Usually Mrs Turvey cleans the car in our house but actually having a car I'm enjoying driving I decided I would start the washing duties :)

When we got it we noticed a couple of what looked like greasy/oily hand-prints on the bonnet so I got stuck in with car shampoo and a sponge but they didn't seem to shift. The rest of the car looked OK for an 8 year-old car, usual scratches etc but the hand-prints really started annoying me

So this weekend we flew down to Glasgow and left the car with a workmate of mine who is really into valeting etc (he's just bought a £400 buffer!!!) Seeing as we're still speaking of selling and moving onto the C-max as mentioned elsewhere he didn't give it the full works. 'Just' a cut and polish job.

Before...

After...

Needless to say I'm well chuffed with the results! Keep looking out the window at it!

Thats made the world of difference , looks very clean.

cleaned mine yesterday , as i was putting power wash away , a bird crapped on the roof , washed it off , cleared everything away sat down in front room looked out the window to see attack no.2 across the bonnet and a bit on the screen and roof , needless to say i was not happy , damn i hate Birds

that looks like it come up lovely andcant beat a nice freshly waxed car.

preee I know the felling got some birds nesting in a neaighbours roof and when they come out they seem to fly over my car and crap on it just as iv finished washing it lol

so out I go with the deatailer and colth .

Arrghhh!!!

Someone at Mrs T's work today let their door blow open against our car!!!

Not the easiest to see in a picture but very noticeable in the flesh.

The 'culprit' was driving a hire car and everything is being sorted through them. Getting it fixed in a couple of weeks time

Hire company is our local Ford dealer who, so far at least, have been nothing short of excellent ;)

Nice result there

Is that the 3M Perfect-It pads I spy there? Did he use the 3M polishes too?

Chris

Every time I wash my car it rains the next day.

Gave mine a good steam wash yesterday evening to get moorland dust and gak off it and today it chucked down.

I really am a weather curse.

Every time I wash my car it rains the next day.

Gave mine a good steam wash yesterday evening to get moorland dust and gak off it and today it chucked down.

I really am a weather curse.

Please don't wash your car for the rest of summer :D

If it stays sunny until September I'll give your a car a full detail free of charge ;)

Nice result there

Is that the 3M Perfect-It pads I spy there? Did he use the 3M polishes too?

Chris

You got me on that!

I'll ask him tomorrow ;)

Please don't wash your car for the rest of summer :D

If it stays sunny until September I'll give your a car a full detail free of charge ;)

Tempting but couldn't bear driving a filthy car just so you can top up yer tan :p

Nice result there

Is that the 3M Perfect-It pads I spy there? Did he use the 3M polishes too?

Chris

Message from my mate was..... Yes it was 3M pads & polish combo

Extra fine polish with yellow pad applied by flex rotary , then black max glaze applied with flex DA and meguires finishing pad then two coats of brightmax vantage wax .

Might as well be speaking German! :-)

The Britemax stuff has gained a great reputation, especially Vantage

Chris