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General => Detailing => Topic started by: VWKev on 15 February 2010, 12:56
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How are you guys cleaning this ? I've tried a little tooth brush, but it just smudges little bits of dirt around and you cant get them completely off. I cant blast the dirt away as the door and inside of the car will get soaked.
Any ideas ?
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How are you guys cleaning this ? I've tried a little tooth brush, but it just smudges little bits of dirt around and you cant get them completely off. I cant blast the dirt away as the door and inside of the car will get soaked.
Any ideas ?
door shuts - spray with APC and work in with a brush and then use a blade nozzle on a pressure washer - start the nozzle 'off' the car and then gently work it onto the bodywork/door shut
I tend to not do into the actual hinges too much as the grease is there for a purpose
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How are you guys cleaning this ? I've tried a little tooth brush, but it just smudges little bits of dirt around and you cant get them completely off. I cant blast the dirt away as the door and inside of the car will get soaked.
Any ideas ?
door shuts - spray with APC and work in with a brush and then use a blade nozzle on a pressure washer - start the nozzle 'off' the car and then gently work it onto the bodywork/door shut
I tend to not do into the actual hinges too much as the grease is there for a purpose
Thanks for that.
I didnt explain myself properly. I can see the grease around the hinge so I dont touch them. I'm more meaning like down the bottom of the doorwhere the fold meets the sill, right in that corner bit I cant get into. Then going right up the inside part of the 'hinge' (where the inside of the door meets the car itself) I can only get to certain areas. Sorry I just call that the hinge part. :grin:
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How are you guys cleaning this ? I've tried a little tooth brush, but it just smudges little bits of dirt around and you cant get them completely off. I cant blast the dirt away as the door and inside of the car will get soaked.
Any ideas ?
door shuts - spray with APC and work in with a brush and then use a blade nozzle on a pressure washer - start the nozzle 'off' the car and then gently work it onto the bodywork/door shut
I tend to not do into the actual hinges too much as the grease is there for a purpose
Thanks for that.
I didnt explain myself properly. I can see the grease around the hinge so I dont touch them. I'm more meaning like down the bottom of the doorwhere the fold meets the sill, right in that corner bit I cant get into. Then going right up the inside part of the 'hinge' (where the inside of the door meets the car itself) I can only get to certain areas. Sorry I just call that the hinge part. :grin:
look up there... in bold :wink:
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Cheers will give it a bash.
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honestly... takes about a minute each shut and you end up with good results
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3617304667_48ef92f6d5.jpg)
I tend to finish off with a product called autosmart 'finish' which brightens up the area and the plastics nicely :wink:
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When you say the door is shut, and you gently work the 'blade' nossle into the bodywork/seam, no water gets through to the inside of the car ? I would be scared that with the force of the karcher the water would find a way through ?
p.s. that pic looks lovely and clean.
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No, no.. Door shuts are what the area is called
You have to clean it with the door open otherwise you can't get to it? :huh:
Wrt water getting into the car.. Use the method I suggested with a blade jet from a pressure washer, start it off the car and work onto the area.. If you are really worried then cover your seats etc..
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No, no.. Door shuts are what the area is called
You have to clean it with the door open otherwise you can't get to it? :huh:
Wrt water getting into the car.. Use the method I suggested with a blade jet from a pressure washer, start it off the car and work onto the area.. If you are really worried then cover your seats etc..
Ahh :grin:
I totally get you now. I thought that it would push the dirt in towards the car making it easier to wipe away, Sorry. :embarassed:
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If you are REALLY worried about water indirectly splashing into the car then you could always spray in the APC, work in well with a brush (long handled radiator brush with the metal taped over works a treat).. And then use a watering can to wash off.. This was my old method and it worked ok :)
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Autosmart finish is also very good for dressing engine bays, its been my product of choice for years for this;)
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Thanks chaps.
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I personally use Megs APC, spray in around the door shuts, work it in with a detailing brush then move on to the next door (5dr car). Then go round, wipe clean, and spray again with water and wipe clean again. Then finish off using Poorboy's QD+ spray and wipe again.