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Come clean everyone !! - MK V GTI - 05-05-2009
Ok, most of us here have a great deal of knowledge in detailing cars ...
Ever think back when u first starting washing cars and what u used to wash & clean ( before all this petes, sonax & meguairs fancy stuff) ???
Lemme go first ...
1) OMO & Sunlight liquid ...
2) Rally wax to finish off ...
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Rory - 05-05-2009
Meguiars hey :p
I did a bit of research before I bought my first car.
RE: Come clean everyone !! - freerider - 05-05-2009
lol, I always used to use the rally wash and wax shampoo stuff, in copious amounts, and on the VERY rare occasion, my cars would get a bit of rally wax applied with a piece of damn torn off t-shirt and buffed off with some mutton cloth from midas
I also used to throw everything over the car that was left in the bucket after the wash
eish! how times have changed
RE: Come clean everyone !! - dood786 - 05-05-2009
I have some imported car wash supposed to last 6 months, still got more than half after 2years.
also used to throw dirty water on car afterwards
method used :
rinse
soap with chamois
rinse
dry with chamois
done
all in the sun
RE: Come clean everyone !! - springbok - 05-05-2009
I learnt from my dad and he was a meticulous chap. He used a sponge and a chamois and even all those years ago he first rinsed with a hose, washed from a bucket using car shampoo, rinsed again, and dried with the chamois. He used to Polish (Wax?) twice a year with Turtle Wax.
He put a Cobra Exhaust (twin chrome pipes) on the family Valiant and I thought it was sooo cool!!
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Carn - 05-05-2009
Used to use Shield Wash 'n Wax followed by Mirror Plate Polish and Turtle Wax Colour X (I think it was called Colour X). From there I moved up to 'luxury' Meguiars Gold Class
RE: Come clean everyone !! - calypso - 05-05-2009
Yeap was Shield wash and wax for me too with a sponge and a chamois to dry. First "premium' product I got was Meguairs gold class trim detailer.
RE: Come clean everyone !! - onyx - 05-05-2009
Yip Shield wash and wax for me too! Dried wif a chamois and don't forget Diamond Guard!!!
For the wheels that sticky silicone spray LOL
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Liqui-Moly - 05-05-2009
Mine was well.. Detailerish from the start...
Used to rinse.
Spray wheels with Prepsol or APC 3000 (still do this)
Use normal wash and wax shampoo...
Rinse.
Dry.
All with a chamois and not treating trim etc.
Washing a car in my life has become a tedious process...lol!
Mike
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Carn - 06-05-2009
(05-05-2009, 09:00 PM)Liqui-Moly Wrote: Mine was well.. Detailerish from the start...
Might have to do with the fact that you are one of the few 'young guns' on here
RE: Come clean everyone !! - freerider - 07-05-2009
(06-05-2009, 08:45 PM)Carn Wrote:(05-05-2009, 09:00 PM)Liqui-Moly Wrote: Mine was well.. Detailerish from the start...
Might have to do with the fact that you are one of the few 'young guns' on here
the "fish"
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Liqui-Moly - 07-05-2009
Im not a fish....lol
Im a cub
RE: Come clean everyone !! - dood786 - 07-05-2009
May i ask how old you actually are? Im rather young myself
RE: Come clean everyone !! - crazygolfer - 07-05-2009
sunlight,wash with any sponge i could find,rinse with left over water in bucket then hose off
dry with chamois,u guys seen how sunlight works on tyres too...dry sponge and lotsa sunlight..the cheap endurance gel..lol
and the days that i had muni id use a half can of FRESH on the tyres,grill,dash and anything else in my way
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Liqui-Moly - 07-05-2009
Im 18.... And battling to get insurance for an Audi... Oh I hate this part of being young... lol How old are you?
RE: Come clean everyone !! - Carn - 07-05-2009
(07-05-2009, 12:05 PM)Liqui-Moly Wrote: Im 18.... And battling to get insurance for an Audi... Oh I hate this part of being young... lol How old are you?
Closer to 30 than you are to 20