Car Detailing Faff

Looks very nice.
What do you use on glass?

It’s not up to your standards Graham. I did a two stage DA polish on it about 4 years ago prior to putting on the coating.

Since then, the garage have washed it a few times when its been serviced, which I try and avoid but sometimes forget to tell them.

It needs the paint refreshing on the front end. Until that is done I won’t polish it. I’ll get the wheels refurbed too as there are a few grinds.

I rinsed it with filtered water yesterday, then used the QD on the windows. The bottle specifically said it was good for that.

The Fiesta is now covered in sand and cobwebs. The Honda is covered in sand and dead files

I like a big detail session once or twice a year on a nice weekend but am poor and maintenance.

The only car I keep nice is the zed which doesn’t go anywhere. New hexlogic pads arrived. Will have a crack at the bonnet after work this evening. It’s a spendy exercise correcting paint. Can see why the pros charge what they do.

:thinking: I have a witness and seen photos of it lapping the 'ring! :nerd_face:

This was a bit of a fuck up, wasn’t it. I forgot @anon14766838. Doh…apologies Simon. I blame 65 year old brane… :weary:

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Been doing an hour’s polishing each evening after work, great way to relax after spending the day clinging on to my job.
Got some good results but really it needs a wet sand to fix the paint properly, a step too far for me.

Ordered a pot of this wax.

Supposed to be mega shiny for cars that don’t see the road. Which is good because once this is finished I’ll never drive it again for ages.

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You should find that wax great. I’ve heard good reports.

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Have you used a panel wipe before a paste wax?
Something I’ve never done.

Nope. I used one before putting the ceramic coating on. I usually decontaminate with Tardis and Korrosol before putting the Finish Kare paste wax on. I’ve never seen anyone say you need to. Although, as you’ve been polishing I suppose you’ll want to make sure the polish residue is fully removed.

Stop. Save your sanity. I doubt it looked that good in the showroom!

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It’s a tough call, in a few areas the fillers in the BH cleanser polish are helping, using a cleanser fluid will pull them out.

Will tardis do the same job as a cleanser?

Correct.

Only the cars going to shows or for review got the kind of treatment these autistic polishing monkeys lie awake at night worrying about!

There’s no fillers. It’s a strong solvent tar and sap remover. It will remove most things. I bought it because Polished Bliss said they used it on EVERY detail they do. It’s so good / strong it avoids the need to use a clay bar.

I’ve got some Tardis, just wondering if it’ll work as a cleanser fluid / panel wipe.

I guess there’s one way to find out…

I’d kinda hoped the last part of my post which you’ve deliberately omitted from your quote would have been enough to indicate I am not going undo all my work while simultaneously royally fucking up my car with wet and dry paper.

As for my sanity, believe it or not doing this is helping. FML

Actually I assumed ā€œsandingā€ was jargon for some sort of car-foo product that did something marginally different to the other car-foo products you’d already used, thus opening a new rabbit-hole within the warren you’d already entered.

Enjoy it, car looks fucking spectacular :+1:

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Nah, it’s easy.

Just think how much more time you can waste methodically going over the whole car again.

ā€œIf i really screw up, which I hope I don’t, I could always just repaint the carā€

:clown_face:

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Think how much fun that would be :rofl:

When are you going to attack the Lexus?