A Day off (another MINI to clean)

[GP BILLY]

Did my sons 54 MINI COOPER today, only had 3 hours so we decided it would get cleaned and a coat of AUTOBALM polish (It will be getting a full machine polish at a later date) As you see it was quite dirty, he has been putting it through a arc car wash:argh:
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Wheels were quite bad. I used Meguiars Wheel Brightner (he has new wheels going on the car)
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The car was pressure washed and then snow foamed with Super Snow Foam.
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After it was rinsed you could see a lot of wee tar marks, out came the TARDIS and the car got a spray of that...
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Getting to be a habid this...

[GP BILLY]

The car was then wash 2 B/M with Dodo Juice - Born to be mild shampoo.
Dryed the car and then applied the AUTOBALM,
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Exellent stuff this, hides swirls and small scratches (think Ian will agree)
Here's a link to bilthamber (http://www.bilthamber.com/) they also do clay bars which don't need a lude use JUST PLAIN WATER.
while I did this my son did the trim and tyres
Here are a few after photos but as it was after 4 and getting dark, I felt that the pics didn't do the finnish justice.
I will take some more as I also forgot to take after pics of the interior
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Here is our 3 MINIs together 1 covered in snow foam:thumbs up:
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Here a couple with new wheels (chears Greg) just sitting against the car, going to fit next week I hope...
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[Smitty]

Very nice MNI - and good job with the cleaning


BUT

Your son deserves a firm slap for getting it in that state it the first place :moonie: ;) :thumbs up:

And an ARC carwash.....:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Craig]

Yeah what Smitty said ^^^^^

If he comes on a run, he will get a slap... ;):Whistle:

Very nice job as usual sir, cannae wait to get my foam lance now for xmas... :thumbs up::cool:

[Gismo]

If he comes on a run, he will get a slap... ;):Whistle:
Well i'll be shaking him firmly by the hand :Whistle:

[Crombers]

And an ARC carwash.....:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

:D ARC car wash it is then..............

Fairy Liquid
Jif
Brillo pad for the 'stubborn' bits

That'll sort yer 'swirl marks'

:thumbs up:

[ianking]

Nice job.
To finish off though why not get something like autosmart highstyle dressing or meguiars all season dressing and put it in a spray bottle and fire some up under the arches onto the plastic arch liners. It makes them look much better.

[Smitty]

Fairy Liquid
Jif
Brillo pad for the 'stubborn' bits

That'll sort yer 'swirl marks'

You shouldn't even joke about things like that!! :eek: :p ;)

[audrey]

Good job :thumbs up:How the hell did he manage to make that mess inside:frown: