Detailing Thread

TestTransmission

vectra wrote: »

AG HD wax has got good reviews.
I cannot say how it is as I never used it.

What sealant would you recommend for me so?I'm just about out of wax anyway.

MetzgerMeister

Lads, we need 1 more name for the D/A group buy if anyone here is interested.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056588521&page=3


The best thing about AG HD Wax from what I've heard, apart from it doing its job very well, is that it doesn't leave a white powder in all the cracks of the car like their other waxes do. This is why I love Meguiars, no powder ****e from any of their products!

Neilw

TestTransmission wrote: »

What sealant would you recommend for me so?I'm just about out of wax anyway.

Chemical guys jetseal is very good. I use it with collinite wax ontop for winter protection.

listermint

Nayeli Shaggy Summer wrote: »

Recently go a DA and I am working on 100% correction panel by panel, however its a long and probably unachievable goal.

The holy grail

vectra

TestTransmission wrote: »

What sealant would you recommend for me so?I'm just about out of wax anyway.

I have tried various sealants but what I use now is Wolf's Body Wrap.

Used it on my own white car and on the Black Toledo.
Superb results. The only problem is we have lost our Irish Supplier but is available from the UK,

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/wolf-39-s-chemicals-nano-body-wrap/prod_901.html

It is a liquid so not white residue or dust off this. Simple to use also.

I use this to wash the two cars to help preserve the coating

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washing-and-drying/car-wash-shampoos/wolfs-chemicals-nano-bathe-shampoo/prod_940.html


I might order some of this next

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/detailing-sprays/wolfs-chemicals-nano-quick-detailer-500ml/prod_936.html


Now I am in Contact with Jesse ( Wolfman himself )

He has informed me that a dealer will be here in Ireland shortly. When exactly he did not say, He also showed a new product coming along shortly. Very similar to Body Wrap but will be scratch resistant.
I will definately be trying that one out.

Hope this helps you.

DubDetailer

vectra wrote: »

He has informed me that a dealer will be here in Ireland shortly. When exactly he did not say, He also showed a new product coming along shortly. Very similar to Body Wrap but will be scratch resistant.
I will definately be trying that one out.

Hope this helps you.

There sure will be

If your looking for a good readily available sealant try AG Extra Gloss, i love the stuff for and AIO

HD wax is extremely good and like all AG products it does exactly what it says on the tin and is user friendly.

There is a new spray sealant in production from one of our suppliers, should be ready soon, when it is we will distribute some sample for people to try such as Listermint, Fitzgeme and get some feedback

vectra

DubDetailer wrote: »

There sure will be

If your looking for a good readily available sealant try AG Extra Gloss, i love the stuff for and AIO

HD wax is extremely good and like all AG products it does exactly what it says on the tin and is user friendly.

There is a new spray sealant in production from one of our suppliers, should be ready soon, when it is we will distribute some sample for people to try such as Listermint, Fitzgeme and get some feedback

I take it that it is going to be your good self?
If so, could you guesstimate when?

DubDetailer

vectra wrote: »

I take it that it is going to be your good self?
If so, could you guesstimate when?

We are just trying to get ourselfs together, we would hope to have it by end of April, once this DA group buy is out of the way

Voodoomelon

Got myself some AG HD wax this morning, will try it out this weekend.

DubDetailer

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Got myself some AG HD wax this morning, will try it out this weekend.

You wont be dissappointed, do one layer leave 24 hours then do another and your good for 3 months min :cool:

Great job by the way

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Just an update on the Car Detailing Forum request. It was decided to reject the forum. Dont understand myself looking at other forums approved this month but mine is not to question why. I suppose the admins feel there is existing functionality already by using the tags in the DIY forum.

Anyway off to Detailing World to browse the Showroom section, then checkout the Wax and Sealants sub-section to get some answers on the above points..........................................................................

E39MSport

Obviously not enough detailing related advertising revenue envisaged

The biggest drawback is lack of opportunity to organise threads.

Perhaps we could exploit stickies under the DIY thread allowing subscribers to reasonably easily get to relevant information.

eg) sticky: - Wax and sealant
First post could be regularly edited to reflect our experiences and advice as time passes. Follow up posts could be users feedback etc.

... and of course the pics thread
Such a shame we couldn't be afforded our own forum.

TestTransmission

Nayeli Shaggy Summer wrote: »

Just an update on the Car Detailing Forum request. It was decided to reject the forum. Dont understand myself looking at other forums approved this month but mine is not to question why. I suppose the mods feel there is existing functionality already by using the tags in the DIY forum.

Mods didn't make the decision fella. As a fellow mod you should know that and I'd expect more from you in regards to that.I'm a active user in here and gave a +1 to the forum. I only seen it was rejected when you posted here.Their decision is made so I guess we have to move on now and reshape this subforum into the better place it should be.

MuppetCheck

Do the mods decide? I thought new forums had requirements to reach. I was looking into this recently for an idea of my own but I doubt the interest is there.

E39MSport

Embarrassed to admit that I didn't vote.

My vote was unlikely to make the critical difference but perhaps visibility of that thread or lack thereof may have influenced the outcome.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

TestTransmission wrote: »

Mods didn't make the decision fella. As a fellow mod you should know that and I'd expect more from you in regards to that.I'm a active user in here and gave a +1 to the forum. I only seen it was rejected when you posted here.Their decision is made so I guess we have to move on now and reshape this subforum into the better place it should be.

Changed that to admins there for ya, dont jump down my throat please for nomenclature mistakes and leave the "fella" stuff out, it comes across a bit patronising unless your Mike Brewer. I just requested the forum and championed it, I did my best. No the mods dont make the decision.

