Detailing chat

Curran

Some people do a version of the 'Two Bucket' Method using a snow foam lance.

Snowfoam the car
Rinse the car down
Snowfoam again
Using a good wash mitt and a rinse bucket, with a drop of shampoo, wash a panel with the snowfoam, rinse the mitt, wash another panel.
Rinse
Dry

I'd only really advise that type of method if the car isnt too dirty.

Curran

Some people do a version of the 'Two Bucket' Method using a snow foam lance.

Snowfoam the car
Rinse the car down
Snowfoam again
Using a good wash mitt and a rinse bucket, with a drop of shampoo, wash a panel with the snowfoam, rinse the mitt, wash another panel.
Rinse
Dry

I'd only really advise that type of method if the car isnt too dirty.

nd

Was thinking of making something like this and trying it for cleaning car carpets /seats ect! Just spray a little cleaner scrub it and suck it up with this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrgSlbnjy-U

punisher5112

Hi all got at a yaris yesterday full of mould growth.

Got a nice bit of gear off detailingshed to get the job done.

Very happy with the results of the upholstery cleaner 50cal.

I will put up before and after pics once I find the laptop and most importantly the charger as both grew legs and walked just like the interior of the yaris was about to do.

The smell was rank and the many colours growing in there was like x files on lsd.

I spent 8 and half hours Saturday scrubbing and still not finished.

It was lying up for a little over a month and interior had seen a vacuum a handful of times over the years.

On the other hand it saw a lot of spills and food of all sorts.

Last time I got a good clean in it I found fries and mc nuggets from 6-8 months previous......

The seats look like I removed and replaced with new.

Look forward to getting I done and up for sale soon as she now has a slightly bigger and better car.
Pics to follow soon.

Alanstrainor

Maybe I should start a thread for this... But I'm hoping to give my e46 a good detail in the coming weeks. Weather permitting. I'm thinking a wash, polish and wax. I have autoglym resin polish, and chemical guys carnuba wax. I don't have a DA or anything. What kind of process should I do. I feel I haven't given the car a proper clean in a long while, it's just been ticking along.

Any advice? Any things I could buy to help me along?

*My will to spend hours upon hours is not quite there... but I may be convinced otherwise!*

edburg

Ideally you could maybe purchase some de-ironiser and tar remover so paint is nice and clean before hand polish or could be just spreading debris and doing damage.

That said :

rinse car to remove loose heavy muck
take your chosen shampoo and mitt and wash away remember to have a rinse bucket to rinse between wipes with mitt
Rinse
de iron
dwell - 2-5 mins should surfice but dont let product dry
rinse
tar remover
dwell - as above
rinse
dry with suitable towel or compressor air/leaf blower etc
polish away working in 2 foot area's and buffing
wax away a panel at a time with 2-5 minute dwell before buffing

Take pics and admire, post said pics on here take the good with the bad and go for drive



This just a simple way to go about, there several other ways and different options but I am presuming you dont have likes of snow foam and mega machines etc etc as there was no mention of it.

Foxhole Norman

I'd give it a clay bar too after DE ironing and tarring it, makes a massive difference!

Alanstrainor

Cheers lads, never heard of de-ironing before! What product do you recommend?

Foxhole Norman

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Cheers lads, never heard of de-ironing before! What product do you recommend?

De-Ironing would be the same as a Fallout remover, Iron-x is great but I find Bilt Hamber's Korrosol the best, can be got on DetailingShed, you'll be surprised what it'll take off!

punisher5112

Hi having trouble uploading photos from laptop onto boards any tips? keep getting error page when manage attachment and upload photo.

Curran

As the lads said, claying is worth considering, as it makes a massive difference. De-Ironing and De-Tarring are two steps pre-claying that make claying so much easier. Definitely wouldnt clay without de-tarring, but the de-iron will also remove a heap of contamination.

If you were looking for the lazy man approach...wash, rinse, de-iron, rinse, de-tar, rinse or quick wash, dry and wax/sealant ....will actually do a decent job, and will make a very noticeable difference on Silver, assuming you still have the E46!

Take it a step further and clay after the de-tar.
And further again, a light hand polish pre wax / sealant will be the works and a very good job.

