Recent content by Grahamvalets

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    Bugs off?

    Flies can be a pain in the backside when you are doing the exterior valeting of your vehicle, the trick is to break down their blood vessels, a mild traffic film remover or the Autoglym interior cleaner does the trick, so does the AG glass cleaner. All you need to do is either spray the...
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    Best way to remove hairline scratches from paintwork

    I would use a DA and work down the polishes/compounds, lightest first & work through the cuts unit you sort it. I doubt the Super Resin Polish would do the trick as its a 3 cut & has fillers in it so unless you use IPA after to check if you have removed or filled in the scratches you may end up...
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    Cleaning wheels

    Cheers will do
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    Keeping the car clean (safely) between washes

    Car covers or caravan covers, they all seem to scratch the vehicle, I have seen some nasty scratches. You might avoid some if your vehicle is stored in a garage where the wind doesn't effect it but if not and the wind keeps blowing it, its a sure fire way to get scratches on your paintwork...
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    Cleaning wheels

    From what you are using I am presuming you have powder coated wheels, there is a difference between powdered coated & alloy. The main difference is no acid or strong TFRs on powder coated wheels and in reality no acid. The acid free chemicals imho are good for powder coated wheels if cleaned...
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    Which products for paintwork + layering wax / sealants ?

    The Krypton Ceramic Range from Tony Spears, they are very good indeed. I use his Krypton 5 on my enhancement detail & full paint corrections. If you are keen on learning how to detail cars, go and visit tony and spend a week with him. Many visit him from all over the world to do his training. He...
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    Tyre shine recommendations please

    Autoglym for me also, you can apply it by a paintbrush or spray it on for a wet look if you like the wet look or you can go over it with a sponge to take the excess off which takes the sheen off & gives it a totally different look.
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    Tyre shine recommendations please

    Autoglym for me also, you can apply it by a paintbrush or spray it on for a wet look if you like the wet look or you can go over it with a sponge to take the excess off which takes the sheen off & gives it a totally different look.
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    Getting rid of the white stuff

    Autoglym Glass Cleaner & a bug sponge, the glass cleaner is the aerosol version. Simply spray on and use the bug sponge to agitate the plastic. Just be careful near any paintwork, that what I use if a customer has polished their own car and hit the bumpers or trim when I valet.
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    Cleaning/Detailing Advice

    Its always best to use a paint gauge if your compounding to remove the deeper scratches in your clear coat, there is a good breakdown of the paint on this site showing the ceramic coating , for fallout removal its worth removing the iron filings otherwise rust spots occur. Its easy to notice the...