*** The Car Cleaning Thread ***

[Tom|Nbk]

I now have no thumbs left luckily car was quite warm so twenty mins of thumbing and ruining the skin on both my thumbs and It’s off

Now just needs a wipe down with sticky remover

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Good job

 

[Tom|Nbk]

There’s another small spigen car mount near the vents although looks quite handy

Needs a hook for the back of your phone to use it so I’m debating taking that off or leaving it on and buying the hook to use it

What is it with people sticking phone holder mounts to interior panels !!!

 

[Cookeh]

Grab some small backing plates and a cutting pad and you can remove the scratches from the trim too. Can be a drill if you dont have a DA.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Plan for the weekend:

Wash with some cheap wash and wax that I need to finish off.
Spray with Autoglym Rapid Detailer while wet and use my clay mitt. Lots of winter rubbish on the white paint.
Polish with Autoglym Resin polish.
Apply EGP (not sure I can be bothered with HD Wax this weekend).

Wheels need a good going over too. Bilberry wheel cleaner, plus my lamb wool pole things and then some Autoglym wheel seal.

I really need to get into the roof seals, they are pretty grim.

This is assuming I survive my deadlift session this afternoon and can still move my arms

 

[Cleisthenes]

Plan for the weekend:

Wash with some cheap wash and wax that I need to finish off.
Spray with Autoglym Rapid Detailer while wet and use my clay mitt. Lots of winter rubbish on the white paint.
Polish with Autoglym Resin polish.
Apply EGP (not sure I can be bothered with HD Wax this weekend).

Wheels need a good going over too. Bilberry wheel cleaner, plus my lamb wool pole things and then some Autoglym wheel seal.

I really need to get into the roof seals, they are pretty grim.

This is assuming I survive my deadlift session this afternoon and can still move my arms

You're doing something wrong if it's only your arms hurting

 

[CaptainRAVE]

You're doing something wrong if it's only your arms hurting

Hehe - and bending down!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Well I stuck to the plan. I forgot how easy EGP is to apply. Won’t be using HDwax anytime soon. Finish is just as good and so so much easier to apply EGP. The paint was very rough when I started from the winter weather. Silky smooth now.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Well I stuck to the plan. I forgot how easy EGP is to apply. Won’t be using HDwax anytime soon. Finish is just as good and so so much easier to apply EGP. The paint was very rough when I started from the winter weather. Silky smooth now.

I actually put them in a spray bottle, makes it even easier.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I actually put them in a spray bottle, makes it even easier.

That is a really good idea.

 

[Raymond Lin]

That is a really good idea.

I really don’t know why it isn’t sold in one. The whole dab a bit on a micro fibre makes it takes twice as long.

 

[Deathwish]

What are folks using a good glass cleaning product? Looks like I have some splash on the glass from a cleaning product used on the interior and my usual glass cleaners make no impact on it!

 

[Cookeh]

Stoners.

 

[Deathwish]

Thanks I'll take a look at that.

 

[PiKe]

I have a couple of specks of what looks like a dot of rust on my plastic bumper, presumably from fallout, can I use something like trolls breath to remove it?

 

[Captain]

I have black spots all over the paintwork, it hasn’t been washed in over a year (No interest) what’s the easiest product to use that takes the least effort? Car cleaning does not interest me so would like to get it done as quickly as possible.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I have black spots all over the paintwork, it hasn’t been washed in over a year (No interest) what’s the easiest product to use that takes the least effort? Car cleaning does not interest me so would like to get it done as quickly as possible.

My white car was covered in them. Clay mitt and rapid detailer removed them with just a few wipes. I guess the alternative is tar remover.

 

[Dis86]

I have a couple of specks of what looks like a dot of rust on my plastic bumper, presumably from fallout, can I use something like trolls breath to remove it?

I've found standard fallout removers work well. They might need a couple of applications though

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Cleanest she has been since the showroom.

 

[PiKe]

I've found standard fallout removers work well. They might need a couple of applications though

Any particular brand?