Cleaned The Car

[Mat]

Just cleaned the car for the first time in a couple of weeks, and also gave it a wax for the first time this summer!

Anyway, just wondered if people have a routine and also what do they use?

I'll start, here's mine:

Rinse car
Clean alloys with wheels brush
Rinse car all over
wipe over with sponge A (no soap)
rinse again
wash all over with Sponge B (loads of Autoglym shampoo) Startin with roof, then windscree, bonnet, rear window and other windoes
rinse again,
wash all over
rinse again
wash panel by panel (washin and immediately rinsing)
rinse all over
Squeegee dry
Chamois Dry
Wax* (happens once a month or depending of time of year - winter too cold - also depeneds how hot it is and if i can be arsed )

Thats the outside done!

Open doors and boot
clean sills with jug of warm water
dry with chamois

Interior Now:

Hover thoroughly
jug of warm water, clean pedal and whole foot well area (maybe passenger side to if muddy)
febreeze all fabric
spray air freshener (usually Oust)
polish dash (Mr Sheen), then centre console, then doors, then rear panels
clean windows (starting on outside, then inside)

*Waxin is sometime left until very end, after interior is done, depends on mood and time

Take pics

Refreshing pint

Usually takes me about 3hours (5 is longest i've ever spent!!!)

Here are my pics from today:

 

[MarkJ]

Looks sparkling mate. Ain't no pro but I wouldn't use sponges or chamois, unless you want some serious swirls. Lambswool mitt and microfibres cloths would be better, or so i'm told.

 

[Mat]

My ex uses Microfibres! I'm just used to chamois. May make the switch one day

 

[M87NER]

That Looks uber shiney! good job done there matt.

 

[Mat]

cheers fellas - i honestly thought it looked poo i always do tho, my dad says it looks sparkling when i visit.

guess i just have high standards

also, when you wax, you notice scratches more. Anyone recommend something to treat scratches??

 

[M87NER]

How deep are the scratches? i would use either autoglym paint renovator or maguires scratch x.

 

[Mat]

not too deep

*lloks for a pic*

one big en, you can see white

 

[Mat]

pic

on rear quarter

 

[MarkJ]

Looks pretty deep if im looking at the right bit (to the right of the petrol cap?) If its collecting polish in it or down to primer making it white, must be quite deep so it won't polish out, mind you some of the detailers on here do miracles but they will use machine polishers.

 

[Mat]

yeah its to the right of the petrol cap

and yes it is showing white

 

[Mat]

so any recommendations on how to "repair" this scratch?

 

[Havok316]

i know hellfrauds do a superb scratch repair jobs from £25 a mate had it done and you couldnt notice lol

 

[Mat]

cool. might try that. alothough would like to try myself

 

[Havok316]

cool. might try that. alothough would like to try myself

Yea its a bit difficult to scratch repair yourself on a black car lol trust me. I tried many different things like

JML Scratch Repair
Holts Scratch Repair
MeGuairs Scratch X
Halfords Scratch Repair and Touchup kit
Fillit-Bang

all these are good for very small minor scratches, but deep ones theyr crap except halfords but the filler is a bitch



Lol i made the last one up.... i know il get my coat

Tbh I find it cheaper to pay some one to fix it for £25 rather than spending £50 on products and still not getting a satisfied result

 

[Mat]

i'll get them to look at it next pay day

 

[Forbez]

Your wasting time washing then re washingm then rewashing again.

For most folk who haven't spend hundreds on cleaning stuff.

Rinse, wash wheels, rinse again, wash car, rinse, microfibre it dry, then polish then wax.

I cant beleive you've done all the effort of washing and rinsing it about 5 times, and not put any tyre black on the tyres!

 

[Mat]

i ran out

 

[nick-barnes07]

car looks good , i need to clean my car like that soon , think i might just take it down to swindon , to get it detailed ,

 

[zan]

I cant beleive you've done all the effort of washing and rinsing it about 5 times, and not put any tyre black on the tyres!

I also was going to suggest tyre blackening,especially on a black car...looks far better