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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 January 2018, 13:15:41
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I know that plenty of you lazy bastards are happy to pay a bunch of 'illegals' £5 to run a gritty sponge over your car. I'm not. :D
So in true Dunkirk spirit I braved the cold and did it myself. ;)
I enjoyed a well deserved bottle of San Miguel for my trouble. :)
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I know that plenty of you lazy bastards are happy to pay a bunch of 'illegals' £5 to run a gritty sponge over your car. I'm not. :D
So in true Dunkirk spirit I braved the cold and did it myself. ;)
I enjoyed a well deserved bottle of San Miguel for my trouble. :)
I was going to the Datsun today but it`s a bit bloody cold for that ::)
Like you I do my own :y
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I know that plenty of you lazy bastards are happy to pay a bunch of 'illegals' £5 to run a gritty sponge over your car. I'm not. :D
So in true Dunkirk spirit I braved the cold and did it myself. ;)
I enjoyed a well deserved bottle of San Miguel for my trouble. :)
I know the days are still short M'lud, but I don't believe that the sun has gone over yardarm yet. ::) :P
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It's not rocket science.
Pressure wash the whole car to get rid of any 'welded on' crud. I then mix some Meguiar's car wash with water in a bucket.
Pressure wash the car again and then dry with an assortment of soft scratch free cloths.
No waxing.........no polishing.......and as for bars of clay forget it.
Done and dusted in less time than it takes STMO to walk the whippet and then watch fascinated while it takes a 'runny dump' :y
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It's not rocket science.
Pressure wash the whole car to get rid of any 'welded on' crud. I then mix some Meguiar's car wash with water in a bucket.
Pressure wash the car again and then dry with an assortment of soft scratch free cloths.
No waxing.........no polishing.......and as for bars of clay forget it.
Done and dusted in less time than it takes STMO to walk the whippet and then watch fascinated while it takes a 'runny dump' :y
Wrong! It’s me that takes a runny dump.
After our respective cars have been washed, no one could tell the difference between your glorified rinse and my proper wash and dry and polish (£5 at all good Eastern European car washes). The reward you will get for doing it yourself is a 50% depreciation in what you paid for it in x years, the same as mine. :)
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You should use two buckets One with the warm soapy water in, another with warm water to rinse the dirty water of your sponge / microfiber cloth, before you dip it back in the first bucket to wash the next panel. ;)
I'm hoping to give the Omega a wash tomorrow or Tuesday as its the filthiest it has ever been since I bought it. :(
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You should use two buckets One with the warm soapy water in, another with warm water to rinse the dirty water of your sponge / microfiber cloth, before you dip it back in the first bucket to wash the next panel. ;)
Only one bucket is needed: empty its contents over the car. Refill, and do it again. Wipe down the soapy/dirty water mix with your rag. Rinse with a couple of buckets worth of clean water applied in the same manner. That takes less than five minutes.
Open a beer.
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You should use two buckets One with the warm soapy water in, another with warm water to rinse the dirty water of your sponge / microfiber cloth, before you dip it back in the first bucket to wash the next panel. ;)
I'm hoping to give the Omega a wash tomorrow or Tuesday as its the filthiest it has ever been since I bought it. :(
Seems sensible. I'll try to remember this. :y
Although being far from sensible I may well forget. :-\
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You should use two buckets One with the warm soapy water in, another with warm water to rinse the dirty water of your sponge / microfiber cloth, before you dip it back in the first bucket to wash the next panel. ;)
Only one bucket is needed: empty its contents over the car. Refill, and do it again. Wipe down the soapy/dirty water mix with your rag. Rinse with a couple of buckets worth of clean water applied in the same manner. That takes less than five minutes.
Open a beer.
This is no way to treat your new Veyron. :D ;D
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You should use two buckets One with the warm soapy water in, another with warm water to rinse the dirty water of your sponge / microfiber cloth, before you dip it back in the first bucket to wash the next panel. ;)
Only one bucket is needed: empty its contents over the car. Refill, and do it again. Wipe down the soapy/dirty water mix with your rag. Rinse with a couple of buckets worth of clean water applied in the same manner. That takes less than five minutes.
Open a beer.
