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GavP · Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:09 PM

A quick pics of some of my car cleaning products...sad or what!!

As you can see, I'm mad on the Meguiars products (mits, microfibre cloths, all out of shot!)

I've also got a PC buffer to use when I'm feeling lazy.

Does anyone else have this kind of obsession?

Jon Chalk · Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:19 PM

Thought for a moment I'd wandered onto Halford's site!!

Just bought first mitt & microfibre cloths (Meguiars) & used them on Saturday - makes a hell of a difference - been bitten by detailing bug myself now - oh well there goes one day every weekend

mg1232 · Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:21 PM

I'm not quite at that level yet but I'm certainly getting there! I spent over £150 of cleaning products when I first got the car; including several Meguiars brushes just for the wheels!

The thing that inpresses me most is how well they are arranged on the shelf! My local ASDA are recruiting!

GavP · Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mg1232

I'm not quite at that level yet but I'm certainly getting there! I spent over £150 of cleaning products when I first got the car; including several Meguiars brushes just for the wheels!

The thing that inpresses me most is how well they are arranged on the shelf! My local ASDA are recruiting!

Aaagh, nice to see my shelf stacking skills picked up at tesco's some 20 years ago (christ, that long ago...I am getting old

) are finally being recognised !

Tonyt3 · Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:00 PM

Dude, have you insured that stuff? got to be worth a fortune. Should be in a glass fronted cabinet, with alarm protection.

yes, you are a bit mad by the way.

mendel williams · Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:33 PM

Is that all you have ???????????????????

Only joking that is quite impressive

GavP · Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:42 PM

LOL

I did miss out the buffing machine, the wheel brush and adjustable body duster ... honestly. In fact, you can see the body duster hanging up on the wall - in this reflection shot http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...arage_Side.jpg (just under mirror)

jon vital · Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:44 PM

If I bring my car round will you clean it for me?

jimmy_racoon · Apr 23rd, 2006, 11:48 PM

very nice array of detailing items.

In the frozen north, we can only use our garages this way once it thaws.

Not a good thing when your hard earned money result in frozen inventory.

very nice arrangement.

MINI shots are quite impressive, as well.

Motor on.

dakini · Apr 24th, 2006, 04:01 AM

lol, i don't have a garage, and only a tiny apartment, but i have an entire under-sink area with detailing supplies. mostly bought by a super-wonderful coworker who wanted to introduce me to the idea of car washing when i got the mini.

awww! how awesome!

Electric Blue · Apr 24th, 2006, 10:04 AM

I just bought nearly all of that stuff the other day (£75 ish), add to that my complete Autoglym collection (which is now being given to family and friends as I no longer use them) and I must have amassed somewhere in the region of £200 worth of cleaning products (maybe more but scared to count).

I spent 4.5 hours on Saturday cleaning an already clean car, it is MUCH cleaner now though. This weekend will be all of the same (need to do a few layers of gold Class after some more carnuba wax). Hopefully, come show season I will have it the way I want it

Well done for making me feel a little less mad

GavP · Apr 24th, 2006, 10:41 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Electric Blue

I just bought nearly all of that stuff the other day (£75 ish), add to that my complete Autoglym collection (which is now being given to family and friends as I no longer use them) and I must have amassed somewhere in the region of £200 worth of cleaning products (maybe more but scared to count).

I spent 4.5 hours on Saturday cleaning an already clean car, it is MUCH cleaner now though. This weekend will be all of the same (need to do a few layers of gold Class after some more carnuba wax). Hopefully, come show season I will have it the way I want it

Well done for making me feel a little less mad

Hi fellow madman... 4.5 hours... Pah, lightweight. A couple of years ago I remember cleaning our last mini for 6-7 hours the day before driving up to the motor show (mini meet at the bmw plant nearby). After all that cleaning it got dirty (well I thought it was dirty) on the way - never mind - I knew it was clean before.

I agree about the Autoglym - I used that before Meguiars.

I also spent a whole day last Sept with a mate of mine detailing an mx5 I had - which effectively made about 16 hours of detailing in one go. The car was cleaned, clayed, de-scratched, polished, waxed etc, engine bay detailed...and looked wicked when it was done. I sold it soon afterwards...

Electric Blue · Apr 24th, 2006, 01:42 PM

It is nice when you step back, look at the car, and think " Now that`s clean!", the thing I like is the more hard graft you put in the more benefits you reap. It rained heavily on Saturday night and the car got soaked, all it took was a quick shammy down and it was gleaming again. The more layers of wax you can get on a car the better, it actually saves time in the long run.

:: Jon :: · Apr 24th, 2006, 01:44 PM

my cleaning products have there own locker in the garage....

got that many now..

TrufflePig · Apr 25th, 2006, 12:01 AM

that's incredible

i am starting to build me collection. and it will look like that.

do you always use PC or do it by hand. if you use #21 that has to be done by hand.

