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Offline brettblade

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1400 on: 13 October 2017, 10:24 »
Not quite today, but yesterday evening at least.

Two bucket wash with a Wax Planet development shampoo and a Wo-Wo mitt.  Wax Planet Oblivion top up, and finished with Poly Gloss.  First time using Poly Gloss, and it's a fantastic product.  Well worth a look for anyone in the market for a QD or gloss enhancer.
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Offline JB GTI

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1401 on: 13 October 2017, 10:48 »
Thanks for that :smiley:, looks straightforward (famous last words :rolleyes:) and would definitely tidy things up. On the list of things to buy/do.
2 min job 👍

Thanks, looks very easy but I have a well deserved reputation for impatience and ultimately breaking stuff, this has all the hallmarks for the potential of another example :rolleyes:

In that case.. if needed, use the smallest hammer  :laugh: :whistle:
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1402 on: 13 October 2017, 11:07 »
  First time using Poly Gloss, and it's a fantastic product.  Well worth a look for anyone in the market for a QD or gloss enhancer.

I found PolyGloss hard work, maybe I used too much product.

The results were `OK` but nothing special.

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1403 on: 13 October 2017, 12:22 »
  First time using Poly Gloss, and it's a fantastic product.  Well worth a look for anyone in the market for a QD or gloss enhancer.

I found PolyGloss hard work, maybe I used too much product.

The results were `OK` but nothing special.

What did you find hard work?  I sprayed and wiped with one microfibre, by the time I'd got around the whole car it was ready to buff off with a fresh microfibre.
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1404 on: 13 October 2017, 14:45 »
  First time using Poly Gloss, and it's a fantastic product.  Well worth a look for anyone in the market for a QD or gloss enhancer.

I found PolyGloss hard work, maybe I used too much product.

The results were `OK` but nothing special.

What did you find hard work?  I sprayed and wiped with one microfibre, by the time I'd got around the whole car it was ready to buff off with a fresh microfibre.

I just found the stuff a bit `sticky`, like I said maybe I used too much product.

I`ll give it another go though  :smiley:

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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1405 on: 13 October 2017, 15:21 »
  First time using Poly Gloss, and it's a fantastic product.  Well worth a look for anyone in the market for a QD or gloss enhancer.

I found PolyGloss hard work, maybe I used too much product.

The results were `OK` but nothing special.

What did you find hard work?  I sprayed and wiped with one microfibre, by the time I'd got around the whole car it was ready to buff off with a fresh microfibre.

I just found the stuff a bit `sticky`, like I said maybe I used too much product.

I`ll give it another go though  :smiley:

3-4 sprays per panel is plenty, though I treat each half of the roof as a panel!
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1406 on: 16 October 2017, 21:35 »
Early start this morning cars never been washed for weeks.
Filled a garden pump sprayer up with bilt hamber snow foam gave it two coats, then rinsed (results were amazing 99% of muck gone)
Then snow foamed with lance.
3 bucket wash & dry , car was gleaming then went in house to get me MF cloths ready for a nice coat of wax ,but then ...
The sky went dark orange and the rain came , 5 minutes later the car was covered in muck ..WTF ??
No joke my gleaming white car was f***ing brown......not happy wanted it looking pretty for its MOT tomorrow.  :angry: :cry: :cry:


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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1407 on: 16 October 2017, 23:52 »
Early start this morning cars never been washed for weeks.
Filled a garden pump sprayer up with bilt hamber snow foam gave it two coats, then rinsed (results were amazing 99% of muck gone)
Then snow foamed with lance.
3 bucket wash & dry , car was gleaming then went in house to get me MF cloths ready for a nice coat of wax ,but then ...
The sky went dark orange and the rain came , 5 minutes later the car was covered in muck ..WTF ??
No joke my gleaming white car was f***ing brown......not happy wanted it looking pretty for its MOT tomorrow.  :angry: :cry: :cry:

It’s so annoying when that happens just after you’ve finished washing your car - you have my sympathies. I was going to wash my car today, but heard of the dust issue (apparently a consequence of hurricane Ophelia) so decided to wait until the end of the week to wash mine, weather permitting.

Good luck with the MOT.
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1408 on: 17 October 2017, 12:58 »
Early start this morning cars never been washed for weeks.
Filled a garden pump sprayer up with bilt hamber snow foam gave it two coats, then rinsed (results were amazing 99% of muck gone)
Then snow foamed with lance.
3 bucket wash & dry , car was gleaming then went in house to get me MF cloths ready for a nice coat of wax ,but then ...
The sky went dark orange and the rain came , 5 minutes later the car was covered in muck ..WTF ??
No joke my gleaming white car was f***ing brown......not happy wanted it looking pretty for its MOT tomorrow.  :angry: :cry: :cry:



It is so frustrating when that happens!  :cry:  But it should clean up pretty quickly next time as you did such a thorough job.  Best of luck with the MOT today.  :smiley:
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Re: What detailing have you done today?
« Reply #1409 on: 17 October 2017, 18:02 »
No detailing today but an addition to the detailing gear family.  Rupes Mini Bigfoot DA, pads and polishes for spot work.  And top up of a couple of detailing staples.

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