what do you use?

[miss-enzo]

Since the summer seems to be here now i reckon alot of people will be washing their cars alot more regularly!

so what products do you use? and how do you find them to use?

I get mine power washed where Lee works with Autosmart detergent, then its detarred with autosmart stuff, washed again and hot rinsed.

first few coats of wax are with autoglym radient polish no.12 and then if she still needs that little something extra she gets a coat of Autoglym High Definition polish, that stuff is UNREAL! had my car done on sat, Lee toook it to the lakes on sat night (drivin in the rain on crap roads) and she's still pretty shiney! all she'll need is a rinse down and she's good to go again!

The High Def wax is expensive (between 65 & 100yoyo) depending on where you go and who you know but its wortht the money, you get 2 application sponges and a polishing cloth with it. Lee has done 5 cars out of his pot and has only used about 1/4 of it.

however its not for the faint hearted, you have to leave it 20 mins to set and its a bit of a hard job to get if off but its totally worth it! my car has never looked so well!

[d_dan]

if your just starting off in kciking ass at cleaning use washing up liquid to remove the previous wax


then start fresh

i use tripple wax car shampoo and wash mitt,
then once every month i use scratch out( bare minimal) to remove swirl marks.
i use then autoglym tar remover and give the whole car a going over.(once every 2 months clay bar the windows)
then i use meguires gold class car wax.
then a tripple wax polishing mitt
then top it off with a 2 coats of autoglym sealent to get out a nice shine

[Bernard]

The High Def wax is expensive (between 65 & 100yoyo) depending on where you go and who you know

I use autoglym myself and find it great, I've heard of the high def wax but haven't seen it for sale...
Where did you buy?

[johnny]

+1 for Autoglym...bit pricey but good quality stuff.

I believe that stuff miss enzo mentioned is from their trade/pro range...

[CJ]

I use a mix of Autoglym (shampoo, super resin polish) and Poorboys World (SSR deswirling compound, carnuba wax) in conjunction with a Porter Cable random orbital polisher. My processhere.

once every 2 months clay bar the windows

Why do you clar bar the windows? Its designed for removing deep rooted dirt and surface contamination on paintwork....

CJ

[d_dan]

i seen it on www.detailingworld.com

tryied it out a few times and dose the trick!
water dosnt seem to stick to the windscreen at all it just jumps off. gets any crappy bits of tar etc. off aswell

[Gwyn]

I use a mix of stuff, depending on how much time I want to spend on it.

One thing that I would recommend is the Turtle Wax 'wax when wet'.

If you don't have the time to dry, then polish, wax etc - this spray on does a great job.

[Wildhound]

I always use Autoglym shampoo and wax, it's fantastic stuff. The occasional coat of T-Cut Colourfast does a fantastic job too.

I've given up on the Autoglym wheel cleaner though because it seemed to be gradually stripping the white paint from the alloys! The come clean with just a sponge, some suddy water and a bit of elbow grease anyway.

[kevinod]

Carplan Wonder Wheels make a lovely job of my wheels....

[TopCat]

I'm another one for the Autoglym. Shampoo, Tar remover, super resin polish and car glass polish usually. Tried the extra gloss protection the last time too, great finish!

[d_dan]

get the polishing mitt for the resin!

and a detailing cloth for the wax

[miss-enzo]

+1 for Autoglym...bit pricey but good quality stuff.

I believe that stuff miss enzo mentioned is from their trade/pro range...

i dunno is it a trade range? we got it at modified motors at the autoglym stand!
heres some info on it!
http://www.highdefinitionwax.com/default.asp
http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product-pr ... G&Range=99

can be bought here
http://www.4wheelplay.co.uk/autoglym-hi ... 03381.html
http://www.gpwizard.co.uk/shop/index.ph ... cts_id=235

review and pics here
http://www.fiatforum.com/car-care/13737 ... d-wax.html

i dunno what the big fuss with the clay bar is, i got the meguires one and didnt find it all that great at all!

@CJ is the porboy stuff good? i saw it at modifed motors adnw as tempted, if my car need a compound i use evo compund for light marks or g10 for a bigger job!

[CJ]

@CJ is the porboy stuff good? i saw it at modifed motors adnw as tempted, if my car need a compound i use evo compund for light marks or g10 for a bigger job!

Poorboys World products are excellent but not widely avalaible. I especially rate the SSR swirl remover and carnuba wax.

CJ

[kevinod]

It was detailer.ie at the Modified Motors show had it on display. I use the shampoo and carnuba wax stuff myself, happy enough with it.

[miss-enzo]

some pics taken a while back showin how good the HD wax is!!

*sorry to dig up an old thread! just found the pics*

[Bernard]

Looks good, but then the standard autoglym isn't bad either...