wax/polish

I have a few stone chips scattered about if it were totally immaculate I may have clay barred it I suppose it depends on how fussy u are and how much time u have to spend on it !
Cheers rog
 
Hi domsz4
Yep they are front sensors they are all wired up in the boot in a control box With the rears they were on here when I got it , basically when u pull up very slow in 1st gear it starts beeping like the rears , excellent with that long bonnet, stops u getting to close in traffic as well lol
Cheers rog
 
Good thread. :thumbsup:

Think I finaly understand what I need to clean my car. :D

Hang on, I still don't know how to clean the roof. :cry:
 
buzyg said:
Good thread. :thumbsup:

Think I finaly understand what I need to clean my car. :D

Hang on, I still don't know how to clean the roof. :cry:
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yeah its confusing. although now her indoors keeps calling me a car nerd and asked when im going to spend as much time cleaning the flat... i told her that was her job!
 
This is what I do, all by hand...

Wash and Snow Foam if filthy
Clay
Wash

AutoGlym Super Resin Polish
DODO Juice Pre Wax Cleanser
DODO Juice Hard Candy wax

24hrs Later another coat of wax

DODO Juice Super Natural Premium Wax

I really like the dodo waxes, easy to use and buff up.

Another good wax I've used before is Collonite 915, a hard wearing wax but can take a bit of effort to buff up.
 
To add something to this, I've switched away from waxes and have started to use the new long-life hybrid sealants - I'm incredibly impressed by the new Sonax range and have recently clayed, polished and then added a coat of Sonax Polymer NetShield and it looks superb - anyone who was at Goodwood for Soft Top Sunday will tell you how good the paint looked

That said, 90% of making car paint look good is in the prep, clean and polish well and whatever you use for the last stage is really just for protection; if the paint looks crap without the wax or sealant, you can hide some of the defects but it'll never look wonderful
 
PerryGunn said:
To add something to this, I've switched away from waxes and have started to use the new long-life hybrid sealants - I'm incredibly impressed by the new Sonax range and have recently clayed, polished and then added a coat of Sonax Polymer NetShield and it looks superb - anyone who was at Goodwood for Soft Top Sunday will tell you how good the paint looked

That said, 90% of making car paint look good is in the prep, clean and polish well and whatever you use for the last stage is really just for protection; if the paint looks crap without the wax or sealant, you can hide some of the defects but it'll never look wonderful
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if the poor boys sealant is the same i have to say it worked well and lasted well.

how often should you do this level of work. its got to be about a month or so since i clayed, filled with black hole and sealed. i would say its coming off now. is this about right 5-6 weeks till you have to do it again?
 
domsz4 said:
PerryGunn said:
To add something to this, I've switched away from waxes and have started to use the new long-life hybrid sealants - I'm incredibly impressed by the new Sonax range and have recently clayed, polished and then added a coat of Sonax Polymer NetShield and it looks superb - anyone who was at Goodwood for Soft Top Sunday will tell you how good the paint looked

That said, 90% of making car paint look good is in the prep, clean and polish well and whatever you use for the last stage is really just for protection; if the paint looks crap without the wax or sealant, you can hide some of the defects but it'll never look wonderful
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if the poor boys sealant is the same i have to say it worked well and lasted well.

how often should you do this level of work. its got to be about a month or so since i clayed, filled with black hole and sealed. i would say its coming off now. is this about right 5-6 weeks till you have to do it again?
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You shouldn't need to clay too often - if you put your hand in a thin plastic bag (like the veg ones at the supermarket) and run your fingertips over the paint after it's been washed, you'll feel when the contamination is back. The hybrid sealants claim to be very long life - the Sonax PNS that I used claims to be good for 9 months (so I'd say 6 is probably realistic).

You can increase the durability of the sealants by using a QD top-up - I find the the Gtechniq C2v3 is very good and can be diluted to about 1:3 for use as a QD, and the Sonax Extreme Brilliant Shine Detailer works amazingly well both on bare paint and over the top of waxes or sealants.

People have been raving about the new Sonax range over on Detailing World so they're well worth having a look at (you can get them from CleanYourCar)
 
if I wanted to give my car a good going over for when the weather gets better....

I have:

Autoglym Super Resin Polish
Poorboys Black Hole Polish
Turtle Wax Colour Magic
Turtle Wax Extra Gloss Sealer Wax

which of these are effectively duplications of one another?

previously in have seen the top 3 as interchangeable, I tend to use the Autoglym if there are mild scratches or the Poorboys if it's not so bad. Then if i'm feeling enthusiastic I will use the colour magic followed by the sealer wax.

Any better options, without spending £100 on a tub of something that was collected from a bee's arse in the sudan?
 
poorboys black hole is a glaze iirc, so you could use SRP, black hole and the sealer wax together.

srp has fillers as does black hole, but black hole will give your paintwork a nice depth as it's specifically for darker coloured cars, whereas srp isn't.
 
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