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How I keep my car in pristine condition
11. Aug 2006 at 08:42

Tools and Ingedents:-

2 Genuine Chamois Leathers (1 for bodywork, 1 for windows)
1 Synthetic Chamois Leather (for engine compartment)
1 Roll of Machine Mart Mutton Cloth (for polishing)
1 Tesco Wheel Brush
1 Sponge
1 Hose Pipe
1 Tesco Car Shampoo (for wheels)
1 Autoglym Car Shampoo (for bodywork)
1 Autoglym Super Resin Polish
1 Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection
1 Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Care
1 Paint Sponge Pad (for applying vinyl rubber care)

Washing :-

Wheels:-

Add a generous amount of Tesco Car Shampoo to a bucket of very warm water.
Scrub inside and ouside of wheels with bush and water (including tyre walls)
Rinse off thoroughly after each wheel with hose.

Bodywork :-

Sprinkle water all over bodywork.

Add a small amount of Autoglym car shampoo to 5lts of luke warm water.

Wash car with sponge (rinsing out regularly)

Sequence - Roof, back an front windows, wiper arms and blades, bonnet and grill, boot, doors and sills, rear wings and arches, front wings and arches, front skirt, rear skirt, wheels and tyres.

Drying off:-

With a bucket of luke warm clean water and the bodywork leather, dry off car (rinsing leather regularly)

Sequence - All windows (outside), wiper blades and arms, roof, bonnet, boot, doors and sills, rear wings, front wings, front and rear skirts.

Open doors and dry off all metal painted areas, including door pillars.

Open boot and dry off all metal painted areas.

Change leather to synthetic.

Open bonnet, wipe over all visible reachable areas. Metal and plastic, hoses etc.

Change Water to very hot. With the genuine chamois leather for windows, clean all inside windows.

Polishing (every 3 to 4 months)

Polish bodywork, including inside of doors, boot, bonnet and wheels with Super Resin Polish.

Apply Extra Gloss Protection as above.

Apply Vinyl and Rubber Care to the paint pad and wipe over walls of tyres.

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Allenm Senior Member Offline Posts: 591 Milton Keynes Gender: Drives: '99 2.5 V6 CDX saloon manual	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #1 - 11. Aug 2006 at 08:45 Sounds a bit compicated. How about a demo, my car is on the drive
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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #2 - 11. Aug 2006 at 08:56 Allenm wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 08:45: Sounds a bit compicated. How about a demo, my car is on the drive You couldn't afford me
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TheOutcast Ex Member	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #3 - 11. Aug 2006 at 09:06 How often do you do all this? What about the inside, or do you spend so much time cleaning it that you don't have time to sit in it?
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Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition
Reply #4 - 11. Aug 2006 at 09:16

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How often do you do all this?
What about the inside, or do you spend so much time cleaning it that you don't have time to sit in it? Smiley

On a weekly basis, weather permitting.

Washing takes under 1 hour.

Polishing also takes under 1 hour.

I vac the inside out at least once a month.

You can all take the p**s, but I enjoy driving around in a clean car.

RB's seen it and commented on it's condition.

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Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition
Reply #5 - 11. Aug 2006 at 09:21

Auto Addict wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 09:16:

Quote:

How often do you do all this?
What about the inside, or do you spend so much time cleaning it that you don't have time to sit in it? Smiley

On a weekly basis, weather permitting.

It washing takes under 1 hour.

Polishing also takes under 1 hour.

I vac the inside out at least once a month.

You can all take the p**s, but I enjoy driving around in a clean car.

RB's seen it and commented on it's condition.

I'm not taking the p**s, I just wish I had the patience to clean mine properly. I've only had this one three weeks and it's already starting to look dirty. Why can't they be made self cleaning? Smiley

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #6 - 11. Aug 2006 at 09:21 I am ashamed to say, I pay some Eastern Europeans (probably illegal, judging by the way they hide when plod goes by) to wash and vac. If I have time, I get then to polish it as well....
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Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition
Reply #7 - 11. Aug 2006 at 09:56

Auto Addict wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 08:42:

Tools and Ingedents:-

Bodywork :-

Sprinkle water all over bodywork.

Add a small amount of Autoglym car shampoo to 5lts of luke warm water.

Wash car with sponge (rinsing out regularly)

Sequence - Roof, back an front windows, wiper arms and blades, bonnet and grill, boot, rear wings and arches, front wings and arches, front skirt, rear skirt, wheels and tyres.

dont you have doors? or do you leave em to give the b4 and after look Smiley

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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #8 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:28 You spotted the deliberate mistake Mr Dev
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Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition
Reply #9 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:28

There was a guy featured on tv a while back, takes him a week to fully clean a car and he charges £4000 ! He will do a quicker clean, 2 days £1700.

Of course he only has super rich clients.

I'm with Auto on this.

I quite enjoy giving the car a thorough clean. Look after your toys and they will last a long time.

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mr des Junior Member Offline Doh Posts: 194 limerick, ireland Gender: Drives: 2.0	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #10 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:33 Auto Addict wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 10:28: You spotted the deliberate mistake Mr Dev have to say tho if you add a couple of pictures that would be awfully like a how2
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Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition
Reply #11 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:35

RolandL wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 10:28:

Look after your toys and they will last a long time.

I agree servicing and maintenance is important, but I don't think cleaning will make it last longer. Except that it does give you a chance to spot the rust sooner.
And, a clean car does look better. My old one was dark blue, and even at almost ten years old, it looked great when it was clean. My new one is silver and, apart form the wheels, doesn’t look much different clean or dirty. Smiley

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Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition
Reply #12 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:35

mr des wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 10:33:

Auto Addict wrote on 11. Aug 2006 at 10:28:

You spotted the deliberate mistake Mr Dev Smiley

have to say tho if you add a couple of pictures that would be awfully like a how2

...difficult to take photos of myself cleaning the car, daren't ask the wife, she thinks I'm paranoid as it is, which I probably am.... Huh

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nixoro Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3104 Hitchin, Herts Gender: Drives: 56 Plate - Zafira 1.6	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #13 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:37 I guess you could get a hand model in to show your method of cleaning. My car needs a good clean aswell.
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mr des Junior Member Offline Doh Posts: 194 limerick, ireland Gender: Drives: 2.0	Re: How I keep my car in pristine condition Reply #14 - 11. Aug 2006 at 10:39 close ups of hand with sponge, tripod with auto timer, get the cat to do the photography bound to be better than some of the monkeys i work with
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