Erm, by picking up dirt and grit from dirty water in the bucket and dragging it around the bodywork. Yes indeed you use a side to side motion if you know what you are doing, but how many people have you seen who wash their car with a spongein a circular motion? Loads! All I'm saying is sponges are no good when compared to a lambswool/ microfibre wash mit, most people still use sponges as they are cheap and readily available, but cheap is not necessarily best. With regards the cleaning of the paint to remove tar/sap etc, apart from the real enthusiasts who know how to use a clay bar, who really does all of the things you mention before they commence washing with a sponge? I think most people would be happy enough just using a sponge and bucket to clean their car, as it is less hassle, and quicker. You carry on using your sponges, after all you do the job for a living so you must know what you are talking about! And when we are talking about time and money a quick going over with a sponge wins everytime.
Lot of sense talked there sixpot . I am a recent convert to wash mit and two bucket method. I use mainly Meguiars stuff now BTW. And here's the quarter panel on my mk2 after a good meguiaring
Recent convert to poorboys, washed my car weeks ago then used poorboys natty paste wax and the cars still shiney even after all this rain and stuff Also Zymol and p21s is very very good stuff Don't trust anything you can buy at hellfrauds! lol!
I use virtually the whole SONUS range for cleaning/polishing including wash mitt,shampoo,dryingtowels,detailing towels and their SFX range of polish.Meqs NXT wax at the moment but I am soon going to try Klasse All In One and sealer for the final finish.
Get yourself to a car show and find the meguirs stand. They put out freebie sachets of gold class and NXT polish. By making repeat visits you can wind up with 15 sachets of gold class, and 5 of NXT. Apparently one sachet is enough to do the whole car, so that little lot should keep me going until next year.
Right, thanks for the comments so far, given me a much better idea of what i'm after..... I have came up with what i *think* is a decent kit....comments appreciated Wash with sheepskin mitt and dry with a waffle weave towel Meguiars Quick Clay kit Sonus 2 stage hand polish kit (and a polishing towel) Meguiars NXT Generation Tech Wax/Sealant (then a buffing towel) Forever black bumper & trim dye kit This OK? My other choice of wax is Meguiar's Gold Class Clear Coat Car Wax - but apparantly the NXT is more durable as its a wax & sealant? What will give a shinier result? With that...how often would I need to do the whole 9 yards? Was thinking weekly wash would just be decent shampoo/sheepskin mitt/ww towel Then monthly do the wax every few months re-polish? What can you use more regularly that wont take up 6 hours and just 'top up' the gloss/shine? Ta!
nxt is thier most durable and best looking wax...dont like it myslef it dont last that long, but its easy to use
well since this thread I've ordered the following: Meguires wash mitt Car-Lack 68 Shampoo (will be done with the two bucket method) Meguires drying towel Mequires QD and Clay Car-Lack 68 Systematic Care (same as Klasse AIO) as a polish/cleaner Car-Lack 68 Long Life Sealant (same as Klasse SG) Natty's Blue Wax Just need to order some applicators and microfiber towels now
i registered here: http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/index.php and asked for advice. got the wash mitt, quick clay and drying towel off eBay. The shampoo, polish/cleaner and sealant from http://www.carsparkle.co.uk/ and will be ordering microfibre cloths, applicators and wax from http://www.seriousperformance.co.uk/
Pigbladder - What other waxes would you reccomend? I've read that the Nattys blue is supposed to be good!
chris i reccomended all that stuff to gareth on the dw forum most of the finish is due to the prep work i.e polishing good waxes are p21s nattys collinite join http://autopia.org/forum/index.php? http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/ http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/index.php have bloody good read up before you decide...megs is decent stuff, i did a detailing day at their hq in america, learned q a bit
I use my Local IMO, chuck the kid a fiver and I even get the optional extra "triple colour foam" Get amongst it.
