Black saxo cleaning Advice - Saxperience

monkeysee · 20th June 2008, 00:32

Any of you guys+gals have good cleaning tips for a black vts
So Far I have clayed it and used autoglym aqua wax,anyone else find this stuff hard to buff up on the bonnet or roof or any tips on how to use, it was used on a wet car,found it easy to apply, but a bitch to buff up, not impressed so far

I usually Clay,AG srp then AG egp and that usually does the trickon other colour cars, but on my black vts its got a few Carwash swirls/scratches etc and some type of water stain thingymabob on the bonnet,sorry for the shit description,Its all done by hand maybe I should Invest in some type of elctrical gizmo

All Help/Advice/Ideas Appreciated

Can up pics later if thats any use

MK2SLAG · 20th June 2008, 08:41

if i were in your position,this is the list of stuff id be using....

chemical guys shampoo or maxi suds2!
sonus drying towel
2bucket method
microfibre sponges 1 for the top half of car the other for the bottom half
sonus green claybar with lubricant
sonus fx1 fx2 fx3

fx1 = paint restorer
fx2 = removes swirl marks light scratches
fx3 = very high gloss finish

you dont any gay machines to achieve an excellent finish!!

also forgot to say,applicator pads for putting the polishing on and a buffing mitt for taking off,hope that helps!

Lee_P · 20th June 2008, 09:41

this is exactly what i needed ive got a black vtr needs dyer help and didnt have a clue what to get

barrett^p · 20th June 2008, 09:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeysee

Any of you guys+gals have good cleaning tips for a black vts
So Far I have clayed it and used autoglym aqua wax,anyone else find this stuff hard to buff up on the bonnet or roof or any tips on how to use, it was used on a wet car,found it easy to apply, but a bitch to buff up, not impressed so far

I usually Clay,AG srp then AG egp and that usually does the trickon other colour cars, but on my black vts its got a few Carwash swirls/scratches etc and some type of water stain thingymabob on the bonnet,sorry for the shit description,Its all done by hand maybe I should Invest in some type of elctrical gizmo

All Help/Advice/Ideas Appreciated

Can up pics later if thats any use

Sounds like you may be applying too much polish.

WIthout a machine polisher you cannot REMOVE the swirl marks. SRP is the best product out there to mask them, but if yours are severe it will not have a massive difference

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapidvtr

if i were in your position,this is the list of stuff id be using....

chemical guys shampoo or maxi suds2!
sonus drying towel
2bucket method
microfibre sponges 1 for the top half of car the other for the bottom half
sonus green claybar with lubricant
sonus fx1 fx2 fx3

fx1 = paint restorer
fx2 = removes swirl marks light scratches
fx3 = very high gloss finish

you dont any gay machines to achieve an excellent finish!!

also forgot to say,applicator pads for putting the polishing on and a buffing mitt for taking off,hope that helps!

No, you dont need a polisher is you can rotate your hand a a few thousand rpm fast enough to acutally break down the products that you are using.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee_P

this is exactly what i needed ive got a black vtr needs dyer help and didnt have a clue what to get

Lambs wool wash mitt
2 buckets
shampoo of your choice (not fairy liquid)
clay bay
drying towel
autoglym super resin polish (unless you want to go down maching polishing line)
poorboys natty wax or something similar

will give good results mask some of the swirls but wont remove them.

Lee_P · 20th June 2008, 10:04

no swirl marks it is just DIRRRRRRRRRRTY

barrett^p · 20th June 2008, 10:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee_P

no swirl marks it is just DIRRRRRRRRRRTY

well what do you want me to tell you, how to turn a tap on with a hose pipe, pick up a bucket pour water into it and shampoo, mix, use a washmitt, clean car, rinse???

Lee_P · 20th June 2008, 10:53

oh please barret stop your making my side split

barrett^p · 20th June 2008, 10:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee_P

oh please barret stop your making my side split

Always good to hear!

Lee_P · 20th June 2008, 10:56

lol thanks for the help

monkeysee · 20th June 2008, 12:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapidvtr

if i were in your position,this is the list of stuff id be using....

chemical guys shampoo or maxi suds2!
sonus drying towel
2bucket method
microfibre sponges 1 for the top half of car the other for the bottom half
sonus green claybar with lubricant
sonus fx1 fx2 fx3

fx1 = paint restorer
fx2 = removes swirl marks light scratches
fx3 = very high gloss finish

you dont any gay machines to achieve an excellent finish!!

also forgot to say,applicator pads for putting the polishing on and a buffing mitt for taking off,hope that helps!

Cheers Mate might give this a go

monkeysee · 20th June 2008, 12:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by barrett

Sounds like you may be applying too much polish.

WIthout a machine polisher you cannot REMOVE the swirl marks. SRP is the best product out there to mask them, but if yours are severe it will not have a massive difference

No, you dont need a polisher is you can rotate your hand a a few thousand rpm fast enough to acutally break down the products that you are using.

Lambs wool wash mitt
2 buckets
shampoo of your choice (not fairy liquid)
clay bay
drying towel
autoglym super resin polish (unless you want to go down maching polishing line)
poorboys natty wax or something similar

will give good results mask some of the swirls but wont remove them.

Thanks mate will take your advice on board

Branter33 · 20th June 2008, 12:21

Heres a link to a post I put up a while back.

It should help you...

http://http://www.saxperience.com/fo...d.php?t=145052

If you have any questions at all just ask

Dan · 20th June 2008, 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapidvtr

you dont any gay machines to achieve an excellent finish!!

To get rid of swirls etc you will need a machine as mike said I doubt your hand could do the same

monkeysee · 20th June 2008, 15:34

Thanks for the advice Branter,interesting read

Fixed your Link

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=145052

Branter33 · 20th June 2008, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeysee

Thanks for the advice Branster,interesting read

Fixed your Link

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=145052

No problem..

Cheers mate, didnt realise it wasn't working.

Thats just a kind of general round up of all the processes.. If your wanting any help with particular aspects let me know

Claire-VTR · 25th June 2008, 01:06

Ive a black vtr and its a real bugger to keep clean lol

but i wash mine using autoglym body shampoo (2 bucket method - wanna keep swirlage down

) dont use chamois cuz they'll mark ur car, believ it or not lol i recently just bought a poor boys waffle weave & its amazing, or u could just use a microfibre to dry it.

Then i use either super resin or ultra deep shine!
Then I wax it using Chemical guys PEtes 53 - this stuff is amazing!!

I just bought myself some Blackfire gloss enhancing polish and Poor boys black hole glaze, never used either of these before but hopefully they do a good job.

I also apply everything by hand, so you dont always need a buffer to keep your car clean.

Heres a few pics of mine lookin quite clean