Sid

Ok here it is!!... another chance to see the 5th Gear clip on the guy that used the £6,000 tub of Canuba Wax from South America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkmZveqyU5E

....That is EXACTLY what I wanted to see!!!

Now... what products ... or similar (cheaper) ones can I buy that will get me the same results??

From cloths to the actual products?????
Start to End ... tell me please!!!

I recently moved house, so have no products or cloths at the moment, and as I've only had the car for just over 6 weeks... haven't had the need before.

The only thing I have is Gliptone Liquid Leather 1 x Cleaner & 1 x Conditioner.
Also have Simoniz Cockpit Cleaner, and Back to Black for Tyres.
Thats it.

What are the best (affordable) products?

I want to get my car into tip-top condition and keep it like that!

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Sid


This car wash would normally cost you £5,000!!

1. De-Greaser?
(Paul uses a Citrus Degreaser for lower half of vehicle, £55 for 5 litres)

2. Rinser?
(Paul uses water at 35 degrees, on a jet wash)

3. Shampoo?
(Paul uses a PH Neutral shampoo, £65 a bucket from America)

4. Rinsing (again)

5. Drying?
(Paul uses high tech microfibre blankets, no chamios leather)

6. Wheel Cleaner?
(Paul uses a special Wheel Gel, non-aciditic that doesn't corrode alloys, £75 for 5 litres ...uses a paint brush?!)

7. Clay?
(Paul uses a Clay Bar for a mirror finish, £20 a block, rubbing it straight onto the car whilst spraying water??)

8. Rubbing Compound?
(Paul uses an Ultra Spund Depth Gauge worth £3k, to determine how much paint he can rub off to get rid of the scratches... uses the Rubbing Compound via an electric swirler tool)

9. Prep for Wax?
(Paul uses something that is £35 a bottle with an applicator pad/cloth towel, then rubs it down with towels that are £16 for two towels)

10. Wax?
(Paul uses the £6k Canuba Wax, by hand all over the car ...lasts around 6 months)



Then ... what products and cloths for the INSIDE of the car???
What is ideal for:

11. Leather Seats?
(I've got Gliptone Liquid Leather 1 x Cleaner & 1 x Conditioner, what cloths do I use?)

12. Cockpit & dashboard
(again products and cloths?)

13. Windows?
(just nomal Windowlene?

14. Anything else?
(Apart from Vacuuming it!)

AJC

iTrader: (6)

erm..............


Auto Glym

Daviet

im sure it all zymol products he uses as its the only stuff ive ever seen that cots that much lol.the wax that costs £6000 is actually £6k plus vat but you get refills for life
http://www.vertar.com/prodtype.asp?P...earchCriteria=
can buy all the stuff at the above place if your rich if not im sure it tells you whats in the stuff and you can look for equivalents that are just a wee bit cheaper

Sid

Yep... just noticed some of the Zymol labels on his products...

Billabong

Zymol or Swissol

http://www.zdouk.com/

http://www.swissol.co.uk/

Both use natural products, in preference to chemicals.

pjv7771

auto glym shampoo and bodywork conditioner, meguires hot rims for the wheels and meguires gold class polish is all you need, spend the £5975 change on the engine

COMEDY DAN

I use a lot of Diamond Brite products.

Great shine and long lasting.

They do a mega tye shine

Moondust_crust

meguiars mate, tech wax, well all the products really

Micky

T-Cut and a Brillo pad mate,does a lovely job of cutting into the top layer of paint to reveal a lovely shiney paint surface below,free of scratch's/swirls and the dreaded cobweb look!! And very cheap,about £11 max Regards Micky

Kam B

lol i use halfords shampoo and maybe turtle maxwax

Alan s1

Thats whot i use did my m8s escos yesterday

Zetec Andy

http://www.meguiars.co.uk/

Leaves an amazing clear refection in the paintwork.

Rick

i like the meguiars PASTE - i think by its nature it lasts longer.

RONNIE AMIS

iTrader: (17)

ive got the zymol kit not 6 grands worth!! the one i got is 300 quid and to be completely honest i prefer auto glym save your money and dont buy any of that stuff, i brought an auto glym kit for 40 quid and its much better,

L33 BYT

www.valetpro.co.uk for your day to day cleaning products. Then I give my cars a coat of mequires wax.

