now this is clean..

clubman_dan · Post by **clubman_dan** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:01 pm

this is car cleaning to the extreme, the finished look is awesome!
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/s ... hp?t=25400
makes me feel ashamed of mine and i like to think its pretty clean! lol
bling bling
Dan

p.s, the wax used on the car (zymol royale, costs over Ã‚Â£7000

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Roo · Post by **Roo** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:51 pm

Need to sign up....

clubman_dan · Post by **clubman_dan** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:59 pm

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewt ... 865&page=1
its copied here, i don't think you have to sign up for it.

pol · Post by **pol** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:15 pm

Pretty shiny, but errr, it's an Astra!?

Sounds like a really expensive hobby..

pol

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:47 am

Straight away he found some scratches that must have come from factory (pray i didnt do them). I had instructed my dealership Greens of Holborough not to touch the car upon delivery off the transporter even to the point of leaving all window stickers on!!!! They did this perfectly for me.

That's right mate the dealer thinks your a right fruit loop.

and Martin washed his dark green 480 turbo using the finest of car wash that he picked up from halfords and used a jet washer to remove bird shit.

Maybe that's my problem.... I just don't try hard enough in life??

clubman_dan · Post by **clubman_dan** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:28 am

martinholmesuk wrote:
and Martin washed his dark green 480 turbo using the finest of car wash that he picked up from halfords and used a jet washer to remove bird shit.

Maybe that's my problem.... I just don't try hard enough in life??

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:52 am

Maybe so, but was all his trouble worth it? I mean it looked amazing, and you could see the difference, but how long will that last, and how often will he have to re-do it?!?

I go 50 miles down the motorway and there are more dead bugs on the bonnet and windscreen than i've had hot dinners!

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:07 pm

Oh my god, I though spending Sat morning waxing our 480's and giving the engine bays a clean was a bit geeky (looked good though!).

Looks like your going to have to move up a bar on the cleaning front Dan 480 Man!

Stu.

clubman_dan · Post by **clubman_dan** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:33 pm

i think that wax will last for months so the shine will stay, so long as the caar is kept clean, also things like dead flys will just wipe off with a damp cloth.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:15 pm

just wash it with clear clean ro balanced water to stop things like water marks, and it will be fine....of course, if you get bird shit, the guy travels to sort it....didnt someone post a vid of him in the wastegate (the cleaner man...not the dumb astra owner) - doing some super car or other
rgrds
rob

does ocd sound familiar?

edited bit : http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/vi ... hp?t=12061
told you ocd sounded familiar

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:31 pm

Thats fecking awsome.

Finally, somebody who worries like i do whilst waxing...

I asked Paul why this was so important and he explained that for maximum reflection you needed to take away the peaks in the clearcoat to a maximum point of the lowest trough microscopically which should flatten the clearcoat to a reading of + or - 2 microns across the board and take no more than 8 microns from the clearcoat for fear of clearcoat failure in the future....

That is pretty bloody clean, but must have cost a fair bit. And i wonder how long it lasts before it starts to lose its lustre. I really would have a hard job taking it out after spending all that time/money on it. But on a serious note, i can appreciate his thinking. Admitedly (sp), i'd never spend that sort of money, but the whole OCD thing i can relate to (2 quick 'mini' waxes yesterday

) He's a long way to go to catch me up though...

What a loser, he needs to get out more...

glasgowjim · Post by **glasgowjim** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:20 pm

whats ro balanced water ?

use tap water myself !

cars are for driving !

jings you will all be taking showers every day its disgusting.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:11 am

hiya jim,

ro water?
http://www.organicwater.co.uk/what-is-r ... smosis.asp

sort of explains it.....i use it for tropical fish personally, but for car cleaning its supposed to be the dogs danglys.....you know those water marks and streaks with tap water? mainly things like lime and other shite in the water....ro water has none (or very very little - almost to the extent of none)
you can get filters to stick in your hose pipe that make tap water come out pure....

rgrds
rob

ps...for the pug its a fiver to the local eastern european hand wash team.....for the PT cruiser....im as bad as dan......aint got a 480 at the mo to wash

lol

suddy · Post by **suddy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:19 pm

its still an astra --just a shiny one.

do you think the guy has a full time job too, as well as polishing his astra?

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:50 pm

Astra????? FFS!

Why does the phrase "polishing a turd" spring to mind here?

pol · Post by **pol** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:54 pm

I expect he spends the rest of his time polishing his pecker over his shiny toy for that final 'happy' finish! (Probably) (i'm just jealous really - shiny is good...)

pol

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:07 pm

Hahaaa!
I'm not, I've just had my car resprayed for free... that's shine without the effort

muddyfox470 · Post by **muddyfox470** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:16 pm

Brasco wrote:Hahaaa!
I'm not, I've just had my car resprayed for free... that's shine without the effort

how?

all this puts my 2+ hours of hard slogging to shame!

ian

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:20 pm

You have to wait for a storm to make your work's roof to fall on our car.
Probably not worth the hassle.

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:09 pm

Bah wheres yer spirit,get posting yer cars in there !!

The 480 word is one to be spreadeth...so go forth....and spreadus!

Mines there representing 480 in whiteness.Dan leave yours out it'll put my shed to shame!!!!

Volvo 480 Club Europe

now this is clean..

now this is clean..

Seriously SAD!

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