Cut and shine question

[mix]

Anyone else ? What do you use to cut and shine your bodywork ? Come on peeps I'm after some guidance here, some of you must polish your cars at some point ?

never ever done that before, whats a sponge

my advice is loadsa a loadsa elbow grease

[...joe]

i use the carplan colour fast t-cut,auto glym super resin polish and autp glym extra gloss protection.it does do a nice job but it is time consuming but you only get out what you put in.

thats exactly what i use!!! comes up amazing!!

most of the people i know that have sort of 'show' cars use swizzol. its good stuff, aint cheap but the finish lasts for ages. there is a group buy link in the discount section that i could probably get going again if enough people are interested?? i know the guy who started it so shouldn't be too hard to sort something out?

[gibby]

I'd be interested if you got that going again joe.  What's that other one that people rave about, maguires I think, anyone know anything about that ? 

[richandhazel]

I've used the claybar and was amazed how much grime and muck it could pull out even after a good wash. It struck me as a very good alternative to removing paint. If your paint finish is good, as yours is, and its just ground in dirt, tar spots etc., that you need to remove I really would recommend that you give it a go.

Don't leave your claybar in the sun or in a hot place! It turns into a sticky horrible 'chewing gum' like mess.........I really must get a new claybar :embarassed:

[gibby]

Cheers Rich.  Who sells these clay bars ? Can I get them from most auto factors ? 

[...joe]

ok if anyone is interested in the swizzol kits i metioned, have a look at this thread:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7894.0

if enough people are interested i'll get something sorted. i think he need at least 10 people to get the prices not in brackets. (brackets are retail)
this was posted a while ago but like i said i know the guy and he's only down the road from me so it won't be hard to get something going.




and gibby, he sells clay bars!!!

[richandhazel]

I got mine from a stand at VW Action a couple of years ago, however, I'm sure they must be available from most motor factors.

[mix]

gibby, i thiknk dubby used to use a good one, bugger knows whats its called, and i can remember she said it was expensive

*mix takes a holiday to eastcoastdubbers.com quickly...

[richandhazel]

Dubby uses Zymol. She kindly gave me some last year. Thats for the waxing side of it. The paint needs to be perfectly clean before applying Zymol. They do claybars and I think you can buy them online.

[mix]

thats what she just said, click here for what she said.