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Offline JonnyG

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #10 on: 11 February 2008, 19:02 »
P.S. has anyone got a good tip for a cheap online car cleaning products website?

I've used the following :

http://www.cleanandshiny.co.uk/

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/

Maybe not the cheapest but certainly the best  :wink:



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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #11 on: 11 February 2008, 19:52 »
Im not into my car care, but whats wrong with T-Cut? I thought it was good for your car and makes it look shiny and clean ? ?

T-Cut does what it says on the tin. It cuts into your paint and over time generates swirl marks and dulls new cars paint. It is meant more for older cars that need the paint reinvigorating by taking off the dulled layer and is good in this respect.
I found out the hard way :embarassed:. A so called mate of mine recommended it as it gave a fantastic shine to his 8 year old red Micra!  That weekend I cleaned the car and it looked lovely and gleaming red (MKIV GTTDI 130), I thought that i'd use the new bottle of COLOR MAGIC WITH T-CUT to deepen that shine only to find out 30 minutes later that it had created swirl marks all over my 6 week old car :sad: :angry: :cry: It took me another 2 weeks with a professional buffing machine to get the lustre back.
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Offline Golfgirl

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #12 on: 11 February 2008, 20:07 »
I've had my car 4 weeks now and washed it twice in that time.  Nearly everybody (on forums, at work, friends etc.) has said how hard white is to keep clean but it hasn't been that bad TBH.  I've always had metallic/pearlescent cars and think they look worse when they're dirty.  Once they get a layer of spray off the roads on them they lose their shine and look dull.  But the white holds up pretty well.  Probably because it's not metallic and also because people expect it to get dirty quickly so don't look twice at it when it is a bit on the grubby side.

Saying that though I'm going to try and keep on top of it and not leave it too long in between washes.  It's easier where we live now to the old house because the old neighbours use to think I was wierd washing the car in winter, rain etc..  but the neighbours at our new house are into cars so understand when I'm out there at a couple of degrees above zero with my buckets!

It looks the dogs danglies when it is really clean though :cool:

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #13 on: 11 February 2008, 20:43 »
I am an OCD (obsessive car detailer), like someone has already said get yourself on detailing world there is some really good info on there. It takes me hours and hours to wash my car and it has cost me a small fortune in cleaning products but I would not have it any other way. Oh and if your getting a white one like me make sure you get a plentiful supply of clay as a normal wash will not remove the grime and tar collected on your travels. I clay mine every two weeks, it looks absolutely mint after it but it can take a while  :smiley:
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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #14 on: 11 February 2008, 21:45 »
I am an OCD (obsessive car detailer), like someone has already said get yourself on detailing world there is some really good info on there. It takes me hours and hours to wash my car and it has cost me a small fortune in cleaning products but I would not have it any other way. Oh and if your getting a white one like me make sure you get a plentiful supply of clay as a normal wash will not remove the grime and tar collected on your travels. I clay mine every two weeks, it looks absolutely mint after it but it can take a while  :smiley:

EVERY TWO WEEKS :shocked: :shocked: That is OCD :wink:
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Offline maxamus

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #15 on: 11 February 2008, 23:33 »
I get all my stuff from http://www.vertar.com/
great service and cheap.

I would recommend the P21S wax and polish!

Looks like the market is getting flooded with candy white gti's  :wink:
my pearlescent black is becoming a rarety  :wink:

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #16 on: 12 February 2008, 08:20 »
Cheers buddies,

Many useful links and info... I will be checking them out soon.
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Offline joesgti

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #17 on: 12 February 2008, 16:07 »
 :embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed: i wash once a week and wax once a fortnight  :embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed: in my defence black does look cr@p dirty and is the hardest colour to keep clean  :embarassed: :smiley:


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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #18 on: 12 February 2008, 23:07 »
:embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed: i wash once a week and wax once a fortnight  :embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed: in my defence black does look cr@p dirty and is the hardest colour to keep clean  :embarassed: :smiley:

But what do you do with your car? :rolleyes: :grin:
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Offline Andy B

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Re: Looking after Candy White
« Reply #19 on: 15 February 2008, 08:50 »
Just used cleanyourcar.co.uk - very quick and friendly service!