They say you cant polish a turd........
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well I did 
The story!
Right, I went to the Pageant of Power thing in Cheshire over the weekend and was working on a trade stand. Unfortunatly, the field was just mud. And I mean really big, deep, thick horrible mud. Despite my best efforts, I kept losing traction which sent mud everywhere. I put my clutch down each time it did it but mud still went EVERYWHERE.
So, here is what the car looked like when I got to my girlfriends on Sunday.
Then after (in this order) a hosepipe wash, a powerjet wash, a sponge wash, a hosepipe wash (to clear the rinse the sponge wash), a clay bar, anohter hosepipe wash, another sponges wash, another hosepipe wash, another clay bar, a T-Cut and a polish it looked like this:
Well worth the six on hours I spent and the arm ache etc. It looks brilliant. Also had to do the interior as well.
So yeah, it is no longer pink
The story!
Right, I went to the Pageant of Power thing in Cheshire over the weekend and was working on a trade stand. Unfortunatly, the field was just mud. And I mean really big, deep, thick horrible mud. Despite my best efforts, I kept losing traction which sent mud everywhere. I put my clutch down each time it did it but mud still went EVERYWHERE.
So, here is what the car looked like when I got to my girlfriends on Sunday.
Then after (in this order) a hosepipe wash, a powerjet wash, a sponge wash, a hosepipe wash (to clear the rinse the sponge wash), a clay bar, anohter hosepipe wash, another sponges wash, another hosepipe wash, another clay bar, a T-Cut and a polish it looked like this:
Well worth the six on hours I spent and the arm ache etc. It looks brilliant. Also had to do the interior as well.
So yeah, it is no longer pink
mattsayle said:
tybo said:
Looks good.
But why did you feel the need to clay bar it twice?
Did the first one not work?
Because there was these brown marks that wouldnt budge not matter what. so tried the clay bar after the second spodge watch to see if they had loosend up. Thankfully they had! But why did you feel the need to clay bar it twice?
Did the first one not work?
Do you mean tar?
If so, some tar and glue remover will work much better than attacking it with a clay bar.
tybo said:
mattsayle said:
tybo said:
Looks good.
But why did you feel the need to clay bar it twice?
Did the first one not work?
Because there was these brown marks that wouldnt budge not matter what. so tried the clay bar after the second spodge watch to see if they had loosend up. Thankfully they had! But why did you feel the need to clay bar it twice?
Did the first one not work?
Do you mean tar?
If so, some tar and glue remover will work much better than attacking it with a clay bar.
you spent six hours polishing a 9-10 year old corsa?Hmm what else could you have done?Ill tell you what if my mountain bike was that dirty i would have put it away and taken my wife out instead and seen if she could replicate it in the dirty stakes!If she could i would have been more than happy!Life is precious polishing corsas pointless!
andrewmorpeth said:
you spent six hours polishing a 9-10 year old corsa?Hmm what else could you have done?Ill tell you what if my mountain bike was that dirty i would have put it away and taken my wife out instead and seen if she could replicate it in the dirty stakes!If she could i would have been more than happy!Life is precious polishing corsas pointless!
Chillax, some of us younguns have less good cars, doesn't mean we still can't treat them well!R60EST said:
No , you can't polish a turd , but you can roll it in glitter.
Well done ,
Thank you very much Well done ,
andrewmorpeth said:
you spent six hours polishing a 9-10 year old corsa?Hmm what else could you have done?Ill tell you what if my mountain bike was that dirty i would have put it away and taken my wife out instead and seen if she could replicate it in the dirty stakes!If she could i would have been more than happy!Life is precious polishing corsas pointless!
Each to there own I suppose! I like it to look good and take a lot of pride in my car! Would do the same weather it was a Fiesta or F355. timlongs said:
Chillax, some of us younguns have less good cars, doesn't mean we still can't treat them well!
Thanks! Edited by mattsayle on Monday 20th July 23:36
Dont "back to black" the wheel arch trims ! There is a much better solution if you're brave enough.
Use a hot air paint stripper gun thingy to blow hot air onto the plastic and simply watch it turn black as new before your eyes. You need to be careful you dont waft the hot air onto the paintwork but it really does work. I was dubious to start with but the end result on our corsa shed was remarkable.
I also use ASDA black shoe cleaner to keep them looking good. Its in a gold bottle and has an in-built spounge at the top.
Having used the hot air trick 2 years ago, it requires a 6 monthly top-up with the black shoe shine.
Use a hot air paint stripper gun thingy to blow hot air onto the plastic and simply watch it turn black as new before your eyes. You need to be careful you dont waft the hot air onto the paintwork but it really does work. I was dubious to start with but the end result on our corsa shed was remarkable.
I also use ASDA black shoe cleaner to keep them looking good. Its in a gold bottle and has an in-built spounge at the top.
Having used the hot air trick 2 years ago, it requires a 6 monthly top-up with the black shoe shine.
Scraggles said:
if got that bad would take it to a supermarket and pay one of the boys to wash and polish for £10
No one else can clean it! They wont do as good a job Goochie said:
Dont "back to black" the wheel arch trims ! There is a much better solution if you're brave enough.
Use a hot air paint stripper gun thingy to blow hot air onto the plastic and simply watch it turn black as new before your eyes. You need to be careful you dont waft the hot air onto the paintwork but it really does work. I was dubious to start with but the end result on our corsa shed was remarkable.
I also use ASDA black shoe cleaner to keep them looking good. Its in a gold bottle and has an in-built spounge at the top.
Having used the hot air trick 2 years ago, it requires a 6 monthly top-up with the black shoe shine.
Yeah, I have just sen a video for this on youtube so I have asked my dad to do it as I dont trust myself Use a hot air paint stripper gun thingy to blow hot air onto the plastic and simply watch it turn black as new before your eyes. You need to be careful you dont waft the hot air onto the paintwork but it really does work. I was dubious to start with but the end result on our corsa shed was remarkable.
I also use ASDA black shoe cleaner to keep them looking good. Its in a gold bottle and has an in-built spounge at the top.
Having used the hot air trick 2 years ago, it requires a 6 monthly top-up with the black shoe shine.
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