car cleaning

[Guilbert]

What is the SONUS stuff like on the autopia website?

Is it any good? Or would you say to go for the meigurs (sp)??

 

[Brazo]

Both very good, Ive just been using a load of sonus stuff abd used megs before. Choose the colour you like the most lol!

 

[chris182]

You can get Megs from quite a few places over here, including Halfords, without having to pay for international shipping, dont know about the Sonus though.

As for colour, what about the smell

 

[Guilbert]

Cheers guys, i assumed it must be fairl good for them to put on their site.

It just seems to be a bit cheaper than the megs stuff on their.

As im looking at maybe getting the PC polisher, and lots of stuff to go with it.

Will need a bit of research to decide what polishes and waxes i need though.

As i want to restore some paintwork which is swirl marked to hell, a few minor scratches, and i also want to restore some very dull paint on another car.

Im hoping to start my own valet business soon, so want to get this stuff and have a few pratice goes before i attempt it on someone elses car.

 

[182_blue]

Quote: Originally posted by Guilbert on 11 April 2005


Cheers guys, i assumed it must be fairl good for them to put on their site.

It just seems to be a bit cheaper than the megs stuff on their.

As im looking at maybe getting the PC polisher, and lots of stuff to go with it.

Will need a bit of research to decide what polishes and waxes i need though.

As i want to restore some paintwork which is swirl marked to hell, a few minor scratches, and i also want to restore some very dull paint on another car.

Im hoping to start my own valet business soon, so want to get this stuff and have a few pratice goes before i attempt it on someone elses car.








for what your doing you need megs #83, and megs #80, top it off with nxt and your done, all those are available from alex at serious performance

you may need a proper orbital polisher to do really heavy work, but they are very aggresive to use

 

[cupsportmad]

Still say zaino is the best of them all.

 

[Brazo]

Quote: Originally posted by cupsportmad on 11 April 2005

Still say zaino is the best of them all.

A lot of people do as an LSP!

As for polishing the sonus sytem is similer in agresivness to the megs system. AUtopia dont sell crap so any system will do.

A great man once said" A man with experience has nothing to fear from a man with an opinion"! You cant beat experience so f**k it try both.


[Edited by brazo on 11 April 2005 at 9:19pm]

 

[peter182]

Meguiars is the best mate love that stuff smells good as well

 

[Nafoff]

what about mothers....spoke to a valeter who swore by it

 

[182_blue]

Quote: Originally posted by Freebone on 12 April 2005

what about mothers....spoke to a valeter who swore by it

mothers is good, i got a full set of it, but at the moment its megs #83 and #80, then NXT, the other thing is some waxes/polishes work differntly on different paints, theres also the preperation and the towels etc you use that has a big impact on your finish, in fact get the preperation wrong and it doesnt matter what you put on you car it will never look right

 

[Rich]

Mothers is very alike to the Meguiars commecial stuff we get over here.

Not used any Sonus bits, but I think I will be going for the Poorboys SSR range off polishes when I get my PC. Very user friendly and can be used in the sun or shade.

 

[Guilbert]

Thanks for the replies people

I knew 182_blue would post (im surprised you didnt post a picture! lol)

Like i say, the cars im going to be practicing on dont matter to much. Its more so i can get the idea of how things are done, and if they come up well then they can be used as adverts.

As for the right cloths etc, i will be buying all the good stuff, i currently use microfibre luxury cloths which i got from QD at a pound a go, so obviously i will be buying some decent ones, and i will also be reading up on the HOW TO guides on autopia, as they seem to be excellent, and have already cleared up how i use a clay bar.