hi,can anyone recomend a good paint detailers in the essex/london area,was gonna start looking thru the yellow pages but it is a bit of a mind field.im after that wet glossy look....... RRS-2.7hse overfinch engine upgrade-java black-ivory leather-22"overfinch supersports-hst bodykit-colour coded handles-side steps-09 clear rear lights and indicators-chrome wing mirrors-piano black interior and ivory overfich speedo dials.

have a look on www.detailingworld.co.uk; Autofinesse are good and will travel to you... RR Sport TDV6 HSE 07MY Java Black

cheers mintleaf,have you used them ? RRS-2.7hse overfinch engine upgrade-java black-ivory leather-22"overfinch supersports-hst bodykit-colour coded handles-side steps-09 clear rear lights and indicators-chrome wing mirrors-piano black interior and ivory overfich speedo dials.

Mintleaf can you check the link to detailing world as it gives an error message when I click on it. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

ZAINO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you will not get a wetter deeper finish

as long as your paint is prepped properly nothing comes close for finish or durability

heres 18 year old paint prepped and covered in zaino

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Sorry guys, try this www.detailingworld.co.uk

I have not used Autofinesse as i detail my own car; I have seen some of their work and its good; if you search on detailing world you can find a RRS they detailed.... RR Sport TDV6 HSE 07MY Java Black

Cheers.  2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I also have ZAINO on my car from last summer and it is great 2008 RRS TDV8 HSE, Java black, Alpaca,.....

http://www.refineddetail.co.uk/

These guys are the most reasonable i've found.

Coming to me 7th March. I got 10% off too WINNER - 2009 Best in Class Range Rover Sport Award

MY14 Corris Grey RRS HSE SDV6

What, apart from the costis the difference between a car "detailer" and a car valeter................... or have we adopted yet another Americanism to describe a car wash man. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Another supplementary here too

Do any of the products the car wash/valeter/detailers use give lasting shine and/or protection?

I admit I do like how easy it is to hose grime off after I have "Meguired" the car myself but if the stuff the pros use gives a longer finish Id consider it

But not at £300 pounds plus for Suaguard......

A professional detailer will use a porter cable (looks like an angle grinder with a buffer on it) with specialised cutting compounds and polishes etc. They are able to focus more on paint conditioning in order to correct and hazing or weathered paint. The cleaning is literally 'detailed'. See my link below for a classic example.

Detailing world is a great resource to look at!

THIS Is detailing!! WINNER - 2009 Best in Class Range Rover Sport Award

MY14 Corris Grey RRS HSE SDV6

Theo supagaurd type products ain't all they claim to be, a simple run through a automatic car wash can remove patches of the product. But other factors are how well they have been applied.

Giving a long lasting shine is down to the preperation of the car, as adam says lots of detailers use hand held polishers on the paint, etc

Something like Autoglym Super Resin polish (SRP) would give a nice enough finish, if your doing it by hand as it has filler in it that mask swirls slightly, then top the polish of with a hard wearing wax, to keep the SRP fillers in place. The wax i use is Collinite 476s which is hard wearing and leaves the car with a nice wetlook gloss finish (i was recommended this wax over on DW). Easy to apply using thin coats, and putting on 2 layers would make it last best part of a year.

DoDo Juice red mist is also a good spray on wax, JKP over on Disco3 has it on offer in is shop

It would be nice to have a mirror finish on my motor but living where I live in a farming area where we get mud on the roads, muckspreaders spraying slurry (and dropping it on the roads) £300 is an awful lot of dough for something that is going to last about 10 minutes when you go on the road! And I can't be ar ed to spend hours and hours on a Sunday washing and polishing the car, I have more interesting things to do  2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Great Corsa article, not that I will ever have the will to live to do anything like that on any car I am likely to ever own

My favourite bit was the spec list for his vacuum cleaner