Shine Like The Sun!

[Truegunners]

Hey every one i was just watching tv and the weather forecast popped up and they have said that we will have gr8 weather over the weekend. This made me think... I'm going to give my saxo a good clean. As far as im aware the only way to cleaning a car is a bucket of soapy water and a hose. I imagine that this isnt the best way to wash your car but im really not sure on what else to do if anyone could post there techniques of how they wash there cars and what products they use would be greatly appreciated Thanks a lot! :)

[Viper]

best thing to do is have a good look through these forums.

some good examples of people to look at would be hessle, as i know hes a whore.

also, if you go far back enough, you will find loads and LOADS of advise from the guys from polished bliss.

you can also visit polishedbliss.co.uk for advise and cheap products :y:

[hesslevtr]

give me a price range and colour of you car and il advise you on products

[Dan]

Two bucket method, megs wash mitt, waffle weave towel or megs magnet, plenty on microfibre cloths, clay bar & detailing spray, good polish & good wax like nattys paste wax.

[Truegunners]

give me a price range and colour of you car and il advise you on products

Dont really have a price range and my car is silver Thanks.:y:

[hesslevtr]

well my cars nearly silver its a light shade of blue

i use
wash and dry
megs nxt shampoo
super snow foam used with gilmour
megs washmitt with 2 bucket method
dry with waffle weave towel

clay
megs clay kit with detailer

polish
menenza polish
auotglym super resin polish

sealents
jeffs acyrilic jett
poorboys ex-p sealent

wax
chemiacal guys 5050

tyres and trim
autoglym vinyl care
some spray on tyre stuff from pound shop

use german aplicator pads to apply products and micro fibre towels to wipe clear

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/hesslevtr/Paulscleaning033.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/hesslevtr/Paulscleaning045.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/hesslevtr/Paulscleaning056.jpg

flake shot thanks to the jeffs acrylic its hard to get decnt pics of the flake but looks so much better in person

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/hesslevtr/pauluptodate073copy.jpg


all of them products apart from the chemical guys 5050 can be bought from polished bliss

hope that helps

[Truegunners]

Thanks a lot mate and btw your car is really nice! :)

[hesslevtr]

no worries mate and ta

[Truegunners]

Hey i cleaned my car today and took into consideration the advice you had gave me well heres the link ---> http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1080507#post1080507

[S1VTR]

Step 1
Get yourself to halfords and spend a bit of your money, Get some autoglym ultra deep shine,bumper care, and a shamie, Not a cheap one

Step 2
Get your hose out, fill a bucket up with water and wash & wax,Hot water.
And rise your car with the hose.Use the bucket with your wash & wax and clean down the car, beacuse its blody hot its ganna dry really fast.So start with the top half and rinse off and then do the bottem half.Deppends how dirty the car is before you washed, use to buckets if needed.Then just hot water and shamie your car down.Make sure you get all the spots and its dry.Next make yourself a drink and leave for a bit to dry...

Step 3

When its dry get your polish out ''ultra deep shine'' and start to polish the car, would help if the paint work isnt hot, or done in direct sun light or you could make it worse.Do the hole car.Next you will need to use the bumper car for your black strips, or black parts of the car.

Heres a top tip from a mate who is a pro

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Washing Technique

First thing is to rinse the whole car to loosen any debris its amazing how many people don’t do this…

Wheels
Once the whole car is rinsed start with the wheels, it’s a good idea to start by soaking the wheels completely to loosen any debris, once wet there are two different options depending on how dirty the wheels are....

1/ If the wheels are rally bad then spray with some mild wheel cleaner (i use wonder wheels diluted) and leave to soak for a couple of mins (its good practice to do one side at a time, spraying the wheel cleaner onto the front then rear wheel and returning to the front one.) agitate the cleaner with a small brush making sure you get into the small corners of the spokes, using a bigger brush reach through the spokes and scrub the inside of the wheel. Rinse the front wheel then do the same process on the rear wheel, repeat on the other side. Once the worst of the dirt has been removed the wheels can be washed. If your wheels are not that dirty to start with this process can be skipped

2/ Fill a bucket up with warm water and some shampoo of your choice, then using a sponge or a mitt, wash the wheels thoroughly with the shampoo one at a time rinsing the suds away from time to time to ensure the whole wheel is clean, be sure to clean the inside of the wheel as well using a soft brush. Now is also a good time to scrub the inside of the arches and arch lips to remove any dirt that will cause them to rot. Repeat the process for all four wheels and arches.

bodywork
Millions of people wash their car using a sponge. But if you read the threads on detailing world you will see that hardly any members are washing their cars using a traditional sponge... Why is that? It all comes down to the flat face of the sponge. A sponge has quite a harsh surface the will trap debris and grit between the sponge and the paintwork and as the sponge is moved around the paintwork small scratches are developed causing swirling in the paint work. Using a lambs wool mitt avoids this as the mitt is made from a softer material that attracts dirt into it, ensuring that there is always a grit free surface between the mitt and the paint.
Now you have your wash mitt ready, its time to start the process using two buckets, one with hot soapy water (NOT WASHING UP LIQUID), and the other with clear water.
Soak the mitt in the suds and start to wash your freshly rinsed car starting on the roof.
Once one panel is done rinse the mitt in the bucket with clear water to get rid of the dirt and debris before returning it to the suds. Once the roof and windows are done rinse them off and then start on the lower panels still rinsing the mitt between returning to the suds.

One the car is done using this method the clear water will now be filthy and have a lot of debris in the bottom, the bucket containing the suds will still be clean. Had you not used this method all the dirt and grit from the clear bucket would still be on the car.

Now rinse the car completely with clear water.

The first stage is complete.

Drying
Another risk stage as far as scratches are concerned.

First off, I find that using a waffleweave drying towel is far safer and more effective than using a chamois leather. A couple of examples of good quality waffleweave drying towels are:

Meguiars Water Magnet Drying Towel
Poorboys Waffleweave

Also Pakshak towels are very very good too! Rather than sweeping the towel across the paintwork to remove the water, I prefer to pat dry the car. The sweeping of the towel has more risk of inflicting scratches as stray grit particles may be picked up and inadvertantly swept across the paint inflicting swirl marks. Instead, pat dry the car by laying the towel down over the wet paintwork. Gently pat the towel, then lift off the paintwork. The towel will absorb the water to dry the paint. A thin flim of water may be left behind but this will quickly evaporate to leave a sparkling, streak free finish.

[Truegunners]

Thanks for that pal great help!