Does it just fine

RichardC

*tip* if using meguiars tech wax, apply it and leave for 45 mins to 1hr before removing it

comes off POP and shine is extremely good

Rich

Sid

BTTT for my bro!!

Hope your hangover is gone!!

p.s. Just ordered a Canuba Wax that is 80% Yellow, and 18% White...
supposed to be better than Zymol...

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

use auto glym or meguirs.

hangover aint too bad now

James

those that use auto-glym products what do you use?

i use the shapoo and conditioner to clean it and then deep shine polish probably about every six months or so. I was advised to steer clear of super resien polish as it's a bit of a bitch to polish off the paintwork and is just as good as deep shine polish?

any views?

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

i use the autoglym wax.

the red bottle and then the gold (super resin) one.

works for me but is hard work

BM08

I also use Auto Glym shampoo, thats all ive ever used in the year ive had my car and it shines like a mirror, no need to polish it up really



P.s i like the effect it has when it rains, the water beads and runs off, as seen on the red cossie above

Alan s1

Yes But i was realy picssed when i look out to see it had rained As it leave a realy DEEP shine in the sun light But the rain drops do look cool in that pic i took

Sid

anyone use an orbital buffer instead of manually?
(I hate working out!) lol

EIL132

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/guides.html

Sid

Was just reading the Meguiars "Advice" section... http://www.meguiars.co.uk/

but the Polished Bliss is more informative!

Cheers dude.

Damo V

dont use houshold products such as windolene on your glass, it will encourage them to mist up in the winter/cold mornings

Alan s1

Well i wash the car with the auto glym shampoo ect then dry it off and if the pain is good i just use Radiant Wax Polise put it on leave it for how ever long you want lol then remove it ,
i brought a new Auto Glym Finishing cloth cost £5.99 But its realy good does'nt leave any of the white powder marks ect that normal cloths leave
Ps i brought this Big Can of Polish for £35+ makes it alot Cheaper then the little bottles same goes for the shampoo

Alan s1

Thats whot coursed mine to do that I ran out of the Auto Glym Cream so had to use House hold stuff Bugger
Well @ least i know now

Ps i now use the polise on the windows apart from the front screen

Alan s1

You whot RAN Have you not tried it under that bonnet then last time i looked it looked like you just sweeped all the dirt off the body and under the bonnet

PauloV8

Do any you guys know if meguiar's does on-line sales to another country?
Always heard nice things about their products but unfortunatly they're not represented here...

Benn 304R

yep I use a Porter Cable orbital buffer.
Its variable speed and awsome bit of kit, very easy to use.

Got mine from Autopia in america with a pad kit, cost me £160 inc p&p
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/pc-7424.html

James

yeah i buy the bigger bottles also when possible, £5 for 250ml or £7 for 500ml!

[i know the auto-glym rep..]

NUTS RuS

iTrader: (35)

I ain't no bufty but I use Zaino Z-2 PRO™ just because it smells nice

richm

Bill, are we ever going to manage to educate them????

oh and R4N.. Autoshite don't do "wax".. polish yes, wax no

Steve200+

I use an orbital Skil one, (can't get hold of more pads though ), and to restore faded cars, one of them, +1 small tub of mer works absolute wonders.

Best way of doing it I've found so far. Can perform absolute miracles.

gingeRS

my preference is to use autoglym for EVERYTHING besides wax

The meguiars waxes are tops (nxt gen stuff and their clay bar), but other meguiars products i have found to be a little poor.

Havent found a top coat yet, that i'm happy with, to use after nxt wax, on a black car??? any suggestions?

BillyCabrio

iTrader: (1)

I just been to Halfords and spent £55 on Meguiar's stuff for the cabbie

Benn 304R

CarismaDave

Personally I've used them all and 'did' prefer Autoglym until I used Zymol. On my car colour it brings out a better shine, smells nice and doesn't give my hands a rash

Dave

Sid

Seems good ... oscillations instead of round and round.
Do you use yours at the lowest setting, 2.5k OPM (oscillations per minute)?
...to avoid the paint burning and making swirl marks, as highlighted by Rich in PolishedBliss link above???

What pads did you get?
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/sonussfxpads.html

Is there anything better? (have to explore all options!)

Edit:
Just seen that a UK supplier charges £240!
http://www.thepolishingcompany.com/portercablekit.html

Do you have to change the plug, or use an adaptor, as its from the USA, if got from Autopia?