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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Elite Pete on 29 March 2007, 21:59:29
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As Timbuk and Theolodian know my car has been driven through car washes all its life and if anyone wants to know what it does to your paint work, well my car looks like its been washed with a brillo pad so tomorrow I and going to get the buffer and buffing paste out and give it a good going over and then if ive got time I will do the car as well :o
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As Timbuk and Theolodian know my car has been driven through car washes all its life and if anyone wants to know what it does to your paint work, well my car looks like its been washed with a brillo pad so tomorrow I and going to get the buffer and buffing paste out and give it a good going over and then if ive got time I will do the car as well :o
Star silver ones can take it :P
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As Timbuk and Theolodian know my car has been driven through car washes all its life and if anyone wants to know what it does to your paint work, well my car looks like its been washed with a brillo pad so tomorrow I and going to get the buffer and buffing paste out and give it a good going over and then if ive got time I will do the car as well :o
Star silver ones can take it :P
I did mine last year after rear bumper resray ended up all all over the car, windows, alloys and I didn't want to take it back to the muppet that did it. So, full Tcut&wax, and then Simoniz poly magic watsit wax and now it gleams. It's worth the effort Pete. I even bought an electric polisher - great for large surfaces but makes your arms ache :y
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As Timbuk and Theolodian know my car has been driven through car washes all its life and if anyone wants to know what it does to your paint work, well my car looks like its been washed with a brillo pad so tomorrow I and going to get the buffer and buffing paste out and give it a good going over and then if ive got time I will do the car as well :o
Star silver ones can take it :P
I did mine last year after rear bumper resray ended up all all over the car, windows, alloys and I didn't want to take it back to the muppet that did it. So, full Tcut&wax, and then Simoniz poly magic watsit wax and now it gleams. It's worth the effort Pete. I even bought an electric polisher - great for large surfaces but makes your arms ache :y
Im up your neck of the woods next week. I will drop my car off and you can do mine ;D
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As Timbuk and Theolodian know my car has been driven through car washes all its life and if anyone wants to know what it does to your paint work, well my car looks like its been washed with a brillo pad so tomorrow I and going to get the buffer and buffing paste out and give it a good going over and then if ive got time I will do the car as well :o
Star silver ones can take it :P
I did mine last year after rear bumper resray ended up all all over the car, windows, alloys and I didn't want to take it back to the muppet that did it. So, full Tcut&wax, and then Simoniz poly magic watsit wax and now it gleams. It's worth the effort Pete. I even bought an electric polisher - great for large surfaces but makes your arms ache :y
Im up your neck of the woods next week. I will drop my car off and you can do mine ;D
Forgot to mention...the polish was in the sale bin at Haldfords - excellent stuff for £3 but no longer available and the polisher was from Aldi and the tinker wobbled to bits before I'd finished. But you're welcome to come up anyway to see how clean mine is ;)
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I was working on Orton Road Wednesday just gone and im in Carlisle all week next week, then im off to Penrith the week after and Kirkby Stephen on Thursday 12th and an early dart to Goole for a few scoops :y
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Orton road doesn't sound like a holiday destination so I presume you're working. I'm off to Edinburgh next week but if you fancy a meet I'd be happy to come down to Penrith and show you the sights. 8-)
Watch out for speed cars around J41 :y
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Sounds good to me :y
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As Timbuk and Theolodian know my car has been driven through car washes all its life and if anyone wants to know what it does to your paint work, well my car looks like its been washed with a brillo pad so tomorrow I and going to get the buffer and buffing paste out and give it a good going over and then if ive got time I will do the car as well :o
Star silver ones can take it :P
I did mine last year after rear bumper resray ended up all all over the car, windows, alloys and I didn't want to take it back to the muppet that did it. So, full Tcut&wax, and then Simoniz poly magic watsit wax and now it gleams. It's worth the effort Pete. I even bought an electric polisher - great for large surfaces but makes your arms ache :y
It works a lot better if you connect the polisher up and switch it on. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
8-)
DaveL
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I never use a car wash, over a period of time, they damage the paint work.
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I never use a car wash, over a period of time, they damage the paint work.
You never offered to wash the diesel for me...
