spent over 9 hours cleaning today..

[Guy]

im knackered..

washed the car
clayed (didnt really lift anything off!)
poorboys ssr2.5 to try and get rid of swirl marks.. this took absolutely ages
megs #80
vanilla moose hand glaze wax

then im going to seal it with EGP and give it a few coats of harlys wax.

swirl marks how it was:

this half done using SSR2.5:

hasnt got them all out, but took long enough and a definate improvement!

partly done

finished (crap photos, low light and couldnt be arsed to get tripod out..)

 

[DaveJwxm]

wow looks spot on mate:approve:

 

[James.]

Big improvment mate, you out in it tonight?

 

[Guy]

Big improvment mate, you out in it tonight?

probably mate! might go give it a coat of EGP first though

been decent weather all day, might go out for a bit with roof off later if its not too cold. lol

 

[Guy]

lol.. as soon as i said that it just rained a lil bit and looks a bit black outside.

put it in garage and gave it a coat of egp.

 

[JamesB]

guess your not going down the front with all the loons then

james

 

[Fletcher]

Looks good.

 

[TJ182]

Never knew you could get anything for the swirls. Looks well impressive.

 

[Rich]

Nice work. EGP is not one I would use over VM though, Needs an oil free base to bond to.

 

[Justin]

Nice one, really need to get myself a PC

 

[Clart]

9 hours? get out more!

 

[Graham Gooch]

9 hours? get out more!

exactly 9 hours lol go drive it

 

[Leeshez]

Wow what a nice car and colour

 

[cleanyourcar]

Really nice that very moist

 

[Guy]

its mucky again already though!

went out lastnight, few hours of it sparkling then it PISSED it down!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Contratulations it's clean

Really though, looking pretty good, where do these swirl marks come from ???

It always seems to happen to me when you wash it in the heat, or let soap dry on it.

I must say I used to spend time washing my cars, but now I have seen the light and just give it a wipe down every week to get the mud off it. Other than that, it can goto hell :evil:

 

[Graham Gooch]

Contratulations it's clean

Really though, looking pretty good, where do these swirl marks come from ???

It always seems to happen to me when you wash it in the heat, or let soap dry on it.

I must say I used to spend time washing my cars, but now I have seen the light and just give it a wipe down every week to get the mud off it. Other than that, it can goto hell :evil:

swirl marks a microscopic scratches,

normally caused by particulate dirt on the car , when you clean or polish any dirt will leave scratches

 

[Laguna Dynamique V6]

Very good work, Nice 'n' shiny matey!!

 

[Guy]

swirls usually caused by people cleaning the car when its really mucky without a hose pipe i think and using sponges.

if my cars really mucky i will use the two bucket method and a hose pipe to keep everything as clean as possible.!

 

[kully]

sexy.....................the car i mean

 

[Iain C]

i take that was with a pc?
Looks great.
I have a pc to use at the mo but am worried cos it looks a bit hardcore

 

[makavelli]

looks good matey

 

[172.com]

Nine hours of cleaning and it'll be filthy again after one hour of driving, good effort lol.

 

[Guy]

its filthy now.. done about 200 miles in rain

oh well least it should clean up easily

 

[JuanBoy]

Lovely Motor - and it's the Turbo Had a spin in a blokes at work a few weeks ago - man those beasts are quick! loved that Gear Change Light and the little wing mirrors that make it feel like a proper racing car.

 

[Thomss]

Looks great.

 

[DebV6]

Worth it though, the swirl marks look alot better now from what I can see in the photo!

 

[black kro]

9 hours?

mine gets 1 hour, once a month!

 

[Ali]

Well worth the time spent.

People that say spending time cleaning is a waste of time will regret it when it comes to selling the car!!

 

[Guy]

yeah i washed it yesterday and all it needed was a quick going over with harlys wax and it looked sparkling.. went out in the rain lastnight....

and its still sparkling!

normally it would have been absolutely filthy..

 

[R20 CWH]

looking guid. Nice bit of detailing.

Glad to see you plumped for the turbo as well