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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:11 pm 
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yet another vote to meguires

also mothers and eagle one are tops

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:36 pm 
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Plexus for all your plastic needs... ie headlights....

Would Plexus be good for cleaning the plastic face of the dash cluster? Mine has some hard to remove spots and normal cleaning agents like Windex don't do s**t. Will Plexus be good for that?

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:44 pm 
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:58 pm 
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mmm, thanks guys, so meguiars (sp) or mothers.


kewl, series 500 is that like really expensive??

ill give em all a go eventually...im using armor all heavy duty car wash atm cos ive been using this cheap s**t, ive used it once now and i noticed a huge difference, it came up alot better

once ive finished this bottle ill try the meguiars, is there a specific type that does a good job??

like with armor all they have all these different types, such as new car gel, wash and wax, normal car cleaner & of course, heavy duty car cleaner.


best types??

oh anyone who uses heavy duty car wash be careful, it makes the tyres really slippery even when its rinsed off.

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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:07 am 
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If your talking Meguiars Detailer Line, I'd agree with ya but the rest is overpriced.
Can get a good finish with them but won't last a year or more like mine

OK my full list of products at present
All of these smell beautiful and contain no alcohol, ammonia, silicone, teflon or acid

Detailers Pride Gel wheel cleaner - 3.78 Litre - $25 USD
Detailers Pride Auto Wash 3.78 Litre $30 USD
Wolfgang Black Diamond Tire Gel 1.89 Litre
(lasts up to 1000 km's) and is a super polymer tyre sealant
Apply it very thin and is awesome on rubber seals and vinyl

Wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant (super polymer)
Poorboys World EXP pure sealant
" " SSR 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 swirl and scratch removers
" " Pro Polish (vinyl, glass, rubber, wheels, metal, paint)
Pinnacle
Pacer Amazing Glaze paint sealant
Dura Glaze (sealant for glass, rubber, vinyl, plastic, metals and paints)
Four Star UPC paintwork cleanser (solvent free)
Four Star UPP super polymer sealant
Klasse All In One cleaner, polish and protectant (basecoat sealant)
Klasse Sealant Glaze (chip proof acrylic sealant)
Clay Magic original formula clay bars (for use on paint and glass)

Clearkote vanilla moose (removes oxidation from all surfaces)
Turns brown, dried up seals into jet black ones and stays that way
Clearkote Chocolate Moose - residue free wax that you put on and take off in 30 seconds with no residue at all
Can also use it to clean bad stains of interior vinyl and plastic

Aquatouch 240 - 300,000 fibre per inch ultra microfibre cloths and towels
Autoglym 01B Finishing polish and protectant
Autoglym 07B Strawberry Jam plastic, vinyl and rubber cleaner protectant
(one of my favourite products for faded exterior plastics)
Blue Magic natural look non greasy vinyl protectant
PPG Paints cutting compounds and final glaze polish

Menzerna IP & FP blemish removing polishes
Dinitrol 7020 Wet Look polish (solvent free) $20 for 1 litre (last you donkeys years)
AUTOSMART glass glow residue free glass polish
G101 degreaser
Carnuaba gold cream wax
P21S paintwork cleansing lotion and concourse carnauba wax
(america's best hard wax)
Diamondite Glass repair system (at home glass repair)

Omikron
Liquid wax, RD black wheel arch anti rust paint, bodyseal polymer paint sealant

Sonus
SFX 1, 2 and 3 paint refinishing system
Acrylic spritz - keeps the klasse sg sealant topped up

Magnum Top Gear (australian)

Lustre Power sealant $20 for 1 litre
Diamond Kote - protectant for almost any surface
Non silicone polish
Final Glaze wet look polish
Lemon Deodoriser
Super Strength shampoo - 10 ml per 10 litres of water
Ultra fine color restorer

3M
Liquid Wax, imperial hand glaze, ph neutral shampoo, perfect it II
compounds

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Winners Circle Products
Adams Products
Meguiars Detailer line (higher than professional grade stuff)

Check out my photo gallery, the first photo was taken the other day, under flouro lights it's the same as seen in the photo.
All done by hand too.

Now I'm not saying meguiars or mothers is crap, not at all. Plastx is great and so is california gold but for the price you pay for meguiars in 473ml bottle, you could get a 500ml to 3.78 litre container of the stuff I use which hardly no one in australia knows of (it's slowly getting there)

The stuff is easier to use, you use less and best of all, environmentally safe and safe for your lungs.
With some surface prep, three to seven layers of klasse sg and then a couple of four star, poorboys,wolfgang etc, you can have a finish that looks an inch deep with metal flakes standing out big time.

I invite you all to autopia.org and detail city.com.
Will open your eyes a bit. Check out some of the pics in the gallery and car show section

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:15 am 
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cost being irrelevant, whats the best cleaner anyones found??


if you don't care about cost get it professionally detailed!

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:08 pm 
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Happy wrote:
fun_on_rear_demister_4u wrote:
cost being irrelevant, whats the best cleaner anyones found??


if you don't care about cost get it professionally detailed!


The only thing I dislike about that is other people scratching your car for you

 

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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:06 pm 
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Plenty of amateur detail shops around the place.
Nothing like doing it yourself, stand back and get blinded by the shine after your done.

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:35 am 
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where's mavis?

gotta get some of these products and put them to good work... my car needs it! thanks for the recommendations guys

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:09 pm 
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Another one for Meguires.

I have found the Soft Wash Gel and Wax's to be great for the cars finish.

Also try Autoglym spray show finish. It's awesome for car shows or trade displays etc...
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:41 pm 
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Can never get sick of seeing your car man, awesome awesome awesome stuff there!
Pics are nice too, looks like a ford photoshoot pic the 2nd one lol.

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:22 pm 
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Can never get sick of seeing your car man, awesome awesome awesome stuff there!
Pics are nice too, looks like a ford photoshoot pic the 2nd one lol.


Thanks the second one (and a number of others i took) were taken at a photoshoot i had with thew car for Incar Magazine. I'll be taking some more when i have my photo shoot for Street machine later on this month or early Feb.

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:41 pm 
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Pyroay, thats Harlequin paint on your car, right?

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:56 pm 
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Yes
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:01 pm 
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Yeh, always wondered how expensive it would be to do the entire car in Harlequin paint. Can you give us an idea?

 

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