I was up at sparrow fart this morning, excited that I'd get a whole day to clean, polish and wax my car. So at 8am I was outside getting set up to give it a clean
After an night of rain I was left with a pre-soaked car:
The previous owner used Zymol wax so the water had beaded nicely
A quick look over the car showed it was in great shape for it's age and although it is swirled, they're certainly not the worst I've ever seen!
The interior is 90's and jap...so don't expect much
Hopefully some leather feed will get the seats back in to shape, however my ar$e isn't as picky as my eyes so I'm not all that fussed about them.
The car was given a blast down with the pressure washer first and the water on the glass roof panels was beading nicely, so I couldn't resist a quick artsy fartsy shot
Then it was on to the wheels, tyres and arches with some Megs Hot Rims
I then started to shampoo the car down panel by panel with the two bucket method when something happened that was to change my happy day in to a horrible one.....
IT BEGAN TO RAIN!
So I've now got to leave it for today because it's just not stopping
However, I shall resume this thread once I get a day with no rain
Right then, so there was a break in the weather and I managed to get the car cleaned
Even the engine bay is fairly clean!
The boot is pretty much unused, apart from the ghetto 12 disc autochanger yo!
And the finished pics after a good shampoo:
...yes that is the fester of doom in the background ...and I know my dog is amazing
Shiny even before polishing
Big grin for me!
[Mk2] [Generic] The first clean :)
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Last edited by MrSix on Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
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MrSix wrote:I was up at sparrow fart this morning
not heard that one before. Some very artistic pics you've taken there. Good luck with the big clean.
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jonboy2199 wrote:MrSix wrote:I was up at sparrow fart this morning
not heard that one before. Some very artistic pics you've taken there. Good luck with the big clean.
It helps that I'm a photographer
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MrSix wrote:It helps that I'm a photographer
You can tell fella, like your style!
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Right then, so there was a break in the weather and I managed to get the car cleaned
Even the engine bay is fairly clean!
The boot is pretty much unused, apart from the ghetto 12 disc autochanger yo!
And the finished pics after a good shampoo:
...yes that is the fester of doom in the background ...and I know my dog is amazing
Shiny even before polishing
Big grin for me!
Even the engine bay is fairly clean!
The boot is pretty much unused, apart from the ghetto 12 disc autochanger yo!
And the finished pics after a good shampoo:
...yes that is the fester of doom in the background ...and I know my dog is amazing
Shiny even before polishing
Big grin for me!
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I was just about to ask where the fester was
Car looks lovely
Car looks lovely
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looks great mate! top work, what polish/wax do you use mate?
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The shine on the car at the moment is from the previous owner, literally all I've done it clean it today.
However, I use a multitude of products depending on what I'm after.
When I get round to the polish and wax I'll claybar the whole car to make sure there's no contaminants, then use Megs step 1 paint cleaner to reduce some of the swirls (and ScratchX or T-cut for any deeper blemishes), then I'll use Autoglym Super Resin polish which brings out a lovely shine and also has fillers which reduce the appearance of any existing swirls, then finally wax it with Megs Step 3 carnuba wax. However I am getting some Collinite 476 wax because I want something more hard wearing
However, I use a multitude of products depending on what I'm after.
When I get round to the polish and wax I'll claybar the whole car to make sure there's no contaminants, then use Megs step 1 paint cleaner to reduce some of the swirls (and ScratchX or T-cut for any deeper blemishes), then I'll use Autoglym Super Resin polish which brings out a lovely shine and also has fillers which reduce the appearance of any existing swirls, then finally wax it with Megs Step 3 carnuba wax. However I am getting some Collinite 476 wax because I want something more hard wearing
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Hope you dont mind but had to use that pic for my desktop
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Tiny wrote:Hope you dont mind but had to use that pic for my desktop
COPYRIGHT VIOLATION!!!!
No problem, but it must look absolutely crap at that resolution!
Here, have a full res version for goodness sake:
http://www.adamswords.co.uk/droplets.jpg
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GOOD LORD what did you take that on?
*goes and gets his Nikon D70 out looking at it feeling abit inferior*
*goes and gets his Nikon D70 out looking at it feeling abit inferior*
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Tiny wrote:GOOD LORD what did you take that on?
*goes and gets his Nikon D70 out looking at it feeling abit inferior*
Canon 40D with a 24-70L f2.8
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MrSix wrote:
The interior is 90's and jap...so don't expect much
I think the mr2 cabin looks just as modern and better as alot of new cars