Ultimate Detailing Machine

[Simon]

I win this thread becuase I drive silver cars. Mine could be swirlmarked but I've no idea becuase they dont show.

Hurrah!

They do under the right light

And they show tar spots

 

[DreXeL]

White = Win.

 

[eidolon]

White = Win.

Why do you bother washing your car once per week? As it's white it won't look dirty anyway (my MGF looks practically the same whether it's clean or got 3 months worth of dirt on it)

 

[[TW]Fox]

Why do you bother washing your car once per week?

I know, how sad and anal. He clearly needs to get a life and do something cool, the saddo, haahaha LOL!

 

[Bear]

Right thats it Im coming to the RR day with my car covered in crap to hide the swirl marks

 

[-Laser-]

Once every six or twelve months I think, with the waxing stage renewed at 3 or somewhere thereabouts.

Sounds a lot better than I imagined, still need a lot of regular washing though I bet!

 

[divine`]

Sounds a lot better than I imagined, still need a lot of regular washing though I bet!

Well, I think half the point is that it doesn't because the treatments go a long way to preventing rain marks, general dirt etc. and a quick rinse down every other week will keep it nice and shiny.

 

[Gaijin]

I agree, these are pictures of my car after giving it a quick wash with some autoglym shampoo stuff and drying it with a microfibre towel:

It looks super shiny and spangly there, when in reality it's covered in swirl marks etc, I personally can't be bothered to shell out on a lot of money on getting rid of something that you can't really notice unless you're on a mission to find imperfections.

To be honest, your car is a around a year old at the most. If the car was washed carefully and a decent wax was used from the outset you shouldnt have had the need to used polish yet. You certainly shouldnt have the need at this stage to spend a stupid amount of money on car care.

Mine on the other hand is super-dairylea-soft black Honda paint on an 8 year old car. Requires a lot of attention.

 

[[huzeeee]]

Whilst a detail can make a car look better, if the paint is cared for propperly in the first place it shouldnt be needed. My dad spends one day every year on his cars to give them a propper wash and polish. All he did was bucket and sponge the rest of the time with some wax shampoo. The cars looks lovely and he didnt spend half his life and a shed load of money doing it.

 

[Gaijin]

White = Win.

I've always thought that if I owned a white car, my sole objective would be to get it as dirty as possible as a result of my driving.

Thats why I'll probably never get a white car, it would render my collection of car care useless.