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Best products I've found for a showroom car finish

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Old Dec 12th, 2015, 11:54   #1
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Default Best products I've found for a showroom car finish

Have previously posted pics under a different title but thought it needed to be changed due to the response.

Got a bit of an OCD when it comes to cleaning cars!! Have gone through many cleaning products but have found these to work the best.

Every 3 months I use Meguiars Ultimate Compound & NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 to give the glass like effect!

Weekly clean, use from Wiko Triplewax Waterless Wash and Shine. And Triplewax spray on Fast Wax.

Pics taken on my Sony Z1 phone with use of a filter to make it pop!

Happy cleaning!!!

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Gloss black alloys, grille and wrapped wing mirrors
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Old Dec 12th, 2015, 13:19   #2
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In my case the problem isn't the products available , it's the owner
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I like the bog standard hard wax from turtle wax, followed by that techwax stuff from Meguiars.

They seam to complement each other and last a good time, but i'm after protection not a shine.

Preperation is always important so I always use a good cleaner think its called prewash in English, but I only know it by the Swedish name of 'avfettning'.

I have never liked the quick shine stuff or other easy/quick stuff, it goes on nicely, but it soon comes off the car, and needs doing again.

When I am being OCD I spend alot of time applying the wax using five passes in different directions, the results show but then my time disappears.

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Old Dec 12th, 2015, 21:43   #4
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Good shine on that one! Must say I'm the same with my car .I prefer poorboys black hole as a quick wiz round ,nano waxes seem to be coming on too but currently use dodo juice products for a lasting deep shine


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i used a liquid gold triplewax

I got my mum some as you wash your car with it and thats it,


So if u dint have the back, arms, and shoulders for it - then its worth a go

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=211413


I think Ive washed my S60 two or three times from new in 2003
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Sorry just worked out how to put pics in the text area

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Nice looking car, love that colour and shine. Remarkable
A clean shiny car doesn't stay that way long in the rural area I live in, roads are filthy with muck this time of year.
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The colour is scarab green pearl metallic, looks completely different in different lights
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Its so glossy I thought you'd had a custom paint job done! By far the deepest shine I've seen on that colour,good work
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I use all Meguiars stuff but 1st run out and its filthy only way out of village is along lanes
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