Topic: A step by step guide to cleaning/polishing my Mig (Read 2942 times)

pembroke · « **on:** 07 February 2010, 14:50:11 »

I've spent about 10 hours this weekend detailing the Mig. I bought the car in November and I don't believe it's been polished for quite a while.

I started with a quick wash and dry using Halfords Advanced Car Wash.

Next I used Turtle Wax Ice Liquid Clay on each section of the car. You use the application sponge to rub the liquid into the car, panel by panel.
You then rinse, dry and move on (this got old by the third panel as I got most of the car wet each time I rinsed

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After the claying I re-washed and dried; that was Saturday afternoon and by this time it was dark and footy was beginning

Sunday morning 8am and I'm outside drying the car in preparation for polishing. I used Turtle Wax Ice polish as it doesn't leave any white residual and works on chrome, plastic and rubber (or so it says on the box!)

Again, you use an applicator sponge and rub the slightly oily liquid onto the car. This only takes 5/10 minutes and you use suprisingly little, maybe 5% of the bottle.
You leave the wax for 5 minutes and then polish to a shine; this requires about as much elbow grease as traditional wax but leaves no residue and comes up quite good.

As the car appeared not to have been polished for a while I planned on a 2nd coat an hour later.

In the meantime I polished the windows using turtlewax microfibre cloth and cheapy glass cleaner I bought at Sainsburys' garage.

By time I finished the glass, had a coffee and sandwich it was time for the 2nd polish.

Again, I lightly rubbed the liquid polish onto the entire car, waited 10 minutes (another coffe break

and then polished.

In completely the wrong order I now cleaned the alloys and dressed the tyres with Auto Glym instant tyre dressing.

The results below don't really do the car justice as it's been gray, cloudy and miserable all day; God, why couldn't I have finished this on Saturday when the skies where blue and the sun was shinning

And typically it now starts to rain

Although this was a good opportunity to photograph the beading

Proz · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 February 2010, 15:06:57 »

Looks good .... i might try this stuff

MickAP · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 February 2010, 15:30:50 »

Looks good.

And that colour does show up well when clean

I dress the tyres everytime I wash the car with some cheapo £ shop stuff

Make it look great and finishes the job off

Mick

cam2502 · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 February 2010, 16:24:54 »

looks good fella

Del Boy · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 February 2010, 16:47:12 »

Looks quality mate good job

belldarr · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 February 2010, 16:51:51 »

Great results and I bet you backs paying the price lol

Excellent work

deejaywardy · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 February 2010, 16:53:13 »

good job m8 ,, looks like you put alot of hard work in to get it so shiney

Dishevelled Den · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 February 2010, 17:11:49 »

Time very well spent P - very impressive 8-) 8-)

barclay03 · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 February 2010, 17:44:59 »

Looks nice and tidy, and well done for a hand job (oo er! lol)

Did you use any wax or sealant afterwards?

pembroke · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 February 2010, 17:52:10 »

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Looks nice and tidy, and well done for a hand job (oo er! lol)

Did you use any wax or sealant afterwards?

Yes, the best hand job I've done :-*lol!
No, I've not added a sealant; I will later in the month, but I've spent close to £75 on all the products and cloths!

My wife thinks I've spent about a tenner at Halfords! (There's hell to come later!

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pedroMV6 · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 February 2010, 18:40:17 »

Looks really good - I'm sure it's worth the hell you'll be getting later........

waspy · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 February 2010, 18:51:21 »

Very Very nice mate 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) That's one shiny Mig

Don't know how to tell you this, but you've missed a bit

pembroke · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 February 2010, 18:55:43 »

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Very Very nice mate 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) That's one shiny Mig
Don't know how to tell you this, but you've missed a bit

Continue, if you please.................

Wheel arches??

waspy · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 February 2010, 19:04:00 »

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Very Very nice mate 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) That's one shiny Mig
Don't know how to tell you this, but you've missed a bit

Continue, if you please................. Wheel arches??

Just kidding

pembroke · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 February 2010, 19:06:11 »

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Very Very nice mate 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) That's one shiny Mig
Don't know how to tell you this, but you've missed a bit

Continue, if you please................. Wheel arches??

Just kidding

Bast*&d!LOL

PhilRich · « **Reply #15 on:** 07 February 2010, 19:35:34 »

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Very Very nice mate 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) That's one shiny Mig
Don't know how to tell you this, but you've missed a bit

Continue, if you please................. Wheel arches??

Just kidding

Bast*&d!LOL

That is a lovely job you've done there pembroke

BTW, you've probably realised by now that CD-Pete (real name Petra) is a workie-ticket. That beautiful arse you see in his Avatar is really his (honest!) but you'd never believe it to look at his face!!! Welders bench, Chopped sticks, Gargoyl, are some descriptions that come readily to mind

Only kidding ~~Pete~~ Petra

kingycos2 · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 February 2010, 21:02:37 »

Looking good.... Very nice finish

waspy · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 February 2010, 21:07:38 »

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Very Very nice mate 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) That's one shiny Mig
Don't know how to tell you this, but you've missed a bit

Continue, if you please................. Wheel arches??

Just kidding

Bast*&d!LOL

That is a lovely job you've done there pembroke
BTW, you've probably realised by now that CD-Pete (real name Petra) is a workie-ticket. That beautiful arse you see in his Avatar is really his (honest!) but you'd never believe it to look at his face!!! Welders bench, Chopped sticks, Gargoyl, are some descriptions that come readily to mind

Only kidding ~~Pete~~ Petra

Trouble Maker-Moi

Well i have to be honest i suppose, yeh you're right

As for the Welder's Bench etc, Baboon's arse is more like it

Turk · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 February 2010, 23:52:57 »

Top job

...but why with the weather as it is just now ? :-/

Amigo · « **Reply #19 on:** 09 February 2010, 00:37:36 »

Spot on matey & nice to see you've done the glass in & out. So many miss this. The claybar is good if the car has'nt been done for a while. I machine polish which needs a handwax after to seal but machine polish only needs doing 2 or 3 times a year.
She's a credit to you.

pembroke · « **Reply #20 on:** 09 February 2010, 10:11:19 »

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Top job ...but why with the weather as it is just now ? :-/

The car had little or no wax and I thought it was a good idea to get some on to protect against the weather. Also, I quit drinking at Christmas as I need to lose a few pounds and get a bit fitter; as I result I'm bored to death on the weekends even with the kids to keep happy and the wife to look after

pembroke · « **Reply #21 on:** 09 February 2010, 10:12:48 »

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Spot on matey & nice to see you've done the glass in & out. So many miss this. The claybar is good if the car has'nt been done for a while. I machine polish which needs a handwax after to seal but machine polish only needs doing 2 or 3 times a year.
She's a credit to you.

Thanks, my next job, after purchasing a pressure washer and foam lance will be to buy a rotary polisher. I'd appreciate advice on polishing as I don't want to ruin the car and I can't afford a £200 paint depth gauge

pembroke · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 February 2010, 10:14:24 »

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Top job ...but why with the weather as it is just now ? :-/

The car had little or no wax and I thought it was a good idea to get some on to protect against the weather. Also, I quit drinking at Christmas as I need to lose a few pounds and get a bit fitter; as I result I'm bored to death on the weekends even with the kids to keep happy and the wife to look after

P.S. I'm 6'3'' and not a fat bast&*d

Omegadoha, Desert Member · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 February 2010, 17:33:31 »

Jobs a gudden.

Even the number plate is gleaming.

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