Honda Prelude UK

D_Tox · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:41 am Post subject: Decided to clay the car

Been planning to do this for quite a while, had the clay for about 3 months and was just waiting for the weather to improve.

Excuse the pics, didn't realise the lens was dirty 'till I upped the pictures. Crying or Very sad

Started on Thursday

Washed with Morrisons own washing up liquid to remove all traces of wax and polish.

Then clayed for 3 1/2 hours.
Amazing stuff, bits that I thought were little stone chips turned out to be crap in the paint. This is when I finished.

Gave it a wash with Megs Gold Class Shampoo afterwards and called it a day 'cos I was knackered.

Friday morning started again with another wash with the Megs and dried with a towel. Then tried Poorboys SSR1 swirl remover because my bonnet is a maze of swirls and oxidised paint. Didn't have very good results so I think next time I'll look for a more aggressive compound.

Then it was Poorboys White Diamond Polish and finished with Megs Gold Class Wax.

Even got the Autosol out for the stupid exhaust, too bloody loud by far.

Took a couple this morning after cleaning the camera lens Smile

I also have Megs Stages 2 & 3 and autoglyms SRP but I'm not very impressed with them, Just need to buy a better polish and wax that works well on white cars so I'm open to suggestions.

Gat · Lude Hero Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 1297

The best time to wash your car is when it's cool and overcast.

Shiny · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:55 pm Post subject:

Looking good!

Did you work the polish by hand or by machine?

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D_Tox · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:55 pm Post subject:

I know, it was when I started Very Happy

MaDMaXX · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject:

I'm guessing it's by hand, hard work :/

Clean your glass, inside and out, it will significantly improve the look of the car overall Smile

Paint's looking pretty good now though Smile

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D_Tox · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject:

MaDMaXX wrote:

Clean your glass, inside and out, it will significantly improve the look of the car overall Smile

Bloody cheek Very Happy

I did clean the glass, just the screen from certain angles shows smears. I need to get a better glass cleaner.

I have got a silverline polisher but the lambs wool bonnet is shagged so I polished / waxed by hand because I'm not too good with the foam pads as they seem to drag a bit.

D_Tox · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject:

Both bumpers need respraying, the fronts got enough scrapes showing black through it and the rear has crazing where the bumpers flexed and not the paint.

Shiny · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

For hand polishing you really have to work the polish for quite some time to get the desired effect and it is very hard work. Also polishing in the sun on hot panels doesn't give very good results.

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The Wizard of Lude · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:19 am Post subject:

D_Tox wrote:

I need to get a better glass cleaner

don't bother buying specialist glass cleaners .... just get JIF! but don't let it get anywhere else other than glass ... to be on the safe side, spray it on lint free cloth and then wipe the glass.

best thing still imho is the old style ...... NEWSPAPERS Wink

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Greeny_23 · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:03 pm Post subject:

good job man looks nice. thats the same! exhaust i had on my old lude lol although i never had that silencer thing in tho thought that made sound a lil farty on mine haha Very Happy

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