Well here goes.

[Haizum74]

Got shampoo, clay bar, polish and wax. Now to attempt to clean the car. £50 worth of gear which is nowt judging by some of the things you guys use but.... lets see how we go

[Rhys]

Posted in wrong topic, oops

[V70 Graham]

Hope you take some before and after pics.....

[volvokid]

Got shampoo, clay bar, polish and wax. Now to attempt to clean the car. £50 worth of gear which is nowt judging by some of the things you guys use but.... lets see how we go

Thats alot of products for 50 quid enjoy its worth it! my shampoo cost £32 for 250ml, is it worth it not really lol.

[Haizum74]

Thats alot of products for 50 quid enjoy its worth it! my shampoo cost £32 for 250ml, is it worth it not really lol.

Yeh that includes two buckets and a years supply of microfibre towels lol. Well I got her done, looks §§§§ ha ha. Nice and shiny and a lot better than she was. Really was surprised at how much the clay bar picks up too.

However, still got swirls on her (someone tell me what I did wrong there) and will need redoing again as I forgot to get some tar remover and its surprising how much of the stuff you find. I also didnt have any mechanical device to aid me. But for a first attempt I am 70% happy with it.

This was her yesterday looking dull


And this is her loking a tad shinier

[V70 Graham]

Looks a lot better, you must be pleased.....where did you get the 'Sun' from ? ain't seen it down this way for ages !!

[volvokid]

Ok that looks nice, and you dont need a tar remover if you are claying thats what the clay is for.
Without a machine polisher you are going to have a hard time removing your swirls, how did you apply your polish?
If you are going to attempt by hand you will struggle but it's possible, you do need to use a proper polishing hand pad, if you are applying your polish with a cloth it will make the paint shiny, but if anything you will be adding more swirls to your paint.
I'm not going to sit here and type all night telling you how to do this lol so have a good read of this. You shouldnt have much questions after this
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...re-advice.html

[Harvey]

nice job ,do like your headlights

[Haizum74]

Looks a lot better, you must be pleased.....where did you get the 'Sun' from ? ain't seen it down this way for ages !!

Yes I am indeed. Still not 100% happy with it but I have to refrain from going OCD lol. Sun was glorious, got a bit too warm later on.

Ok that looks nice, and you dont need a tar remover if you are claying thats what the clay is for.
Without a machine polisher you are going to have a hard time removing your swirls, how did you apply your polish?
If you are going to attempt by hand you will struggle but it's possible, you do need to use a proper polishing hand pad, if you are applying your polish with a cloth it will make the paint shiny, but if anything you will be adding more swirls to your paint.
I'm not going to sit here and type all night telling you how to do this lol so have a good read of this. You shouldnt have much questions after this
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...re-advice.html

Yeh the clay removed some of it but there was loads and I didnt want to keep at it in case I did any damage seeing as it was a first job. I did the polish with a microfibre so probably added to them doh. Thanks for the link, WD suggested them too and I had a read before giving it a go. Guess I will need a polishing machine to get it right.

nice job ,do like your headlights

Cheers, yeh they look great, left one has a bit of condensation inside so might have to reseal if I can

[Haizum74]

Went round to my mates house and decided to give his Sprite a go.

Before on the right, After on the left.


Before left, after right

[marlonv40t]

looks good what polish and wax did you use

[M-R-P]

why did the MG change colour?

[robsv40]

Did you use spray paint?
Awesome job though fella.

Swirls marks are caused/ made worse, I find by doing a circular motion when applying wax or polish. I always go up and down or side to side. Especially on the bonnet. The OCD will kick in soon

[Haizum74]

Did you use spray paint?
Awesome job though fella.

Swirls marks are caused/ made worse, I find by doing a circular motion when applying wax or polish. I always go up and down or side to side. Especially on the bonnet. The OCD will kick in soon

Lol, no we didnt. It was that filthy, he hadn't cleaned it for a while. And no I didn't wax or polish in a circular motion, just up and down following the lines. As for the OCD, I am trying to resist. trying being the word.

why did the MG change colour?

It didnt, no jiggery pokery shinnanigans at all. I took the photos with my phone camera, same settings, lighting was the same (murky). I can only put it down to the car being that bad. Going to clean his Dads MG this weekend so will take some photos of that too.

looks good what polish and wax did you use

I used Zymol Natural car wash, Simoniz Polish and Simoniz Wax. Clay Bar was Meguiars.

[Santa]

Looking good......want to do mine? :-p

[Haizum74]

Looking good......want to do mine? :-p

Im sure you will be able to do a better job *get out clause 1.0*