james

I really don't know, it would depend on how long it takes and how much your parts spend was. I know how you make it as you told me before, I may have a go sometime. How much is a second hand grill ? can you get me one maybe ? postage 10/15 quid approx

shoot me a price ? or i can show you how to make one (i just noticed a dent on my car as i am writing this )

water spots on the back bumper

That it is nick, but washing up liquid is not designed for road grime i guess

i have a few slates from a preface lift m if you want them or i could make you one if you really want =]

being a purest you're car is my favourite ... but the H badge i dont know

looking good what was the wedding car

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEt that car looks FU@KING amazing + its not low it has a ride high man that car .....

[quote name=" http://www.cleancarsforum.co.uk/viewtop ... =81&t=1226"] I thought I would post briefly with regards to products like fairy liquid or, generically, washing up liquids. It has become something of a common discussion point online that fairy liquid is a horrendously dangerous product - it will strip almost any LSP, it is filled with salt and will do no end of damage. All of this is myth with very little basis in reality. First up, lets consider what is in fairy liquid. Fairy is a water based mixture of surfactants. There are some additions to this which are mainly to do with stabilising the product so it doesn't break down (fairy is much less likely to separate out than most automotive products).The product is close to pH neutral and doesn't contain anything in the way of harmful additions (it has to be food safe - the same is not true for automotive products). Being more specific, the surfactants within fairy are nothing especially unusual - they are good solid surfactants which are used throughout the detergents industry. They are at high levels and fairy is a good product because they can get them in at higher levels than others without compromising elsewhere. More important is that the surfactants within are actually found in some other products we are familiar with - we call them car shampoos! Salt? In fairy? You must be kidding. Salt is a thickener in a product like this. With fairy, they will be fighting to LOWER the viscosity, not raise it. Salt (sodium chloride) would potentially make the product so thick as to be impossible to make or use. Cheaper products will have lower activity levels and will not be so thick on their own - at this point it is common to add salt to compensate. This is common in budget washing up liquids and similar - not uncommon in cheap bulk car shampoos either! So, from a chemical point of view, fairy and other washing up liquids have very little of concern for your car. In fact fairy is necessarily milder than many car cleaning shampoos - this should not surprise you, fairy is designed for repeated and prolonged skin contact! Then we have the LSP stripping. I have done numerous tests here and I don't know what the fuss is about. My tests show that it does not easily strip LSP, even when when applied neat to a wash mitt. In fact, on the subject, I tend to find that even neat TFR/APC will struggle to remove my LSPs as easily as spray and wipe! What I have observed repeatedly is the removal of water beading and sheeting. I believe that this is confusing people into believing that LSPs are removed. More importantly, this removal of beading and sheeting is temporary. This fits well with the chemistry - surfactants bond to oils, this is how they work. Your LSP is.... basically a fancy oil. So you have a concentrated surfactant mixture (fairy) and you are applying it to an oily layer. The surfactant will stick! Now, because your LSP is not actually a simple oil, it is much harder to remove. The bond between the paint and the LSP is stronger than between LSP and surfactant - so the surfactant will stick to the LSP but won't be able to remove much of it. The trouble is you now have surfactant stuck to your LSP making the water behaviour appear to have left the building! Now, the surfactant also has a water loving element so it will be removed with enough water. It will not rinse off immediately - it wouldn't be a very good surfactant if it could 'released' the oily end that easily. So it can take a LOT of rinsing to get rid of it all. So in my view there are two potential scenarios here... either these myths are coming from people who are confused as described or the protection products I make are much more resilient than most on the market - much as I would like to claim this, the truth is that I make good products but I cannot pretend that they are all ground breaking! So next time you hear someone talking about fairy stripping wax - think about it a bit more carefully!

[*:2tlmwjmi]is bilberry acid based, it was all the rage before [*:2tlmwjmi]myG7hcb09KE from 23 seconds on [*:2tlmwjmi]i too like suds but AG is so lame that way yep thats the one just because its readily available, i will be changing though for something with more lubrication and suds (NO! not ky jelly ) i forgot to mention i use demon shine before i towel dry, 400ml split between two watering cans (5L each ). When it runs out im going to look into something with more drying ability, on the AG course we used some of their autogloss rinse and it looked good OH nice sheeting (holly sheet )

a tip Chandler you probably know, AG shampoo is crap it sudsing up so what i do is fill one capful and put that in a bucket the just before hand washing i use the power washer to fill the bucket i find thats the best way to get suds from their shampoo

This is my method of washing my cars exterior [*:a420p2ri]rinse [*:a420p2ri]clean wheels inside and outside (megs wheel brightener LOVE THIS STUFF, a wheel brush and a sponge ) [*:a420p2ri]rinse again (why? to soften dirt) [*:a420p2ri]power wash (inside wheel wells making sure the lips on the rears have nothing trapped ) [*:a420p2ri]hand wash (lambs wool wash mitt + autoglym shampoo) [*:a420p2ri]rinsed finally (using the sheeting method) [*:a420p2ri]towel dried i dont drive it for an hour because of brake dust turning to luquid and streaking around the wheels that takes me an hour i like to take it slow so i can watch what im doing How do you guys/gals go about washing the pride and joy

Just a wash today, takes me an hour love it

HELL YEA!

do nick! it make imo a big difference to the look of the car

i bet she is one smooth ride!

All will be revealed soon (finger crossed) detailing business no Update time 10-April-2013 - 4:00pm I have striped off the wax for two coats of sealent, what a difference forget wax i also cleaned the engine bay/under bonnet MINT!! and wheels front and back if you have never taken off your wheels and cleaned them i would reccomend it i love this car and i wish i didnt have to sell her but ....

loss leaders

iv no problem with daily use with the 5 but i have plans that will need cash flow

Wilkesy i wish i knew Today im striping off the wax i put on last time because im not all the happy with it, ill be putting on paint sealent instead (by DA) 'L8R'

WOW your not playing around

This is why people need to watch how they clean a car a small change makes a big difference

tasty car nick, that cover is well done