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25th August 2006, 22:54
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My Paintwork
hi, the vts hasnt been washed or polished fora while and the paintwork has gone dull and needs really brightening up. do you guys jknow what the best thing to use is? it really needs a good scrub because its all kinda "gritty" feeling if you like. Any help massively appreciated. Cheers.
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25th August 2006, 22:55
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Hi welcome to General chat.
Please post in the car care section
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25th August 2006, 22:56
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thanks for sarcasm
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25th August 2006, 22:57
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No problem
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25th August 2006, 22:58
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Sections are in place to get the best possible advice.
People who know there shit about each section hang around there.
The sections are here to benift you.
Wuld you rather have 10 replys in 10mins with shit info about wank products? or have 5 replys in an hour with details on best products and how to use them....
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25th August 2006, 22:58
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Ignore Leckie, time of month.
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25th August 2006, 22:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Luke
Ignore Leckie, time of month.
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See what i mean....A post that has no help what so ever.... Gen chat is full of spam. Dedicated sections tend to be straight to the point with good info.
But thanks for the understanding
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25th August 2006, 23:00
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Get the bucket and sponge out you willy.And possably some wax type formulay with many chemicals inside.Or get your paintbrushes out
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25th August 2006, 23:00
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and other.
See you get my point.
Start a new thread in the correct section for the best advice dude.
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25th August 2006, 23:02
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any1 got any good points to make?
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25th August 2006, 23:04
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ohh just noticed its been moved to the right section lol no spam! my bad.
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25th August 2006, 23:05
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Recently i did this..
Washed the car.
Claybar
Washed the car.
1 2 3 stage with Meguires.
All back to black on rubstips and tyres.
Autosol on the exhaust.
Autoglyn window polish
Results where good altho photos dont help, neither do dark wheels
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25th August 2006, 23:08
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clay bar mate meguirs stuff (sp) its abot 12 quid
get some nice auto gym wax, super resin, few applicator pads and a terry towel to wipe it all off
job done
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25th August 2006, 23:09
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that is such a nice car! think am gonna get into all this cleaning business once my car is sorted!
i would squirt the car with a hose first aswell if u have one, to get all the crap off...
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25th August 2006, 23:10
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atm its crap free so all good.
that picture was after a quick wash i did the products about a month before and its still looks mint afer a wash.
Im not into all the cleaning stuff just like to have the car clean. The Hoes love it
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25th August 2006, 23:59
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so will that remove the dullness and grittyness and return it to shiney?
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26th August 2006, 00:01
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cheers mr yates
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26th August 2006, 07:03
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wash
dry
clay bar
wash again
dry
polish
wax
job done
clay bar is what you need for removal of gritness
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26th August 2006, 11:57
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sound mate. can u explain exactly what the clay bar is?
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26th August 2006, 13:04
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if you can imagine sweeping your hand over a kitchen worktop to get some breadcrumbs off, there are still going to be some left. if you used blue tak to get the rest off the crumbs cling onto it.
so basically in terms of car cleaning, your hand is the sponge that gets most crap off, and the clay is the blue tak that picks the rest up
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