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Offline Cass

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #10 on: 25 May 2007, 23:38 »
Geoff,

Should have bought a black one :grin:

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #11 on: 26 May 2007, 17:33 »
no geoff dont listen to Cass, you made the right choice, u can see what leghts people do to get their hands on your wagen, hense when she was stolen!

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #12 on: 04 June 2007, 11:17 »
Interesting. I too have found tree sap very hard to lodge this year. Never noticed it before...

AutoGlym Fast Glass for tree sap, and it doesn't affect any wax finish.
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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #13 on: 04 June 2007, 13:19 »
If you want to get stuff off your car get the power hose out, thats what I use and nothing is left on my car after :D

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #14 on: 04 June 2007, 14:03 »
If you want to get stuff off your car get the power hose out, thats what I use and nothing is left on my car after :D

Got one and use it, but don't blast the paint up close. Have seen the effects on this and it's not pretty!

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #15 on: 04 June 2007, 14:20 »
I was under the impression that a fair standard domestic power hose could not damage the paint work on a car, am I mistaken?

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #16 on: 04 June 2007, 14:37 »
I was under the impression that a fair standard domestic power hose could not damage the paint work on a car, am I mistaken?

yeah as if you target an area for too long you will start to lift the lacquer.  should use a pressure washer at a 45 degree angle and from a reasonable distance away

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #17 on: 04 June 2007, 14:47 »
You have scared me now.

I set the alarm off once with the power hose  :grin:

Scared the living day ligts out of me at the time !

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #18 on: 04 June 2007, 16:47 »
Am starting to think they particularly target blue as they believe its  its either the sky to sea. I have never had a car which attracts the bird poo as much as this one!   

Amazing isn't it. and if you look at an adjacent same sized bit of road not one bit of bird sh1t  :laugh:

If you want to get stuff off your car get the power hose out, thats what I use and nothing is left on my car after :D

Tried this once and never again  :cry: made a mess of my tail gate trim!

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Re: I though I'd clay bar the Bonnet.
« Reply #19 on: 04 June 2007, 16:59 »
Am starting to think they particularly target blue as they believe its  its either the sky to sea. I have never had a car which attracts the bird poo as much as this one!   

Amazing isn't it. and if you look at an adjacent same sized bit of road not one bit of bird sh1t  :laugh:

If you want to get stuff off your car get the power hose out, thats what I use and nothing is left on my car after :D

Tried this once and never again  :cry: made a mess of my tail gate trim!

I once heard that birds try to poo over water - so that they cannot be tracked in the wild by other animals. Hence, from way up a high, a nice shiney car (even more so a blue car), looks like water and is used as a target.
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