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27th March 2012, 20:42
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BMW 320D convertable cleanse & protect
evening guys
 spent a chilly sunday afternoon tidying up this silver 320D drop top  products / tools: Kranzle K7 foam lance - in need of a clean, foam became very watery Wolfs deironizer AS tardis Sonus fine grade clay Serious Performance APC Serious Performance show detailer diluted as clay lube Envy shampoo Envy snowfoam wheel wooly 'brushes' Envy brushes Vikan arch brush 2x CG clear buckets Zymol sponge uber drying towels pakshak cloths kent cloths - dirty jobs MF applicators foam applicators Zaino Z2 Zaino ZCS Werkstat Prime fine wire wool Serious Performance metal polish CG VRP dressall Wolfs glass guard glass cleaner IPA some befores -    severe pitting on front wheels, mutliple hits of deironizer made an improvement but i'm dissapointed with the result tbh    onto the paintwork / roof - i'll let the pics do the talking     came out thinner than usual > blocked lance  roof scrubbed,    this is after deironizer and tardis!   onto cleansing and protection,    few afters,   [IMG]http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh18/fiestadetailer/090-1.jpg [/IMG]  sorry about the pic quality all taken on my phone as i forgot to put the memory card back in my digital camera :wall:kev
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27th March 2012, 22:18
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Gah! I see so much effort here but then the dreaded sponge appears... get yourself a proper wash mitt matey and do away with Mr Squarepants! 
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27th March 2012, 22:22
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nothing wrong with a sponge at all. i hate using washmitts, they are a pain to rinse out and start smelling after a while.
with thorough rinsing / foaming before touching a car, sponges are no more of a risk than washmitts all imo of course |
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27th March 2012, 22:58
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A lot of work gone in there mate, looking good, is this your second car or you do this for someone else ?
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28th March 2012, 07:20
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Great results Kev with top product. IMO Werkstat is the best for light coloured cars, and ZAINO are simple amazing.
How many layers of z2 applied? Syx this is Zymol sponge designed not to scratch the paint. |
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28th March 2012, 07:25
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You obviously are fairly experienced at car cleaning/valeting ....but then use a sponge, even a so called 'safe' Zymol one, because you cant clean out a washmitt properly? They actually DO cause a problem to paintwork because grit can and does get caught in the surface of a sponge, whereas in a MF or Sheepskin mitt the grit falls away from the surface and is easily washed out in the second bucket Get yourself a spin dryer and then pop the mitt in a tumble drier for 15 mins...back to perfect again..I never leave my wash pads to dry on their own and will NEVER use a sponge, even a Zymol OR a DJ Supernatural one....I really wouldnt trust it at all, paticularly on Honda Paint...You probably would get away with it on this BMW or a VAG car (Hard paint) Although I still would not be tempted Get one of these instead: http://www.dooka.co.uk/services/ed.html You will never look back!! Last edited by robbo51; 28th March 2012 at 07:33. |
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28th March 2012, 08:44
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Good work Kev, shame about the camera.
I've just done one of these. The spoke layout is a nightmare. The EZ brushes are too big to get between those narrow spokes. Even the smaller one doesn't fit  Had to use a variety of brushes to get those bits clean. Comes as no surprise you struggled with the brake dust pitting, you were using Wolf's  it's crap. I used RIM7 to get the worst off and clean the wheel, then upped the ante to Iron-X to get the rest out - wheels were perfect after, and they started off worse than those there (will post pics when I get 5mins to upload them).When it comes to wash media, a Waschpudel is as short a pile as I dare go. Even with rinsing, pre-washing, more rinsing etc there is still dirt on the car. Swirl marks are almost unavoidable, but I do believe that the longer the pile, the lesser the risk. |
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28th March 2012, 08:48
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Nice work Kev, not going to mention the sponge
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28th March 2012, 12:40
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thanks guys
robbo - we all have opinions and thats cool. I did'nt say that I 'can't' rinse washmitts out, ive basically never liked using them. sponges may keep dirt on the surface but with thorough foaming and rinsing, where would this 'grit' come from?? yes, foaming does'nt remove all dirt but there should'nt really be much left over.. anyway, thats my opinion and i'll be sticking to sponges ive also used noddle type mitts and pads and wool pads Last edited by -kev-; 28th March 2012 at 12:43. |
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