Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[Pearce]

Interesting might buy both depending on how much jd wants for his pot

 

[aucky]

It's important to only apply half a Clio bonnet at a time and buff pretty much immediately

 

[Scrooge]

A pad cleaning brush.

I also have the pad prep spray from AF. Don't know if its needed though.
@Scrooge will know.

Daniel

yep a brush will keep your pads fresh and prolong the life a bit more. Brush and wipe over after use. I use a really soft one from polished bliss. Pad prep spray. One quick spray onto the pad with quick detailer will help prime the pad.

 

[Daniel]

Yeah I use cheapo Autoglym QD as a pad primer.

Never knew about the brush thing though, I'll get one tomorrow.

 

[Scrooge]

Good man!

Id love to see the level of detail you could get done on a motor over a couple of days.

 

[Daniel]

If I had a decent camera I'd happily show you! Lol

 

[Lal B3N]

This turned up today, looking forward to trying it out on the girlfriends abarth.

 

[Yellow Dave]

At £150 for 30ml I hope it's easy to use and impressive performance.

Curious to see what these give over the more openly available coatings from GTechniq and Carpro etc

 

[Coby.]

Glass cleaners..... Only really used Eraser and AF Crytal, Anything better out there? Gf's Grandad has asked for some so want to get him the best stuff.

 

[Gally]

IPA/Panel wipe. I've tried so so many!!!

Swissvax glass is very good because it's household stuff in a nice bottle. He'd love the bottle etc.

 

[Lal B3N]

At £150 for 30ml I hope it's easy to use and impressive performance.

Curious to see what these give over the more openly available coatings from GTechniq and Carpro etc

Yeah I hope it is too. Luckily it didn't cost me anything ha.

 

[jakeg]

After a cheap spray bottle to use auto finesse wheel cleaner from, are foam sprayers worth the extra money? Don't want to be spending £5/6 on an empty spray bottle if the cheap ones are just as good.

 

[Yellow Dave]

Go into your local supermarket and buy the cheapest kitchen cleaner and use the bottle from that, works just as well, not felt the foaming affect has really added much to the product IMO

 

[welsh.Z.S.]

OK these for swaps

 

[welsh.Z.S.]

 

[welsh.Z.S.]

R222 wax, about 80% full, also dj rainforest rub, again about 80%, dj lime prime about 65%, and autobrite cherry glaze around 75%. Looking for wax/sealants.. Polishes, tyre gel, can combine items etc

 

[Matt e]

Has anyone used this.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/valeting-and-bulk/valet-pro-citrus-pre-wash/prod_728.html

There's been a couple of threads about it before asking about it but no had.

How does it compare with af citrus power? Is it worth the extra for citrus power

 

[Inequality Street]

Has anyone used this.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/valeting-and-bulk/valet-pro-citrus-pre-wash/prod_728.html

There's been a couple of threads about it before asking about it but no had.

How does it compare with af citrus power? Is it worth the extra for citrus power

I have this, works really well IMO. Gave Yellow Dave a litre too recently, what do you think Dave?

Also, interested to see what you think of the Avalanche too

 

[Daniel]

All I used yesterday was Autoglym express wax. Car has no other polish or protection on it. Express wax Literally takes less than 5 minutes to do the whole car.

Check out the beading!

 

[Inequality Street]

All I used yesterday was Autoglym express wax. Car has no other polish or protection on it. Express wax Literally takes less than 5 minutes to do the whole car.

Check out the beading!

Be interesting to see how long that lasts for

 

[Daniel]

With the absolute downpour we're having at this precise moment, i'll be suprised if it lasts until the morning! lol.

 

[Mr R.]

Has anyone used this.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/valeting-and-bulk/valet-pro-citrus-pre-wash/prod_728.html

There's been a couple of threads about it before asking about it but no had.

How does it compare with af citrus power? Is it worth the extra for citrus power

I have this, i use it on my van which gets rotten.

Very impressed, use it diluted and just spary it on out of one of them garden pump up spray bottles.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Has anyone used this.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/valeting-and-bulk/valet-pro-citrus-pre-wash/prod_728.html

There's been a couple of threads about it before asking about it but no had.

