cdd5150 would you mind telling me what you wash your car with and what advice you could give me, cheers pal Living the dream!
Santorini Black RRS HSE V6, hybrid tv, privacy glass, ebony leather with white stitching with leather door cards 20" alloys.

Hi Gary

The most important thing is how carefully you wash it as this is the thing that causes swirls etc. My normal wash routine is:
1 Wheels done with ValetPro Bilberry acid free wheel cleaner and a variety of brushes. Pressure rinsed clean
2 Prerinse car with pressure washer or snowfoam & lance if it's really dirty
3 Wash using two bucket method (google it). Meguiars gold class shampoo and a lambswool mitt.
4 Rinse with open ended hose
5 Dry using Sonus drying towel
6 Wipe down with Swissvax quick finish or Meguiars Last Touch and a soft microfibre.
7 Wheels sealed with Swissvax Autobahn.
8 Tyres dressed with Swissvax Pneu

Once a month I probably top up the wax. Personal choice through the summer is Swissvax Best of Show. Apply with foam application, cure for 20 mins and buff off.

Best advice I can give you is ditch any form of sponge and chamois. Get yourself a decent mitt, and a proper drying towel and treat it with care. That way you should at least minimise any future damage.
www.cleanyourcar.co.uk have always been a good internet dealer. Swissvax stuff has to come direct from www.swissvax.co.uk

Hope that helps
Chris

sounds good advice to me

Patting the car dry with a drying towel can be also good to reduces swirls

The detailer will give you plenty of advice on techniques if your there too

Thanks npinks. Good point on patting. Always helps minimise swirls. I recently re-detailed mine with Meguiars #205 via rotary polisher. Applied one coat of Chemical Guys Wet mirror finish, two coats of Jetseal 109 and 2 coats of Best of Show..... I'm a bit of a detailing junkie

Meguiers G220, Gloss-it AIO, Collinite 476s and Red Mist Tropical, Poorboys Wheel Seal with Zymol Auto Bathe for washing it on those special occassions.

Likewise i like to treat the car well

Nice npinks. Good combo there.
Just got some Poorboys Black Hole glaze on order to try when things are next due.

Meanwhile, let hope Garythebong gets it sorted. He'll come back to this thread and wonder what the heck he's let himself in for!

Wednesday seems so far off, I cant wait to get it back, cdd5150 could you email me any piccies of your motor, cheers, garywhopkins@mac.com Living the dream!
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Gary,

My apologies for not getting back to you, but I never had a message on my phone that I can recall.

I hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction. I've had to do a lot of repair work after dealer wash monkeys think they are doing you a favour. Even on my own D3 after stating strongly not to touch it.

As mentioned above iain at finer details is in your area and is a top chap  Need detailing or cleaning products, drop me a pm for forum discount prices.

If you dont want to clean it yourself, give me a shout for a quote on your detailing requirements. From a simple valet to machine polishing to remove bramble rash and swirl marks.

Look like your cars been sorted Gary just seen the pics on DW

I just saw that. Here's the link if anyone want to see how a couple off RR's can be much improved.
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=128749

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here is a link to mine. I did it myself and TBH its not that hard to do and if u do it yourself then you will be able to keep it looking like new. if u have an questions feel free to ask.

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic10523.html?highlight=ronnieg

the only difference now is that I have changed to a Zaino sealent that allows the metal flake to become more prominant and topped with Zymol Vintage for that extra added bling.

Really want to get mine done after seeing these pics.

Anyone recommend a detailer in SE London / Kent?
Found these on detailing world

http://www.affectiontodetail.co.uk/
http://www.gleammachine.net/
http://www.theshinexperience.co.uk/

But would prefer to choose based on recomendation
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Owing to the distance between you it might be hard for sponsors JKP Detail to fit you in, but he is the only one to say yes or no to that one

Been a regular reader on DW I think they all have there own merits, I would suggest enquiring with each of them and seeing which your most comfortable with after all your the one paying

npinks wrote:

Owing to the distance between you it might be hard for sponsors JKP Detail to fit you in, but he is the only one to say yes or no to that one

Been a regular reader on DW I think they all have there own merits, I would suggest enquiring with each of them and seeing which your most comfortable with after all your the one paying

Didn't JKP would come all the way to kent without having to charge massive travelling expenses Just hoped that someone down this way may have used one of them or someone else. Its alway good to see or hear about others experiences good or bad.

Fingers crossed  TDV8 now with extra grin factor thanks to Alive Tunning: Gone but not forgotten