5 hours ago, AdMaths said:

 £18 for a scratch n shine? 😧
Might take you longer now, but at least you're no longer getting grit filled cloths and cheap sh!t chemicals thrown all over your car giving - or it sounds like enhancing - those lovely swirly patterns.
And enjoy the fact it's 4 hours where you're not being dragged round shops or garden centres 😁

I don't mind the garden centres but I draw the line at clothes shops. 

The problem now is that there is a water shortage in our area so washing the car on your drive is frowned upon - even if you're paying through the nose for the water you use. 

Our cars are very dusty again but I'm holding off washing them until it rains & fills up my rain butts which I can then use for washing the cars - you get less spotting with rain water as well.  

Try Glypton leather cleaner / care products. Work as well as any other but give the smell of real leather like no other. 

5 minutes ago, VRS_White_Hatch said:

Try Glypton leather cleaner / care products. Work as well as any other but give the smell of real leather like no other. 

2nd that, good products.

On 29/07/2022 at 15:15, AdMaths said:

 £18 for a scratch n shine? 😧
Might take you longer now, but at least you're no longer getting grit filled cloths and cheap sh!t chemicals thrown all over your car giving - or it sounds like enhancing - those lovely swirly patterns.
And enjoy the fact it's 4 hours where you're not being dragged round shops or garden centres 😁

I find car cleaning quite therapeutic, my Octavia hasn’t been washed for quite a while now but going to give it a good session tomorrow. 

Edited 13 November, 20223 yr by threadbear

Reviving an old but interesting thread!!

 

I bought this little Huyndai Amica in Sept last year and haven't washed it since. But since getting the new Octy last week I though I'd get into a routine of giving the cars a good wash and polish. This is how the guinea pig turned out, now on to the Octy.!

@GizmoThor8303A shame it has a ding on the door, but you did polish it up nicely for a run about car.

40 minutes ago, varooom said:

@GizmoThor8303A shame it has a ding on the door, but you did polish it up nicely for a run about car.

I was gutted to find that, which was no fault of my own. But it doesn't really justify spending on getting it sorted. Car travels about 4 miles a day when it's not great running weather so really is a runabout car. I love it though! Wouldn't mind changing it to a citigo when funds become available so I have a full Skoda fleet again. 

Edited 26 February, 20233 yr by GizmoThor8303

3 weeks of accumulated salt, grit & other crap from our wonderful roads...BH Touchless, Auto Wash, and the bonnet got Auto-QD before the rain started 🤦‍♂️

Just finished and it starts raining... 

 

Shock. 

 

Cleaned inside and out. 

 

Rinse, snow foam, rinse, two bucket wash, ceramic waxed. 

 

Inside got upholstery cleaned, vacuumed, and a damned good clean. 

First proper clean, now let’s see how long it takes to rain…

 

 

 

Edited 28 March, 20233 yr by Modders

To say I'm obsessed is an understatement

It looks a little cleaner now I’ve removed half of the Yorkshire Dales from the arches & sills.

 

 

 

Edited 15 April, 20233 yr by Modders

Here is mine

A clean, red VRS always looks good 😎👍🏻

Purchased this stunning Superb 1.6TDI on March 30 so it was treated to a decent valet today by a local company and topped off with a coat of Fusso Wax and she's looking amazing again 

7 minutes ago, labman1001 said:

Purchased this stunning Superb 1.6TDI on March 30 so it was treated to a decent valet today by a local company and topped off with a coat of Fusso Wax and she's looking amazing again 

She's wearing the years very well. I had a 2010 Superb 2.0TDi Estate for around 6 years & did over 140k in her. Never missed a beat. 

Looks the business. Cars do last well these days if they are regularly maintained and cleaned. 

Ok, place your bets, how long until it rains or the birds $h*t on it?!??! 😆

 

 

In my experience 15 minutes.....🤬

On 27/03/2023 at 15:03, Modders said:

First proper clean, now let’s see how long it takes to rain…

 

 

 

thats more clean than my past 🤌🦾

49 minutes ago, John2022 said:

In my experience 15 minutes.....🤬

Sounds about right, there already seems to be a nice layer of dust on it 🙄

She cleans up alright

First clean for my Octy that I picked up on Wednesday this morning. It was "clean" but didn't have any form of paint protection on it and lacked that shine. Wasn't beading or repelling water at all 

 

✅Rinsed 

✅Snowfoamed

✅Rinsed

✅pH neutral shampooed

✅Rinsed

✅Dried

✅Paint Sealant Treatment 

✅Ceramic Waxed

 

Inside all vacuumed and cleaned too. 

 

 

Then it peed down rain... 

Treated the Octy today. Definitely wasn't a five minute job... 

 

✅Rinsed. 
✅Auto Smart Snowfoamed. 
✅Rinsed. 
✅Auto Glym Magma Decontamination. 
✅Rinsed. 
✅Auto Glym Shampoo Washed. 
✅Rinsed. 
✅Dried. 
✅Meguiars ultimate Compound Polished. 
✅ Auto Glym EGP Paint Sealant Treatment. 
✅Auto Glym Ceramic Waxed. 
✅Supagard Trim and tyre dressing
✅Rain-ex on Glass.

 

The interior was done on Saturday. 

 

 

1 hour ago, DJG1984 said:

Treated the Octy today. Definitely wasn't a five minute job... 

 

✅Rinsed. 
✅Auto Smart Snowfoamed. 
✅Rinsed. 
✅Auto Glym Magma Decontamination. 
✅Rinsed. 
✅Auto Glym Shampoo Washed. 
✅Rinsed. 
✅Dried. 
✅Meguiars ultimate Compound Polished. 
✅ Auto Glym EGP Paint Sealant Treatment. 
✅Auto Glym Ceramic Waxed. 
✅Supagard Trim and tyre dressing
✅Rain-ex on Glass.

 

The interior was done on Saturday. 

 

 

Hopefully the rain held off this time for you!