How does it compare with af citrus power? Is it worth the extra for citrus power

Hope its good. I've just ordered 5 litres of it lol

 

[Yellow Dave]

I've used valet pro citrus neat and diluted 1:1 on pretty thick grime and it seems to perform as well as the best I've used. Plan to do a bit more experimenting with dilution rates as the car is so dirty 3 to 4 days after washing there is no water behaviour so will test its abiblity quite well.

I know the CYC advert states citrus pre wash is LSP safe, but has anyone had any issues of it stripping protection at all or affecting water behaviour? Using it neat, pressure rinse and normal wash I was surprised at the slow sheeting on areas where I had used it.

Avalanche I like as much as AF citrus power. It doesn't dwell long but it softens dirt very well and I find a pressure rinse after the car is considerable cleaner than just a pressure rinse. Still can never be used stand alone as a no touch wash, but when times not on side I'd be happy to just avalanche and pressure rinse to remove the worst until I can give it a proper wash

I used the sonax bsd QD at the weekend, application was cr@p. I've given products away to friends for this, but the beading is very tight over a wax and sealant base. Maybe a little tighter than reload or C2 used in the same scenario. Water run off was very quick despite not feeling all that slick.

 

[JD]

Interesting re the BSD Yellow Dave
Pearce sorry for the delay, I will honestly get you a bloody photo tonight!

 

[Pearce]

Interesting re the BSD @Yellow Dave
@Pearce sorry for the delay, I will honestly get you a bloody photo tonight!

No worries mate

 

[Jaff.]

I use VP citrus diluted 1:1 and it cleans just aswel as I've seen any others clean tbh. Plus its cheaper so win win. And it smells awesome!

couldnt comment on beading or sheeting as my car is shite at that anyway

 

[Matt e]

I spotted this on eBay,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161110058031?redirect=mobile

Cleanyourcar has 5l for £23.90 delivered, so seems a bargain

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I spotted this on eBay,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161110058031?redirect=mobile

Cleanyourcar has 5l for £23.90 delivered, so seems a bargain

Looks too good to be true!!

Proper bargain!

 

[Inequality Street]

How much is a second hand Auto Finesse Passion wax worth? Barely used, maybe 3 cars worth.

Cheers

 

[Kyle 86]

How much is a second hand Auto Finesse Passion wax worth? Barely used, maybe 3 cars worth.

Cheers

Yellow Dave may be intrested Ry

 

[Yellow Dave]

At a guess £30 - £40, but not this side of Christmas.

Thanks for the mention Kyle but I should be selling not buying more

 

[Matt e]

Looks too good to be true!!

Proper bargain!

hope not! ive ordered some this afternoon

 

[MatthewR]

Has anyone got any of their dressle sample left they would like to pass on?

 

[Inequality Street]

Think I may use some of my VP Citrus Wash at the weekend. My 200 hasn't been washed in around 2 months or something silly and it's absolutley gross. May do a comparison between Valet Pro and AF Citrus Power.

Car is protected with CQ Finest with a topping on Hydr02, so should be interesting. Will stick some photo's up if I do it (Weather dependant)

 

[ben lee]

has wonder wheels hot wheels have an iron/tar remover in?

 

[Adamm.]

Yeah it does mate there's a thread on it in this section.

 

[JD]

has wonder wheels hot wheels have an iron/tar remover in?

Fallout remover, yes. Tar, no. I'm still uncertain about using this on the body work as it does have a cleaning agent in it as well.

 

[Scrooge]

Anyone done a ph test on it yet?

 

[MatthewR]

I'm going to be running out of illusion soon, I have around 4 or 5 more applications left. I was just wondering what the rivals would be around a similar price (upto £100).

I was thinking of getting a large sample of BOS from DW but I doubt it will feel as special using it from a tin and not the jar. Other than that I'm thinking of just getting another pot of illusion.

any ideas?

also, this doesn't need to be durable, I want pure looks and ease of use with this wax as it will be my new 'summer wax'