peter richards Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 can i ask where you buy your orbital polishers from. im tired of spending entire weekends on polishingdepends on what your doing , i only use my machines when defect removing , normally i apply and remove by hand , doesnt take long at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 yep got a gardena skintech , on a karcher trolley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 yep got a gardena skintech , on a karcher trolley Peter, hose seems more flexible that my old Hozelock, do they last OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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