My Elise After A Polish

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:41 pm

ExigeKen wrote:Nice work

Cheers Ken, wudnt mind some pics of your motor mate, love it

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:42 pm

Andy G wrote:too easy.

I can lend you a fine RLC if you want a real challenge

Haha nah i struggled enuf as it was mate

Want to get the body looking like glass however, need better products

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:55 pm

Ricky_111R wrote:
ExigeKen wrote:Nice work
Cheers Ken, wudnt mind some pics of your motor mate, love it

shame about those 2 black marks along the length of it, I wonder if they will ever polish out

edit: I await a slagging from ken about the big dent in the front of mine

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:58 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:
Ricky_111R wrote:
ExigeKen wrote:Nice work
Cheers Ken, wudnt mind some pics of your motor mate, love it
shame about those 2 black marks along the length of it, I wonder if they will ever polish out

Haha a actually quite like them, wudnt have them on a car i owned, but dont mind them

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:15 am

Ricky_111R wrote: Gonna do the car again this weekend if its nice aswell, whats good clay to use???

The Meguiars stuff is pretty good and I've not found any reason to try anything else. There are a few options on the website I've posted above, but you can also get the Meguiars clay in Halfrauds. It comes in a pack with the lubricant spray detailer stuff. You'll probably not use the whole bottle of that, but it's handy to keep for quick detailing, like washing off bird crap or whatever.

The Autoglym super resin polish is a kind of mix between a polish and a wax, which is why you won't get as deep a shine with it. If you clay, then apply a polish, you'll get rid of light swirl marks and tar,etc. Then use a sealant to aid in the nice deep shine and a coat or two of wax will build up a really deep, reflective finish.

D

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:24 am

dezzy wrote:
Ricky_111R wrote: Gonna do the car again this weekend if its nice aswell, whats good clay to use???
The Meguiars stuff is pretty good and I've not found any reason to try anything else. There are a few options on the website I've posted above, but you can also get the Meguiars clay in Halfrauds. It comes in a pack with the lubricant spray detailer stuff. You'll probably not use the whole bottle of that, but it's handy to keep for quick detailing, like washing off bird crap or whatever.

The Autoglym super resin polish is a kind of mix between a polish and a wax, which is why you won't get as deep a shine with it. If you clay, then apply a polish, you'll get rid of light swirl marks and tar,etc. Then use a sealant to aid in the nice deep shine and a coat or two of wax will build up a really deep, reflective finish.

D

Cheers for that Dezzy, sounds like a long long day of polishing/waxing and claying tho lol

Sure its worth it tho so gonna give it a go

Post by **Shug** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:00 pm

dezzy wrote:
Ricky_111R wrote: Gonna do the car again this weekend if its nice aswell, whats good clay to use???
The Meguiars stuff is pretty good and I've not found any reason to try anything else. There are a few options on the website I've posted above, but you can also get the Meguiars clay in Halfrauds. It comes in a pack with the lubricant spray detailer stuff. You'll probably not use the whole bottle of that, but it's handy to keep for quick detailing, like washing off bird crap or whatever.

The Autoglym super resin polish is a kind of mix between a polish and a wax, which is why you won't get as deep a shine with it. If you clay, then apply a polish, you'll get rid of light swirl marks and tar,etc. Then use a sealant to aid in the nice deep shine and a coat or two of wax will build up a really deep, reflective finish.

D

I'm finding it really hard to stay quiet, but I'll schtum.....

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:57 pm

Just polished the car again today to get a better finish. Used TurtleWax Super NanoTech today, and must say the end result is better than Auto Glym (maybe only because it was just polished yesterday tho). Found the NanoTech stuff alot more difficult to remove....Ended up taking twice aslong to polish compared to yesterday

But must admit the end result is one that i am proud of, would take more pics but the weather is a little iffy

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:13 pm

I washed my 'Liz in July.... please don't embarass me in to washing it again.

Actually, I might wash it again in the mid-near future as I might change the stickers or something.. so will need to be fairly clean. None of this clay stuff though...

"Do ya... Do ya have any money,
I wanna spend all your money,
At the clay-bar, clay-bar, clay-bar"

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:41 pm

The alternative is to make it a spectator sport and call in the pros. I had the merc done on sat.

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:53 pm

Renmure that is super super duper shiney

Looks awesome

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:23 pm

shooomer wrote:
Ricky_111R wrote:Renmure that is super super duper shiney

Looks awesome
looks like the camouflage paint on Bond's Vantage in Die Another Day

Lokks that good it almost looks photoshoped lol

Awesome, looks like im back out tomorrow clay'ing the Elise etc to get it even better

p.s Nice Porsche Shoomer

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:36 pm

Shug wrote:
dezzy wrote:
Ricky_111R wrote: Gonna do the car again this weekend if its nice aswell, whats good clay to use???
The Meguiars stuff is pretty good and I've not found any reason to try anything else. There are a few options on the website I've posted above, but you can also get the Meguiars clay in Halfrauds. It comes in a pack with the lubricant spray detailer stuff. You'll probably not use the whole bottle of that, but it's handy to keep for quick detailing, like washing off bird crap or whatever.

The Autoglym super resin polish is a kind of mix between a polish and a wax, which is why you won't get as deep a shine with it. If you clay, then apply a polish, you'll get rid of light swirl marks and tar,etc. Then use a sealant to aid in the nice deep shine and a coat or two of wax will build up a really deep, reflective finish.

D
I'm finding it really hard to stay quiet, but I'll schtum.....

Ricky_111R · Post by **Ricky_111R** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:39 pm

Just oredered some detailer + clay bar and some carnuba wax, hopefully get a good day on Saturday

Post by **Shug** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:44 pm

Ricky_111R wrote:Just oredered some detailer + clay bar and some carnuba wax, hopefully get a good day on Saturday

Or a willing woman to try it out on.....