This is no way to treat your new Veyron. :D ;D
I do polish my car. It gets a couple of coats when I'm on holiday, before I reward myself with a well-earned afternoon beer. Or two. With some cheese :)
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I know that plenty of you lazy bastards are happy to pay a bunch of 'illegals' £5 to run a gritty sponge over your car. I'm not. :D
So in true Dunkirk spirit I braved the cold and did it myself. ;)
I enjoyed a well deserved bottle of San Miguel for my trouble. :)
It was all going well till you mentioned San Miguel. Tourists beer! The Spanish drink Cruzcampo. I do agree it is cold and apparently going to get colder next week. Nowt between Lincolnshire and the Arctic.........
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I really should wash the mum bus, it’s not been washed since I purchased it :-[
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I know that plenty of you lazy bastards are happy to pay a bunch of 'illegals' £5 to run a gritty sponge over your car. I'm not. :D
So in true Dunkirk spirit I braved the cold and did it myself. ;)
I enjoyed a well deserved bottle of San Miguel for my trouble. :)
It was all going well till you mentioned San Miguel. Tourists beer! The Spanish drink Cruzcampo. I do agree it is cold and apparently going to get colder next week. Nowt between Lincolnshire and the Arctic.........
Don't you start... ::)
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The colour of the car is Italian Racing Red.
However, I have noticed the car can appear a slightly different colour dependent on the light. It's a very subtle difference, but it may be noticeable to those of you with keen eyes.
(http://i66.tinypic.com/15ey53s.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/ic7axi.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2re095j.jpg)
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That's 'dangle berries'! You've really got 3 Jags! ;D
Maybe 7, one for each day of the week? ::)
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We'll have start calling you Lord Many Jags! :P ;D
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The colour's so prominent that it's turned your grass different colours :o
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That's 'dangle berries'! You've really got 3 Jags! ;D
Maybe 7, one for each day of the week? ::)
I like the one finished in Astra estate green best. :y
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The grass changes colour to match the car. Very cool.
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I know that plenty of you lazy bastards are happy to pay a bunch of 'illegals' £5 to run a gritty sponge over your car. I'm not. :D
So in true Dunkirk spirit I braved the cold and did it myself. ;)
I enjoyed a well deserved bottle of San Miguel for my trouble. :)
It was all going well till you mentioned San Miguel. Tourists beer! The Spanish drink Cruzcampo. I do agree it is cold and apparently going to get colder next week. Nowt between Lincolnshire and the Arctic.........
About three and a half decades ago I spent a week in a real shithole of a hotel in Torremolinos. Everyone came down with food poisoning and the smell of raw sewage (because the bogs were all blocked) was overwhelming.
So...it was San Miguel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. :y
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You've got some serious weeding to do between those slabs ! :o :P
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You've got some serious weeding to do between those slabs ! :o :P
The weeds always win so I simply mow them now. :)
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The colour in the bottom pic. looks the same as the inside of a babies nappy. :D
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It's not rocket science.
Pressure wash the whole car to get rid of any 'welded on' crud. I then mix some Meguiar's car wash with water in a bucket.
Pressure wash the car again and then dry with an assortment of soft scratch free cloths.
No waxing.........no polishing.......and as for bars of clay forget it.
Done and dusted in less time than it takes STMO to walk the whippet and then watch fascinated while it takes a 'runny dump' :y
Not a bucket to be seen with my method.
Gentle rinse with the pressure washer, no blasting the dirt into the paint.
Use the snow foam with the lance attachment and leave for 15 minutes.
Gentle rinse again.
Use Meguiars NXT generation car wash with lance attachment and wash with lambs wool mit.
Gentle rinse again and dry with drying towel :y
I use Bilt Hamber finis wax every other wash ;)
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It's not rocket science.
Pressure wash the whole car to get rid of any 'welded on' crud. I then mix some Meguiar's car wash with water in a bucket.
Pressure wash the car again and then dry with an assortment of soft scratch free cloths.
No waxing.........no polishing.......and as for bars of clay forget it.
Done and dusted in less time than it takes STMO to walk the whippet and then watch fascinated while it takes a 'runny dump' :y
Not a bucket to be seen with my method.
Gentle rinse with the pressure washer, no blasting the dirt into the paint.
