What have you ordered? *Detailing*

[Mr R.]

New snow foam lance,
generic mild clay
Chemical guys Eco wash and slick finish AIO
Tac systems moonlight one step master sealants.
Un-named finishing and polishing pads looking and feeling very similar to the carpro white and orange dognut type pads

Pads cheaper mate?

 

[Yellow Dave]

Pads cheaper mate?

Quite a bit cheaper for the set
http://www.saverschoiceuk.com/machine-polishing-5-125mm-foam-pads-set-of-3.html

The white pad and gloss it pad feel and look quite similar but they don't have the firm blue base foam.

 

[The Russian.]

That gyeon wet coat is superb. I've kinda lost my way with detailing with all these new products but this worked great

Gone through a full bottle mind.

 

[Yellow Dave]

That gyeon wet coat is superb. I've kinda lost my way with detailing with all these new products but this worked great

Gone through a full bottle mind.

It is very good but a lot of people use far more than they need to. A light mist and thorough pressure rinsing to spread and remove is all that is needed. I recently used it on an old land rover discovery and horse trailer. Used a little under 100ml to treat both

A friend uses it once every 4 to 6 weeks with no other wax or sealant. After 12 months a light mist of carpro tarX followed by clay saw little to no bonded contaminants.

 

[aucky]

CQUK, Reload, Dlux, Forte.

Ready for the new Golf

 

[Akay]

5L of Optimum No Rinse Wash & Wax - love this stuff as a weekly wash. Can do it in 30-45 mins and dont have to muck about getting jetwash and hose out.
40 microfibres - mine are getting on abit.
AF Finale - my go to QD, any good alternatives?

 

[Cliotoby]

1 x 303 Aerospace Protectant 10oz Spray
1 x Gtechniq C5 Wheel Armour - 30ml
1 x CarPro IronX Cherry - Highly Effective Surface Cleaner - 1 Litre
1 x SONAX Xtreme Full Effect Wheel Cleaner 500ml
1 x Gtechniq G1 ClearVision Smart Glass Nanocoat - 15ml
1 x Dodo Juice Hogg Detail Brush - Large 40mm
1 x Gtechniq Panel Wipe 500ml

New car, doing the wheels to begin with then maybe in September Ill do the paintwork, standard machine polish with P1 and sealed up with CQUK. Topped with Sonax Turbo detailer most likely as that's been my process for the last 3 and a half years now.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I ordered some 3M glass cleaner from Amazon prime yesterday and it arrived today.

What a brilliant product!

Best glass cleaner I've used :up:

 

[Mr R.]

From Carpro.

CarPro Gloss Pad Ultra soft finishing pad - 125mm
CarPro Gloss Pad Ultra soft finishing pad - 75mm
CarPro Orange Polishing Pad - 130mm
CarPro Red Low Tack Masking Tape - 24mm X4
California Scents: Spillproof Organic Air Freshener - Monterey Vanilla X4
Hydro2 LITE : Ready to use advanced coating (1000ml)
CQuartz Dlux Plastic, Rubber and Alloy Coating (30ml)
Iron X (1000ml)
Reload: Inorganic Spray Coating (1000ml) 2015 Edition

 

[JamesBryan]

I ordered some 3M glass cleaner from Amazon prime yesterday and it arrived today.

What a brilliant product!

Best glass cleaner I've used :up:

Decent isn't it mate!

Did you get some on the recommendation i posted in the detailing chat thread?

 

[cafcross]

C2v3.

Can't get on with Reload on my car. It's the 2015 version....so supposedly no smears on dark paints....smears everywhere. Even after I've diluted it 1:2 with water.

Worked a treat on my gfs car (light metallic green). And it's such a great product. But it just won't work on metallic grey!

 

[Mr R.]

C2v3.

Can't get on with Reload on my car. It's the 2015 version....so supposedly no smears on dark paints....smears everywhere. Even after I've diluted it 1:2 with water.

Worked a treat on my gfs car (light metallic green). And it's such a great product. But it just won't work on metallic grey!

Ive used it on a grey Porsche Panamera, 2 x Audi Q3 in grey and a BMW 335 in grey. all of these where in the sunshine in 25+ heat.

You must be doing something wrong mate.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Decent isn't it mate!

Did you get some on the recommendation i posted in the detailing chat thread?

I did indeed mate

 

[JamesBryan]

I did indeed mate

Can't believe I didn't try it earlier, I knew it must be good when I used to read Jim White's detailing threads on here. He used it all the time.

Oh and use it with a proper waffle weave glass microfibre too for the best smear free results, they have a bit more bite on glass than normal microfibres.

 

[cafcross]

Ive used it on a grey Porsche Panamera, 2 x Audi Q3 in grey and a BMW 335 in grey. all of these where in the sunshine in 25+ heat.

You must be doing something wrong mate.

Definitely not doing something wrong!

Spray on, one MF to apply, one MF to buff off. Been using it perfectly fine on other cars. It just doesn't like mine.

 

[Mr R.]

Definitely not doing something wrong!

Spray on, one MF to apply, one MF to buff off. Been using it perfectly fine on other cars. It just doesn't like mine.

That's really odd then mate, so far I haven't had any problems on grey car's.

 

[cafcross]

I was wondering if it wasn't liking AF Rejuvenate and reacting to that, but I've used that on previous cars with it and again, no issue.

 

[Cliotoby]

Sonax Turbo Detailer trumps C2V3. And every other spray sealant on the market.

