FIRS TIME TARDIS USE

[thebigfelly]

just to save some reading for you dr who fans out there (badbazz) this isnt an epic tale of my adventure in a blue police box traveling through time and space battleing one eyed darleks that shoot fire extinguishers and would be fcuked when it came to a set of stairs...

more along the lines of it was my day of yesterday and decided id give the car a good clean to get ready for the falkirk wheel meet on sunday ,my other day off.

upon choosing to give my motor a bit of tlc good scrub hose down and polish rather than slap the lard on and sunbathe i thought id finaly grow a pair and try using the tardis i bought when i went down to oulton park for the agm .

done my usual cleaning steps, power wash, 2 hot buckets of water one with car shampoo the other without , another power wash , and then thot now is the time to man up and use the tardis ,

after reading the advice i got on here from a post a long time back about how best to use the stuff , i proceded to get an empty spray bottle , chuck a funnel in the end and half fill it with tardis . car was looking prety clean already but did see loads of tar spots all over the paint work .

grabbed a pair of my mums rubber gloves, luckily they werent pink but a kind of orange colour , and with neighbours in their gardens basking in the sun looking at me as to why i have a set of orange marigolds on ,

i then worked on one panel at a time starting with the front wing, first couple of mist sprays and my ring piece clenches up tighter than a nuns chuff , wee voice in my head saying please dnt FC#k this up or discolour the vinyl stickers. allowed it to sit on the paint work for a few seconds then gave it a good wipe not too much pressure with the cloth ,and was suprised the dirt that appeared on the cloth , also at this point my buttocks and ring piece unclenches as i think to myself the paint work is fine THE VINYLS ARE NOT DISCOLOURED!!!!!!!!!!! :boldblue:

so after working on each panel and even just spraying on and seeing the tar spots disolving and running down without me even touching them which was good to see . i then power wash each panel again and sponge wash again just to be sure all excess tardiss is removed , i then clay bar car, polish and wax ,

so about 4hours after starting i finaly finish the outside of the car , the paint work is looking its best that ive seen in a long time ,its now smoother than a playboy bunnys undercarriage and i decide il leave the wheels and interior until the following day (today) not hearing that its meant to be p!ss!ng it down and just my luck after putting the hose and buckets away , i come back round the front to find a nice bird sh!t on the roof the little barsteward , luckily it landed on the white vinyl that makes the scotland flag so bit of kitchen roll and i wiped that fc#ker off .

no pics which i was hoping to take today as i wanted to get them after doing the wheels and interior and then go take some shhexxy photos of my baby all cleaned and tidyed up so gutted its raining.

anyway cant recomend the tardis stuff enough , tho think my buttocks will still clench a little when i go to use it again, but my confidence in using it has went from 0 to about 20 lol

cheers for reading if u made it this far

paul

Edited July 28, 2011 by thebigfelly

[badbaz]

[subarucraig]

Did you ever get the sticky s**t off your boot or is this a challange for sunday

[thebigfelly]

Did you ever get the sticky s**t off your boot or is this a challange for sunday

NAH , THERES JUST A CONVIENTLY PLACED SIDC STICKER IN ITS PLACE

[marko72]

Stickers are useful for so many things lol

[evobaz]

Is tardis like panel wipe that body shops use to clean panels before painting

No, its a tar and glue remover (or TAR DISolver)