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Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?
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Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?
Ok time for everyone to get involved. I own 0 car cleaning products i always paid someone to do it for me (eastern Europeans!)
Now i have a car in which i would like to keep in optimal condition inside & out i need to buy some products..
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2x Bucket (purchased)
2x Grit Guard (purchased)
1x Wax That Harly stuff, i got some from amazon (purchased)
?? Karcher K4 Pressure Washer ??
?? Snow Foam ??
?? Pre Wash De Greaser/ Waxer ??
?? Polisher ??
?? Microfibre Clothes In Bulk ??
Please help and ill update the thread, tell me your Detailing / Car Washing LOADOUT!
Now i have a car in which i would like to keep in optimal condition inside & out i need to buy some products..
------
2x Bucket (purchased)
2x Grit Guard (purchased)
1x Wax That Harly stuff, i got some from amazon (purchased)
?? Karcher K4 Pressure Washer ??
?? Snow Foam ??
?? Pre Wash De Greaser/ Waxer ??
?? Polisher ??
?? Microfibre Clothes In Bulk ??
Please help and ill update the thread, tell me your Detailing / Car Washing LOADOUT!
Mini R56 FJCW
Z4MC Imola Red
Z4MC Imola Red
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Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?
Polisher should be a DA & not a rotary unless you’re an expert, lambswool mitt, claybar or clay mitt
Rob
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
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Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?
I’m lazy.
I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.
If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.
Then I go home and wax it.
I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.
If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.
Then I go home and wax it.
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Some Bilt Hamber wheel cleaner brilliant stuff for the alloys, I have a Karcher 4 and I love it (tho there is a thread on pressure washers), buy good micofibre cloths not the cheap ones, and what you have mentioned is just for the outside
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...and pull the tabs off the new microfibres.
2011 E89 sDrive20i
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Noooooooooo,,,, there's nothing like spending a whole day cleaning your car1000rr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:17 pm I’m lazy.
I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.
If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.
Then I go home and wax it.
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Z4 Mineral Grey, 28i MSport Auto, lots of goodies
Z4 E85 3.0, gone but now with son
Growing Old is Mandatory But Growing Up is Optional
Z4 E85 3.0, gone but now with son
Growing Old is Mandatory But Growing Up is Optional
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Agreed, I find its brilliant therapy & leaves a feeling of deep fulfilment and inner peaceRustyZ4 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:40 pmNoooooooooo,,,, there's nothing like spending a whole day cleaning your car1000rr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:17 pm I’m lazy.
I take it to the local hand wash, they use 2 buckets with a grit guard. Snow foam first, then they Jet wash, hand wash, then they rinse it and dry it off. They do the wheels by hand and dress the tyres with tyre gel...Costs me a fiver.
If it’s good enough for this lambo whom I see every week there, it’s good enough for me.
Then I go home and wax it.
BE8D764B-EB94-4CFC-A1C7-0238831CB48F.jpeg
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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Join detailing world forum that will keep you busy reading all info on there
Have a look at the videos in the Ask Mike Philips section
Have a look at the videos in the Ask Mike Philips section
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2017 Honda CBR1000RR fireblade
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I’ll clean the bike all day, but the car I’m lazy with. I like the interior mint though, so I’ll spend an hour a week on that...... the guys down the car wash do as good as me, and they jet wash the inner arches too... and you get a free air freshener when they’ve done. Happy days indeed
Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?
Bilt Hamber stuff is good.
Ive bought all sorts of products over the last 5ish years. BH is my default choice now, shampoo, snowfoam, wheel cleaner, fallout remover, polish wax ( which seems to always win big group tests) and detail spray.
Poor boys interior cleaner and wheels sealant are worth buying as well imo.
Get some decent microfiber cloths, avoid the cheap ones.
Ive bought all sorts of products over the last 5ish years. BH is my default choice now, shampoo, snowfoam, wheel cleaner, fallout remover, polish wax ( which seems to always win big group tests) and detail spray.
Poor boys interior cleaner and wheels sealant are worth buying as well imo.
Get some decent microfiber cloths, avoid the cheap ones.
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These microfibres are superb.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluffy-Detaili ... dpSrc=srch
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get my mate the detailer at my local Porsche centre to do mine twice a year.
then I just wash it and use detailing spray to keep it topped up.
jobs a good un.
then I just wash it and use detailing spray to keep it topped up.
jobs a good un.
E89 s drive 30i manual/gone
space grey
Carbon interior trim
19" Veeman FS 25`s
cruise control
m sport seats
stubby
led halo bulbs
z4 forum sticker, for added power.
OEM wind deflector
Gone, E85 Ruby Black.
space grey
Carbon interior trim
19" Veeman FS 25`s
cruise control
m sport seats
stubby
led halo bulbs
z4 forum sticker, for added power.
OEM wind deflector
Gone, E85 Ruby Black.
Car Cleaning & Detailing - Whats Your Loadout?
Just ordered 2 of those. They look good value.ph001 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:40 am These microfibres are superb.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluffy-Detaili ... dpSrc=srch
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Get my products from here http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php quick delivery and never any probs over the last 15 years I also use Halfords for some products the range there is getting better by the year.
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IF IT WAS NOT FOR BAD LUCK I'D HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL
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Yeh, they are very good quality, completely edge-less and no labels. Very nice and plush. They are my go to cloth for anything glaze, wax, QD related. Amazing value too (which I learned after spending almost 4 times that amount on other inferior microfibres).LordOxygen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:05 pmJust ordered 2 of those. They look good value.ph001 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:40 am These microfibres are superb.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluffy-Detaili ... dpSrc=srch