Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[riz]

My shed is a little walk to the tap, so i have to carry quite a bit of stuff. I can't be bothered carrying something else too.

Would I have to get a separate hose just for it, or would my normal house with PW be ok? As im planning on using the PW with normal water for cleaning and the vessel for rinse

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

My shed is a little walk to the tap, so i have to carry quite a bit of stuff. I can't be bothered carrying something else too.

Would I have to get a separate hose just for it, or would my normal house with PW be ok? As im planning on using the PW with normal water for cleaning and the vessel for rinse

Ah okay, fair enough. Theyre a bit weighty when full of water anyways. Alternatively, depending on how far, you could have one of those expanding hoses like I have and just leave the filter in the shed and then rinse the car with the hose.

Not sure I quite understand about your hose situation. A standard hose is absolutely fine, as is a stretchy one. If you mean youre going to run your pure water through your PW then be careful. not entirely sure how true it is but someone mentioned pure water isnt good for the internals of a PW. Probably BS but I honestly dont know. I also found my PW wanted to pull the water through the resin a bit too fast which used it up quicker and less effectively. Also, you have to run quite a bit of water through the PW before pure comes out so I ended up with half a car of spotting and half a clear side lol

 

[riz]

Sorry I wasn't clear.
My plan is to use normal water for washing and the vessel for rinsing.

When it comes to using the vessel, does it need its own dedicated hose or can it share the normal hose when I rinse?

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Sorry I wasn't clear.
My plan is to use normal water for washing and the vessel for rinsing.

When it comes to using the vessel, does it need its own dedicated hose or can it share the normal hose when I rinse?

Thats alright!

Yeah, good plan otherwise youll burn through resin at some rate of knots. You can use the same hose if you want mate. But youll want to put a valved section in as pulling off a hose thats pressurised gets old really fast. Trust me.

Just make sure you rinse through the remaining 'impure' water before you start to rinse.

Oh, and also, you should pick up a hardness meter (lol). Just amazon a water PPM meter. Mine was about £9 and it allows you to check if your resin is still working or not!

 

[riz]

This a good deal?

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[imprezaworks]

I actually really like the kirkland ones.

 

[Adamm.]

Car got the special treatment with some Zymol Z8 today seen as it's looking dry for most the week now. Love how it adds even more of a deep gloss.

 

[riz]

Thats alright!

Yeah, good plan otherwise youll burn through resin at some rate of knots. You can use the same hose if you want mate. But youll want to put a valved section in as pulling off a hose thats pressurised gets old really fast. Trust me.

Just make sure you rinse through the remaining 'impure' water before you start to rinse.

Oh, and also, you should pick up a hardness meter (lol). Just amazon a water PPM meter. Mine was about £9 and it allows you to check if your resin is still working or not!

How much is the resin?
If I have an 11litre vessel, how much resin would I need to refill.

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

How much is the resin?
If I have an 11litre vessel, how much resin would I need to refill.

11 litres mate 😆😆

Resin can get expensive. Shop around but make sure you use a reputable brand as some use 'regenerated' resin which is pants

 

[riz]

11 litres mate 😆😆

Resin can get expensive. Shop around but make sure you use a reputable brand as some use 'regenerated' resin which is pants

Fcuk me it's £100 for 25litres.
I was hoping 11litres was the water quantity!!😅

 

[Cookson]

Guy over the road is having his Rolls Royce Silver Shadow "professionally cleaned" today. 2 blokes have turned up in a C Class merc with some buckets in the back. From what I can see it's stuff like Demon Wash etc. They've given it a pre-rinse from the hosepipe (no jetwash or snowfam) and are now washing it with cold water, no shampoo, and the type of car sponge you get from the petrol station.

Beautiful.

 

[RustyMojo]

Guy over the road is having his Rolls Royce Silver Shadow "professionally cleaned" today. 2 blokes have turned up in a C Class merc with some buckets in the back. From what I can see it's stuff like Demon Wash etc. They've given it a pre-rinse from the hosepipe (no jetwash or snowfam) and are now washing it with cold water, no shampoo, and the type of car sponge you get from the petrol station.

Beautiful.

Worse ‘My neighbour has a Rolls Royce’ brag ever! 😂😂😉

 

[Cookson]

Worse ‘My neighbour has a Rolls Royce’ brag ever! 😂😂😉

Mate, it's from 1986 and knocks more than BBC TV License people

 

[RustyMojo]

Mate, it's from 1986 and knocks more than BBC TV License people

Sounds like a cryptic description of my wife…

 

[leeds2592]

You know the ratios are ridiculous when a product turns up with a syringe to measure it out 😂

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Used this for the first time last night.

For the first application, I did 10ml with 500ml of water in a snow foam gun which managed to do 2 liberal coats of the car.

Looks good so far but time will tell with regards to durability. Beading looked great straight off the bat and it felt very slick when drying.

I could have done with properly decontaminating the car prior to coating to help with durability but I couldn't be arsed. I'll probably do the advised 1-3ml with 500ml for the maintenance washes every week/2 weeks anyway.

 

[ilovewilly]

Yeah the polisher will sort that. Hand polish will be a ball ache

As you may have seen from the FS thread, I gave the car a going over with the DA. Not a bad bit of kit for the money! Meguires ultimate compound and some Auto Finesse glaze brought it back up very well indeed.