E39MSport

Come on chaps. Think of the beading ... It's Friday

listermint

E39MSport wrote: »

Embarrassed to admit that I didn't vote.

My vote was unlikely to make the critical difference but perhaps visibility of that thread or lack thereof may have influenced the outcome.

i disappoint

TestTransmission

E39MSport wrote: »

Obviously not enough detailing related advertising revenue envisaged

The biggest drawback is lack of opportunity to organise threads.

Perhaps we could exploit stickies under the DIY thread allowing subscribers to reasonably easily get to relevant information.

eg) sticky: - Wax and sealant
First post could be regularly edited to reflect our experiences and advice as time passes. Follow up posts could be users feedback etc.

... and of course the pics thread
Such a shame we couldn't be afforded our own forum.

There's a sticky already which has been waiting for people to update yet.

Nayeli Shaggy Summer wrote: »

Changed that to admins there for ya, dont jump down my throat please for nomenclature mistakes and leave the "fella" stuff out, it comes across a bit patronising unless your Mike Brewer. I just requested the forum and championed it, I did my best. No the mods dont make the decision.

Changing it now makes it no different, you were trying to imply that this rejection was somehow down to the mods, which in fact I gave my opinion on the matter in the request thread as other people did and had no other say.

I haven't been approached by any of the admins yet on how we want this forum to proceed so I'm obviously open to suggestions from all the regulars.

E39MSport

Ha... didn't even see that sticky. Case in point really.

I don't expect to see threads about glazes etc in a DIY sub forum but hey ho.

I've been away for a bit anyways so not concentrating as much I should.

Let's make the most of it

btkm8unsl0w5r4

TestTransmission wrote: »

Changing it now makes it no different, you were trying to imply that this rejection was somehow down to the mods.

Jesus TestTransmission stop throwing your toys out of the pram. Was I not the one on the thread pointing out to the motors mods that it wasnt their decision (post #40,43,99) when they were making summary judgements (post #86) on the request thread, or when they were harping on about the lack of posts on this thread (post #2,6, 22, 38, 39,). Your being unfair to me here. I had to defend the forum request a lot, and mostly from the admins and motors mods. I tried, now can you leave it there.

TestTransmission

Nayeli Shaggy Summer wrote: »

Jesus TestTransmission stop throwing your toys out of the pram. Was I not the one on the thread pointing out to the motors mods that it wasnt their decision (post #40,43,99) when they were making summary judgements (post #86) on the request thread, or when they were harping on about the lack of posts on this thread (post #2,6, 22, 38, 39,). Your being unfair to me here. I had to defend the forum request a lot, and mostly from the admins and motors mods. I tried, now can you leave it there.

I'm not the one throwing the toys out of my pram here.The forum request was rejected and your first reaction was to the blame motors mods for this decision ie me, which is totally unfounded.I'm not concerned in what was said in the forum request thread as that issue has now been resolved.

As you suggested let's it leave it here. I'd just appreciate if you weren't so quick to blame the mods when it wasn't our decision.

Vexorg

Gentlemen, shake hands, have a man hug and detail your cars, we are all on the same team here.

PS, how do we get a "detailing" prefix/tag added to the new post drop down menu thingy.

TestTransmission

Vexorg wrote: »

PS, how do we get a "detailing" prefix/tag added to the new post drop down menu thingy.

I'll be asking the admins to do so, waiting for feedback from ye guys regarding it.

Voodoomelon

Started spraying the door trims, will leave the bumpers for a few days.

Vexorg

TT that's great, I am new to detailing my self so am not sure what other prefixes might be used. However, I think it may be an idea to choose just one prefix while things are in their infancy and we can suggest more as we go along?

Thoughts on prefixes anyone?

I think some guides might be useful also, I am aware that there are many guides over on detailing world but a few basic ones of our own might not go amiss. Any suggestions?

I would like to see a basic guide say no machine assistance other than a vacuum cleaner, so wash, and polish etc. by hand.

A mid guide, with machine assistance, pressure washer, foam lance, machine polish.

Advanced guide, machine assistance, paint correction etc.

Perhaps some of the more experienced detailers could start some of these guides.

I have a steam cleaner in the shed which I am going to locate and use to clean my seats, so I can do up a guide for that, not that many will have steam cleaners but what the hell I have one and do not have a carpet/upholstery cleaner.

Lets work towards dedicated forum.

I think it would be a good idea to welcome those involved in the trade to share their expertise, I think they should make themselves known as "Trade" by showing their business name in a signature perhaps if that is an acceptable practice. Business is tough enough at the moment, so they should agree to not sniping at other business if they disagree with a point being made do so constructively and not in a manner that causes the other poster to become defensive. That way we can all enjoy the forum and get the best results from our detailing.

TL;DR



What else would make useful reading?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Vexorg the only prefix will be detailing, you can't put in a whole load. So all detailing threads will appear when you select the detailing prefix. To categorise the sections you would needmabout 10 prefix,s which would be a total mess. I don't know how stickies work with prefixes, if we have too many they will clog up the default any prefix page.

Vexorg

fitzgeme, that makes sense, perhaps TestTransmission can arrange for that to happen.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Getting people to use the prefix will be the problem, the ones that are there already get little use. Epically new posters won't know to use them.

MetzgerMeister

Vexorg wrote: »

fitzgeme, that makes sense, perhaps TestTransmission can arrange for that to happen.

It was his idea in the first place to have the tags and I too hope that people actually use them.

We could have an arrangement that if you start a thread about something detailing-related without tagging it, you get a week's ban from Motoring :pac: