Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[Rhino172]

What's best for interior plastics/dash etc? Any off the shelf products you guys can recomend? Or would some hot water with fairy liquid and a stiff bristle brush do the trick? The plastics on my rear door are the worst, here's a pic to give you an idea of what I'm up against. No idea what he previous owner did but it's rather nasty...

i ideally want something that will get right in the grain and give it a good scrubbing.

 

[Knuckles]

AF dressle or that competitor of which I forgot the name.

All purpose cleaner diluted 10:1 and sprayed on works well too.

 

[Rhino172]

You'd recommend Dressle over Total? Total being the purpose made interior cleaner by af...

hmmm i I don't actually need any other car cleaning products right now but if I'm ordering off the net I'm gonna be tempted to buy more stuff lol

 

[Knuckles]

You'd recommend Dressle over Total? Total being the purpose made interior cleaner by af...

hmmm i I don't actually need any other car cleaning products right now but if I'm ordering off the net I'm gonna be tempted to buy more stuff lol

Having not looked at total, but going by what you say, total would be to clean it then a product like dressle or spritz (I think that's their interior dressing) to finish off.

You can't go wrong with AF tbh

 

[C.J]

Argh! Parked under a tree yesterday and came back to 5 big bird poos on the boot.

Cleaned off no problem, but upon drying noticed they all stained. The sun must have baked them?

I've tried Amigo and Zaino Z2, but can't shift them (I know that's not their purpose, but it's all I have).

Hard to capture, but here are two:

Help! Advice please.

 

[welshname]

That's etched into the lacquer. You'd need to polish them out.

 

[Ads_172]

Yep. My car got bombed yesterday and it's left some serious damage.

All the more for Andy to tackle in a few weeks!

 

[C.J]

That's etched into the lacquer. You'd need to polish them out.

What should I use? I've read Megs Compound? Anything I could pick up from Halfords today?

 

[Amos91]

Scratchx 2.0 will probably remove that by hand

 

[Gally]

Anyone local with a machine mate? Sadly etching can stay. Especially when the sun gets on it. Can bring it back through.

 

[w33 brl]

Any one recommend a product to remove this baked on brake dust

I've already tried bilberry wheel cleaner, citrus power, AF imperial wheel cleaner and iron x but not having much luck

It's only one wheel and it's letting the car down I think personally

 

[aucky]

Did the Iron X help at all?

Might need multiple hits with some agitation.

 

[w33 brl]

It removed some but not a lot,

 

[B17BLG]

Get tiny bits of clay under your finger and get scrubbing.

How old is your Ironx?

 

[w33 brl]

Get tiny bits of clay under your finger and get scrubbing.

How old is your Ironx?

less than 6 months out

 

[Cliotoby]

Have you changed your brake pads lol?

Sonax might be worth a look but Iron X I would think a better choice - stronger.

Just keep applying it and leave it for a while.

 

[B17BLG]

Also I ttake it you are agitating ironx after a while?

 

[w33 brl]

Yeah I was, I'll give it another try this week, wheel was like that when I bought the car

 

[Knuckles]

It removed some but not a lot,

Did you try the iron x paste like I said on Facebook?

 

[w33 brl]

Don't have any will need to order it

 

[Knuckles]

Don't have any will need to order it

I'd have thought that'd be the best thing for concentrated fallout like that. You can leave it to dwell for however long you like and you can agitate it a bit easier.

 

[aucky]

Don't let it dry though

 

[Dan...]

Quite impressed with 'Poorboy's Quick Detailer +' Very glossy finish...

 

[VIICarCare]

Any one tried the AF duo edgless yet? Ordered five along with their great value drying towels. I'm impressed with the duo towels, really soft. Bought them for the vee but yet to try them!

 

[Gally]

Those blue drying towels? I wouldn't use any bar the yellow plush i4d/PB ones on bodywork now. Those blue ones are like sandpaper in comparison.

 

[Scrooge]

Asdas have superb yellow drying towels cheap, I was surprised at the quality tbh.

 

[Gally]

Asdas have superb yellow drying towels cheap, I was surprised at the quality tbh.

JD sent me one. Wayyyy plusher than the blue ones!

 

[Scrooge]

Cheaper too! I need to top up on some detailing products this month. Spend Spend Spend!

 

[Gally]

I've been lackadaisical recently ordering stuff. Waiting on more Hydro, IX and reset to try from Cragy boi!

 

[Scrooge]

I need hydro, tar and iron x. Just my routine products really.

 

[bigup7]

Anyone used wolfs hard body or wolfs bodyguard sealants yet?

 

[Gally]

I wasn't a fan of hardbody, was just like water and faded quickly. Fad product imo far surpassed by others on the market. Was like a wipe on C2V3 ime but not as good.

 

[welshname]

Been using Z6 as a quick detailer/drying aid/over the top of wax for a while now and really like it. Running out and wondering if there is a better product out there

 

[Gally]

What wax Rhys?

 

[welshname]

Glasur at the minute but I just meant LSP in general. Not sure why I wrote wax.

Glasur will be going back to its rightful owner shortly so I'll be getting some carbon I think.

 

[Gally]

Makes a big difference to the QD imo. Sonus Carnauba Spritz is lovely and easier to use than Field glaze. Z6 is more synthetic. Still awesome but i prefer a richer product was topping waxes.

Even CG V7. Lovely product even on it's own and uber slick.

 

[Gally]

Tbf Z6 gives drying aid also. Carnauba ones you wouldn't really use for that imo.

 

[welshname]

I'm not too fussy about replacing it with another all in one so if there are 3 separate products that do the job better than I'll go for that.

 

[bigup7]

gally what compound/polish/pad combo would you recommend for Spirit blue Fiesta ST2 mk7 paint? (using DAS6)

im trying to get my products sorted for when it arrives (a while yet), it will have dealer prep so minimal swirls i hope, im now thinking CQUK 2014 as coating but want the paint to be right before applying it, i already have eraser for wipe down

i know you have worked on a few STs so thought you be best person to ask!

thanks

 

[Scrooge]

gally what compound/polish/pad combo would you recommend for Spirit blue Fiesta ST2 mk7 paint? (using DAS6)

im trying to get my products sorted for when it arrives (a while yet), it will have dealer prep so minimal swirls i hope, im now thinking CQUK 2014 as coating but want the paint to be right before applying it, i already have eraser for wipe down

i know you have worked on a few STs so thought you be best person to ask!

thanks

As long as you tell the dealer you don't want it touched etc it should come pretty swirl free. If there are a few marks etc Hex pads Blue probably and Menz 4000 will do the trick nicely. If it was mine however i'd be giving it the full works as Ford paint is incredibly orange peeled but that would take serious work obviosuly.

CQUK is a great product, brought the ST I did over the weekend up lovely!