Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[imprezaworks]

Black (not racism)

 

[Daniel]

Cheating b******s 😂

What dye is this?

Loads of people do it. I like Autoglym aerosol as it’s a bit more tame.
Autosmart do a one called midnight and it’s probably the best, but only available in trigger application and it gets everywhere. Not ideal.

 

[imprezaworks]

Loads of people do it. I like Autoglym aerosol as it’s a bit more tame.
Autosmart do a one called midnight and it’s probably the best, but only available in trigger application and it gets everywhere. Not ideal.

Yeah pretty sure the one i borrowed from work is from autosmart, a spray type. Its perfect for cheap ass hard to cleam carpets.

Yeah it is that

Midnight

A spirit based grey/black dye to restore the ‘as new’ appearance to carpets, mats and tyres.

autosmart.co.uk

 

[SharpyClio]

Yeah pretty sure the one i borrowed from work is from autosmart, a spray type. Its perfect for cheap ass hard to cleam carpets.

Yeah it is that

Midnight

A spirit based grey/black dye to restore the ‘as new’ appearance to carpets, mats and tyres.

autosmart.co.uk

I’ll be getting me some of that! Never crossed my mind to die the carpets 🤷‍♂️

 

[riz]

How long does it last?

 

[Daniel]

How long does it last?

Don’t do it in your car! You have nice carpets, this is only for the cheap tight woven nylon type carpets. As found in Fiestas and Citroens etc.

 

[riz]

Don’t do it in your car! You have nice carpets, this is only for the cheap tight woven nylon type carpets. As found in Fiestas and Citroens etc.

I wanna live like common people

 

[JamesBryan]

I wanna live like common people

You wanna do whatever common people do?

 

[leedsboy]

I didn’t need to on this, it in the absolutely fucked stuff, a tin of satin black paint or a black carpet dye works wonders.
Less is more, but it’s a godsend on the bangers.

Have you got one of those tornado blowy things that I keep seeing TikTok detailers use? They seem to make light work of dog hair/straw/loose stuffs.

 

[imprezaworks]

The heat thingy?

 

[SharpyClio]

This sort of thing?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08M3JFXZW/?tag=cliospnet01-21

I don't have one but they are supposed to be pretty good.

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Have you got one of those tornado blowy things that I keep seeing TikTok detailers use? They seem to make light work of dog hair/straw/loose stuffs.

I have one. Unfortunately I dont have access to a compressor anymore so its redundant, for the moment....

I bought a cheap ebay special. As a tool, theyre fantastic. They spin a inner tube around at a billion mph which causes a 'tornado' effect to fly into the carpet. It really does dislodge a lot of crap and make light work of mats etc. The 'proper' Tornador ones, US Brand, are eyewateringly expensive. Over £80 for the basic one.

A couple of points to mention: DONT buy the cheap ebay ones. The quality is utterly s**t and it WILL fall apart rapido. My inner tube came flying out, at the aforementioned MPH, only to smash into the fresh extended leather spec 4.0 GTS I was detailing. Poo moment. Luckily, the dash was fine.
The volume of air required to keep you able to use it properly is bonkers. I dont remember the units, but its got to be over 9. 9LPH? Its got to be a big boi otherwise youre forever waiting for the compressor to catch up, or its not got enough power to be able to keep up and just blows mild air out.
Not so great for interiors. Even after hoovering a footwell, you go and blast the s**t out of it and dust and debris goes EVERYWHERE. That dash you just wiped over and dressed? Yep. Its now covered in debris. The rear seats? Those too. Neighbours cat? Looks like hes just been on the beach. I speak from experience here....

 

[leedsboy]

Ah, it's not for me, I've absolutely no use for one. It was more just seeing if @Daniel had one so he can cut his 8 hours with a bog brush down a little bit 😂

 

[Daniel]

Ah, it's not for me, I've absolutely no use for one. It was more just seeing if @Daniel had one so he can cut his 8 hours with a bog brush down a little bit 😂

I have had them in the past but to be honest as Nancy points out, they make a s**t load of mess. Which you end up having to clean up again.

The last one I actually paid for was stupid money, £260 iirc?? From Autosmart. Then when that broke I bought a £30 one off eBay and it was the same just a different colour. 😂

 

[JD]

I have had them in the past but to be honest as Nancy points out, they make a s**t load of mess. Which you end up having to clean up again.

