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Old 01-12-2006, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by baptistsan,Jan 12 2006, 09:44 AM
Waffle is what you need!


Old 01-12-2006, 12:54 AM
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Exactly. But a nice baby blue colour
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Too much waffle here

I'm with moff on this one

Oh and I don't think Rahula will be too happy about the threat from soulcrew as detailing king
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SC are you sure you want to advocate your method to everyone? I only ask because that B&T remover will not keep the paint protected and if anything will remove everything and leave it exposed. Up to you though and anyone else who wants to follow that advise but I would ask you to think what condition your paint will be in if you follow this method.

Originally Posted by mikey k,Jan 12 2006, 10:01 AM
Oh and I don't think Rahula will be too happy about the threat from soulcrew as detailing king
I don't think I have anything to worry about just yet.
Old 01-12-2006, 06:04 AM
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My way is even easier.

Go to Dealers on any pretext.

Service Manager says, "Your car is dirty - do you want us to give it a clean?"

I say, "Yes please, I'll have a cup of coffee while I'm waiting."

15 minutes later, suitably refreshed I drive off with nice clean shiny car!

My dealer likes all cars to look their best at all times.
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Rahul is correct.

Might as well clean it with a hammer.
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Jan 12 2006, 04:59 PM
Might as well clean it with a hammer.
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Soulcrew's clearly done this to other poor SOB's cars as his is red and protected by 15 layers of Supaguard (which should be on the all the silver cars that leave the dealership where he works ).
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Originally Posted by rahula,Jan 12 2006, 01:44 PM
SC are you sure you want to advocate your method to everyone? I only ask because that B&T remover will not keep the paint protected and if anything will remove everything and leave it exposed. Up to you though and anyone else who wants to follow that advise but I would ask you to think what condition your paint will be in if you follow this method.


I don't think I have anything to worry about just yet.
i dont do it to mine as it is red and as i said it will streak.

and as my car is superguarded and got layers of techwax, i use alloy wheel cleaner instead.

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Originally Posted by moff,Jan 12 2006, 09:10 AM
I HATE MF's. I only use them for removing wax / polish etc. I have used synthetic chammy's with great result on both my black S3 and my S.
I must admit I bought one of those Autoglym synthetic chamois a few weeks back and found it gives a top finish, unlike my previous leather chamois that always seemed to leave a few marks


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