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Old 09-02-2013, 09:39 AM
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Default My Mate's Ford Focus ST After A Good Clean

My mate just bought this Ford Focus ST and asked it i'll give it a but of a tidy up and wax it as it looked like the owner before never polished it or anything!

First off snow foam





Then we clayed the whole car which removed loads of dirty and tiny black spots which where all over the car

As we only had today to get it finished i went over the whole car with with Dodo Juice Supernatural micro prime and a medium cut pad, which removed a fair amount of swirl marks
















In these two pictures you can just make out the swirls




This is it after with a coat of Dodo Juice Banana Armour hard carnauba wax









And a few beeding pictures as it rained jus tafter we finished







Thanks for looking comments welcome good or bad

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Old 10-02-2013, 06:48 PM
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done a really nice job there mate good on you
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Beading Porn!
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Originally Posted by minder
done a really nice job there mate good on you
Cheers mate

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Old 14-02-2013, 11:45 AM
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Beading Porn!
Can't beat a bit pf beading porn lol


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great job, those wheels dont suit it atall tho
Old 14-02-2013, 03:53 PM
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nice car, and top detail work

get him to change the wheels though halfrauds alert lol
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Don't think they're Halfords. Look like Wolf alloys.
Great wheels but don't suit the car well.

Cracking job though . I ain't got the patience for that, drive through for me
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A job well done,
Not mad keen on the wheels but I'm a big fan of "each to their own"
How did u find using the banana armour? As mines god delivered yesterday and I'm gonna try n get a layer on tommorow
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Smart car this.
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Cracking finish Brian
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Cheer's everyone mate was well pleased with it

The wheels are indeed wolf wheels

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Originally Posted by DANNY - PH400
A job well done,
Not mad keen on the wheels but I'm a big fan of "each to their own"
How did u find using the banana armour? As mines god delivered yesterday and I'm gonna try n get a layer on tommorow
Cheer's mate

I found it very easy to use tbh, my mate said he had trouble with it before on his old white FRS, so we gave it ago on his ST and it was easy to apply and easy to buff off

He is bring it back round again later this week for a wash and another coat of wax


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Looking lovely I use that banana armour too - a couple of coats does a great job and has done all winter on mine.

You need to get some more Magifoam remember...
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Originally Posted by Brian
Cheer's mate

I found it very easy to use tbh, my mate said he had trouble with it before on his old white FRS, so we gave it ago on his ST and it was easy to apply and easy to buff off

He is bring it back round again later this week for a wash and another coat of wax


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I done mine at the weekend, I found it easy to use aswell and the change of colour it gave my car was brilliant, would deffo recommend it hopefully do it all again this weekend
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Originally Posted by Dal_
Looking lovely I use that banana armour too - a couple of coats does a great job and has done all winter on mine.

You need to get some more Magifoam remember...
Cheers mate

I must admit I perfer Dodo juice supernatural which is what I have on both my Mondeo's at the minute

Yeah I definitely need to order some more snowfoam but thinking of ordering a different one to magifoam


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Originally Posted by DANNY - PH400
I done mine at the weekend, I found it easy to use aswell and the change of colour it gave my car was brilliant, would deffo recommend it hopefully do it all again this weekend
It definitely makes a difference to the paint finish

Make sure you get some pictured up mate


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Originally Posted by Brian
Cheers mate

I must admit I perfer Dodo juice supernatural which is what I have on both my Mondeo's at the minute

Yeah I definitely need to order some more snowfoam but thinking of ordering a different one to magifoam


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I've tried a couple of other foams, but nothing has beaten magifoam yet for dwell and muck lifting ability. Shame it stinks really.

I must get around to machine polishing mine rather than using "Poorboys polish with sealant" to hide them...
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cracking job there, as ppl have said wheels dont suit it and i like the golf behind
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Looks epic that does! Good work.
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Great job I've got a black st and its a right pain to keep clean, as said though them alloys don't look good onit.
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Originally Posted by Dal_
I've tried a couple of other foams, but nothing has beaten magifoam yet for dwell and muck lifting ability. Shame it stinks really.

I must get around to machine polishing mine rather than using "Poorboys polish with sealant" to hide them...
I've just bought some Valet pro snow foam only used it once and I must admit I am pretty impressed with it

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Originally Posted by 2wd saff cos @ stage 3
cracking job there, as ppl have said wheels dont suit it and i like the golf behind
Cheer's mate

The Golf is my cousins its wearing a new set of wheels now will see if I can get a picture

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Does it dwell and "munch" the crud as well as magifoam?
Old 21-08-2013, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobykilla123
Great job I've got a black st and its a right pain to keep clean, as said though them alloys don't look good onit.
Thanks mate

I have partly started machine polishing my mates Black Focus and it looks stunning!

He said same as you a pain to keep clean


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Old 21-08-2013, 11:16 PM
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Job well done! But hate to echo about those rims. They go with that car like "military intelligence" go together.
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Cheer's mate

I guess they are a bit marmite


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Old 26-08-2013, 06:48 PM
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Top job mate ! need the works doing on mine soon.... been thinking of buying a snowfoam lance
Old 29-08-2013, 09:44 AM
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looks top, what machine are you using and how did you decide on that one

looking to buy a DA very soon but theres lots to choose from and lots of pad/product combos, i dont know where to start
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