Curran

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hi having trouble uploading photos from laptop onto boards any tips? keep getting error page when manage attachment and upload photo.

Not sure the site is back to 100% post the issues a little while back - just posted above and the past few times, and Ive had to delete a duplicate several times.

Alanstrainor

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

De-Ironing would be the same as a Fallout remover, Iron-x is great but I find Bilt Hamber's Korrosol the best, can be got on DetailingShed, you'll be surprised what it'll take off!

Are there any walk in shops that I could pick these up? Detail shed charges almost €8 for delivery...:(

Curran

Contact them directly...they'll arrange collections...they are in Swords!

Hear they should have better rates sorted by next week too!

bbari

Alanstrainor wrote:

Are there any walk in shops that I could pick these up? Detail shed charges almost €8 for delivery...

I was able to collect every time i ordered, send them a pm on fb.

Peew

Curran wrote: »

Contact them directly...they'll arrange collections...they are in Swords!

Hear they should have better rates sorted by next week too!

Wish I knew that last week when I spent a few quid there and had it dropped to Finglas to me, the 8quid could have bought or gone towards something else.
Not even a packet of sweets in the order.:rolleyes:

Curran

At least you know now, for future!

It's not a sweet shop. Would you expect sweets from Harvey Norman or Lifestyle or whatever? I think you may have mixed them up with another supplier.

vectra

Curran wrote: »

At least you know now, for future!

It's not a sweet shop. Would you expect sweets from Harvey Norman or Lifestyle or whatever? I think you may have mixed them up with another supplier.

Same thing as going into a sweet shop for a packet of crisps and getting a bottle of Mr.Sheen thrown in for free. :P

edburg

Curran wrote: »

At least you know now, for future!

It's not a sweet shop. Would you expect sweets from Harvey Norman or Lifestyle or whatever? I think you may have mixed them up with another supplier.

Harvey Norman sell Suites, so yes I would expect a suite or 2

MetzgerMeister

Curran wrote: »

It's not a sweet shop.

It's not :eek:

But the cotton candy, bubblegum and berry bomb tastes so nice!!!

Curran

And the IronX smells sooooo good!

Peew

Curran wrote: »

At least you know now, for future!

It's not a sweet shop. Would you expect sweets from Harvey Norman or Lifestyle or whatever? I think you may have mixed them up with another supplier.

I do now.;)
I didn't mix them up, Lovely man, pity about the closing.;)

Richard88

Do ye think it is necessary deiron, detar and then clay or would claying alone remove the tar etc?

edburg

Richard88 wrote: »

Do ye think it is necessary deiron, detar and then clay or would claying alone remove the tar etc?

You should really, I have done very fine tar marks by clay couple times out of laziness but safe in knowledge car was up to date with my cleaning.

The risk was still there though tiny bits tar/general crud just being spread with clay surface and scaring paint.

bbari

What!?!?

edburg

bbari wrote: »

What!?!?

WTF!!!!!!

vectra

LOL

Curran

edburg wrote: »

WTF!!!!!!

Jealous that you didn't make the list??

Nice to know you are loved, Vectra?

edburg

Curran wrote: »

Jealous that you didn't make the list??

Nice to know you are loved, Vectra?

Lol that was shock, couldn't understand why or how it was done.

Ron Burgundy II

edburg wrote: »

Lol that was shock, couldn't understand why or how it was done.

I've seen a few posts about this, thought it was a p!ss take at first but each to their own I guess. Any link as a matter of interest :pac:

bbari

Ron Burgundy II wrote: »

I've seen a few posts about this, thought it was a p!ss take at first but each to their own I guess. Any link as a matter of interest :pac:

http://www.boards.ie/love.php

vectra

Curran wrote: »

Nice to know you are loved, Vectra?

Oh behind it all I am a very Loveable person LOL

Libra to the backbone

cian1500ww

Curran wrote: »

Hear they should have better rates sorted by next week too!

When are you hoping to get the better rates sorted? Need to order a couple of things but I've been putting it off until I needed some more stuff

YbFocus

I didn't bother waiting a put through a small order last night
My detailing shed first order :pac:

The one that started the life long problem!