 

[imprezaworks]

I did mate and your car looks superb. Was close to buying a red rallye years ago, was like 2k. Hopefully the sale goes well 🙏

 

[imprezaworks]

Anyone bought a cheap rotary or know of someone who has and been happy?

I'm after one up to say 100.

Also by chance antone not using infinity wax graphene they want to move on.
Cheers.

 

[Bluebeard]

Anyone bought a cheap rotary or know of someone who has and been happy?

I'm after one up to say 100.

Also by chance antone not using infinity wax graphene they want to move on.
Cheers.

I’ve got a silverline one from eBay. About £50.

I’ve had it for about 3 years. It gets used at least twice a week and it’s still going strong.
Has a good speed variation on it, it’s not too loud either but it is quite heavy.

 

[imprezaworks]

That make has been mentioned 👍

East enough to use?. I've used a flex forced Rotation, but of practice but was easy enough.

 

[imprezaworks]

Real shame I didn't take any before pics. Bought from us about 6 years ago and pretty sure it's never been touched. Paint was flatter than flat.

 

[Bluebeard]

That make has been mentioned 👍

East enough to use?. I've used a flex forced Rotation, but of practice but was easy enough.

I’ve used it on pink transits, down to a 1972 fiat 500.
It is heavy, that’s my only gripe. But it does the job no problem.
My mate has a really expensive One (can’t remember the name, it’s red and grey) and it’s sooooo nice to use. But he uses it every day. For the 2 (at most) times a week I use it, it’s absolutely fine. And it was cheap.

 

[imprezaworks]

Probably a flex machine. Will have a mooch at the silverline.

Someone mentioned this one aswell

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08P1SDQTY/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Assume you have this mate

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071VSSFLR/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[riz]

Anyone bought a cheap rotary or know of someone who has and been happy?

I'm after one up to say 100.

Also by chance antone not using infinity wax graphene they want to move on.
Cheers.

Yup I've got a nearly full bottle and a smaller one

 

[imprezaworks]

What you after for them mate

 

[riz]

Not sure.

How do you post without leaking?

 

[imprezaworks]

Just wrap some tape round the leaky ends lol. I normally go ott in a box with pink bits for safety.

 

[JamesBryan]

Another DI vessel post 😅

What resin are you guys using MB115 or 151?

Water here is around 130-150ppm.

MB115 good for up to 200ppm but for how long 🤔

 

[riz]

Just wrap some tape round the leaky ends lol. I normally go ott in a box with pink bits for safety.

Let me have a look Tuesday. I'm not at home.

 

[imprezaworks]

OK mate thanks

 

[leeds2592]

Another DI vessel post 😅

What resin are you guys using MB115 or 151?

Water here is around 130-150ppm.

MB115 good for up to 200ppm but for how long 🤔

What’s the price difference? If the same or not much more, surely MB151 would be the way to go?

I need to replace mine actually, so if you find a decent place to order from, let me know 👍🏻

 

[JamesBryan]

What’s the price difference? If the same or not much more, surely MB151 would be the way to go?

I need to replace mine actually, so if you find a decent place to order from, let me know 👍🏻

Yeah weirdly seems to be around the same price for both 🤔

Around £80-90 for 25L but everywhere with decent prices are out of stock 😏

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Another DI vessel post 😅

What resin are you guys using MB115 or 151?

Water here is around 130-150ppm.

MB115 good for up to 200ppm but for how long 🤔

I use 151 mate.

My water is 200+ and, so far, its been good. Then again, I also had decent results with 115....

 

[leeds2592]

Do you guys empty your vessels after use? I've not used mine in a while as I need to get new resin, but I always tipped it up after use and got as much water out as possible as I assumed the standing water would degrade the resin when not in use? But then I've seen people wall mounting their vessels so they can't be doing that🤔

 

[KitsonRis]

I have got a Muc Off pressure washer and this is the fitment for the snow foam attachement.

Is it a standard fitting? As the adjuster is broken and need to get a new one. Wondered if there was a better one to go for or if I am stuck with the standard one.

 

[JamesBryan]

I use 151 mate.

My water is 200+ and, so far, its been good. Then again, I also had decent results with 115....

Can't find 151 anywhere at the minute, so going with 115. Should be ok considering our water is only around 130ppm.

 

[JamesBryan]

Do you guys empty your vessels after use? I've not used mine in a while as I need to get new resin, but I always tipped it up after use and got as much water out as possible as I assumed the standing water would degrade the resin when not in use? But then I've seen people wall mounting their vessels so they can't be doing that🤔

Resin needs to be stored damp.

Don't let it dry out. That goes for anyone that's bought 25ltrs and used half or so for their 11ltr system.

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Resin needs to be stored damp.

Don't let it dry out. That goes for anyone that's bought 25ltrs and used half or so for their 11ltr system.

 

[leeds2592]

Resin needs to be stored damp.

Don't let it dry out. That goes for anyone that's bought 25ltrs and used half or so for their 11ltr system.

Never knew that. Maybe that's why mine degraded quite quickly then? Although, even when turned upside down, it probably never fully got all the water out so would have still retained some dampness I supposed.

Best to just leave it full of water?

 

[Cookson]

I have got a Muc Off pressure washer and this is the fitment for the snow foam attachement.

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Is it a standard fitting? As the adjuster is broken and need to get a new one. Wondered if there was a better one to go for or if I am stuck with the standard one.

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You will have to pic the correct adaptor.