Use the snow foam with the lance attachment and leave for 15 minutes.
Gentle rinse again.
Use Meguiars NXT generation car wash with lance attachment and wash with lambs wool mit.
Gentle rinse again and dry with drying towel :y
I use Bilt Hamber finis wax every other wash ;)
If this stuff is purple in colour it's the same product I use.
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It is Lord Opti, it's very good too, wash mitt just glides over it and leaves a really good finish :y
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I like to watch the Romanian girls arse as she bends down to do my tyres. Her tits rubbing across my windscreen is quite nice too. :)
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I like to watch the Romanian girls arse as she bends down to do my tyres. Her tits rubbing across my windscreen is quite nice too. :)
You should go and get your car washed in Romania then, as they don't wear bras there! :-*
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I like to watch the Romanian girls arse as she bends down to do my tyres. Her tits rubbing across my windscreen is quite nice too. :)
You should go and get your car washed in Romania then, as they don't wear bras there! :-*
Long way to go to get a flash of tit nipple ;D
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All ugly blokes round here using nasty corrosive shit to wash cars with, the one near me smells like parafin when I walk past :-\
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I’m guessing you’ll trade them as they become dirty if you’ve got 7?
Like most people on here I clean my cars and quite enjoy it, even in the current weather she gets washed polished most weeks with additional clay when required.
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I’m guessing you’ll trade them as they become dirty if you’ve got 7?
Like most people on here I clean my cars and quite enjoy it, even in the current weather she gets washed polished most weeks with additional clay when required.
I drive a 10 year old Vauxhall Signum. Before that an elderly Omega. I really have no idea why people think I'm wealthy. I'm not. :-\ :'(
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I’m guessing you’ll trade them as they become dirty if you’ve got 7?
Like most people on here I clean my cars and quite enjoy it, even in the current weather she gets washed polished most weeks with additional clay when required.
I drive a 10 year old Vauxhall Signum. Before that an elderly Omega. I really have no idea why people think I'm wealthy. I'm not. :-\ :'(
You protesteth much M'lud! :)
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I’m guessing you’ll trade them as they become dirty if you’ve got 7?
Like most people on here I clean my cars and quite enjoy it, even in the current weather she gets washed polished most weeks with additional clay when required.
I drive a 10 year old Vauxhall Signum. Before that an elderly Omega. I really have no idea why people think I'm wealthy. I'm not. :-\ :'(
You protesteth much M'lud! :)
Exactly how many acres of prime Darzett land do you own, Sir Tig? :)
If I had plenty of money I wouldn't waste my time talking with the ne'er do wells who frequent this forum. :)
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I’m guessing you’ll trade them as they become dirty if you’ve got 7?
Like most people on here I clean my cars and quite enjoy it, even in the current weather she gets washed polished most weeks with additional clay when required.
I drive a 10 year old Vauxhall Signum. Before that an elderly Omega. I really have no idea why people think I'm wealthy. I'm not. :-\ :'(
You protesteth much M'lud! :)
Exactly how many acres of prime Darzett land do you own, Sir Tig? :)
If I had plenty of money I wouldn't waste my time talking with the ne'er do wells who frequent this forum. :)
Not even one M'lud! Rural poverty is a terrible thing..... :'(
In other news. It stopped raining so I hooked up the pressure washer to the water butt and washed the Mundano. Free water, a bit of leccy and elbow grease, and I've a nice shiny car again. I think it's starting to get dark a little later as well! :y
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Rain didn't stop until almost dark here, so I'm hoping to wash mine tomorrow. ::)
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I'm not washing mine until I have to stop going to shitty places in it.
Grrr, north Londonium tomorrow :(
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If[big word is that]I had an expensive shiny car then I might just might be tempted to wash it,as it happens I have a £400 Omega and a £50 V70,so [as it's been off the road most of the time]the Omega hasn't been washed in over 2yrs and the V70[the alleged paintwork of which is shot]was done when I first bought it a year and a half ago-unless you count the number of times they've been washed with Gods own shampoo :D ;D
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Been playing with the art package Colourise function m'lud? :P
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Was going to wash the Omega today, but forecast says snow for tomorrow so I'll wait and wash all the salt of next week lol