Except Z8.

 

[Mr R.]

Sonax Turbo Detailer trumps C2V3. And every other spray sealant on the market.

Except Z8.

Even CP Reload mate?

 

[Lal B3N]

C2v3.

Can't get on with Reload on my car. It's the 2015 version....so supposedly no smears on dark paints....smears everywhere. Even after I've diluted it 1:2 with water.

Worked a treat on my gfs car (light metallic green). And it's such a great product. But it just won't work on metallic grey!

You applying it on a wet or dry car? I only use it when the car is wet.

 

[cafcross]

You applying it on a wet or dry car? I only use it when the car is wet.

Dry. Always use it on a dry car.

 

[Cliotoby]

Even CP Reload mate?

Yeah reload was probably the worst for me and I've tried each version - you get a bottle when you buy CQUK sealant. Never really got on with it and i know how to work with spray sealants like that. Beaded well enough.

Sonax BSD was good but was very grabby and difficult to get a good finish, i used this for a long time until Turbo detailer came about. Turbo detailer is basically BSD without the problems.

C2V3 was quite expensive and didn't really strike me as amazing.... I dont recall any issues with C2V3 like streaking or having a difficult time applying it.

I think Turbo detailer is so good in my book because its:

1. A proper detailing spray so good for removing anything you missed during washing (Like aphid s**t when you parked under a tree or water marks). A must for me to achieve a pristine finish after a wash.
2. A bloody durable sealant that beads better than most other products out there. I would say a bare ceramic sealant might beat it.

I've not waxed a car for over 3 years because of BSD and then Turbo Detailer.

 

[Cliotoby]

C2v3.

Can't get on with Reload on my car. It's the 2015 version....so supposedly no smears on dark paints....smears everywhere. Even after I've diluted it 1:2 with water.

Worked a treat on my gfs car (light metallic green). And it's such a great product. But it just won't work on metallic grey!

Yeah even on a dry car for me it smeared like f**k. I had a black BMW at the time which showed up every imperfection and reload looked dreadful.

 

[Mr R.]

Yeah reload was probably the worst for me and I've tried each version - you get a bottle when you buy CQUK sealant. Never really got on with it and i know how to work with spray sealants like that. Beaded well enough.

Sonax BSD was good but was very grabby and difficult to get a good finish, i used this for a long time until Turbo detailer came about. Turbo detailer is basically BSD without the problems.

C2V3 was quite expensive and didn't really strike me as amazing.... I dont recall any issues with C2V3 like streaking or having a difficult time applying it.

I think Turbo detailer is so good in my book because its:

1. A proper detailing spray so good for removing anything you missed during washing (Like aphid s**t when you parked under a tree or water marks). A must for me to achieve a pristine finish after a wash.
2. A bloody durable sealant that beads better than most other products out there. I would say a bare ceramic sealant might beat it.

I've not waxed a car for over 3 years because of BSD and then Turbo Detailer.

Thanks bud, I'll get some. [emoji2]

 

[Cliotoby]

Thanks bud, I'll get some. [emoji2]

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make sure you apply with two microfibres. Generally Ill fold the towel in half and then spray turbo detailer once or twice onto the towel as it can splash everywhere if sprayed direct onto the paint, then wipe in the same direction evenly like you would mow a lawn to get stripes. Use a 2nd dry towel to gently buff any excess residue off. Job done. itll clean the paint up and leave a strong layer of sealant.

 

[JD]

New CarPro mitt, CarPro large 800gsm drying towel, Mothers Polishing Cone for my exhausts and some megs detailing swabs.

 

[Cliotoby]

New CarPro mitt, CarPro large 800gsm drying towel, Mothers Polishing Cone for my exhausts and some megs detailing swabs.

Really want one of those cones....

 

[JD]

Really want one of those cones....

I'll be using it tonight, will let you know how it goes.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

New CarPro mitt, CarPro large 800gsm drying towel, Mothers Polishing Cone for my exhausts and some megs detailing swabs.

How much were the swabs? I bought a s**t load of surgical swabs last year for next to nothing.

 

[JamesBryan]

How much were the swabs? I bought a s**t load of surgical swabs last year for next to nothing.

£10 for 20. x10 small and x10 large.

Not that cheap, but they are re-useable.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

£10 for 20. x10 small and x10 large.

Not that cheap, but they are re-useable.

£11 gets you 100 pcs of these ones I've got.

Come in 3 sizes

 

[JamesBryan]

Are they cotton or foam? The Megs one are foam so you can wash them.

They're shaped like the first image you've linked, in two sizes.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Are they cotton or foam? The Megs one are foam so you can wash them.

They're shaped like the first image you've linked, in two sizes.

These ones are foam

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Great for applying Dlux :up:

 

[JamesBryan]

Does one care to share where one purchased said items?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Does one care to share where one purchased said items?

Just type foam swabs into eBay :up:

 

[JamesBryan]

Just type foam swabs into eBay :up:

Ahh yeah, they show up as printer cleaning swabs :up:

 

[Cliotoby]

The latest product I've tried.

Really need to get some of that stuff. Trouble is Ive got FK, Carbon and some other waxes sat in the fridge I never use.

Car looks great

 

[imprezaworks]

Going to try and give a few coats of this stuff Tomo. Will prep the paint today and wax Tomo all being well

 

[Karlos182]

Ordered some Iron X. Never used it before (or anything like it). I'll try it on the wife's grotty old 54 plate Mondeo wheels for maximum effect!