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Right i am a right lazy fooker but seriously need to give my car a decent wash and possibly polish, but the be assed factor is very low.
Can anyone recommened a decent polish which does not require me sweating like a peado on a rape charge for 4 hours to get it done.
If there was some dodgy east european who would polish it for £20 i would go down that route but there isnt round here.
ps its black!
Also if anyone can break down best way to get the best finish would be appreciated, eg wash, polish, wax or other way round etc.
how much are you willing to spend on polish and wax?
cost is not really the restriction its more the effort, if a polish is £20 and much easier to use than £2 stuff then thats what i will get.
ive got some decent polish mate that protects the paint for 5-6 years its £300 to have on a landrover where i worked as a valeter for a short wile! was it and bob it on and you get a good finish!! its called pure guard dealerships will sell it or some similar polish get back to me if you want any!!
Lmfao, diamondbrite, superguard, gard-x are all bollox, they only last till you give it another decent wash this is all!
You want to be looking at stuff from the Megs range or Auto glym, ive used megs tech wax i think it was, on a black nova in direct sunlight (panel by panel obviously) and it came off fine and looked awesome!
The trick is to getting a good finish is to clean it properly/thoroughly, it will need to be washed and clay barred if its not been done for a while then washed again and waxed/polished, thats about as far as i would go if youre not planning on becoming a 'detailer' lol
Whats clay bar lmao
edit just read up on these, so fook me i need to wash the ****er then stick blu tack all over it then polish it then wax it, ffs wheres a valeter when you need one!
They cry if you call them valeters lol. Detailer is where it's at!
I agree though, a load of bollocks!
just T.F.R the fooker lol
LOL @ superguard, that stuff is indded tosh & shame on anyone that gets conned into paying £300 or whatever dealers blag for it.
I was given a load & the trim spray sent all my black plastics white!
I'm a fan of claying, then polishing & as for wax, despite all the new & jazzy types, a tub of olde fashined Turtle wax is hard to beat. You know, round tin youlever open with a big screwdriver. Smells lush!
The main thing is not to forget tyres & windows. A clean car with dirty tyres & windows still looks filthy IMO.
theres no short cuts in detailing ben, quality products just make it easier
auto glym i did my mates bm with it it was 37 pound for a bag full of stuff from leather cleaner and wax and it came up great never sweated at all witch surprised me
Dont want to detail it as im not a ponce, just want to clean it!Quote:
Originally Posted by burgo
Also dont want to cut corners just last time i polished a car i had to work like **** to get a decent finish which is probably why i not bothered since.
autoglym super resin polish followed by a wax of your choice should give a nice finish
i agree when i was a valeter (doing service washes nice and easy) i just used to do this some times just tfr it and blast it off lol i hated the job so i rarely did it properly and they still want to set me back on lol but f*ck that back to mechanics or fitting for me!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 16VNOVAKEV
in the words of mr. miyagi. aaa wax on, wax off daniel son
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Originally Posted by dj_wudgey
You do realise TFR is the single most paintwork abusive product you can apply, its very rarely diluted to the correct mix and will bleach and tarnis pretty much any colour going and imo, should never be applied to anyones cars ever!
I think you will find Kev was joking hence the 'lol' after it:p
i TFR a red corsa when i worked for ARC/IMO car wash. it went in red and came out the other side pink my boss went mad i found it very funny. and the lass that owned the car thort it was class her dad didn't tho :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
As you can see i have not got round to it yet!
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Will do it this weekend!
jeeesuss thats bogging. needs a serious power wash.:thumb:
Dude that is minging.
I'd wash it, but when you do to use a mit keep the hose running over it to help remove the dirt
Been working on one big job which is minging and tbh been waiting for that too finish so i can clean it and now it is so i will do it this weekend!
Few action shots lol
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Oh dear you got out to take pictures when you were parked in that, im cringing at the thought of what your interior must now look like lol
I was working in that so had to get me and my gear out, you now see my reason behind not lowering it?
id wait untill that jobs finished aswell lol
i really should do my vectra but i cant be arsed
I thought it was but they had a repair yesterday so had to go back today and now thats a bloody repair on the repair so looks like im back next week, ah well clean it next weekend lol