Good two days cleaning...

[bailes1992]

Good clean over two days...

Day One
Stood outside for five mins and realized how cold it is. So went inside, put on a Jumper, a hoodie and then a coat...


Jumped in the car to look at the temp



Better than the -1* I saw in the 406 at 6.30am this morning mind you

So got the PW out...


Got out my products...


And had a look at the alloys...

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The car wasent much better...









So washed it down with the super spray and a good blast with the PW...




Gave it a wash down using the TBM and Shampoo plus and noticed around the ehxuats the dirt was stuck on. I guess from all the heat which is where the SRP comes in...



Now SRP will get anything off . How many people know it will disolve tar

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Found the volvo's first stone chip...


So cracked on with SRP, treating all the tar spots first and leaving them for 30s and then using an MF Applicator breaking down the polish to turn the car from cream back to white. Followed by two coats of NXT.





Then the sun set...


And it was dark

So chucked all my towels in the wash, and tidied up some of my kit. I think another order from Mr Glossmax is in order soon


Tommorows jobs:-

• Finish Cleaning alloys, polish, wax and dress tyres
• Finish Arches
• Third coat of NXT
• Clean the black bits and dress
• Clean out interior and feed leather
• Go to bed

Day Twoooo

[bailes1992]

Started off just going over the car with a weak solution of shampoo in my super spray and a mitt to get rif of any dust and dried. A third coat of NXT 2.0 applied and black trims/tyres dressed with Megs Endurance Gel. Exhausts polished with 00# Wire wool and megs NXT Polysh'. Headlights polished with Megs PlastX and waxed with Bilt Hambers Autobalm. Then glass cleaned and polished...

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NO SWIRLS



Then a neighbors cat found itself on the roof of the car and scratched the duck out of it :angry:



Interior was hovered out, plastics wiped down with APC. Now my Dads just given up smoking so trying to freshen it up abit so all the carpet was sprayed with fabreeze and the headlining. Air con was bombed and a good spraying of oust. Leather cleaned and fed

Before...









Take note of the temperature :mellow:

[bailes1992]

A Neighbor turned up with a White V40 Estate Sport 2.0T


And afters...




Oh and...

[Liddo]

Well done, the car looks (or is that "looked" lovely) Has it been back onto the wet and dirty roads, and is back to dirty looking again???

I hate washing my car, and getting it gleaming, then having to drive it a few hours later in the rain

[cameron]

Im the same liddo

Spend all that time washing and polishing then she asks you to go Supermarket

You get out the car when you get home, turn to look at what once was a gleaming car only to notice its covered in Grit and Dirty water !!!!

Ive had my new T5 2 weeks or so, i still havent washed it, waste of time

Lee

[Liddo]

Ive had my new T5 2 weeks or so, i still havent washed it, waste of time

Lee

TUT TUT! When i get a new car, i wash it 3 times a week Then it slowly fades to once. In winter, i was her once every 2 weeks, but then, I only do a couple of hundred miles a month



I just hope its dry on the RR day, so they all look good in the photo's

Sorry to babble on the thread

[cameron]

I too hope its a nice dry day, i'll prob spend 2 days valeting the car out and waxing it.

Still need some nice wheels though

Hope it'll be a cracking day

Cheers bud

Lee

[Wobbly Dave]

Working well. Alas - with being away so much - car washing is a time luxury I have not had.