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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:41 pm
by DanDiesel
yeah i think i will, got a few bits to get so i might get them all after payday!!
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:59 pm
by DanDiesel
i'm trying to sell my camera to mu uncle so that i can pay for my tax and insurance that happen next month!! (in the same week!)
also need new rear discs and pads! oh and my oil service light is flashing and i don't know when it was last done!!
and i'm still trying to get a set of alloys that fit properly!!!
grr theres never enough time or money!!
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:18 pm
by Biddle
DanDiesel wrote:i'm trying to sell my camera to mu uncle so that i can pay for my tax and insurance that happen next month!! (in the same week!)
also need new rear discs and pads! oh and my oil service light is flashing and i don't know when it was last done!!
and i'm still trying to get a set of alloys that fit properly!!!
grr theres never enough time or money!!
Looks like your gunna be counting he pennies next month mate
I'm in the same boat though when it comes to tax and insurance in the week, not looking forward to that one.
Re: Meguiars Claybar
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:19 am
by samuel090180
Si_GTi wrote:Well, whilst several of you were busy at the Polo Show, I got busy with the cleaning gear and clayed the car
Despite the odd mini shower of rain when polishing
I managed to wash the car, clay it, wash it again and finally polish. Anyway, here's how the paintwork turned out
even though the car has been out in the atmosphere overnight, and rained on a bit here and there, I've just been out and taken a pic:
The finish is great in reality! Apologies for the ding in the rear quarter panel spoiling the picture (check out the reflection of the garage door)...
Cheers
how long did it take you
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:55 pm
by Si_GTi
About 45 minutes to wash the car the first time (inc. cleaning alloys)... an hour or so to clay (I wasn't rushing)... another 30 minutes to wash again and then after a break and some lunch, another hour to polish!
Give yourself four hours of free time and dry weather and you can do the lot no problem
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:45 pm
by samuel090180
Si_GTi wrote:About 45 minutes to wash the car the first time (inc. cleaning alloys)... an hour or so to clay (I wasn't rushing)... another 30 minutes to wash again and then after a break and some lunch, another hour to polish!
Give yourself four hours of free time and dry weather and you can do the lot no problem
sounds like a lot of work
....but the end product is worth it
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:10 pm
by DubGTI
People say they wash their car a second time after claying, i have never done this.
I keep wiping/buffing the surface dry with a microfibre cloth as i finish claying an area.
by washing your car after claying your putting water marks straight back on your paintwork.
I wash, clay and wax in under 3 hours.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:59 pm
by Biddle
So whats the idea you wash, then clay and then wax/polish as normal?
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:15 am
by ModifiedMadness
Pretty much yeah. Wash, dry, clay, polish then wax
As Si said, allow yourself a good 4 to 5 hours to do all that.
I'll try and get a pic of mine tomorrow.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:25 am
by Biddle
Yeah its just finding that sort of time in between it hammering down. I do like the end result tho your cars look spotless.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:38 am
by DanDiesel
Si's car deserves a bit of a clean, eh Si (if Santa Pod was anything to go by
)
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:27 pm
by Si_GTi
DanDiesel wrote:Si's car deserves a bit of a clean, eh Si (if Santa Pod was anything to go by
)
Indubitably! I was developing a worrying habit of turning up at a show and going, "ahh boll
ocks I'll not clean it this time eh"
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:29 pm
by Si_GTi
DubGTI wrote:by washing your car after claying your putting water marks straight back on your paintwork.
True, but this is why I then applied AG Ultra Deep Shine to remove any of said water marks
but yeah, no need to wash a second time if you dry the panel carefully with a microfibre cloth as mentioned