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Old 30th August 2010, 11:55   #21
Jamie
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Car: Citroen Saxo - Icelandic Grey

Paint type: Metalic

Detailing tips:
Fully clean the car at least 3 times, with warm water - consisting of 2 warm snow foams, then 2 bucket method changing both buckets of water/agents between washes and rinses between.

Pressure washers & Buckets


Pressure Washer - Karcher K2.56 Deluxe
Buckets - Cheap Tesco Jobby's
Grit Guard -Currently none (but I clean my car OTT before, I do anything else, see any of my threads)

Washing & Drying

-Foam pre wash ~ Warm - Valet Pro PH Neutral Snowfoam Applied via HD Lance Mixed with Maxi SudsII/Supernatural Shampoo and Meguiars Gold class shampoo.
-Shampoo's ~ Dodo Juice Supernatural / Meguairs gold class/ NXT gen
-Wash Mitt ~ Dodo Juice Supernatural Wookies Fist / Wash ShMitt - White/Yellow
-Drying towel ~ CleanYourCar Huge 'Fluffy' Drying Towel

Detailing Clay & Lube

Clay- CleanYourCar - Fine PolyClay (240g)
Lubricant- Dodo Juice - Born Slippy 500ml

Pre-wax Cleaners

-Pre-wax cleaner-Menzerna ~ Top Inspection

Polishing

-Polish(s) ~ Menzerna Intensive Polish (PO85RD 3.02)/Menzerna Final Finish (PO 85RD)/Menzerna Power Gloss (S100) - Meguairs Gold Class Polish
- Pads ~ Menzerna Compounding Pad/Menzerna Polishing Pad/Menzerna Finishing Pad & the same for spot pads.
- Machine ~ G220 & Silverline rotary but mainly use G220.
- Backing plates ~ 135mm & 80mm iirc & Meguairs big buffing pad - Lamswool

Glazes/Sealants

-LSP ~ Chemical Guys Wet Mirror Finish
-Spray on sealants ~ Dodo Juice Red Mist


Wax


-Wax ~ Dodo Juice Light Fantastic
-Applicator Pad ~ Lake County Blue Applicator

Wheels and tyres

-Wheel brush ~ Autoglym detailing brush / Meguairs one too
-Wheel Cleaner ~ Bilberry neat
-Wheel sealant ~ ( I light fantastic wax my alloys then apply Redmist)
-Tyre shine ~ Meguairs Endurance Gel

Interior

-Glass cleaner ~ AG Glass polish/ Mr Muscle
-Dash cleaner ~ Simmonz interior cleaner
-Carpet cleaner ~ As above along with some 'shake and vac' (powder)
-Upholstery cleaner ~ Simmonz interior cleaner
- Various brushes ~ Meguiar's Triple Duty Detail Brush/ Meguiars Lint Remover Brush

-Buffing cloth ~ Lake county & Dodo Juice

Accessories & Misc

-Detailing brush ~ AG and above
Foam applicators - Loads literally
Spray heads- None
Bottles- None
Masking Tape - 3mm

I have shed loads of gear but thats the main bits.

Cheeky pic; Mirror is dirty woops lol!

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