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Offline Richn83

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7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« on: May 01, 2010, 07:34:48 pm »
So I have been buying up cleaning products for the past two weeks in preparation for a monster spring clean.  So I was up and out side by 8 this morning to crack on while the weather held,  the plan was:

Rinse
Snow foam
wheel clean bilbery and brush
wash two bucket method
dry AP super plush drying towel
clay AP super fine
polish AG super resin
pre-wax AG HD
wax AG HD

wheel sealant poor boys
Dress tyres AG tyre dressing


7 hours later I was done, 10 minutes later it started raining  :fighting: typical I have taken some pictures, and am very impressed with the result, and the way water and dirt is just falling off the car, and as this is point-less without pictures I took these!  :ashamed:

before


after wash and dry, and masked up for the polish and wax

after the polish

finished just the wheels to do

completed





and the heavens open!  :scared:




Hope you all like, now sat in doors with a beer and an aching arm!  :drinking:

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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 08:10:02 pm »
Good work pal!  :congrats: :congrats:
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2010, 09:55:13 pm »
Was that machine or hand polishing?
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2010, 09:58:51 pm »
 :happy2: Looks good :congrats:
had the same last night cleaned it for a local meet then it pashed it down.
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2010, 10:11:05 pm »
It's better to have the rain at the end rather than in the middle of detailing!
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2010, 10:25:47 pm »
That was hand polishing Rob, and it started hurting  :laugh:

Yeah definately better at the end, and I can now appreciate the benefit of all that waxing  :happy2:
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2010, 11:06:25 pm »
Seen the pics on laptop now. Very tight beading! Some nice pics.

How long did it take to polish by hand?
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2010, 12:27:28 am »
Looking good, with the wax though it won't leave as much dirt? As opposed to poorly waxed?
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2010, 08:28:05 am »
Quote from: stealthwolf on May 01, 2010, 11:06:25 pm
Seen the pics on laptop now. Very tight beading! Some nice pics.

How long did it take to polish by hand?

Cheers bud, it wasnt a proper polish (cutting commpund finishing etc) just used Autoglym super resin, think it has some cutting action, and certainly helped with the lighter swirl marks, and removing any of the stubborn bug splatters my amateur claying didnt get would say that it took about an hour as I went over some section a second time.  :stupid:

Quote from: Nasir on May 02, 2010, 12:27:28 am
Looking good, with the wax though it won't leave as much dirt? As opposed to poorly waxed?

What I meant by that, went out for a drive after, and by that point there was enough water for spray, but once back I looked at the reear of the car and rather than a completely plastered rear, the rain had rinsed all the mud and dirt down to the base of the boot on the bumper lip, so a bucket of water got the rear looking clean again!  :grin:

The whole car just feels smooth and slippery to the touch its really quite amazing.  :pomppomp:
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2010, 12:26:57 pm »
Looks like you have done a great jog there matey  :drool: :drool:
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Re: 7hour cleaning and then it rains!
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2010, 08:31:14 am »
Quote from: keith on May 01, 2010, 09:58:51 pm
:happy2: Looks good :congrats:
had the same last night cleaned it for a local meet then it pashed it down.

Cheers Keith, The bucket mit and Autoglym kit were all top cheers  :party:
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