cleaned my 328i putting in a bit more effort than usual
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Topic: cleaned my 328i putting in a bit more effort than usual
Posted By: DSK328i
Subject: cleaned my 328i putting in a bit more effort than usual
Date Posted: 11-June-2008 at 15:55
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Whilst I didn't have the amount of time I would have liked, I used Armourall Heavy Duty car wash with a wash mitt, followed by Meguiars Smooth Surface Clay Kit and finished off with that new Turtlewax Ice Wax (which is good if using in direct sunlight otherwise its best to stick to the the likes of Autogly/Meguiars polish & waxes). Before Pics
Getting the hose out was hard enough ... any way below are the pictures after the wash, clay and wax (hadn't done the front or rear bumpers yet so took the pictures as a break Cleaned
------------- Let The Good Times Roll |
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Posted By: Pete330
Date Posted: 12-June-2008 at 16:35
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looking good ------------- Previous: E36 318is coupe, E36 323i coupe, E30 316 saloon, E30 318 saloon, E46 330ci Sport Conv E92 325d M Sport(3.0),With Loads of gadgets Current: 116i Sport F20 |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 13-June-2008 at 09:20
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Great improvement. Didn't think that Ice stuff would be any good, looks impressive. ------------- 
Sport Evolution Schwarz #043 |
Posted By: DSK328i
Date Posted: 13-June-2008 at 10:35
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I'm not sure how the synthetic compound of that Ice Wax works, but as I get my auto stuff from an auto trade cash & carry, it doesn't cost a lot, so I usually buy the odd new item to give it a go. The Turtlewax ICE wax, is very economical to use, picture it a bit like dabbing some baby oil over the car that buffs off easily on hot surfaces, in sunlight and is very quick and easy to work with. ------------- Let The Good Times Roll |
Sporty1 wrote:Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 13-June-2008 at 13:05
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The good result is from preping your surface. You clayed the car so the polish looks much better. Don't clay the surface and the end result is never as good. Nice shine. The blue is a really deep shine. It is worth the effort to be able to see reflections like that in the paintwork. Andrew ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: agaafear
Date Posted: 14-June-2008 at 16:12
| What is 'claying' the car? |
Posted By: DSK328i
Date Posted: 14-June-2008 at 16:23
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Its a clay bar, a bit like plastercine, that you go over the car's bodywork work to remove contaminents that that have stuck to the car's paintwork that you can't see or remove by washing etc. Using a clay bar removes these contaminents and leaves you with a smooth surface for polishing and waxing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfEfLGL59GI&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfEfLGL59GI&feature=relat ed ------------- Let The Good Times Roll |