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A lot of pro's use it too. If you read too much in there you'll end up buying various items for it! You've being warned! :)

Take a peak at http://www.detailingworld.co.uk Get some great tips etc in there! Just don't go nuts with the rotary until you get someone to give you a Paint Depth reading, just to be on the safe side!

Where did all your high value car clients come from? Word of mouth? Working from the S3 today? Thats my fav car by far, love RS6's.

Looks pretty bad to me TBH.

I find you can get in all the various contours of the car better because you can feel it. Definately much better.

You only lose 2 years at a time AFIAK. Try Brentacre, they can protect your cover after only 2 years. I'm with them.

When I picked it up from the bodyshop the guy said "it'll be another 10mins"! Whilst I waited I got bored I decided to have a look at what he's doing, only to turn the corner and find him flying over my car with a sponge! I don't think it was the first time either! :mad:

As I had an unusual weekend free from doing other peoples car, I thought I do what every other normal person would, my own car! :) Sunlight was minimal and my camera isn't the best but here are some pre-clean pics showing swirls, there's more than the camera picked up believe me! Started off by doing the wheels and the arches using AG Engine & Machine Cleaner. Blasted them with the Jetwash and give them a good clean and they were good as new! Following that I moved onto the engine bay, once again using AG's Engine & Machine Cleaner. I followed up the degreaser with something I prefer over traditional engine dressings, Meguiars NXT Interior Spray! If I'd remembered to take a picture of the engine bay I could show you! Before washing the car I give all of the door/boot shuts a good clean, I even broke out the Johnson's Baby Buds for this one! It's amazing how much dirt the door shuts pick up! Next I washed it with Autoglym Shampoo and also sprayed on Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner to remove any existing wax. Of course using 2 buckets (one to rinse and one with soapy water), and Meguiars Lambs Wool Wash Mitts. Having a fairly recent re-spray I didn't expect the paint to be too bad but I decided to clay the whole car anyway. The only parts I found that it picked anything from were around the exhaust and on the top part of the rear bumper. The rest of the car was clean as a whistle! Now to mask up all of the trim! I now grab my Porter Cable and using Sonus SFX Polishing Pads (white) and some good old Meguiars #83 DACP, I begin working on the whole car. The process I used was; Speading on speed 1, then 2 passes on 3 and two more with moderate pressure on speed 5. I found this suprisingly effective, thinking at first I'd have to step up to Menzerna PG on VAG paint. I took a paint depth reading a couple of weeks ago whilst visiting L200steve and there's an average of about 210-220 over the car, probably due to the respray. Several hours later I'd done and decided to eat something before I collapsed! Cracking on, I decided to seal the car with whats turning into my favourite product, Clearkote Red Moose Glaze. Applied this using the Sonus Finishing Pad (blue) on the Porter Cable and wiped off with some lush microfibres. The final stage for the paint was to apply Meguiars #16 Professional Paste Wax, using applicator pads to do so. I find this goes on really easily but can be a tough one to get off. I forgive it the hard work due to the finish it made. It really seems to have brought out the flake in the paint. Finished off by doing the windows with Autoglym Fast Glass and the trim using AG Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner. I also went around all the panel gaps and hard to reach parts with more baby buds to get rid of any wax residue. Here's the pics! Thanks for reading! These were taken at night under my halogen as it was getting dark by the time I'd finished, the rest are from the next day but even after heavy rain the night before (and during the picture taking!) you can see the improvement. And now the next day shots! This is my favourite beading picture I've ever taken.

How many posts per page! Grrrr!

Sorry about this, I just prefer a new car to be on a new page!

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Bump to knock it onto P6!

My Corrado this weekend methinks!

How much paint did you take off? Or did you not take any readings? Hopefully getting my gauge pretty soon. I sometimes prefer flat colours to metallics cause they look so good after they're done right. Nice! :)

Spray quick detailer onto the car lightly whilst its still wet and then wipe it dowm with a drying towel. The QD will give it a nice shine as well as any remaining water particles on there just evaporating without leaving any marks.

:droolsmiley! Mmmmm, power! (homer stylee!)

Mines pretty spotty, could do with it replacing. I think its number 234 on the list.

Hmm? Not really my cuppa!

Yes its joomla. Working on modifying the various pics and buttons. Just one step at a time.

See line 2 for pics. :)

http://www.executivedetailing.co.uk/content/ Forget any prices and bland images or missing text, it's the layout and general 'feel' of the site I'm trying to gauge. Constructive comments only please. :wink: Not sure whether it should have gone in here or off topic so move if necessary! :) Thanks!

Def machine polish. Have to say the Megs 123 is pretty good though.

PM sent.

Forget hers, get yours done instead! Tell her straight! :lol:

Ever get the feeling of de ja vu? I'm sure I know you from somewhere! :lol: