Any old sponge?

[peter richards]

can i ask where you buy your orbital polishers from. im tired of spending entire weekends on polishing

depends on what your doing , i only use my machines when defect removing , normally i apply and remove by hand , doesnt take long at all

[BillyC]

I got a load of the meguires stuff in the Halfords 3 for 2 deal. hid it in the shed from the Mrs

 

I'd given the car a wash and wipe down a week or so ago, but that was with some generic shampoo and a soft cloth. Even I wasnt impressed with the outcome.

 

I tried the Meguires range last week (With a Mitt Scott ) two bucket job, and its came up a treat.

 

I was astounded the difference using a clay bar makes. And its not that much hard work to do. i'd done it all in about an hour and a half, but I was working me arse off getting round it.

 

Heres what I done, which is probably egg sucking time but hey ho:

 

1. Bucket of Meguires shampoo, bucket of clean water

2. rinse the car lightly with the hose.

3. Mitt in Shampoo, wash area, rinse mitt off in clean water. repeat. I kept rinsing off the areas Id washed with the hose before thay dried.

4. Used the clay on the car. Comes with detailer spray but I think someone said that you could just use the shampoo as its only a lubricant. The difference between a "clayed" bit and a bit you havent done is massive. like people say, the difference in feel is amazin. And the clay gets pretty dirty - or at least mine did. The rear quater on mine had stuff on it from sitting under a tree and the clay done a great job on it.

5. Rubbed off the claying as I went round.

6. Waxed on/waxed off when it dried using the Meguires stuff.

 

Car looks much much better. Not perfect by a long chalk but a massive improvement.Bit of graft but worth it. And a bit of an outlay for all the stuff (polishing cloths, drying cloths, applicators, and all the products) just for "cleaning the car" but the stuff will last a while I think.

 

Tip: get a good big drying towel or two.

[Paul]

On the subject of washing I just got myself one of these;

 

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=W3RSK0DT2JWVECSTHZOSFFQ?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=gardena+hose+box

 

Good bit of kit with auto-rewind, much better quality than Hozelock and a good offer

[peter richards]

yep got a gardena skintech , on a karcher trolley

[Paul]

yep got a gardena skintech , on a karcher trolley

 

Peter, hose seems more flexible that my old Hozelock, do they last OK?

[peter richards]

havnt had it long paul , but i think it had a long guarantee on it for a hosepipe

this is the one ive got ,20 year guarantee , see me out lol

http://www.easy-irrigation.co.uk/premium-skintech-hose-13mm-8629-p-153.html?osCsid=3fc3854t4a70k95pkoank1ljk4

Edited June 3, 2009 by peter richards (see edit history)