Sorted a friend's daily out yesterday.
Gave it a wash as it was absolutely caked in giant bird crap about a month ago which he'd left on FAR too long (some on the roof had crazed/eaten the paint!!).. When the paint was wet, we could see some blue/yellow sparkles until it dries out and it went back to looking dull as fook so I knew it would be a nice rewarding days work.
He lives in the middle of nowhere so it goes thru country lanes everywhere, evidently just uses the hedge to work out where the side of the road is.....
Quick bucket of suds as it was being polished.. tried the menz 3 in 1 but it didn't really do it (no big surprise).
Went for a 3800 menz on a medium pad combo and it looked like this (wing):
One pass on the door and it was looking better
Sun came out and I went round the other side which was much cleaner !
Went round the car and gave this side a second pass, followed by a DA coat of Alchemy Dark Matter, then C2V3 for some protection.
Far from perfect but with the few hours I had, he was over the moon and the thing looked brilliant compared with the state of it when it arrived.
Even suggested he'd buy some shampoo and such to look after it himself in future, rather than the supermarket wash'n'scratch once a quarter.