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19th July 2006, 23:32
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Yorks
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Car(s): Seat LCR 225
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Originally Posted by saxmaniac5
i was lookin at gettin a black mk2 vtr...after seeing what it looks liek scrubbed up...i'm even more tempted! good work fella! was the quik clay easy 2 use?
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its not bad matey for little spots, i did the whole car so it took a while but as u can see the results paid off
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19th July 2006, 23:36
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#22
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West Midlands
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Nuneaton (West Mids)
Posts: 13,835
Car(s): '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
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lol Luke doing all the hard work there i see  Thats a seriously impressive finish that is Craig, just out of interest will you be bringing it to mine next month when you visit?
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20th July 2006, 00:46
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: evesham, worcs United Kingdom (England)
Posts: 3,813
Car(s): 197 cup
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looking clean mate! think im going to have to invest in one of those buffers, results are ace!
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Renault clio 197 cup
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20th July 2006, 02:37
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 11,465
Car(s): Focus
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Looks good craig.
Be careful with the buffing bonnet as when you clean them they can go hard and are no longer safe for using on the car. Take a cd and rub the bonnet on it before going near the car. If it scratches the cd then dont use it on the car.
The buffers that are used on Rich's website are Porter Cable buffers, which appear to be the safest and best to use. These however have to be imported and are comparitively expensive, saving up the pennies for one personally.
Mike
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20th July 2006, 02:42
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#25
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tolworth, Surrey
Posts: 360
Car(s): Saxo VTR MK2
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How easy is it to ruin your paintwork with that polisher or am i thinking of a diffrent type, seriouly considering buying one.
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20th July 2006, 02:43
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Rochester, Kent. United Kingdom (England)
Posts: 2,996
Car(s): Mk1 Posi VTR (SOLD)
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Originally Posted by Craig
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rep for this pic its quality cars sparkly to welldone
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20th July 2006, 03:13
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Aycliffe
Posts: 32,205
Car(s): Saxo VTS
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I was thinking the same. best picture i've seen on Saxp for a while :Y:
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20th July 2006, 04:14
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#28
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Liverpool
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Originally Posted by DazzerVTR
How easy is it to ruin your paintwork with that polisher or am i thinking of a diffrent type, seriouly considering buying one.
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if you dont take very good care of it then very easy. If you get any grit etc in it then it will damage the paint work.
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20th July 2006, 07:46
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#29
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 504
Car(s): Leon 16V
C2 SX
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Firstly, that's great, great work, and a truly superb finish - nice work indeed, be proud. :Y:
However, one point - Megs NXT has no real cut, so my guess is what it's done is fill all the defects rather than remove them (there's also no way a polishing bonnet will take out swirls permanently - you need foam pads to do this). What this means is after a few washes you will see the swirls returning, as the fillers are progressively washed out. So, not knocking your work in any way, as I said above the pics are fantastic, but be aware of the limitations of the kit/product you used. Although Porter Cables are relatively expensive, they do enable full, safe paint correction.
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20th July 2006, 08:08
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#30
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Aycliffe
Posts: 32,205
Car(s): Saxo VTS
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^^ i love this bloke  :
Every post is proper useful :Y:
saxp is going to be cleaning whore central
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20th July 2006, 09:51
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#31
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 29,674
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Wouldnt happen to be Luke eating a roll of sasauge would it?
Lovely craig looks great.
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20th July 2006, 17:40
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#32
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Yorks
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Car(s): Seat LCR 225
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thanks for comments dudes
and polished thanks for tips :Y:
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20th July 2006, 17:46
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#33
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Chest-Hair
Posts: 159
Car(s): A very sexy vts mk2
wkd red
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Hi guys before you all go running to hal-frauds please check this website out....its amazin, just spend 20-30minutes having a look around and read some of the stuff about detailing.......i read it and bought some of the tings of there...like the PC or porter cable as they call it.....and wow what a difference..... www.detailingworld.co.uk.....also do a google search on the products, like the pc, i found it in the uk for next to nothing....
Cheers guys and gals...
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20th July 2006, 17:51
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Chest-Hair
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Car(s): A very sexy vts mk2
wkd red
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p.s get a detailing brush...get them from hal-fruads...just to take the polish power that sticks in the groves out.....
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20th July 2006, 17:52
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#35
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Saxperience Post Whore
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Location: West Yorks
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Car(s): Seat LCR 225
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i will look into it, as im wanting to restore the paint work properly and gunna have alook at some of polished bliss products
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20th July 2006, 17:56
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#36
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Hednesford, West Mids
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Car(s): Seat Leon Cupra R
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This thread is very inspiring, the sale of buffers to saxo owners is set to increase
Nice job Craig.
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20th July 2006, 17:57
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#37
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Saxperience Post Whore
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Car(s): Seat LCR 225
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i mean the quik clay was good stuff but as polished bliss says it will jsut temp make the paint feel smooth
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