Finally going to detail the car....

[VX Mel]

:shock: Yes I am going to clean my car.

Just gone out and spent £100 (hubbie nearly had heart attack!) on cleaning products - I had none before :shock:

As per previous help requested I have brought....
Megs.. step 1,2&3.
Megs wheel cleaner
Megs Glass cleaner
Megs Exhaust/metal polish
Megs Tyre black gloss stuff
Zymol Car wash
and Megs, mits, polishing pads and cloth things :D

I was going to do it today but we got home too late from shopping... so as it looks to be nice tomorrow. I am going over it top to bottom.

This is her very first car wash by me and also polish.... :D

[VX Mel]

Will be taking before and after photos and will get them posted up

[quick vxr]

hey mel thats spookey :shock:
just been out and got the same, never been into detailing cars until last week when a friend of mine was cleaning his car and he was using clay so we washed and clayed my bonnet so he could show me the difference that claying makes and i was amazed :D so today i went and purchased,

megs clay kit
megs step 1
megs step 2
megs step 3
megs water magnet
megs aplicator pads
megs microfibre cloths
megs wash mit
and a new bucket :D :D
so hopefully tommorrow the weathers good and the beast gets her first detail :D :D

[VX Mel]

hey mel thats spookey :shock:
just been out and got the same, never been into detailing cars until last week when a friend of mine was cleaning his car and he was using clay so we washed and clayed my bonnet so he could show me the difference that claying makes and i was amazed :D so today i went and purchased,

megs clay kit
megs step 1
megs step 2
megs step 3
megs water magnet
megs aplicator pads
megs microfibre cloths
megs wash mit
and a new bucket :D :D
so hopefully tommorrow the weathers good and the beast gets her first detail :D :D

Same here.

Oh that is spooky.... great minds think alike!!!

Where did you get the clay, I hunted high and low and cudnt find it... :cry:

[quick vxr]

halfords im in bedford they must of stocked up this morning as they had loads of megs stuff :)

[VX Mel]

halfords im in bedford they must of stocked up this morning as they had loads of megs stuff :)

PB had everything but the clay :cry:

Did you get the megs carwash?? I did pick it up but swapped it last min for the zymol one.

I got a little addicted to buying stuff tho. Should have just stuck to the original list, would be £50 richer!

[quick vxr]

halfords im in bedford they must of stocked up this morning as they had loads of megs stuff :)

PB had everything but the clay :cry:

Did you get the megs carwash?? I did pick it up but swapped it last min for the zymol one.

I got a little addicted to buying stuff tho. Should have just stuck to the original list, would be £50 richer!

i already had the megs gold class wash. we should buy shares in megs at this rate :D :D

[VX Mel]

I kno... oh is the clay stuff called Quik Clay Detailing System at £12.99...

just looking on their website

[quick vxr]

yeah thats the one its very good the paintwork feels like glass when you have done it :D

[VX Mel]

yeah thats the one its very good the paintwork feels like glass when you have done it :D

I hope that either Nottingham, Melton or Stamford have it in tomorrow... if not will have to do this one without it.

Will be upset knowin that it cud have been better shine etc if i could have got my hands on it.

[quick vxr]

the problem is if you dont clay it all the **** thats on the paintwork just gets sealed in by the waxing and the polishing :(

(im starting to sound like marc now) :D :D

[VX Mel]

the problem is if you dont clay it all the **** thats on the paintwork just gets sealed in by the waxing and the polishing :(

(im starting to sound like marc now) :D :D

I was starting to feel like him when I was in there earlier... was waying up which shampoo and if the microfiber polish towels will leave swirls. And should I really get a mit as that's risky and what way do I wash? do I go in circles, across the car back and forth... think my hubbie was thinking I was going insane! or turning into a OCD freak.

[quick vxr]

the problem is if you dont clay it all the **** thats on the paintwork just gets sealed in by the waxing and the polishing :(

(im starting to sound like marc now) :D :D

I was starting to feel like him when I was in there earlier... was waying up which shampoo and if the microfiber polish towels will leave swirls. And should I really get a mit as that's risky and what way do I wash? do I go in circles, across the car back and forth... think my hubbie was thinking I was going insane! or turning into a OCD freak.

this is all marcs fault, a year ago it would of been down to the local jet wash and let it drip dry but now i wouldnt dream of doing that, VXRMARC has alot to answer for :twisted:

[VX Mel]

this is all marcs fault, a year ago it would of been down to the local jet wash and let it drip dry but now i wouldnt dream of doing that, VXRMARC has alot to answer for :twisted:

Oh yes... that's £100 I could have spent on the puppy or me!!!

The closest I got to this before was buying autoglym and doin my car once... other than that its jetwash, hubbie, arc wash or handwash centre.

Let's hope we have nice weather.

what colour is your VXR?

[quick vxr]

black with the standard 19"s :D still on stage 0 but by the summer i will be able to keep up with you :D :D

[VX Mel]

Cool, i autoglym'd my old black astra (sports hatch 1.6sxi) only owned it a month then it transformed into a blue VXR!!

[quick vxr]

have you got a moterserv near you they have loads of megs stuff

[VX Mel]

No. only Halfords and Autocare. :cry:

Hopefully I can hunt one out tomorrow in Nottingham, bigger than Peterborough so should be better stocked.

[quick vxr]

ok if you get stuck take a trip to bedford i have a spare one :D :D

[VX Mel]

Mite do!!

[quick vxr]

i would meet you half way :D

[VX Mel]

Woohoo... ok its frosty but the weather is looking good.... now gonna call all the halfords and go on a mission!! Hubbie is thinking I have lost the plot offically now. :D

[quick vxr]

yeah its frosty here to, good luck on your clay hunt :D just having my brekkie then its some serious cleaning :D

[VX Mel]

Normally sunday would be clothes shopping and avoiding cleaning the car at all costs...

What has happened to me??? :shock:

[quick vxr]

sunday morn would normally be golf for me but it has to be the car today :)

[VX Mel]

Done it.....

Before.....

http://i19.tinypic.com/448q5qc.jpg

After

http://i15.tinypic.com/2ia99ap.jpg

:D

[VX Mel]

More photos are here

http://www.vxronline.co.uk/messageboard/viewtopic.php?p=32090#32090