I wonder what you could do to clean up that engine bay :P
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A colleague of mine used to work servicing car washes. He told me that he'd never take his own car through one because when they'd finished fixing/servicing a wash, they'd take the works van through to test it. After 3 months the paint on the corners had been worn to bare metal (it was a Vauxhall)! There were also some horror stories of the damage they can do to a car when they go wrong (note that most have a legal disclaimer about using the wash at your own risk!).
Even garage jet washes can bugger up your paint work when people dump the brush into the grit on the forecourt.
Hope you get yours back to a nice finish.
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A colleague of mine used to work servicing car washes. He told me that he'd never take his own car through one because when they'd finished fixing/servicing a wash, they'd take the works van through to test it. After 3 months the paint on the corners had been worn to bare metal (it was a Vauxhall)! There were also some horror stories of the damage they can do to a car when they go wrong (note that most have a legal disclaimer about using the wash at your own risk!).
Even garage jet washes can bugger up your paint work when people dump the brush into the grit on the forecourt.
Hope you get yours back to a nice finish.
I dont think it will ever be back to its former glory without a respray its to far gone for that but if I can remove some of the scratches which run full length and maybe get just a little shine then I will be happyish :)
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I never use a car wash, over a period of time, they damage the paint work.
You never offered to wash the diesel for me...
I wonder what you could do to clean up that engine bay :P
I cleaned up the viscous fan, and the fan cover, what more do you want? :-?
;D ;D
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I never use a car wash, over a period of time, they damage the paint work.
You never offered to wash the diesel for me...
I wonder what you could do to clean up that engine bay :P
I cleaned up the viscous fan, and the fan cover, what more do you want? :-?
;D ;D
Polish the rocker covers, clean the brake fluid bottle, clean the coolant tank, clean the....... ;D
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I never use a car wash, over a period of time, they damage the paint work.
You never offered to wash the diesel for me...
I wonder what you could do to clean up that engine bay :P
I cleaned up the viscous fan, and the fan cover, what more do you want? :-?
;D ;D
Polish the rocker covers, clean the brake fluid bottle, clean the coolant tank, clean the....... ;D
Ok, take them off and post them to me..... ;)
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Managed a couple off hours before the rain set in only problem now is ive got a polished bonnet and wing and the rest of the car is dull :-[
Before(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter002.jpg)
After
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter004.jpg)
Wing done door dull.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter003.jpg)
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Its getting there EP ;)
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Starting to look good :y
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Looks good :y what you have done so far
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Ive only done the bonnet and near side wing but the rain has slowed up a bit so I will be back out soon ;)
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Getting there Pete :y
No more drive through car washes for me when I pick up my new one ;)
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Ive got to admit I have cheated. I took the car to the ARC car wash in Northwich and left it with them to buff it up and give it a wax and its turned out amazing and all for £45 :y
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter006.jpg)
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter008.jpg)
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter007.jpg)
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/Beforeandafter009.jpg)
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Now that does look nice, the cats not impressed though ;)
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That looks like a different car, much better , I know what it looked like before and i can see a vast improvement :y Mrs EP happy now ::)
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She hasn't seen it yet, not that she would notice anyway ;)
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Now that does look nice, the cats not impressed though ;)
No he's waiting for me to park up so he can sit on the warm bonnet.
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Looks very Nice, the wheels look immaculate well worth the £45 for the clean :y
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Looks great now EP...even tho you cheated ::) worth the £45 tho :y
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Top job Pete - now you have to keep it like that :y
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around where i live are a lot of russian/lithuanian handwash garages so thats all i use now. they are so thorough that for a fiver the car was washed twice and they even open up all the doors and clean the door edges and the internal edges. if you ask them they even change the bucket of fairly dirty water for fresh (as the guy in the merc in front of me did!!!) and for £10 they clean inside!!! quality.
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around where i live are a lot of russian/lithuanian handwash garages so thats all i use now. they are so thorough that for a fiver the car was washed twice and they even open up all the doors and clean the door edges and the internal edges. if you ask them they even change the bucket of fairly dirty water for fresh (as the guy in the merc in front of me did!!!) and for £10 they clean inside!!! quality.
£10 sounds ok to handwash my garage and clean inside it ;)
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£10 sounds good to me m8, ill be round tommorrow!! ;D
do you want extras darling?? ;D
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£10 sounds good to me m8, ill be round tommorrow!! ;D
do you want extras darling?? ;D
Well whilst your at it, the floor could do with painting. How does an extra £2 and some random buttons sound?
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random chocolate buttons will do ;D