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The Official Detailing Guide for Your GTi
Greeners:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on June 09, 2009, 10:39:23 am ---.
....Excellent post! :happy2: 8) :happy2:
If I ever decide to bother to go to so much trouble cleaning my car (very doubtful!) I'll refer to it. This post is one of the best I've read because it's clear and not daunting. Many detailing how-to threads get pretty anal.
Meanwhile, a couple of hours handwash and only when she gets dirty (so I can see a difference) is all I do except cleaning the wheels as they get dirty quicker.
Otherwise I use a speed detailer to locally remove any bird poo or similar each time I put her away in my garage.
I don't know why, but personally I don't like the look of an ultra shiny car - Am I the only one who thinks like that?
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Yes you are.................. Dirty boy! :P
JPC:
im obviously one of the many who thinks a shiny car looks amazing!
08micsta:
So Rob. This does nothing for you?
Thats not what I heard..... :innocent:
:signLOL: Stop lying to yourself... You do but you're just too lazy to clean your mistress :evilgrin:
Mike
Jules86:
--- Quote from: Boothmeister on June 08, 2009, 10:04:43 pm ---Jules mate. Cracking thread and you have my thanks.
A bit of advice though if you could. When I looked on the Meguires site it basically says what you say. Clean, polish and then wax but when they use the NEXGEN 2.0 tech wax stuff they just wash the car and use it straight away without polishing? Should I be applying a polish first before the tech wax or am I missing something. The car looks nice when I've used it but I can't help feeling its missing something?
Cheers mate. :smiley:
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As autoperfections said, you wont need to polish all the time. Polish is a correction stage and so should only be done every 4-6 months (or longer is used less and maintained well)
Just keep the shine topped up with more coats of wax, bearing in mind most waxes will stop being affective after 4-6 coats (wax dependent) So if you wax once a month then by the 6 month strip it off and start the process again :wink:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on June 09, 2009, 10:39:23 am ---.
....Excellent post! :happy2: 8) :happy2:
If I ever decide to bother to go to so much trouble cleaning my car (very doubtful!) I'll refer to it. This post is one of the best I've read because it's clear and not daunting. Many detailing how-to threads get pretty anal.
Meanwhile, a couple of hours handwash and only when she gets dirty (so I can see a difference) is all I do except cleaning the wheels as they get dirty quicker.
Otherwise I use a speed detailer to locally remove any bird poo or similar each time I put her away in my garage.
I don't know why, but personally I don't like the look of an ultra shiny car - Am I the only one who thinks like that?
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No probs mate, just my findings and experience. Im sure there are better more detailed guides, but this should hopefully help by being used for sections, for if you want to know about engine cleaning or wax for example.
Have to say i think a car looks best when its gleaming 8)
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: 08micsta on June 09, 2009, 11:43:27 am ---
So Rob. This does nothing for you?
:signLOL: Stop lying to yourself... You do but you're just too lazy to clean your mistress :evilgrin:
Mike
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....Obviously those are very cool pics but as aesthetic photography and the shiny cars are only subjects. In the flesh, I still don't much like cars when they look so brand new and not driven. I can't force myself to feel what I don't.
Yes, I am too 'lazy' to clean my car to that standard and also not so skilled, or patient. I keep telling myself I should pay someone to detail my car for me who knows what they are doing - Someone like Taryn and Jim. But I don't find that I'm that bothered to go that far and pick up the phone - I'd rather spend the money on petrol.
I bought some cleaning cloths and speed detailer from Taryn on Saturday - Only the sort of stuff to make my level of cleaning easier.
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