Detailing company

[s29ttc]

Is your car really that bad that it needs a proper detailer to do it. I have found meguiars products to be a big help. Wash the car give it a good clay bar to remove the contaminents in paintwork i.e. tar, tree sap etc. Never used clay bar but heard its a very good product. What I can swear by is the meguiars 3 step process. Step one is a paint cleaner which helps remove swirls, scratches and contaminents. Step two is your polish, and step 3 is carbuba wax to put your protective seal on it. Cost is about £30 for the set delivered to your door and I have had mine for about 2 years and just about to run out. If you do this then every few weeks just bung a coat of meguiars tech wax it protects the work you have done. If you can be bothered this will definately improve the paintwork of your car somewhat and may safe you some money in long run, does take patience though and mabye 4-5 hours of time. Can be quite relaxing with a cold beer on a sunny day I find. Anyways thought I would throw that in the equation incase you where interested as I know a decent detailer can charge £150-£200 upwards for a good detail.

I have found http://www.performancemotorcare.com/aca ... uiars.html to be cheap for the stuff.

Deal on the now £24 for the 3 step.

There are better products for similar money when your Megs runs out Scott

Enlighten me........

[Paolo]

If you are polishing by hand (ie masking swirls etc) I'd recommend AutoGlym's Super Resin Polish. It's not exactly a 'fashionable' product but works really well if you can't do a machine polish. Klasse All In One is also pretty effective by hand.

There's loads of good waxes and sealants about too for the 15-25quid mark. Happy to suggest some worth trying if you're interested.

Some SRP and a decent wax or sealant and you'll get some fairly good results.

PS. I'm not suggesting the Megs stuff isn't any good!

paolo

[Edin430]

Mr Shooomer, you have mail

Cheers

Ally

Paul,

Al has done paint correction on my Exige and also details it every month with the machine polisher. Can't rate it highly enough... And on that note - if you want to see his work let me know and I can stop by your work

Lewis

[s29ttc]

If you are polishing by hand (ie masking swirls etc) I'd recommend AutoGlym's Super Resin Polish. It's not exactly a 'fashionable' product but works really well if you can't do a machine polish. Klasse All In One is also pretty effective by hand.

There's loads of good waxes and sealants about too for the 15-25quid mark. Happy to suggest some worth trying if you're interested.

Some SRP and a decent wax or sealant and you'll get some fairly good results.

PS. I'm not suggesting the Megs stuff isn't any good!

paolo

See I have heard about autoglym and I have heard its a very powdery polish and hard to work with. If it on a dark colour its murder to get it off. Ive just always used meguiars stuff because easyily available, price is okay for what your getting and Ive seen good results.

Currently using Meguiars Tech Wax at the minute and used it for the last 2 years and never had a problem with it. The peugeot was done every couple of weeks weather permitting and its kept the paintwork well.

[allyrennie]

Currently using Meguiars Tech Wax at the minute and used it for the last 2 years and never had a problem with it. The peugeot was done every couple of weeks weather permitting and its kept the paintwork well.

2 Years? Thats a serious amount of time to get wax off..................

Kidding of course, it is a good off the shelf product but there are others out there that perform far better with less effort.

If anyone is looking for some guidance for washing products, waxing etc then pop the questions up here. Unless you know whats out there its a minefield. Good example is drying towels, you can buy all manner of these in places like halfords from Turtle wax, Meguiars, own brand etc but until you put them up against other products then you won't fully appreciate the difference. Lewis (X7LDA) won't mind me saying this, but last week I supplied him with a pack of 2 drying towels, cheaper than those from the shop with the orange and black sign and he agrees they are a country mile ahead of others in many ways- size, water holding ability, non-streakability ( like that, new word......... ), silk lined, washability, just every way. That wasn't a plug by the way, I do supply them for my customers but I don't make anything on them, just like to see people getting good VFM products to keep their cars looking good.

[s29ttc]

What products you have on offer then Ally since we are on the subject. Drying towels are something I am on the look for, chamois (SP?) are getting annoying now with all the tiny wee yellow bits being left behind on the paintwork What wax do you have in the same price range as the meguiars with better results, just don't think the pocket would stretch to £7,000 for a zymol wax

[Paolo]

What products you have on offer then Ally since we are on the subject. Drying towels are something I am on the look for, chamois (SP?) are getting annoying now with all the tiny wee yellow bits being left behind on the paintwork What wax do you have in the same price range as the meguiars with better results, just don't think the pocket would stretch to £7,000 for a zymol wax

Chamois??? How very dare you!

[s29ttc]

What products you have on offer then Ally since we are on the subject. Drying towels are something I am on the look for, chamois (SP?) are getting annoying now with all the tiny wee yellow bits being left behind on the paintwork What wax do you have in the same price range as the meguiars with better results, just don't think the pocket would stretch to £7,000 for a zymol wax

Chamois??? How very dare you!

Mmmmmmmmmm I am confuzzed. I use a chamois to dry to prevent it drying out with all those calcium spots or whatever it is. Lately I got some green cloth thing from HOllys dad that I have been using but it looks a bit rough looking for a good alternative.

[Paolo]

Scott, chamois's (what's the plural??) can inflict further damage (swirls etc). Really worth getting a decent drying towel and some quick detailer spray.

These are pretty good:
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/microfibr ... od_84.html
http://www.seriousperformance.co.uk/Pro ... w_122.html
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washing-a ... d_362.html

The waffle weaves are generally easier to use.

Using QD when drying helps to repel the water, reduces chances of damage and leaves a good slick finish.
See some here! http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/detailing ... at_18.html

[renmure]

All good advice

I got the some of the waffle weave drying towels as an experiment after getting the Ferrari detailed and was gobsmacked at how good they were. Same for the QD spray ... makes the water just run off without even needing to dry it off.

Jim

[Paolo]

All good advice

I got the some of the waffle weave drying towels as an experiment after getting the Ferrari detailed and was gobsmacked at how good they were. Same for the QD spray ... makes the water just run off without even needing to dry it off.

Jim

....any pics of the Fez Jim?

[renmure]

....any pics of the Fez Jim?

Yessssss




http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/s ... hp?t=28925
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/s ... hp?t=35142

Also had the Merc done..
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/s ... hp?t=43889

[StiflerMR2]

that pic is useless without an audio clip

[renmure]

that pic is useless without an audio clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2scb1K3 ... re=related

Challenge grill, tubi and and decat. Same as mine

Jim

[Paolo]

Awesome!

Thanks