Today a car gets washed ;)

[Endex]

Great encouragement - now where are my buckets and mits?!

 

[boxbrownie]

Mine will get the "Polish" (although I think our locals are now Serbian) treatment when spring gets here, until then the lights, windows and plates will be kept clean.

I hasten to add thats for the Lexus RX (winter traveller) not the ML....thats sitting on the drive shining nicely waiting for somebody to buy it.....please, anyone?

 

[Alex]

Great job. You save quite a bit of money by doing it all yourself too. About £1500 per session according to a fellow member-detailer!

 

[R2D2]

Great job. You save quite a bit of money by doing it all yourself too. About £1500 per session according to a fellow member-detailer!

Hmm, I can't really correct paint but I can give it a jolly good clean. I'm not sure what a detail without paint correction would cost(??)

 

[Giantvanman]

Well paint correction or not, the car looks splendid.
Using the bus next week are you?

 

[R2D2]

Well paint correction or not, the car looks splendid.
Using the bus next week are you?

Nah, I've been driving it already. I use it constantly and do 15000 miles per year.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Another great job done and back to it's full gleaming glory. :bannana:

 

[Alex]

Hmm, I can't really correct paint but I can give it a jolly good clean. I'm not sure what a detail without paint correction would cost(??)

Yes, that would be with paint correction and all.

I've taken a couple of lessons from a friendly local crash repair shop that did a few paint jobs for my projects over the last few years. So far I did 4 cars and about to do the CL in the next couple of weeks. Not a rocket science although I had to respray part of the bumper cover on wife's C-Class as I went through the paint

 

[Frostytel]

I find car cleaning therapeutic ..... I know I'm weird too lol

 

[R2D2]

I find car cleaning therapeutic ..... I know I'm weird too lol

Absolutely it's therapeutic! A lovely sunny day, fresh air and a shiny car

 

[Frostytel]

No external cleaning today but took instrument pod out fixed dash dimmer switch and cleaned lens whilst it was out changed all interior lights for LEDs ...... Time was at a premium today only had car a couple of weeks so in between rain I'm correcting a panel at a time .... De badged boot lid and concentrated on that, came up really nice with a blue sky overhead it was difficult to see that the car was black !! It was like a mirror!

 

[ItalianTuneUp]

How did you de-badge it?

 

[davidjpowell]

Not to r2 standard, (but it's a bigger beast) washed the caravan and car yesterday, today is the inside, and clear the bird poop that has already appeared...

 

[SimonRJ]

A man after my own heart - I love to spend hours cleaning my car and the neighbours think I'm bonkers but I can certainly say I have the cleanest car in our close!

Top job - looking great!

 

[wemorgan]

Quantity not quality is this week-end's motto. Washed the car, motorbike, polytunnel and greenhouse so far. Also put the summer tyres back on as the risk of snow seems low.

 

[R2D2]

LOL. I seem to have started a cleaning frenzy!

 

[Frostytel]

How did you de-badge it?

Fishing line and some tar/ glue remover followed by lots of elbow grease and a mild compound ...... Then a glaze followed by a nice sealing wax

 

[R2D2]

Great job. You save quite a bit of money by doing it all yourself too. About £1500 per session according to a fellow member-detailer!

I've been thinking about that comment. I'd be surprised if it were as much as that but you right it must save me some money. What do members think my 6 1/2 hour clean has saved me??

 

[Major774]

I want to clean my car now

 

[nigel cross]

Well its pouring here, does that count as a wash?