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Now, I know this isn't up to Clarke's standards but I had a go at claying the car and also finishing with JEFF WERKSTAT acrylic kit which I bought from Polished Bliss....

Personally I was well impressed with the overall result, followed Clarke's tips on his detailing and washed it using Meguires shampoo and degreased the tyres, arches etc 60 deg water.

Dried it, clayed it (took 2 hours but well impressed) then washed it again using clarke's 2 bucket technique....

Finally finished with the acrylic kit. Didn't take a "before" shot but it was pretty dirty after going for a blast with Mega 2 weekends ago, loads of brake dust on the wheels too.

Took me 5 hours in total but it was a sunny day and I had nowt else to do!!

Looking very good mate. I washed mine with meguiars and then polished/waxed it once the sun went low enough to get the car in the shade. Like you say loads of brake dust from the run but its all looking much better now. My cars got lots of stone chips at the front which it came with sadly. I wonder if there is anything i can do to make the chips look better... most of the bits that are chipped are plastic so a touch up pen might not work all that well.. doh!

If you've got more than a few chips I'd just get it painted. I've just spent over a grand on mine getting the front end painted at the Porsche Approved Bodyshop in aberdeen

Car looks great mate, nice job

Just gotta keep it like that for next week!

Looks superb...well worth the effort!

Mega, look forward to comparing wash-jobs next week .... although with you using yours daily it'll be a bit filmed up I'd imagine unless you wash it next weekend I can certainly recommend the Acrylic set from Polished, it is brilliant to apply because you don't get any white on the black plastic trim or cills like you do with wax and it all wipes off neatly.

Cheers Clark, the whole kit I bought from polished was well worth the money. Brilliant stuff and having some guidance on how to wash from your thread(s) is superb to get the best results A grand for a front end respray mind you, it is a porsche approved place so I guess they'll put more than 1 micron of paint on!!

Andy, it is under a cover now although from the time it took me to clear up and getting the cover on a bird had shat on the passanger window, luckly it didn't splat onto the paintwork!! See you and Martin next week with a bit of luck.

Nice job McJohn

Cheers Bro, quite theraputic claying the car in the sun although got a bit burn on my shoulders!! By the time I had finished the claying, the sun had gone down enough to let the metal cool and then acryllic the paint.

Never done it before so spent the first hour learning the best technique although I think I should have bought a more aggressive clay for the first rub as it took ages to get some of the tar deposits off...

If you have large tar deposits then a chemical remover like Autosmart Tardis is the way to go. Just spray on and wipe off.

If you use an aggressive clay bar you increase the chance of marring the paintwork

looks squeeky clean !! ready for the summer

A very impressive wash

Looks great need to get mine done soon,

Can you not use a small dab of petrol on a rag to get tar spots off?

I have used this on the inside of my alloys before with no trouble...not sure about paintwork though.

can't wait for next week!

Clark wrote:If you have large tar deposits then a chemical remover like Autosmart Tardis is the way to go. Just spray on and wipe off.

If you use an aggressive clay bar you increase the chance of marring the paintwork

I got some of the Autosmart Tardis to remove tar spots off the wifes alloys. I will try it again on Thursday evening when the wheels are off as Adam (Buxton) is fitting new pads and disks. When I initially tried it, it was a very cold evening and I wasn't that impressed with it. Having said that, I've never had the need to try it on the car body.

WR1 Bro wrote:

Clark wrote:If you have large tar deposits then a chemical remover like Autosmart Tardis is the way to go. Just spray on and wipe off.

If you use an aggressive clay bar you increase the chance of marring the paintwork

I got some of the Autosmart Tardis to remove tar spots off the wifes alloys. I will try it again on Thursday evening when the wheels are off as Adam (Buxton) is fitting new pads and disks. When I initially tried it, it was a very cold evening and I wasn't that impressed with it. Having said that, I've never had the need to try it on the car body.

You sure it was tar mate and not pitting? I've yet to find a better tar remover than the Tardis. you'll definitely know if it's tar as it will start to disolve and run off after 10/15 seconds


As for petrol to remove tar - yes it works but I certainly wouldnt!

What is pitting?

WR1 Bro wrote:What is pitting?

Well this is one type of pitting and shows you how not to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nlt5l4nt4&feature=related

Megaman wrote:

WR1 Bro wrote:What is pitting?

Well this is one type of pitting and shows you how not to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nlt5l4nt4&feature=related

FMPSL... brilliant gag mate!!