scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
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take it to the polish.
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silvercorsabee
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Registered: 9th Feb 12
Location: aberdeen
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snow foam
rinse
wash with wash mitt (should really use 2 bucket method  )
rinse
dry
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neil h
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Registered: 28th Sep 06
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quote:
Originally posted by silvercorsabee
wash with wash mitt (should really use 2 bucket method )
Nah, thats another questionable one tbh. If you've got a decent size bucket with a grit guard in you should be fine.
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silvercorsabee
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Registered: 9th Feb 12
Location: aberdeen
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quote:
Originally posted by neil h
quote:
Originally posted by silvercorsabee
wash with wash mitt (should really use 2 bucket method )
Nah, thats another questionable one tbh. If you've got a decent size bucket with a grit guard in you should be fine.
i dont lol thats on my to get list though...new bucket and grit guard!
is that tardis stuff any good? i tried wd40 once for tar spots and it worked quite well! is tardis worth buying and is it pricey?
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.Matt
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Registered: 28th Jan 09
Location: Kent
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Chuck a bucket of deionized water over it, makes it shiny (for a while)
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HarleyMK
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Registered: 17th Apr 11
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Corsa Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
Harley - wash the car, then do the tar spots, also make sure the car is dry or at least semi dry before you apply it. Otherwise you're just wasting product as it's water soluble!
Removing tar spots after washing means you're not rubbing crap all over the paintwork whilst it's still dirty 
Cheers mate, will do this from now on
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
Shower with Lynx shower gel.
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3i_gaz
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Liverpool
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Drive to the pol-wash.
Let immigrants work, get air freshener, go home, machine, wax. Win.
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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G101 or citrus wash lower half of the car.
PW rinse off inc wheels.
Autosmart smart wheels inc Ez detail brush and Karsher soft brush for the faces.
PW wheels off.
Magifoam.
PW rinse.
Autosmart Duet shampoo with wash mitt.
PW rinse.
Doused in Demon Shine (awesome stuff)
Dried with leaf blower.
Depending on LSP on the car then it would be de tared , , de ironed, clayed, then Autoglym Super resin then Collinite 476 
Obviously the top list is the regular routine but when I first get a car it gets stripped back to bare bones and protected.
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dannyboy17
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Registered: 27th Oct 11
Location: Aylesbury
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i forgot there was a hosepipe ban
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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I just rinse the car with the hose pipe then wash 1 panel at a time followed by a rinse.
Wheels get a scrub and rinsed off at the end.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Snow foam
Wheels
Rinse
Wash
Rinse
Dry car
Dry wheels
Clean windows
Clean exhaust tip, maybe a bit of Autosol if I fancy the extra effort.
And as for hosepipe ban...
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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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Afghan/Algerian car wash, £4 for a basic wash or £10 if I'm feeling flus hand want the interior vacuuming and a free air freshener
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
Shower with Lynx shower gel.
i used fairy liquid as i had no car shampoo for the mk meet
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Wash mitt in, wash mitt out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about.
and thats just stage 1
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chris_uk
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Registered: 8th Jul 03
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I dont usually wash it unless its a special occasion so when i do:
Rince with water
Use massive £1 sponge from asda with fairy washing liquid
Use same sponge on wheels
Rince
Use some turtlewax tyre stuff
Drive it to dry it
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SXI - Matt
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Registered: 8th Jul 07
Location: Leicestershire Drives: Corsa C SRI
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Rinse
Clean the wheel's & archs with some APC i got of rich on here cant remember the brand
Cheap bright orange wash mit from parkers
Magnum washing up liquid (ran out of car shampoo)
Meguires drying town
dress tyres and plastic with meguires products
Stand back and admire it then the heavens normally open and it all goes to shit
[Edited on 30-04-2012 by SXI - Matt]
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chrisn1234
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Registered: 16th Oct 11
Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
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serbs
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Boil kettle
Rinse bucket
Poor kettle into bucket
Add fairy liquid
Wash car with yellow sponge
Rinse with garden hose.
Car isn't covered covered in swirls and scratches and looks as shiny as any other car.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Fairy liquid...eeek! Bet your wax doesnt last long Jamie 
Mines pretty much the same as Dave's 
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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I don't clean the Corsa that way, thats how I clean the daily hack, hasn't ever had a coat off wax
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Ahh right lol. Corsa gets all the posh cleaning goodies for itself then
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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mine from today courtesy of advice from rich
rinse, wash, rinse, loosley dry, tar remover, rinse, clay, rinse, dry, polish, wax.
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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drive to polish car wash place
wind window down
hand over 5 gbp
wind window up
let them do their thing
drive out
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corsadonk
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Registered: 4th Jul 09
Location: Marlborough, Wiltshire
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Wash the car with car shampoo, rinse with a watering can, dry with a chamois.
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