Recently Cleaned Thread

[Colin170CR]

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.  

[VRS_White_Hatch]

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

[varooom]

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.

[threadbear]

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, 2022 by threadbear

[GizmoThor8303]

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.!

[varooom]

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

[GizmoThor8303]

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, 2023 by GizmoThor8303

[AdMaths]

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 🤦‍♂️

[DJG1984]

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. 

[Modders]

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

 

 

 

Edited 28 March, 2023 by Modders

[Nogrille]

To say I'm obsessed is an understatement

[Modders]

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

 

 

 

Edited 15 April, 2023 by Modders

[RossMacGill]

Here is mine

[Modders]

A clean, red VRS always looks good 😎👍🏻

[labman1001]

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 

[Colin170CR]

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. 

[threadbear]

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

[Modders]

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

 

 

[John2022]

In my experience 15 minutes.....🤬

[kederov]

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 🤌🦾

[Modders]

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 🙄

[Cropzy]

She cleans up alright

[DJG1984]

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... 

[DJG1984]

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. 

 

 

[John2022]

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!