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5th December 2011, 15:28
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Car(s): 2010 E92 320i MSport
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"Instant Shine" Products?
What do we all reckon to these instant shine products then? E.g. Showroom Shine, Demon Shine, Mantis, etc...
I'd never dare use them straight on but can they produce a good finish on a freshly jet washed car?
I'm not big cleaning cars, so the cleaner I can get it to look for little effort the better!
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5th December 2011, 16:02
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Location: Worcestershire
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Car(s): 206 RC 180
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I tried AG instant show shine and i wasnt all that impressed i thought it left a streaky finish, but that could just be down to me never used it since
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5th December 2011, 16:05
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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Car(s): 1989 Golf GTi Clipper
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A few good products out there but they still rely on the car being clean in the first place
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5th December 2011, 16:22
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They're all short term fixes that look ok for a day or two then go poop again.
Take a long time doing a decent job on the car first time round and it'll make your life 10x easier in future.
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5th December 2011, 18:50
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Well I've just had my car cleaned properly (by someone else!), he washed it, clayed it then waxed it. Its got a really good feel to it and am just wondering if the aforementioned products would be alright to keep "topping up" the finish?
I'm trying to start a debate on different products to be honest.
I've just bought some "Astonish - Instant Shine", it was only £1 for a 750ml bottle so thought I'd give it a go.
I'll let you know the results tomorrow.
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5th December 2011, 19:53
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Established Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: loughborough
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Car(s): 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4-
2001 black saxo furio (d
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i use demon shine neat in a squirty bottle and it gives it a nice just polished feel to the paint. but i do/did polish once a week tho. use the demon shine just to keep the feel
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27th December 2011, 00:13
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Location: Loughborough
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Personally i have used mantis but only on occasion as i prefer to clean the car properly and polish it twice to keep the paint nice. I have never encountered any problems with mantis, i does leave quite a nice smooth finish
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27th December 2011, 00:28
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Chippenham/Bristol
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Car(s): 1962 Austin Mini, BMW 330ci
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I currently have mer quick detailer or whatever its called. Seems pretty good and my paintwork is in shocking condition atm. But still the water beads nicely. Zymol and Zaino are supposed to be good for detailers.
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27th December 2011, 11:42
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Established Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Birmingham
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Car(s): R32 GTR Skyline
Metro GTi
Lancia Delta
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Why people polish once a week always makes me chuckle, simply a waste of time and effort and certainly no need.
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27th December 2011, 11:44
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Location: Swansea / Chippenham
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Car(s): 306 diesel shed
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Sounds like you just need a quick detailer to be honest.
I've used Chemical Guys - Speed Wipe, which is fairly good but for an off the shelf product I think you would be hard to beat Autoglym - Rapid Detailer although the megs quick detailer may give it some competition.
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27th December 2011, 12:59
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Car(s): Ibiza Sport TDI / MK1 VTS
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I really like Autosmart - AuqaWax...
You fill up quater of a bottle and rest is water....
Spray onto a dry car.. Use a dry microfibre cloth.. and just wipe off... comes up amazing for what it is..
Or as you are washing the car.. just after shampoo,, spray around the car then rinse.. I do this with customers cars... really good tbh.
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27th December 2011, 16:52
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Aylesbury
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Aslong as the car's clean you can use a quick detailer, i use the Meguiers one and it's not let me down, lasts ages too, used it first for Fast show 2011 in March and i've still got about a qurter of the bottle left, lasts quite a while and gives a nice shine with a lovely smooth feel too.
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29th December 2011, 04:19
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Wakefield
Posts: 135
Car(s): Saxo 02 plate
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Instant shine basically means quick shine, doesn't last long and will fade after a few , a deep shine is what takes longer but looks better and lasts longer, basically a bit of elbow grease won't hurt
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