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A quick sunday clean

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A quick sunday clean

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A quick sunday clean
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21:st-Jun-2015, 13:07:51
Well had a couple of spare so thought I'd give it a quick clean.

Hoovered it out and treated the seats


Gave the wheels a good wash with wheel cleaner and treated with Autoglym wheel sealant.


Washed it and then used autoglm aqua wax.


Then treated all the windows with wolf chemicals glass sealant.


Last but not least the sticker the wife got off ebay for me


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21:st-Jun-2015, 13:33:57
Looks nice mate

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21:st-Jun-2015, 13:47:15
Looks good.

Question. I've not got a couple spare and want to give the car a quick clean. I did the full works 2 weeks ago wash, clayed and waxed. So it's not to dirty.

Anyway this is getting far to long winded...... Will a car wash strip the wax off?


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21:st-Jun-2015, 13:48:04
I need that sticker car looks very good
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21:st-Jun-2015, 14:19:47
(21:st-Jun-2015, 13:47:15)dutton84 Wrote: Looks good.

Question. I've not got a couple spare and want to give the car a quick clean. I did the full works 2 weeks ago wash, clayed and waxed. So it's not to dirty.

Anyway this is getting far to long winded...... Will a car wash strip the wax off?


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21:st-Jun-2015, 14:26:01
From what i know if you go to any place that is has people operating it they will use a tfr. Most automatic car washes dont use a tfr and are a lot kinder to paint. ( i only say this as this is what a guy at our local imo told me when i asked). If you have a good layer of wax on can could only take you 20 mins to wash and dry.

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21:st-Jun-2015, 15:20:41 (This post was last modified: 21:st-Jun-2015, 15:21:01 by dutton84.)
Thought it might be a risk. So I just jet washed it at the garage instead. It's got water marks now. Think I'll just give it a proper wash and dry next time.


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21:st-Jun-2015, 16:06:29
(21:st-Jun-2015, 15:20:41)dutton84 Wrote: Thought it might be a risk. So I just jet washed it at the garage instead. It's got water marks now. Think I'll just give it a proper wash and dry next time.


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Have a look at this might help you out.

http://youtu.be/qQ32CqvgtMA

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22:nd-Jun-2015, 09:26:48
He likes saying 'coin wash' ha. Good video. Think I just need to dry it next time


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