YbFocus

I didn't bother waiting a put through a small order last night
My detailing shed first order :pac:

The one that started the life long problem!

Curran

cian1500ww wrote: »

When are you hoping to get the better rates sorted? Need to order a couple of things but I've been putting it off until I needed some more stuff

Just waiting on our new courier to confirm our credit check! Hoping it might have been all systems go today but no word yet!

edburg

YbFocus wrote: »

I didn't bother waiting a put through a small order last night
My detailing shed first order :pac:

The one that started the life long problem!

Bankruptcy followed by divorce now. But car be shiny :pac::pac::pac:

YbFocus

edburg wrote: »

Bankruptcy followed by divorce now. But car be shiny :pac::pac::pac:

I might be bankrupt but I'm not married at least
It'll take a lot for my car to get decently detailed!

At least I'll only bring myself down

crasy dash

Curran wrote: »

Just waiting on our new courier to confirm our credit check! Hoping it might have been all systems go today but no word yet!

Thats great news Curran hope it helps the business grow and get stronger:)

vintagevrs

I am going to order some ironx and tarx this week. Are these the best to go for? I have used them before and was happy with what they did, but if there are better value products there that do that same thing I would be happy to hear. As 500mls didn't last too long the last time.

I have a black Golf. When I got it I gave it a run with a DA and finishing pad and polish. I then applied some Simoniz car wax. It still comes up great with a quick wash after 15k km. 845 seems to get a lot of love on here, and wondering should I order this too? I think it will be easier applied which is great as the Simoniz nearly killed me. Will results be similar to the Simoniz wax?

Cheers

vintagevrs

I am going to order some ironx and tarx this week. Are these the best to go for? I have used them before and was happy with what they did, but if there are better value products there that do that same thing I would be happy to hear. As 500mls didn't last too long the last time.

I have a black Golf. When I got it I gave it a run with a DA and finishing pad and polish. I then applied some Simoniz car wax. It still comes up great with a quick wash after 15k km. 845 seems to get a lot of love on here, and wondering should I order this too? I think it will be easier applied which is great as the Simoniz nearly killed me. Will results be similar to the Simoniz wax?

Cheers

YbFocus

I'm chancing the 845 after reading about it on here and reading that it loves dark blue!
I'll have to see what all the fuss is about

NickDunne

YbFocus wrote: »

I'm chancing the 845 after reading about it on here and reading that it loves dark blue!
I'll have to see what all the fuss is about

x2 heard nothing but good reviews

YbFocus

NickDunne wrote: »

x2 heard nothing but good reviews

Yeah i said i had to give it a go!
Only 23 euro too so won't break the bank

crasy dash

Hoping to get at the interior at some stage this week.

Its in a bad state to be fair,what's the best technique to get at the tough spots in between centre console and front seats without removing them.

Was thinking a small paint brush to loosen dry crap and hoover with the attachment .

vectra

Yes.
Collinite 845 8is great stuff.
Apply very sparingly On bare p[repared paint for best results.
Place it in a dish of warm water for approx 15 minutes before using to make it as liquid as possible.

For better protection, apply 2 coats 24 hours apart.

ianobrien

I'm converted to Collinite 845. I applied it to the Leon last September/October and its still beading. Drying the car after a wash brings it back to a nice shine but it will be reapplied soon.

My technique is to leave the wax in a cup of hot water and put a blob the size of a 2 cent coin on the applicator. Dab the applicator on different spots of the panel and then apply gently. I leave it cure and wipe away and buff. A blob the size of a 5cent coin is enough for the roof.

crasy dash

Good news for myself the missus is after giving up the fags and is really making a go at it this time.

Don't want her going back on them so while I have time I want to try and get rid of the smell of smoke from her Peugeot so when she is driving the urge won't come back

Is a good steaming the best way to go lads or would be better paying someone with the proper kit to do it for me?

MetzgerMeister

Elite Auto Clean will do a good job of that. They will wash the whole interior and then smoke it out with a scent of your choice.

nd

My latest purchase.



It's missing the spray trigger but it can be bought online. For the time being I'll just use a spray bottle.

60 smackeroonies!