Hello!
My girlfriend has just bought a brand new mini. She didnt get the autoglym or anything though. So I was wondering what I should do to protect the paintwork, especially over the salty winter months.

Cheers, Edd

i use colinite 914 after high recommendation from members.

it goes on nice and lasts ages. very nice product.

look on ebay, its around the £40-45 mark per tin. that would last you both a couple yrs.

You need a hard wearing wax or sealant to last the winter months.

My current favourite is FK1000P high temp wax, it's technically as sealant and two coats should last nearly 6 months.
It's very easy to apply, certainly the easiest i can remember

Or you can add wax over the top, or mix others, Colly do a couple of hard wearers as well as Optimum with their Optiseal.

where and what would you place the 914 out of interest max?

i wax everytime i wash as i find it goes on better with moist panels and why not? so im not so worried about the longevity of the cover. just picking your brains

Thanks. With the fk100p do you need to apply a wax after it?

I just did a quick search and someone said, apply (is this meaning applying a thin layer all over?) wait 20-40 mins and buff off (the post said using MF, i assume that is micro fibre cloth?)

Cheers, Edd

James, do you mean 915? That's an expensive reasonable lasting wax with a nice glossy look.

Edd, no, sealants are synthetic versions of waxes, they tend to give a slightly more reflective look to the finish compared to a slightly warmer glossy look of a wax.

If you wish, you can top the sealant with a wax just for looks, but not really the other way round.

Yes, apply thinly, leave to cure and then buff off later on, MF is microfibre. If you do a second coat, the great thing about 1000P is that it can be done after just 20 minutes of buffing the first off.

Thanks dave, reasonably priced too only £17.95. And by the sounds of things, extremely easy to apply. How often should you use it, every 3 months?

It is good, i've got tonnes left second coat goes on even easier. If you've got two coats, expect near 6 months before needing a re-application.

cheers max. its the glossy i like

same as me LOL but i cba with polishing and stuff, just booked my audi in with racevaleting instead

supposedly yeah, but i mainly using the audi now so the lude can wait, the paint on the lude needs correcting really, the audi just needs protecting so gota sort that out first before i ruin it LOL