I just spent £5 and 3.5 hours getting the Lake District off my Sportline. My reward is to post photos here. Talk about OCD.

 

I apologise for the same old location, but I had too many beers in me to move it someplace photogenic. Needed to lubricate the right arm, ken?

 

Of interest might be that this is probably* one of the last of the Corrida Red Sportlines? (*Carlsberg was the lubricant.)

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, yeah. The fiver was for the hand wash. I don't normally take it to the eastern European crew, but needed a high pressure wash of the undercarriage and wheel wells.

Edited 21 July, 20178 yr by freelunch

Well it was a decision between this thread and get your beads out:

 

Was washing it and had just got it dry and using QD on the bonnet when the rains came down 

Edited 22 July, 20178 yr by Bud

I posted a while back about having issues getting my alloys cleaned with the readily available wheel cleaners from your local car accessory shop or supermarket and was advised to try a decent wheel cleaner well on Thursday there I bought some of Wowwow's wheel cleaner and must say for only a quick going over this morning ( in between rain showers ) I'm quite impressed so far .... Fraser the owner of Wowwow's dis say on looking at the wheels some of the marks might be tar....

 

the first lot of 4 photos are the before shots .. I'd to move the car so the after shots may not be exactly in the same position 

@labman1001 that definitely looks a lot better heard good remarks about Wowo's products  all you need to do now is: jack up the car, wheels off & give them a good sparkle inside & out, iron fallout, wheel cleaner & then a few good coats of wax/sealant etc.  

Hi Batvanvrs, I remember the days when I'd gladly have gone the whole Hogg on the wheels inside and out but I'm not sure if I could cope with it ... It takes me all my time to Jack the car up and take a wheel off these days for a puncture never mind to wash them on the inside .... I did get some of their wheel sealant to apply to the wheels but will wait to I've given the car another complete going over along with the wheels before applying it....

On 13/07/2017 at 18:28, Bignij said:

Just reserve judgement on the Karcher snow foam gun. I bought one of these, https://www.kaercher.com/uk/accessory/foam-nozzle-connect-n-clean-fj10-c-ultra-foam-cleaner-1l-26431430.html#CeDgpp3ouBCi2Kwh.97 I didn't know it came with the snow foam. I wanted a pH neutral foam, this isn't, however, the foam that it made was really good and thick and really cleaned seven days of Devon crud off the car. I haven't yet tried it with a different foam but as soon as I do, I'll let you know. I tried it with some Tesco melon and summat or other, neat car shampoo to see if it foamed. It didn't.

Well. Finally. I used the Karcher snow foam gun with Valetpro pH neutral snow foam and it was brilliant. Sorry, I forgot photos, however I mixed it as per the instructions. 300ml foam to 700ml of water. I used hot tap water. I probably could have done it with about 75% of the bottle but it was so good, thick and creamy that I got carried away and emptied the lot. I'll try to get photos next time. 

Well, that's one way to spend most of Saturday...

Managed to get outside even though it was looking ropey weather wise and give her her first clean in three weeks due to shockingly bad weekend weather. 

Trying out some recent detailing purchases last night on a quick Z4 detail.....

 

Solution Finish

 

Koch Chemie polishes

 

Powermaxed Tsunami wax

 

 

 

 

 

Results....

 

Gave Piglet a clean and also gave my new detailing plates, really chuffed with them. 

Dressing tyres and wheel arches makes a big difference. 

Exterior and door shut cleaning gear. 

 

 

 

It's that time of year again:

 

 

 

 

Needed its first claying - not bad for two years old:

 

 

 

Topped up the C2, and it's very shiny shiny:

 

 

 

Gaz

 

 

 

 

Edited 21 August, 20178 yr by V6TDI

quite difficult to get good reflections from white paint

On 08/08/2017 at 11:05, samuir1974 said:

Trying out some recent detailing purchases last night on a quick Z4 detail.....

 

Solution Finish

 

Koch Chemie polishes

 

Powermaxed Tsunami wax

 

 

 

 

 

Results....

 

 

 

So the Tsunami wax is full of sand?  How's that for bringing your swirls out?

Today was not a Skoda day but a BMW and training day. 

 

 

 

17 hours ago, Svend said:

Today was not a Skoda day but a BMW and training day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice dude - loving the "show plates" there!

Cleaned yesterday with two bucket method using AG high definition shampoo and wash mitt. Dried off with drying towel and AG Rapid Detailer. Added an application of Collinate 476s to bodywork. Wheels cleaned with Valetpro Bilberry and Collinate 845 wax on the wheels. AG Tyre Dressing. AG Fast Glass. And a coat of Auto Finesse Glisten on the panels and roof. Photographed under moody skies..

Edited 7 September, 20178 yr by threadbear

5 hours ago, samuir1974 said:

 

 

 

Very nice dude - loving the "show plates" there!

Cheers mate. I do love those new plates. Beautiful Cumbrian flag. 

I did another 5 Series today. An older one that yesterday. 

 

 

 

 

The interior was filthy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Todays clean. 

Full exterior clean and interior decon, previous owner was a cigar smoker. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gave Piglet a wash, rinse and dry a couple of hours ago. 

 

 

 

 

and the neighbours Eos. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little spruce up before the autumn/winter kicks in, Power maxed TFR, EZ snow foam, Britemax shampoo wash, AF alloy cleaner & glass cleaner, Smartwax polish & infinity wax super gloss (just 1 coat of each) 

 

 

I have busy bee this morning, and now duly knackered after 4.5 hours cleaning 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Car wasn't really dirty, so I didn't snowfoam this time, rinse with jetwash, 2BM wash, rinse again and towel dry.

Applied Fusso 99 for durability and then topped with Meguirs Quik Wax (as heard good things about it for black cars), glass treated with Hellshine Ghost rider.

Wheels treated with Autoglym Alloy Wheel Seal.

 

Absolutely gorgeous that!

 

Nice work and lovely motor - thanks for sharing

Cleaning regime - `Spring` and `Autumn`

 

Spray Wheels (BH Auto Wheel)

Rinse (use `attachment` and include arches and under car)

Pre-wash Car (Diluted TFR 15/1) with garden sprayer

Rinse

Snow-foam Car

Rinse
Wash (Detox shampoo, APC, Fairy liquid)

Rinse

Valet Pro Citrus Tar Remover

Rinse

Iron X

Rinse
Clay Mitt (Shampoo, Fairy liquid)

Rinse
Wash Car (2 BM)

Rinse
Dry

Polish (Auto Finesse Tough Coat)
Wax (Chemical Guys 50/50 Pure Concours)

Seal Wheels (Auto Finesse Mint Rims)

 

Result............

Mrs V6TDI has seen the light about having a nice clean shiny car.  And while her efforts are perhaps a tad unorthodox, the final results on her Tornado Red Polo GTI were pretty good.  It was initially a bit quiet outside, so I went to investigate.  Mrs V6TDI remarked on how much more effective the pressure washer was, once I plugged it into the mains.  Bless :