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[iMurray]

that's so sweet, setting up a school for unpriveleged cartoons... the above guide is pretty good actually... although i'd state you need to rinse the car with ya hose before you start going at it with a shampoo and mitt... because any residue dirt or grit and sand or salt or anything abrasive can cut at your paint :)...

Rinse, Shampoo, Rinse, Clay, Polish, Wax. Set yourself a good amount of time too! because if you do it right the first time, its easier to keep up with there after...

ths reminds me how dirty my mini is.

[minimaxie]

TWO BUCKET METHOD PEOPLE

3 Buckets if your doing it properly Ian!! That's what Dodo Juice recommend anyway lol

I love bringing my Mini back to life with a bit of cleaning and detaling. My mates think I'm stupid for cleaning it every week for at least a couple of hours, but I don't care. I don't like my Mini looking like a bog brush. Can't recommend Dodo Juice enough, and Meguiars. If you join Auto Finesse, Dodo Juice, Meguiars etc on Facebook, they regularly hold weekly competitions to win stuff from their range, so it's well worth joining if your just beginning into detailing, or like me, love freebies lol

[bcjames]

Much as the above guys have said, 2BM, with products from AG, Megs, Dodo and CG. Last autumn I gave it a full clean, clay, and a few layers of AG HD wax to protect it, then parked it in the garage under a cover.

I love having my Mini spotlessly clean, it become quite an obsession Conversely, you can't even tell what colour my VW is!



mini flectas 014 by bcjamesmini, on Flickr

Being an MPi theres a huge mess under the bonnet to try and keep on top of too! This is probably the hardest bit, there's so many intricate parts, but from 1m back it looks acceptable.



Engine bay by bcjamesmini, on Flickr

[minisilverbullet]

that's so sweet, setting up a school for unpriveleged cartoons... the above guide is pretty good actually... although i'd state you need to rinse the car with ya hose before you start going at it with a shampoo and mitt... because any residue dirt or grit and sand or salt or anything abrasive can cut at your paint :)...

Rinse, Shampoo, Rinse, Clay, Polish, Wax. Set yourself a good amount of time too! because if you do it right the first time, its easier to keep up with there after...

ths reminds me how dirty my mini is.

Rinse after clay baring is also a good idea, removes all the residue.

[Wise Old Elf]

Some low life keyed my daily driver yesterday. Ohh I love working in London. No point polishing it now.

[Noah]

Next time your down this way I'll sort it for you.

That's what you get when you park in a **** area.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Next time your down this way I'll sort it for you.

Do you spray cars?

[RawlinsGTR]

Next time your down this way I'll sort it for you.

Do you spray cars?

Nah mate he uses a coarse enough polish to grind the scratch out of the paint.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Next time your down this way I'll sort it for you.

Do you spray cars?

Nah mate he uses a coarse enough polish to grind the scratch out of the paint.

grit.

[Noah]

Next time your down this way I'll sort it for you.

Do you spray cars?

Nah mate he uses a coarse enough polish to grind the scratch out of the paint.

grit.

Basically yeah... It's like sanding it out but, I'm not sanding..

[RawlinsGTR]

I was very pleased with myself when I managed to achieve this finish on the front of your mum's fiesta the other day Noah:



I hope she likes it.

[Noah]

FLOL.

There is a really good thread on DW about a Guards Red Porsche that was in worse nick paint wise the Fiesta above being restored. Looked awesome by the end of it.

[Noah]

http://www.detailing...ighlight=guards

[brum,brum,mike]

^ Thats pretty cool.

Don't know much about detailing, but the results after a 'detailing' look incredible.

Can you get rid of the orange peel effect that some modern paints leave after a respray by a good detailing?

[Noah]

^ Thats pretty cool.

Don't know much about detailing, but the results after a 'detailing' look incredible.

Can you get rid of the orange peel effect that some modern paints leave after a respray by a good detailing?

That requires a wet sanding process. A lot more technical but if you send it to a good detailers they'll wet sand it for you, KDS will do a very good job.