A Nice Shiny Mini

[Smitty]

Well, eventually got a weekend off and managed to get the MINI washed, scrubbed and polished and here are the results:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/IMG_2821.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/IMG_2818.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/IMG_2817.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/Mini4.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/AngleEdited.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/CooperEdited.jpg
(Yes.....i no there is dust on the Cooper badge....had to drive it to a nice scenic location but of course the roads very a bit dusty!!)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/GeerEdited.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/smitty_350z/SpeedEdited.jpg


SORRY......Pictures don't show the full results as the sun had gone down by the time i was finished!

So heres the run through:

STEP 1 – Hoover insides, scrub dirty plastic with hot soapy water such as pedals and plastics in foot well and polish everything insight!

STEP 2 – Washed with Autoglym Car Shampoo, panel at a time, getting as many bugs off and tar marks off as possible! Car then dried down.

STEP 3 – New bucket....once again car shampoo and gave the wheels and going over.

STEP 4 – With Autoglym Car Polish, all paintwork was finely polished using Autoglym Micro Fiber cloths. Took a good few hours as there were tar marks everywhere!

STEP 5 – Black trim waxed with Turtle Wax Back to Black. Made a fantastic job on the arches and window seals but made a terrible mess of the actual windows so not overally happy

STEP 6 – Windows and lights polished with Autoglym First Glass – made a fantastic job and completely smear free!

STEP 7 – Wheels soaked with Autoglym Wheel Clean and scrubbed, removing all yellow marks and tar with ease – fantastic product, very like Muck-Off which is used for bikes. Wheels then rinsed with a hose, dried and given a final polish.

STEP 8 – Back to Black spray used on the tires to give them a gloss finish....brilliant stuff but unfortunately doesn't last long.

All in all, a hard days work but well worth it think!!:D:D

[Crombers]

If yer ever bored then feel free to do that to my MINI :D.
Nice one & your car looks well ace :approve:

[Wul]

Good work Smitty :cool:

[Burple]

Looking good!

Not been up the Caterthuns for a while!

i think the last time was about 5 years ago on a classic Mini run I organised, we all ended up having and adventure up one of the two hills, but i can't remember which one, Black or Brown. The one with all the stones at the top anyway! :D:D
Some cracking wee roads up there!;):cool:

[N12 JLK]

Nice reflection of you on the gear knob. Car looks nice:)

[X30YES]

Nice L@@king car Smitty

[jayex]

quote:Originally posted by lesley12

Nice reflection of you on the gear knob. Car looks nice:)

:eek: you made me go back and look ! :I
seriously tho - nice car! and yes def well worth it - looks great!! :cool:

[Smitty]

quote:Originally posted by lesley12

Nice reflection of you on the gear knob. Car looks nice:)


Thats not me....thats the missus! Chief photographer!!:p

[nylo]

Mmm that looks great! There's something about EB with Aerokit, it works! ;):)

[s1mon]

All that time wasted cleaning could've been spent driving ;)

[Smitty]

quote:Originally posted by nylo

Mmm that looks great! There's something about EB with Aerokit, it works! ;):)


Yeh, its just fantastic.....perhaps we should start our own club:p;)

And Simon......don't worry, it got driven after, and i made up for it!:D