Cleaning Products.

[gregers]

hose pipe ban weve had ours since last year

[mumof4]

There is a hose pipe ban?? B)

[delboyt]

not where i live thers not

not going to be either

our res is upto 90% full

can't ever remember having a hpipe ban

[bigdaddy]

They anounced today,,,,,,,,,,,,,Kent===hose ban,,,,,NOW :D

 

 

Three Valleys===hose ban,,,,,,,,,Thames===hose ban,,,,within the next few weeks :blink:

 

 

Scotland===NEVER :D :ph34r: :D :D :D

[familyman]

:lol: were o.k. in Newcastle- we have europes biggest man made lake 30 miles up the road ,were bathing in the stuff!! :D

[Guest blatters]

Do you mean Kielder Water?

 

Great place, took a canoe out there and my friends capsized :D . Water warm because the lake has a peat bottom.

 

Regards

 

Blatters

[Davetheref]

I've been using the Flash cleaning system for months now. Its great but from today hosepipe ban in force.

[Guest MATT jr]

mmmm, today i was looking in halfords, need some polish.

 

whats the difference between polish and wax?

 

and what type of polish/wax? - liquid? the gel stuff?

 

am tempted to go for meguires - as seems highly recommended - although more expensive (does that mean better in its self?)

 

so meguires polish or meguires wax - whats the difference?

 

MJR

[Guest BagPuss]

Get Maguires!

 

You've seen my Cars and how they come up :16:

 

It speaks for itself :16:

[Guest MATT jr]

lol - ok i will get maguires lol

 

but what is the difference between polish and wax?

 

or are they the same?

 

MJR

[Guest BagPuss]

lol - ok i will get maguires lol

 

but what is the difference between polish and wax?

 

or are they the same?

 

MJR

 

 

Polish takes a thin layer off to bring a fresh shiny layer up

Wax puts a shiny layer on top

 

It was discussed on our Club GTI Forum ------> Here

[Guest MATT jr]

thanks!

 

 

 

MJR

[Guest MATT jr]

ok,,,

 

so i bought maguires gold class wax.

 

iv tried it on the bonnet and wing panels up to yet.

 

the finish is better than the mer polish - but only marginal.

 

it does go on and off better than mer.

 

overall im pleased with it.

 

i think it will have a bigger effect on the corsa - as its a darker colour.

 

MJR

[Guest BagPuss]

Don't forget it takes me ages to get the paint work up to the standard in my pic's.

 

I just don't wash it, chammy it and then apply polish/wax.

Don't forget to prepare it first, T-cut or Color Magic, Quik Clay it so the surface is like glass, then you can start to apply the top coats.

 

The Scirocco can have at least 4 or 5 applications on it to bring it up to Show winning standards.

Even at home its gets the same treatment.

 

I spent 4 hr's yesterday cleaning the Galaxy again and I could've spent a lot longer on it.

(That was just a quick clean!) :13:

 

I'll get some pic's today as we're shortly going out.

The Galaxy is still looking gleaming. B)

 

So don't be too disheartened, you can get it gleaming like mine.

 

The color shouldn't make any difference really, White Scirocco, Green laguna, Yellow Cinquecento and Metalic Green galaxy, they all come up the same.

[NikpV]

b****y h**l if I spent a tenth as much time cleaning the car and ignoring my kids and missus, she'd have me down at divorce courts for neglect :13: B)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ummm ... now wheres the polish :P :D :D :D

[familyman]

B) nice to see i'm not the only one who can spend all day washing ,polishing,hoovering the gal (and the following lecture from SWMBO-if you looked after the house as much etc etc )Women just don't appreciate how much care a car needs ,at least thats my excuse :13:

[Guest MATT jr]

lol i think im expecting to much too be honest.

 

MJR

[Guest BagPuss]

My other half is understanding :P ............. I Hope :P

Luckily for me, Every other Saturday she's at her Aunts all day so I can get away with it.

 

:P

[Wideboy]

Recommend the maguires range very good or if you want top quality stuff and dont mind shelling a bit out p21s.

[paulmpaciorek]

..............Auto Glym Liquid Hardwax..........marvelous stuff....

[Bigjeeze]

My car being Black takes a shine and looks good - but the bonnet is covered in tiny stone chips that I have had to touch in is some cases , but where the polish goes on it leaves little white specks. How do you sort that out?

[sanjsanj]

i heard that you should t-cut or polish a car with metalic paint...only wax it as the polish takes the clear coating off.

 

is this true?

[NikpV]

i heard that you should t-cut or polish a car with metalic paint...only wax it as the polish takes the clear coating off.

 

is this true?

 

 

should or shouldn't???

[mumof4]

i heard that you should t-cut or polish a car with metalic paint...only wax it as the polish takes the clear coating off.

 

is this true?

 

 

should or shouldn't???

 

 

 

Well i waxed mine...then buffed it!!was i wrong????i used turtle wax seeing as its been sat in the cupboard for 3 years!! :D

[Bigjeeze]

i heard that you should t-cut or polish a car with metalic paint...only wax it as the polish takes the clear coating off.

 

is this true?

 

 

should or shouldn't???

 

 

 

Well i waxed mine...then buffed it!!was i wrong????i used turtle wax seeing as its been sat in the cupboard for 3 years!! :blink:

 

 

Are you talking about your legs? :blink: