Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[Yellow Dave]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...l-Gtechniq-Permanon-etc&p=8906435#post8906435

a link to my detailing items for sale as some asked. Zymol / Gtechniq / Permanon etc

 

[JD]

Chappers, Whizzer on DW has you logged in and posting yesterday? Are you still having issues?

Gally, he had you logged in yesterday at 11am. I only tried at 4.40pm?!

 

[Gally]

Yeah it's logs in sometimes but when I go to click anything the page just loads then shows up nothing. White page!

Sometimes I don't even get that far.

 

[Joe#]

Anyone tried Zaino Z18 Clay bar?

 

[Gally]

Me and Jay have. It's one of the best on the market easily. If I was only doing my own car i'd use it all the time. Doing a few means I buy BiltHamber.

 

[Jay.S]

Yeah its good Joe.

I use it with Demonshine 50/50 as a lube.

 

[Joe#]

That's great then. I've just ordered some. I have some Sonus lube left over, so I'll be using that.

 

[Chapppers11]

Chappers, Whizzer on DW has you logged in and posting yesterday? Are you still having issues?

Gally, he had you logged in yesterday at 11am. I only tried at 4.40pm?!

Yea I had the same as Gally mate, but it's all working fine now!

Thanks for that.

 

[Gally]

Mine isn't. It's s**t. It's s**t and it's s**t. Fucktards.

 

[JamieG]

Anybody used raceglaze alacantara cleaner? Any good?

 

[MatthewR]

Anybody used raceglaze alacantara cleaner? Any good?

Never used it, but i think that is the one that people are generally pointed to.

 

[JD]

Anybody used raceglaze alacantara cleaner? Any good?

Yes, it's the one I reach for when I need to clean dad's car. Well worth the money.

 

[C.J]

Applied the Gtechniq G1 to the windscreen yesterday. Wow. This stuff is amazing.

I probably looked mental, grinning at my windscreen.

 

[Joeh]

Right abit of a dumb question here but what does everyone use for stripping wax before a correction or if you're moving onto a totally new glaze and wax combo? Always used a very dilute megs apc but never been 100percent. Also it might have been answered before but what's everyone's thoughts on clearkote red moose? I've got a trophy now so thinking it'll be ideal?

 

[JD]

Red moose is superb. Although Prima Amigo might be better.

To strip previous LSPs, usually strong solution of APC as you've said or washing up liquid. Not keen on the latter as it contains salts so could potentially scratch.

 

[Joeh]

Thanks JD, funny you should say that as I actually swapped red moose for prima amigo in my shopping basket earlier haha. Just got to find something decent for the girlfriends frozen white fiesta ST. I understand prima amigo is more suited to dark colours?

 

[James23]

Got a black car to do tomorrow, don't have any special black car products
I have AF tripple, and AF tough coat, and zaino z6 which is what I usually use on my car.
Also have SRP and some meguiars nxt tech wax 2.0 from when I used to buy shiz from halfords.

Will these do or should I get some specific products? Worth using SRP instead of tripple? (not sure what condition the paint is in)

 

[JD]

I would personally go for Tripple, but have not yet used the new SRP. Followed up by Tough Coat.

 

[James23]

Ok great, thanks for that. pretty sure my srp is the old stuff.

 

[Tommo.]

Just gave mine a quick wash and tried Z6 afterwards for the first time. Really impressed, by far the best QD i've used!

Did manage to use quite a bit tho

 

[Geddes]

Anyone tried the C4 trim stuff? I'm temped to buy it before parting my dosh

 

[Yellow Dave]

if it's applied properly with the necessary prep, C4 is worth it as a long term dressing. if you want something that you don't have to worry about prep and don't mind applying every few months look at AF revive

 

[Harpham]

Noobish question, but does tar remover strip layers of wax?

Car is covered in tar, but I don't want to strip my layers off, as I want the finish to last me until next year/when I have a working DA again.

 

[Geddes]

What sort of prep work like? If its too much hassle I'll give that AF Revive a go

 

[Yellow Dave]

Tar removers will do a good job at removing a lot of the wax, but may not remove it altogether. So I'd be re waxing after using it.

But in my opinion, if tar is sticking to the paint, your wax and sealant is showing good signs that it's past its best. If it were one or two spots then, but a lot and I'd already be planning stripping back re sealing

 

[Yellow Dave]

Prep for any of the nano sealants like c4 needs a spotless base. So after decontamination the surface you need some like IPA or panel wipe to remove oils etc. Then you have to be pretty sensible with application. It's pretty fussy, but once on properly will outlast 99% of everything else on the market

Revive is probably my favourite on permanent dressing and a small bottle will last you ages

 

[Harpham]

Tar removers will do a good job at removing a lot of the wax, but may not remove it altogether. So I'd be re waxing after using it.

But in my opinion, if tar is sticking to the paint, your wax and sealant is showing good signs that it's past its best. If it were one or two spots then, but a lot and I'd already be planning stripping back re sealing

That's the worrying thing. I only applied 2 layers of Zaino Z2, followed by 3-4 layers of Dodo Juice the week before CSS. Can't understand why i've got so much tar.
I may have over exaggerated, but I still didn't expect quite a few spots at the bottom of each doors already tbh. Products past their best now or something? Never had this issue before.

 

[Gorms]

The water where i am is very very chalky and if i fail to mop up any water after a wash it leaves horrid white marks. I was just wonder if anyone has had any experience with the filters that you place in the hose pipe. As per this link;

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/aqua-gleam-350-mm-de-ionising-water-filters.html

I have had a quick look and i imagine i would need both the 30ppm and 0ppm to prolong the life of the filters.

 

[aucky]

Have you got room for a couple of water butts?

 

[Gorms]

Have you got room for a couple of water butts?

Not really. Why is that?

 

[aucky]

Rain water is very clean if you can link 2-3 together as settling tanks (and an in-line filter in the down pipe) and take off from the final tank.

 

[JD]

The filters work well, but I believe can run out quite quickly once you start washing your car often and thus can get expensive. As the gent above me has suggested, water butts are the best method.

 

[Gorms]

Do you need to treat the water in the water butts? i remmeber when i was younger my parents had a water butt and the water was all scummy.

 

[aucky]

They need to be kept enclosed (with a lid)

 

[Scrooge]

Has anyone used the wax chapters had applied to his RB at wax stock?

 

[Chapppers11]

It was a custom made Mitchell & King wax if you were talking about the glitter I had on the bootlid mate.

The rest of the car was Zymol Carbon over Prima Amigo.

 

[Tommo.]

Does anybody know if using Zymol Carbon over Z2 would be 'compatible'? If that makes sense... lol

 

[Scrooge]

It was a custom made Mitchell & King wax if you were talking about the glitter I had on the bootlid mate.

The rest of the car was Zymol Carbon over Prima Amigo.

Was it any good and will it be available?

 

[Gally]

Does anybody know if using Zymol Carbon over Z2 would be 'compatible'? If that makes sense... lol

Great combo mate. See my recent threads.

 

[Chapppers11]

Was it any good and will it be available?

It was a brilliant 'show' wax, but in reality the flecks of glitter don't show through dirt.

It doesn't help that it's on the bootlid of my car, which gets dirty before anything else!

I'm going to find out a price for it, I'll let you know if you like.