Seven bleeding hours

[andy]

What a day... 

All four wheels taken off and Wonder Wheel'ed (first time for about a year so they were pretty bad [:$])

Hand wash (despite having been returned washed from Hypertech just the other day)

Chamois dried

AutoGlym Super Resin polished. I was going to also give it the Autoglym Extra Gloss protection as well, but was too bleedin' knackered!

Inside gutted, hoovered, all glass polished, all sills and awkward bits washed and all trim cleaned and polished.

Exhaust polished and rust spots removed (I found out Brasso is brilliant for this BTW. Exhaust looks brand new) 

Motor looks almost as new apart from the stone chips and the blistering on the alloys [] (oh, and the four parallel scratches on the rear bumper, but Chipsaway are coming to sort them next week. I'll take before and after photos so we can see how good they are)

One thing's for sure. I'll NEVER be one of the show and shine brigade. Yes, I got a lot of satisfaction out of seeing the end result, but blimey - it was a lot of work! I'd rather drive it than clean it! []

 

 

[gus the bus]

Someones been busy[] was that your car @ hypertech yesterday Andy???

Gus

 

[the blue dragon]

shouldve given me a shout mate, id have done the hard work for you( assuming you live in my area, never thought of that) []

 

 

iain 

[Jamis]

Hate the fact ive got mine to do yet[:'(]

[micra_wrc]

nice one Andy [Y]

its surprising how long it takes to do all the individual bits of the car and agree that, although the end result is satisfying, you kinda get to a stage halfway through the wash/wax/polish/wheels/exhaust/interior process where you want to pack everything away and sit down indoors.

[andy]

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Someones been busy[] was that your car @ hypertech yesterday Andy???

Nah, mine was in on Tuesday. 50k service and brakes were shagged. Been sadly neglected because of work.

[colzo]

I find the whole cleaning process therapeutic! Strage but true. Nothing is better than standing back and admiring all your hard work. []

[4Hero]

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I find the whole cleaning process therapeutic! Strage but true. Nothing is better than standing back and admiring all your hard work. []

yeah, then it rains [li][] 

[thewelsho]

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I find the whole cleaning process therapeutic! Strage but true. Nothing is better than standing back and admiring all your hard work. []

Yes I agree to that, but 5 minutes down the road and it needs done again!

[scoobyiain]

Get some pics up. I love cleaning my car and in a few years time i will be doing it full time instead of just as a hobby.

Welsho, i went down to clean Alison's clio and my car today and they only took 10mins for both with a micro-fibre and some quick detailer spray. It's easy to keep clean when you have done it properly once.

[andy]

Popped in past Halfrauds today for upholstery cleaner and T-Cut. They're doing 3 for 2 on all cleaning products. Given the price of some of that stuff there's a few quid to be saved.

[scoobyiain]

oh no dont use t-cut Andy that stuff is no good. a good detailer/valeter will get any minor marks out permanent.

[Jamis]

Agree we iain about the t-cut m8 dont use it,and iain have you got a price sorted yet as got loads o swirl marks that need sorting[]

[andy]

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oh no dont use t-cut Andy that stuff is no good.

I found that out this afternoon!

Never mind, it was the cheapest of the three things I bought so effectively was free.