The last one I actually paid for was stupid money, £260 iirc?? From Autosmart. Then when that broke I bought a £30 one off eBay and it was the same just a different colour. 😂

I've used one and completely agree - great for crevices where you can't necessarily get a hoover attachment to it, but surely suck not blow to clear mess (heyoooo).

 

[JamesBryan]

Ran out of BH Touchless a while ago and struggled to find any anywhere.

Turns out they've tweaked the strength now, doubling it's concentration (max 2% PIR instead of 4% previously).

Only available in 1L currently though.

 

[d19wood]

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Auto Finesse end of line clearance if it's any use to anyone just now ?

 

[riz]

Ran out of BH Touchless a while ago and struggled to find any anywhere.

Turns out they've tweaked the strength now, doubling it's concentration (max 2% PIR instead of 4% previously).

Only available in 1L currently though.

It's coming in 5l

 

[JamesBryan]

It's coming in 5l

Yeah so I've heard.

1L will do for now.

 

[imprezaworks]

Anyone tried traceless?

 

[JD]

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Yep. Ordered 10x 1l bottles of Citrus Power for about £5+P&P!!

 

[imprezaworks]

I never looked, I will now lol.

I've got a once used slims detailing das dual polisher if anyone is looking to try their arm at polishing.

£50 posted.

 

[imprezaworks]

Yep. Ordered 10x 1l bottles of Citrus Power for about £5+P&P!!

How did you get that, I looked and they are £2.38 each lol

 

[JD]

How did you get that, I looked and they are £2.38 each lol

By mistyping £25+P&P!!!

 

[Daniel]

By mistyping £25+P&P!!!

Herp derp

 

[Racky]

How did you get that, I looked and they are £2.38 each lol

It's £9.95 / 1L bottle now. Was it 2.38 each ?

Do you find it that good that you ordered 10L ? I bought 5L a year ago, after reading people saying how good it is, but I found it average, or even bellow that.

 

[imprezaworks]

From £2.38 but that was the smaller size I think.

The car chem pre wash I bought when they did that flash sale thing is really good.

Used to be a snow foam chap but limited space on the drive I have been using citrus pre wash.

The neighbours albeit really nice would see his ass if his mercedes was covered In foam lol.

 

[JD]

Herp derp

It's £9.95 / 1L bottle now. Was it 2.38 each ?

Do you find it that good that you ordered 10L ? I bought 5L a year ago, after reading people saying how good it is, but I found it average, or even bellow that.

Found it the best at what it does, but everything is subjective - I've not tried all citrus prewash.

 

[imprezaworks]

Polisher for sale 👍👍

https://cliosport.net/threads/slims-detailing-dual-action-polisher-%C2%A350-posted.849000/

 

[Daniel]

I’ll leave these here so I can update once it’s finished…

My boss wanted to buy a new interior but I said I’d save it. Here goes….

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

f**king hell Dan, that makes my Fiesta look factory.

Fair play to you. Show us some 'after' pics!

 

[Louis]

f**king hell Dan, that makes my Fiesta look factory.

Fair play to you. Show us some 'after' pics!

Those are after.

 

[imprezaworks]

Tasty

 

[Daniel]

f**king hell Dan, that makes my Fiesta look factory.

Fair play to you. Show us some 'after' pics!

No ‘after’ pics just yet. I’m off tomorrow for a funeral so here is some action shots…

Will be finished Friday pm, collected Saturday morning. Just need to dehumidifier to not trip out tonight or I’m fucked. 😂😂

 

[Yarp]

Was that just left outside with the doors open or something? Where did the spiders and snails come from 😂

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Tyre dressing applicators talk to me...

 

[imprezaworks]

I use these and have done for ages. Work well when I use gel. If I use a dress type I use a paint brush lol

 

[imprezaworks]

Cheaper from temu or AliExpress

 

[imprezaworks]

Just getting the SLK ready for sale. I was going to keep it for the spring/summer but with now having 5 cars and going to sunny Wolverhampton Tomo to get another I've decided to advertise everything.

Bought some infinity wax lite coating and imo it's brilliant. Washed with reset then banged a layer on. Even being black there was no issues.

 

[imprezaworks]

Sexy