GavP · Apr 25th, 2006, 08:01 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by TrufflePig

that's incredible

i am starting to build me collection. and it will look like that.

do you always use PC or do it by hand. if you use #21 that has to be done by hand.

thanks - but there are still lots more products that I woudl like...I'm out of NXT car wash, I need some more #9 Swirl Remover (good stuff).

I dont use the PC often to be honest. I did the other day on the Cooper S - just to buff it up after applying polish by hand - because I was feeling a bit lazy and it was getting late.

Rich_IX · Apr 25th, 2006, 11:20 AM

lol you certianly have more meguairs than myself, although I have been converted to Zymol from last month

TrufflePig · Apr 29th, 2006, 11:05 AM

what do you find works better.

P21 Carnuba or the NXT wax.

minipaul · Apr 29th, 2006, 03:53 PM

Your not alone mate i have same sort of thing going on only its with auto glym products

GavP · Apr 29th, 2006, 07:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by TrufflePig

what do you find works better.

P21 Carnuba or the NXT wax.

P21S is excellent. Probably overkill but I often use it on top of NXT wax.. I do occasionally do the 3 step cleaning (paint cleaner, polish, wax) but more often I would reapply some Meguiars Gold Class or NXT Wax, then top it off with P21S.

Mind you, I'm gonna go to town on the Cooper S. Take all the polish off, clay it, then remove all the small swirl marks with Scratch-X (or maybe a stronger scratch remover - with a PC) before reapplying loads of coats of polish and wax..

Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:09 PM	#1
GavP MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 62 Offline	Pic of car detailing products...am I mad/alone? A quick pics of some of my car cleaning products...sad or what!! As you can see, I'm mad on the Meguiars products (mits, microfibre cloths, all out of shot!) I've also got a PC buffer to use when I'm feeling lazy. Does anyone else have this kind of obsession? 2003 Mini Cooper S (Indy Blue + Chilli + Xenons + Satnav etc) + 2003 BMW 330Ci Sport + 2002 Mondeo 2.0LX + 2000 Ford Puma 1.7

Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
GavP MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 62 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by mg1232 I'm not quite at that level yet but I'm certainly getting there! I spent over £150 of cleaning products when I first got the car; including several Meguiars brushes just for the wheels! The thing that inpresses me most is how well they are arranged on the shelf! My local ASDA are recruiting! Aaagh, nice to see my shelf stacking skills picked up at tesco's some 20 years ago (christ, that long ago...I am getting old ) are finally being recognised ! 2003 Mini Cooper S (Indy Blue + Chilli + Xenons + Satnav etc) + 2003 BMW 330Ci Sport + 2002 Mondeo 2.0LX + 2000 Ford Puma 1.7

Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tonyt3 Track addict Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hants Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 6,258 Offline	Dude, have you insured that stuff? got to be worth a fortune. Should be in a glass fronted cabinet, with alarm protection. yes, you are a bit mad by the way. http://www.mini2.com/forum/models-co...ming-soon.html

Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
GavP MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 62 Offline	LOL I did miss out the buffing machine, the wheel brush and adjustable body duster ... honestly. In fact, you can see the body duster hanging up on the wall - in this reflection shot http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...arage_Side.jpg (just under mirror) 2003 Mini Cooper S (Indy Blue + Chilli + Xenons + Satnav etc) + 2003 BMW 330Ci Sport + 2002 Mondeo 2.0LX + 2000 Ford Puma 1.7

Apr 23rd, 2006, 11:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
jimmy_racoon Minnesota MINI Join Date: Oct 2004 Local Time: 11:57 PM Posts: 169 Offline	Well done very nice array of detailing items. In the frozen north, we can only use our garages this way once it thaws. Not a good thing when your hard earned money result in frozen inventory. very nice arrangement. MINI shots are quite impressive, as well. Motor on.

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Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jon Chalk Cooperama? Who's he? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Milton Keynes Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 698 Offline	Thought for a moment I'd wandered onto Halford's site!! Just bought first mitt & microfibre cloths (Meguiars) & used them on Saturday - makes a hell of a difference - been bitten by detailing bug myself now - oh well there goes one day every weekend

Apr 23rd, 2006, 08:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
mg1232 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 112 Offline	I'm not quite at that level yet but I'm certainly getting there! I spent over £150 of cleaning products when I first got the car; including several Meguiars brushes just for the wheels! The thing that inpresses me most is how well they are arranged on the shelf! My local ASDA are recruiting!

Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
mendel williams MINI2 Senior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: St Helens , UK Local Time: 04:57 AM Posts: 679 Offline	Is that all you have ??????????????????? Only joking that is quite impressive

Apr 23rd, 2006, 10:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
jon vital MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Essex Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 618 Offline	If I bring my car round will you clean it for me?

Apr 24th, 2006, 04:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
dakini bubble tea and sourdough™ My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: in a box Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 6,158 Offline	lol, i don't have a garage, and only a tiny apartment, but i have an entire under-sink area with detailing supplies. mostly bought by a super-wonderful coworker who wanted to introduce me to the idea of car washing when i got the mini. awww! how awesome!

