Cleaning car after long time in garage

Cleaning car after long time in garage

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aubrey9160

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396 posts

183 months

Tuesday 13th March 2012
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My car has been at my local garage since September while having an engine rebuild. It has got covered in dust and whatever else gets kicked up in a garage over that period of time. When I get it back I was going to wash it,clay it, either dodo lime prime, auto glym srp or black hole glaze it and them 2 coats of dodo wax, do I need to do anything else or will that get it back to normal. Its a moonraker black TVR T350. I have got a polisher but dont really know what to do with it. Open to all sugestions but the products I have mentioned are just the things I already have, if I need something else then thats what I will get.

Refined Detail

369 posts

181 months

Tuesday 13th March 2012
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Main thing will be to remove / soften as much of the dust, grit and anything else that is sitting on the surface before touching the car.

ie. a decent, thorough rinse and if possible snow foam. Then a decent wash, de-contamination, paint cleanse and protection top up as you described sounds spot on thumbup

Bezerk

392 posts

160 months

Tuesday 13th March 2012
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You might want to use a fallout remover such as Iron X or Wolfs Deironizer, and wipe down with some tar remover
before claying.

Then lime prime and wax sounds good.

If you aren't happy with the condition of the paint (swirls), you can take the safe option and get a pro to polish them out at a later date.