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2 hours a bit extreme??
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:41 pm
by jj86
to wash n polish the car
after all the dodgy comments and remarks from neighbours n ppl walking by, just wondering what you guys (n gals!)reckon?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:51 pm
by carmadaaron
yeh 2 hours sounds alright.
if u do a gd job that is.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:41 pm
by siilver
depends whats the weather is lik
if gd spend a gd few hrs
bad, fast wash and dry of
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:38 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Sounds alright for a really good wash and polish. Managed to spend half an hour today just polishing my bonnet and roof, and didn't even do a very good job of it..
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:06 pm
by inder
Sounds like the kind of time I spend
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:25 pm
by robz
yeh sounds bout rite 4 me 2 m8, i spent bout 1.5hours yest washing my courtesy car
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:39 am
by Si_GTi
Yeah couple of hours sounds good. Then you can get some silicone spray for the tyres, some glass polish, some back-to-black for any plastic bits, a bit of alloy wheel cleaner... hehe
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:02 am
by Josh_PoloGTi
My personal best is 7 hours!!!
Wash (inc Acid on Wheels)
Dry
Clay
Rinse
Dry
Compound
Buff
Glaze
Buff
Wax
Buff
Polish Windows
Clean Engine Bay
Dress Engine Bay
Dress Tyres
Polish Exhaust Trim
Hoover Interior
Shampoo Seats
Shampoo Mats
Shampoo Doorcards
Shampoo Rooflining
Dress Dash (Zymol, so deep clean rather than shine!)
Leather Treatment on Steeringwheel, Handbrake and Gearknob
Polish Interior Windows
Re-Hoover (to get rid of bits from polishing rags)
I'll be doing that the weekend before Worthersee/Inters btw!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:57 am
by inder
@ Josh_PoloGTi, wow thats some cleaning
"Dress Dash (Zymol, so deep clean rather than shine!)" - what is the name of this product? Im after something that will do that for my dash, no shine just a good clean
"Clean Engine Bay
Dress Engine Bay" - what with?
chhers!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:25 pm
by Tahrey1043
depends how good a job you do!
If it's an overly quick, careless soap/wipe/hose like my mum does (leaving nice streaks of dust/dirt that she hasn't even touched on the boot, doors, bumpers..), 10-15 minutes should do it.
A decent all over clean making sure the muck actually comes off, i'd allow more like 20-30. And even then i've been unhappy with the outcome.
All else is extra - chamois, polish, wax, T-cut, wheel scrubbing (esp if alloys), etc.
2 hours seems about the length of time I had to allow for cleaning the polo when i was in halls, in winter..... no hosepipe, so I had to keep filling a bucket (using a jug) with hot water from the kitchen (or, the toilets in the canteen block if unable to get a decent parking space), ferrying it outside, doing what could be done until it got freezing cold (not a cold day, but windchill!) and repeating......
Took all day to give it the initial inside & out clean, vac, wash, T-cut, polish, with a 3 person crew, when I first bought it...
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:45 pm
by Josh_PoloGTi
Inder
I use Zymol "Vinyl" to do the interior plastics.
I also use it in my engine bay on the plastics and rubber hoses.
Hope that helps?
www.zymol.com
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:14 pm
by inder
Josh_PoloGTi wrote:Inder
I use Zymol "Vinyl" to do the interior plastics.
I also use it in my engine bay on the plastics and rubber hoses.
Hope that helps?
www.zymol.com
Thanks, will check the site for more info and stockist
edit: this the stuff?
http://www.zdouk.com/detail.aspx?ID=48