Apr 24th, 2006, 10:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
Electric Blue MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sunderland Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 653 Offline	I just bought nearly all of that stuff the other day (£75 ish), add to that my complete Autoglym collection (which is now being given to family and friends as I no longer use them) and I must have amassed somewhere in the region of £200 worth of cleaning products (maybe more but scared to count). I spent 4.5 hours on Saturday cleaning an already clean car, it is MUCH cleaner now though. This weekend will be all of the same (need to do a few layers of gold Class after some more carnuba wax). Hopefully, come show season I will have it the way I want it Well done for making me feel a little less mad

Apr 24th, 2006, 10:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
GavP MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 62 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Electric Blue I just bought nearly all of that stuff the other day (£75 ish), add to that my complete Autoglym collection (which is now being given to family and friends as I no longer use them) and I must have amassed somewhere in the region of £200 worth of cleaning products (maybe more but scared to count). I spent 4.5 hours on Saturday cleaning an already clean car, it is MUCH cleaner now though. This weekend will be all of the same (need to do a few layers of gold Class after some more carnuba wax). Hopefully, come show season I will have it the way I want it Well done for making me feel a little less mad Hi fellow madman... 4.5 hours... Pah, lightweight. A couple of years ago I remember cleaning our last mini for 6-7 hours the day before driving up to the motor show (mini meet at the bmw plant nearby). After all that cleaning it got dirty (well I thought it was dirty) on the way - never mind - I knew it was clean before. I agree about the Autoglym - I used that before Meguiars. I also spent a whole day last Sept with a mate of mine detailing an mx5 I had - which effectively made about 16 hours of detailing in one go. The car was cleaned, clayed, de-scratched, polished, waxed etc, engine bay detailed...and looked wicked when it was done. I sold it soon afterwards... 2003 Mini Cooper S (Indy Blue + Chilli + Xenons + Satnav etc) + 2003 BMW 330Ci Sport + 2002 Mondeo 2.0LX + 2000 Ford Puma 1.7

Apr 24th, 2006, 01:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Electric Blue MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sunderland Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 653 Offline	It is nice when you step back, look at the car, and think " Now that`s clean!", the thing I like is the more hard graft you put in the more benefits you reap. It rained heavily on Saturday night and the car got soaked, all it took was a quick shammy down and it was gleaming again. The more layers of wax you can get on a car the better, it actually saves time in the long run.

Apr 24th, 2006, 01:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
:: Jon :: . My Classifieds Join Date: Apr 2003 Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 15,109 Offline	my cleaning products have there own locker in the garage.... got that many now.. EMPTY SPACE NEEDS FILLING.... but it has to be something that wont get me banned

Apr 25th, 2006, 12:01 AM	#15 (permalink)
TrufflePig MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Local Time: 08:57 PM Posts: 93 Offline	that's incredible i am starting to build me collection. and it will look like that. do you always use PC or do it by hand. if you use #21 that has to be done by hand.

Apr 25th, 2006, 08:01 AM	#16 (permalink)
GavP MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 62 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by TrufflePig that's incredible i am starting to build me collection. and it will look like that. do you always use PC or do it by hand. if you use #21 that has to be done by hand. thanks - but there are still lots more products that I woudl like...I'm out of NXT car wash, I need some more #9 Swirl Remover (good stuff). I dont use the PC often to be honest. I did the other day on the Cooper S - just to buff it up after applying polish by hand - because I was feeling a bit lazy and it was getting late. 2003 Mini Cooper S (Indy Blue + Chilli + Xenons + Satnav etc) + 2003 BMW 330Ci Sport + 2002 Mondeo 2.0LX + 2000 Ford Puma 1.7

Apr 25th, 2006, 11:20 AM	#17 (permalink)
Rich_IX Official Pimp of Mini2 My Classifieds Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Midget Strip Club Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 4,291 Offline	lol you certianly have more meguairs than myself, although I have been converted to Zymol from last month

Apr 29th, 2006, 11:05 AM	#18 (permalink)
TrufflePig MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Local Time: 08:57 PM Posts: 93 Offline	what do you find works better. P21 Carnuba or the NXT wax.

Apr 29th, 2006, 03:53 PM	#19 (permalink)
minipaul MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: aberdeen, portlethen Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 192 Offline	Your not alone mate i have same sort of thing going on only its with auto glym products

Apr 29th, 2006, 07:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
GavP MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Local Time: 05:57 AM Posts: 62 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by TrufflePig what do you find works better. P21 Carnuba or the NXT wax. P21S is excellent. Probably overkill but I often use it on top of NXT wax.. I do occasionally do the 3 step cleaning (paint cleaner, polish, wax) but more often I would reapply some Meguiars Gold Class or NXT Wax, then top it off with P21S. Mind you, I'm gonna go to town on the Cooper S. Take all the polish off, clay it, then remove all the small swirl marks with Scratch-X (or maybe a stronger scratch remover - with a PC) before reapplying loads of coats of polish and wax.. 2003 Mini Cooper S (Indy Blue + Chilli + Xenons + Satnav etc) + 2003 BMW 330Ci Sport + 2002 Mondeo 2.0LX + 2000 Ford Puma 1.7

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