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MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
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So all these companies spend MILLIONS on development in combining waxes, clothes, cleaners etc just for some old wives tales on PETROL N WD40 
In the past you could possibly get away with the cruder methods of cleaning the second most valuable asset we all purchase with Washing Up liquid, but nowadays with the ECO brigade in overload, making the manufacurers use water based paints and not chemical, ALL OUR PAINT is prone to attack without the knowledge from people like JKP  , and the correct cleaning products.
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 28th Dec 2008 4:14 pm |
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saw
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Walderslade Kent
Posts: 179
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 Are angle grinders not eco friendly ?
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| 29th Dec 2008 12:37 am |
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C6REW
Member Since: 10 Mar 2007
Location: Devizes, Wiltshire
Posts: 576
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jkp wrote:WD-40 and hydrocarbon soaked rags.... looks like I need to re-stock the van  Maybe that's where I've been going wrong all these years.
You and me both! 
Amazing how many ways there are to skin a cat!
Regards
Chris
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| 29th Dec 2008 7:25 am |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
Posts: 19689
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Three dealerships I worked at in the early 90s had a policy of wiping down all cars pre-PDI with a petrol-soaked chamois to get rid of all the cack from the transporter run. An intensive attack of the Autoglym fleet products later, and one gleaming car would be presented to the punter I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 29th Dec 2008 9:39 pm |
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Landylad
Member Since: 23 Dec 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 366
 
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T-Cut.. let it soak for 5 mins... rubs off no probs. If in doot, flat oot!!
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| 29th Dec 2008 9:59 pm |
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cdodkin
Member Since: 18 Aug 2008
Location: Ex Pat Brit in California
Posts: 700
  
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Wash / clay with lube / polish with random orbit polisher and pads / sealant (2 coats)
Looks great, lasts for ages with two coats of a decent sealant - crap won't stick to a well polished and sealed finish.
Even made a couple of short home videos for a detailing forum to show how easy the sealant was to apply, and how well it protected the paintwork.
Links below - they are Quicktime Movies, so you'll need Quicktime on your computer.
PC Quicktime download FREE from here: http://cws.internet.com/file/11743.htm
My sealant application video here: http://www.dodkin.com/iMovies/Ultima-PGP.mov
My sealant paint protection video here: http://www.dodkin.com/iMovies/Ultima-water-1.mov
Both made using iMovie on a Mac, and a small HD MiniDV camcorder 
And yes, my neighbors think I'm crazy, videotaping myself washing cars! 
Sealant is made by Ultima - link here: http://www.autopia-carcare.com/ult-1012-100.html 08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
Porsche 911 (03 996) - 2013 MINI Cooper S
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| 31st Dec 2008 4:56 pm |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
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had a red Boxster I would be out polishing it all the time...nice car BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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| 31st Dec 2008 7:51 pm |
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cdodkin
Member Since: 18 Aug 2008
Location: Ex Pat Brit in California
Posts: 700
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That's the good thing about a decent sealant - I only have to actually polish the car twice a year!
The rest of the time it's just a hand wash and dry and it looks like new  08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
Porsche 911 (03 996) - 2013 MINI Cooper S
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| 31st Dec 2008 11:13 pm |
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MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
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Not that I'm a great believer in cleaning any of my cars (it's just as well I have photos - now I know what colour the D3 actually is!), but...
The D3 has been Scotchguard-ed while the wife's new car will be "AGlaze" treated (http://www.aglaze.com/) which I'm assured means no more waxing required (having kids, I'm more interested in the interior trim protection this process offers). But even with the service wash, there are still a few tree sap marks that haven't been removed: how should I best remove these, and then what do I need to do afterwards given the existing treatments?
Martin.
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| 6th Jan 2009 12:04 am |
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