Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
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quote:
Originally posted by jungle
every day if i could but normally washed clayed and waxed twice a week without fail!
why do you clay it twice a week? Only really needs doing twice a year
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Once a month at the moment but usually once a fortnight
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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In the summer I do it pretty much weekly but this time of year it's slipping to every 3-4 weeks.
It's not been polished or waxed since August 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Originally posted by Firestate88
if you clean the car alot in a week your doing the car worse then good onestly
because everytime you clean it your taking off a very tiny bit of paint when cleaning and more you clean it less paint and protection it has
Washing your car does not take off paint, thats what polish is for.
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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In winter its when I get time to do it (usually every 2-3weeks)
In summer at least once a week
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
Location: methilhill,fife
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
quote:
Originally posted by jungle
every day if i could but normally washed clayed and waxed twice a week without fail!
why do you clay it twice a week? Only really needs doing twice a year
you hav'nt seen the tree's about our house then ave you 
it's like living in a forrest!!!!
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John
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If you clay and wax twice a week you're doing something majorly wrong, that wil be eating at your paintwork.
If you are waxing properly the rubbish from the trees should come off no bother if you wash twice a week.
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
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Use a decent wax, none of this liquid based out of a bottle shit.
Something like P21s or Petes 53. Both are only £20 and are MUCH better than megs tech wax or gold class
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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meguire's clay is a soft clay and is designed not to damage paint's of any kind when used with the quick detailer 
used it every weekend for a year on my old car and never had any problem's with it ever! 
[Edited on 20-12-2008 by jungle]
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John
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It doesn't damage the paint when you use it, it will if you're using it twice a week.
If you're wasting money on £50 plastic bottles for snow foam you might as well buy a wax that lasts more than 3 days.
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Fad
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Seriously I cant understand how people can clay their cars more than twice a year and wax it each week...providing you use decent products i.e not the shit that you buy off the shelf in Halfords you shouldnt need to wax it that often.
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John
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Even using the stuff from halfords you don't have to do it that often, meguiars and autoglym stuff isn't that bad, especially for the price you pay.
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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Clay and wax twice a week?! Fuck that, I can barely be arsed doing mine at all. Hasn't been cleaned for over a month now, it looks fucking horrible but the weather is too shit to be out there washing cars.
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Mobby
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Registered: 31st Dec 07
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Originally posted by Joe
Clay and wax twice a week?! Fuck that, I can barely be arsed doing mine at all. Hasn't been cleaned for over a month now, it looks fucking horrible but the weather is too shit to be out there washing cars.
same, had to do it the other day though as its been too long
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
Location: methilhill,fife
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come see the car and you will see that there's not a single swirl or scratch anywhere and the wax last's alot longer than 3 days mate just i chose to wax each week just to keep on top of it!
so what if i clay twice a week it's has'nt and wont do any damage aslong as it's done right
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Colin
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Washed mine today, 20 mins done wheels too. Prob wont do it adain until Feb.
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Rob R
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quote:
Originally posted by jungle
come see the car and you will see that there's not a single swirl or scratch anywhere
mate if you clay your car twice a week there will be maring marks and light swirl marks, only they're hard to spot on silver. stick the car under a set of halogens and it will open your eyes a bit
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jungle
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
quote:
Originally posted by jungle
come see the car and you will see that there's not a single swirl or scratch anywhere
mate if you clay your car twice a week there will be maring marks and light swirl marks, only they're hard to spot on silver. stick the car under a set of halogens and it will open your eyes a bit
i have don't worry i am not daft!
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jungle
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want me to take the nikon out with the halogen light to prove it???
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BarnshaW
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claying a car twice a week is obsessive imo. it would not be nearly as dirty after a couple of days to need a clay again
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Not even vxr marc would do that because it's just stripping your car down to the bare paint to start all over with waxing again, instead of just building up coats of wax, it's a total waste of energy.
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Firestate88
if you clean the car alot in a week your doing the car worse then good onestly
because everytime you clean it your taking off a very tiny bit of paint when cleaning and more you clean it less paint and protection it has
 no, everytime you use something like T-cut it does, water and soap won't do a lot to your paint TBH.
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sand-eel
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I keep meaning to do it then it rains and washes it a bit, so then put it off again, rains again, put it off again. hasn't been washed for ages but isn't that dirty.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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White car, white wheels in winter = NIGHTMARE.
Just finished it, hadn't been cleaned for over a month. What a ball ache.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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I've just done my Silver car Olly, and I don't envy you with your VXR at the moment 
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