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Title: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: MPFIEND on 02 December 2012, 12:38
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen,

Having just spent the best part of 2 hours cleaning the grill on my Mark VI GTI, using nothing but microfibres, fingers and various potions.

I would really like to hear your interesting and creative methods for cleaning all of the crevices on your GTI Grille.

Best Regards

Keith
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: scarr89 on 02 December 2012, 16:32
 :laugh: 2 hours for a girll! Oh my dayssss.

Get some cotton buds out, or a tooth brush  :smiley:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Jimble on 02 December 2012, 21:19
:laugh: 2 hours for a girll! Oh my dayssss.

Get some cotton buds out, or a tooth brush  :smiley:

Tooth brush!!  :sick: Wash your mouth out sir!!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: SI74 on 03 December 2012, 07:56
:laugh: 2 hours for a girll! Oh my dayssss.

Get some cotton buds out, or a tooth brush  :smiley:

Another one for cotton buds, an old tooth brush plus normal paint brush with the bristles cut down a bit.
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Jimble on 03 December 2012, 08:42
Bare in mind he's asking about a mk6 which has a gloss black plastic grill, so a tooth brush will be too harsh and will scratch the plastic.

Your best bet is a couple of small envy type detailing brushes or your finger in a microfibre cloth, unfortunatley i don't think there is a quick way to do it although a jet wash does help.
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Guy on 03 December 2012, 14:30
Bare in mind he's asking about a mk6 which has a gloss black plastic grill, so a tooth brush will be too harsh and will scratch the plastic.

Your best bet is a couple of small envy type detailing brushes or your finger in a microfibre cloth, unfortunatley i don't think there is a quick way to do it although a jet wash does help.

yep... spray with mild TFR or similar... work into crevices with envy detailing brush, wash away with jet wash.. 2 bucket wash as part of your routine, dry. job done. maybe what.. 5-10 minutes work?  :smiley:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Steve30 on 03 December 2012, 15:48
:laugh: 2 hours for a girll! Oh my dayssss.

Get some cotton buds out, or a tooth brush  :smiley:

I can clean the all car in 2hrs  :laugh:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Mr Blue on 03 December 2012, 16:45
After a good clean/degrease/dry I applied Gtechniq Permanant trim restorer. Now less of a chore to clean and treat every time :smiley:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Guy on 03 December 2012, 16:48
After a good clean/degrease/dry I applied Gtechniq Permanant trim restorer. Now less of a chore to clean and treat every time :smiley:

bingo... money well spent there  :wink:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: scarr89 on 03 December 2012, 19:19
After a good clean/degrease/dry I applied Gtechniq Permanant trim restorer. Now less of a chore to clean and treat every time :smiley:

Getting some  :cool:
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: MPFIEND on 03 December 2012, 19:35
Thanks for the ideas gentlemen,
The C4 trim restorer looks very interesting. I'll have to try and get hold of some.

Thanks again

Keith.
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: MonkeyP on 03 December 2012, 21:38
Valet pro sash detailing brush or raceglaze detailing brush kit. i use VP citrus wash normally or you could use apc. normally give it a blast of air to dry it afterwards but thats me with my ocd!
Title: Re: Cleaning your GTI Grill
Post by: Andy76 on 30 March 2013, 17:39
Glad I came across this as I was about to ask the same question. I just finished washing the car for the first time and my first thought whilst spending 10 mins doing the grill with a microfibre cloth was that it is going to be an absolute nightmare if we get a summer this year and the flies are out.

Time to invest in some chemicals!