Mk1 Gti, ON THE ROAD.

[Tim_GTi]

Yeah lets make it happen! August or september sometime..?

Also, how long does it take to clay the car, i've heard it takes hours..?!

Depends how bad your car is!

Takes me 20 mins to do mine (I do it quarterly).

And will probably take me about 30-45 minutes to do a really bad car, after a good wash.

[6N2 GTI 00]

I had my car clayed when it was detailed but I have never done it myself.
I would love to have a go though, at what stage of the cleaning do you actually do it?

Is it good wash, clay, wash again, polish, glaze and then Wax?

[Bradley]

Takes me about 25 minutes say half hour.

I had my car clayed when it was detailed but I have never done it myself.
I would love to have a go though, at what stage of the cleaning do you actually do it?

Is it good wash, clay, wash again, polish, glaze and then Wax?

Bang on,thats the process i do.

[Godderz23]

Yeah that's pretty much what I'm going for. Going to pressure wash it first then snow foam, good 2 bucket wash with my new mitt, then clay, rewash, glaze and wax.

It's pretty tidy paintwork etc so don't think claying will take that long. Tim when claying do you recommend putting anything with the water that I'm using to lubricate the clay??

[6N2 GTI 00]

Cheers Lads I hope the claying goes well mate, can't wait to see the results.

[Tim_GTi]

Water's fine mate. You can always add like 10:1 dilution of quick detailer if you want though.

[Godderz23]

I dont own any quick detailer at the moment (until the next elite order ). Would a bit of autoglym car shampoo be ok?

[lowfoon]

I dont own and quick detailer at the moment (until the next elite order ). Would a bit of autoglym car shampoo be ok?

Autoglym is the dogs b*******s if u ask me

[6N2 GTI 00]

Dodo Juice Red Mist is a good quick detailer mate, that's what I use.
Smells great too and really easy to apply

[Tim_GTi]

AG shampoo is pretty crap if you ask me.

It was the first shampoo I used and I wasn't greatly impressed, I bought some the otherday (AG shampoo) because it was all the had at my local; it doesn't sud properly. I'd recommend Shampoo Plus (Megs) over it any day.

Poorboys Spray and Gloss is really good quick detailer.

[alexperkins]

Id have to agree with Tim. Megs shampoo is far more sudsy and the bubbles last longer when you are washing the motor.

[6N2 GTI 00]

Id have to agree with Tim. Megs shampoo is far more sudsy and the bubbles last longer when you are washing the motor.

I used to use Auto Glym Shampoo but was never impressed with it, I now use Dodo Juice Sour Power which i'm pretty pleased with.
Its not the best stuff out there but it lasts for ages and smells great.

[Godderz23]

Yeah agreed. Used to use megs gold class, was brilliant, not sure why i changed, its no way as good.

Weathers rubbish here, looks like "the big clean" will have to wait for a week

[Godderz23]

Gave it a quick clean today, tried out that blackhole glaze, its awesome stuff.

As long as the weathers dry next weekend, gonna go all out on it will take some before and after pics.

[Godderz23]

Question to everyone on here with pressed plates.

What are yours stuck on with?

I've got mine stuck on with some halfords adhesive numberplate stickers, but after a couple weeks they seem to be losing grip! Anyone recommend something better?