Detailing & Car Cleaning
Winter Cleaning Regime
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This time of the year & doing less miles these days..
Once a week will Rinse off & Snow foam with Meguiars gold wax, Sonax wheel cleaner & mothers coating ref brake dust build up.
Meguiars Xpress or detailing spray to finish.
RainX treatment on the windscreen & may purchase a cover
AndrewMy first RRS HSE Purchased June 2016
Java Black 2.7
Date of first registration 22 February 2008
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I just ring my detailer
07,TDV8,Black, Black Heated leather all round, Rear Entertainment with Headpones & Remote, TV, DVD, Pure Dab Digital Radio, Sidesteps, Adaptive Headlights, sunroof, now working fuel burning heater
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People spend far too much time and money cleaning their cars...
I wash maybe once a month, wax every 3 and machine polish every 2 years if needed.
Nothing special for wheels, my RRS doesn't need it, some wheels are prone to pitting but not land rovers.
But I do spend a lot of time off road so this is clean for me.
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I like to apply a good coating of mud or grime whenever it gets washed off by the garage at service time. Nicely protects the paint below from people parking too close or brushing by it.
2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed -
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Thanks for the replies and tips, Npinks and Blueskye1.
The rest of you should be ashamed
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Shame be on those that polish lots and drive off road little...Quote:
The rest of you should be ashamed Laughing
Sacrilege!
2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed -
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How the hell do you guys deal with the freezing temps???? You're all talking about snow foam and sealing and citrus wash..... ?
Isn't the freezing water killing your hands? I personally Can't stand washing my car in the winter. Tried it once...... ONCE
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This was on xmas eve, 5.5 hrs in total.
Well, as I had nothing to do, the weather was ok and the wife didn't want me under her feet I decided to give the motor a quick wash, or so I thought.
A few before, this was only washed Monday last week by the way.
Then my weapons of choice
Starting with the wheels, they had a good soak in powermaxed concentrated wheel cleaner at 25% dilution, then agitated and attacked with my wheel woolies
After rinse
Then went over the entire car with tfr, but when doing drivers side I purposely missed the rear door just to see the difference when power rinsing off.
Huge difference!
Then after cleaning again with tfr and rinsing, came the only snow I think we'll see he in the east this year.
And using a little tip from ardandy aka electric leaf man, I went around all the badges, door shuts, window seals and any small profiles with a brush.
After this I rinsed off then set to work with my 3 Buckets and waschpudel, Now this was where I was going to end it but then drying off the car I could feel how rough the doors and some of the panels were. So break out the tardis and red 7. Tardis up first
Surprisingly not much tar at all, but then after a rinse off the red7 was applied. O m g, I'm a wee bit embarrassed here.
Ended up having to hit the entire car 3 times
2nd hit
3rd hit
Then after that I went over it all again with a claybar using soapy water as lube, then rewashing the whole car again.
Rinsed off with my di vessel, then applied a coat of powermaxed winter coat sealant, then topped that off with chemical guys v07, just love the super glossy finish that gives. I was going to apply my ODK Glamour but it was getting dark and the air was turning moist, so I called it a day after finishing off the tyres and trim with autosmart histyle.
Some finished shots
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Do.you do a mobile call out service for detailing?
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 -
Danv8
What paint system did you use on the edges of your side steps ? Was thinking of getting a set for my beast but don't want chrome or brushed finish...
No point in washing mine too often as living next to a farm in the wilds of Scotland it's always filthy before I ever hit a main road, but it does get treated occasionally to a jet wash and then Auto Glym shampoo and then a jet wash off... job done
Maybe when summer comes..
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