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    Blacky on a Full detail,

    Started at 10.00am finshed at 2 in the afternoon, Started off with a session with the snow foam,
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    Next came the Meg's cleaner wax, similar to a clay but doesnt take so long, gets rid of small swirls and and scratches.
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    This a panel after the cleaner wax removed
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    The Came the autoglym Ultra deep, superb polish.
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    Then the Simoinz Canuba wax to seal it all
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    Took the sealent off did all the plastics and went for a quick photo shoot.

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    Photo shoot

    Came up well i think

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    All done

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    Very smart, looking very well cared for


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    Quote Originally Posted by merc85 View Post
    Came up well i think

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    All done
    I like the last pic looks like some pic in a car mag

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    Paintwork is like glass. Awesome.
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    Wow! thats fantastic
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    Looking good m8

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    Looks very very nice gav forgot how good those wheels looked


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    Very nice mate

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    Nice work Gav, she's looking well.


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    Thanks peeps, Roll on the Summer i aint buying another Black car thats for sure lol

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    Now thats a nice clean black brick there,have u had it long or has it always been that length?

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    I wish I had the patience to do that, looks mint

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    That looks awesome Gav ive been thinking about getting one of them snow foam thingy's

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5 pete View Post
    That looks awesome Gav ive been thinking about getting one of them snow foam thingy's
    Yeah ive been trying to get the ratio of Snow foam/water correct im getting slowly lol, i do find it dry's a little to quick tho :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by munster732 View Post
    I wish I had the patience to do that, looks mint
    Its either that or be in doors all day with 5 kids lol

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    Superb!

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