.

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