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Re: Car Detailing

Postby turbell » Sat May 14, 2016 7:21 pm

Rear lenses respond to a mild cutting compound like t-cut, but do it with a wet piece of old worn towel,circular motions, off the car if you dare.......then some good quality resin polish to seal them and keep them protected with the same resin polish.

On detailing or paint correction as some call it, I like my clay bar, bit strange when you first do it but gets rid of dirt particles...tree sap...metal particles.....overspray etc etc, then wet cut with Farecla G6 or another cutting compound of your choice depending how far you want to take it. Always a panel at a time.
Pro's can make an average car look stunning, but depends on how it's looked after that and where it's kept.
Got some Farecla UV wax and that's awesome stuff, I was told it was for GRP boats, but that may be a tall tale...............
But then it rains, gets mucky............start again............or just bucket wash it and slap some tyre shine on .......feck it ....that'll do.
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Re: Car Detailing

Postby stephendell » Sat May 14, 2016 9:03 pm

Any of the proprietary plastic polishes will work but to do a good job you need to very carefully dismantle them and clean the inside too. They will be very brittle so be careful applying pressure or they will crack.
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Re: Car Detailing

Postby noyzboy2106 » Thu May 19, 2016 3:09 pm

I had a RX-7 valeted by Kirsty Thorby in Abinger Hammer.tel 07889289620. Very good job
There is a whole wideworld of valeting and detailing and the practitioners get irritated if you mis-label them.
Worth taking the car and discussing your needs. The entrance to the site is very rough.
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Re: Car Detailing

Postby RBS » Sun May 22, 2016 8:30 am

Might be of interest.


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Re: Car Detailing

Postby simontaylor » Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:21 am

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