1 hour ago, John2022 said:

Hopefully the rain held off this time for you!

Scotland being Scotland. It's spitting rain now. ☔🙄😂

Looking very smart indeed, I love the colour....

 

I'm just waiting on the weather picking up a wee bit so I can get started on doing my Superb. I've been getting her valeted about once every 6-8 weeks since I bought her at the end of March last year, even if it's only an exterior safe wash as I've vacuumed inside, but it's had 3 coats of Fusso Soft 99 applied which has helped stopped the worst of the muck sticking to her,.. I bought a new pressure washer last October along with some proper detailing buckets and grit guards but the cold weather plays havoc with my Arthritis to actually wash it 

11 days after picking up the wifes '23 plate ex demo Scala Monte-Carlo, I finally got round to a proper wash and wax (doubt its had that in its near year of dealer scratch and polish 😜)

A bit of Iron-X, rinse, Bilberry wheel cleaner, Bilt Hamber snow-foam and 40%  traffic film cleanser mix, 2BM wash with Bilt hamber shampoo, pressure wash rinse, towel pat dry with Monster XL towels,

Rain-X front and rear windows, Fusso99 wax including pan roof glass and side windows, wheels treated with Bilt hamber doublespeed wax followed by Sonax BSD, Top Kote tyre dressing, and finally the gloss black door pillars coated with Autoglym SRP ('cos it helps hide the swirls and on a daily use car I CBA to buff them out 😛).

The car is moon white metallic, not that you would know unless the sun is shining bright to pick up the subtle metallic-ness ! Hopefully some epic beading to come when it rains !

I thought the reflections weren't too bad seeing as it is overcast here.

 

 

 

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Edited 25 March, 20242 yr by Mr Grump

1 hour ago, Mr Grump said:

11 days after picking up the wifes '23 plate ex demo Scala Monte-Carlo, I finally got round to a proper wash and wax (doubt its had that in its near year of dealer scratch and polish 😜)

A bit of Iron-X, rinse, Bilberry wheel cleaner, Bilt Hamber snow-foam and 40%  traffic film cleanser mix, 2BM wash with Bilt hamber shampoo, pressure wash rinse, towel pat dry with Monster XL towels,

Rain-X front and rear windows, Fusso99 wax including pan roof glass and side windows, wheels treated with Bilt hamber doublespeed wax followed by Sonax BSD, Top Kote tyre dressing, and finally the gloss black door pillars coated with Autoglym SRP ('cos it helps hide the swirls and on a daily use car I CBA to buff them out 😛).

The car is moon white metallic, not that you would know unless the sun is shining bright to pick up the subtle metallic-ness ! Hopefully some epic beading to come when it rains !

I thought the reflections weren't too bad seeing as it is overcast here.

 

 

 

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That looks very impressive, puts me to 😳 

Well I had aches and pains before I began .... a 6 hour session and I am still suffering, age doesn't come alone !

But when it rained last night, I got the beading I was hoping to see 😊

 

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3 hours ago, Mr Grump said:

Well I had aches and pains before I began .... a 6 hour session and I am still suffering, age doesn't come alone !

But when it rained last night, I got the beading I was hoping to see 😊

 

With Flash:

 

 

Without Flash:

 

 

 

Yep. I washed our two the other day for the first time this year.

 

Not such an intensive process as yours, just a BH Touchless foam covering, jet rinse, then a wash with Autobrite Graphite infused shampoo (new to me), rinse & BH wheel cleaner. No drying necessary because I now have a pure water filter which works a treat & saves the arm ache of drying the cars by hand. I also find that a leaf blower also gets rid of the majority of water quite easily. Especially handy for my wife's taller Kona roof. 

Typing this reminds me I have to touch in & polish some scratches on my roof as well. 

 

However, even with the labour saving devices, I was still aching & stiff for a day after. Getting older sucks.

It's that time of year (again)!!! 😁:

 

Before:

 

 

 

 

 

During:

 

 

 

 

After:

 

 

 

 

Not perfect, but they're six years old now, and live outside.  I like shiny 

 

Gaz

 

 

 

A quick pic I took showing the difference between a polished door (b-pillar) trim and a not polished door trim on my MK3 Octavia. 

 

Came up good with some Super Resin so I plonked on some Extra Gloss to try and help keep them... well glossy.

World of difference 👍

Just be aware SRP, while classic, is basically fillers with wax; it’s been well used as it helps to fill in swirl marks to an extent but it will only last as long as the wax protects it. For gloss black pillars it’s definitely a good shortcut to polishing with compound though. Can also try a showglaze like Poorboys Black Hole but that's got no protection so would need something over the top to keep it protected from the elements. 

On 30/07/2024 at 03:10, travs said:

World of difference 👍

Just be aware SRP, while classic, is basically fillers with wax; it’s been well used as it helps to fill in swirl marks to an extent but it will only last as long as the wax protects it. For gloss black pillars it’s definitely a good shortcut to polishing with compound though. Can also try a showglaze like Poorboys Black Hole but that's got no protection so would need something over the top to keep it protected from the elements. 

 

Thanks for the recommendation! I was thinking to get some of the Autoglym Rapid Ceramic on it but that probably won't happen until I do the whole car. It's stayed pretty well so far. 

 

On 10/08/2024 at 12:46, HeavyMetalRich said:

 

Thanks for the recommendation! I was thinking to get some of the Autoglym Rapid Ceramic on it but that probably won't happen until I do the whole car. It's stayed pretty well so far. 

 

Rapid Ceramic is essentially a representative replacement of a spray wax or polymer sealant; just SiO2 technology rather than wax-based or polymer/acrylic-based created in a lab so similar but hardier but chiefly: its not a ceramic coating. It'd be ideal over the top of a glaze as that will fill in swirls and the Ceramic will cover over.

 

picked up my new to me ride on Friday, today I had a clean and wax session with Fusso 99;

 

 

 

 

 

Nice, dry and not too hot. Perfect opertunity to get the car done... 

 

Exterior-

✅Rinsed

✅Snowfoamed

✅Rinsed

✅Washed 

✅Fallout remover 

✅Rinsed

✅Washed

✅Rinsed

✅Dried

✅Machine Polished

✅ Paint Sealant Treatment 

 

All redone in time for the impending Scottish, never ending winter... 

 

Interior-

✅Vacuumed

✅Rubber mats washed 

✅Cleaned

✅Glass cleaned

✅Fresh air freshener 

 

 

 

 

We picked up our Scala just over a week ago.

Had a lot of tar spots that needed removing. Gtechniq W7 made light work of that.

Got a few swirl marks that need some attention. A job for a summer evening when the sun goes down a bit.