simon
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Thats cause its womans work mate.
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SN
Joined: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Doing the Lambeth Walk
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my point entirely - cleaning is cleaning is cleaning   Steve N (qzd)
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 9:23am |
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John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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CY wrote:.... And got a good coat of SRP on the paint which brought out a nice shine: ...
CY - what's SRP?
Looks great BTW!
Thanks TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 11:23am |
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CY
Joined: 16 Aug 2005
Location: The Bonnie Banks of the Forth
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Googsy, it's just a basic Karcher power hose foam lance attachment which you can get from Halfords / eBay for about a tenner. Using Super Snow Foam to get the foam. I got mine 2nd hand from a Freel2 member. A bit watery but I'm not doing anything professionally.
John C - SRP is Autoglym Super Resin Polish - recommend it very very much. Put on a few coats and it removes most light scratches and brings out a very deep and glossy shine. It's very quick to apply (just rub it on) and even quicker to buff off. A cheat's detailing.
SN - if you were commissioned very healthily on a quiet Sunday morning wouldn't you? DISCO3's Student Correspondent...
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 4:47pm |
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John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
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Thanks CY - that's great. I already have some of this - didn't realise it's what you meant. How do you apply it - just using a sponge? TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 6:04pm |
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CY
Joined: 16 Aug 2005
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No, don't use a sponge - it has a flat surface and so any dirt particles on the paintwork are caught on the surface (as opposed to being absorbed into it) and thus spread along the paint when you wipe - this causes light scratching and what is commonly known as 'swirl marks'. This is especially apparent when you are polishing as you tend to apply pressure on to the paint - this would make the swirling worse.
Use a cotton or polishing cloth, there are plenty inexpensive solutions in Halfords, like this. It's worth getting more than one so that you have one for applying the polish and a clean and dry one for buffing it off.
To apply, pour a small amount and rub it onto the paintwork, panel by panel. Do it in horizontal and vertical motion to prevent swirls. Make sure you cover the whole panel, and aviod touching plastic areas (notably the edges of the wheel arches on the D3 which seem to attract polish - it leaves a white stain). If you do polish the black plastic, try to wipe it off quickly. If it dries in, rub peanut butter into the stain to remove it (wierd, but it works).
Use it in moderation - try to put as little as possible onto the cloth and keep the haze light on the paint. Works better and saves the polish. Splashing on litres of polish in one go wont make it work any better.
One coat will make a difference, but the more you put on the better. Not only will more polish bring out a deeper shine but it will fill in more of the 'damage' on the paint which is usually invisible under normal lighting but most certainly there and dulling the paint. For example, this is a swirl removal on a panel done by hand using SRP...
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After 3 coats of SRP...
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After 5 coats of SRP...
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 6:35pm |
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SN
Joined: 03 Jan 2006
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CY wrote:SN - if you were commissioned very healthily on a quiet Sunday morning wouldn't you?
Now you're talking my language  Must remember to complement my house cleaner (NOT SWMBO) on what a good job they do for the money  Steve N (qzd)
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 6:39pm |
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John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
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Many thanks - that's very helpful! TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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| Mon Apr 28 2008 6:39pm |
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TallPaul
Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Dark side of the moon
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CY wrote:Yep the carpets are awful and don't serve much purpose as they simply slide away. Do the rubber ones have fixings to secure them down?
The initial thought was more comfort/luxury feel over utilitarian, but they've since worn thin to the equivelant of soft cardboard 
The carpet ones should have fixings to hold them down I think.
We just got out Disco at the weekend  which had rubber matts in it. They are definitely the best matt solution as it were, but the wife wanted some carpet ones for every day use and the ones the dealer supplied came with fixings.
The fixings at the front are the same for the rubber and carpet, but the back ones are different for some unhelpful reason....
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anglofrog
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Location: among the trees and fields
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countrywide wrote:If you any good with paint, buy a airbrush kit from Halfrauds and get some silver alloy wheel paint. If you give the damaged area and good wet & dry rub down and then prime, you can blend it in with a fine air brush and then clear coat over the top. Just make sure it is thinned down enough for the air brush. I did all my Alfa wheels and they looked really good (in my opinion of course)
i like the name of the company you got your kit from is there a branch (tree)  in france i could get one from  Doing my best on the red wine lake, as its good for the heart
my other 4+4 is a real tractor
Anglofrog
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