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My 4 Hour Clean

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:13 pm
by yacobwood
Right, just spent four hours cleaning my car. thought i would share. its not the best paintwork in the world and it does need major cil and arch work followed by a new set of alloys but i feel ive done pretty well with what ive got :D

o and by the way, for all your black bits on the car i would recomend autoglym Bumper Care. its quite the polish

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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:15 pm
by 3LL1077
Looks fantastic mate

Have you thought about taking the side strips off and colour coding the door handles?

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:25 pm
by yacobwood
im thinkin off takin them off. really wanna do it. just pluckin up courage at the mo :lol: with the door handles im kinda old fashoned and like them blck :?

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:29 pm
by 3LL1077
Haha no worries dude, does look fantastic cleaned tho. Especially the interior :)

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:30 pm
by lolhoward
Very shiney indeed. 8) A well spent 4 hours

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:02 pm
by Torq-Al
Looks like 4 hours well spent, Paint has got a good shine to it too. :)

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:18 pm
by Polo96CL
Looks exactly how mine was (1.4CL?) before I started doing bits to it! Its looking good, have you tried a polish to remove some of the oxidation which is what makes the flash red pinky looking :)

I did the interior on mine the other day, amazing what you find :lol:

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:54 pm
by vw-po-low
I agree. 4 Hours well spent. :D

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:03 pm
by Mike
nice job, get some wax on then all you will have to do for a while is wash and leather it down.
Any major plans?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:18 am
by PoloAnt
Thats had a really good clean. That reminds me..i need to clean mine

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:53 am
by yacobwood
i was so picky, the storage in the door card was dirty so i took apart the door card to get to it :lol:

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:04 pm
by Torq-Al
yacobwood wrote:i was so picky, the storage in the door card was dirty so i took apart the door card to get to it :lol:
Now that's picky, you sound as if you've got OCD! :lol:

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:32 pm
by yacobwood
just want it to be clean :D (plus there was solid chewing gum in there from the prievous owner) nasty i no.

p.s. if anybody has some standard polo alloys for under £50 ill be happy to take them off your hands

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:43 pm
by Tim_GTi
What was your process mate?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:51 pm
by yacobwood
nothin spiecal really. hose down. wash. hose down again :D
the time was spent on all the nooks an cranys. e.g. door hinges. no dirt there anymore. everything that is ment to be black is e.g. boot hinges. upolstry cleaner. windows. engine degrease and back to black. the norm :D