Minty_Fresh
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a mate of mine works at a body repair place and he said he can do it for me for £40 (the whole car)
looking at getting it done because it has a few minor scratches ( mostly down the bonnet where my misses cats slide down the bonnet  )
is £40 for mopping the whole car cheap?
[Edited on 24-09-2008 by mk4_boy]
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S@M
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yes its normally areound £50 mate
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Neo
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Yeah good price, depends what he uses and how good he is. Get it done if he's good.
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Mobby
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MINE AROUND 80
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Iain M
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Shoot the cats
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Minty_Fresh
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they sit on the bonnet when i park on the drive as its nice and walm for them, barstards lol
he said he will come to me aswell and mop the car on the drive...
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Iain M
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Yeah my cats do the same to my mum and dads they know they dare not sit on mine so they sit under instead.
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Minty_Fresh
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lmao..
does mopping get rid of swirl marks?
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Tomnova16
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thats really chep, id charge around £80 for a corsa
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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little_duke
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my mates got all the stuff.i paid £20
flame pink
to
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Stu
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Dont really know much about this sort of stuff so dont take the p*ss But WTF is mopping?
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Minty_Fresh
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my car is silver but i just want to get the most of the colour as its a hard colour to get shiney in the best of times..
think it would make a difference?
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Minty_Fresh
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Pete_vxl
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i just payed £50 to get mine buffed, look at my project or there is a thread in general chat sumwhere
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Minty_Fresh
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yer looks great but yours is red and shines pretti easy, mines silver, just wondering if it would make a difference
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Pete_vxl
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probably notice less swirls but i cant seeing it make a huge difference, mine was pink when it went in
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Neo
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Mopping is:
Using a rotary and pads, along with compounds and polishes, to cut the paintwork. The cutting process removes scratches by removing layers of paint. Obviously this also removes the top layers of faded paint (hence why its good on flame red).
T-Cut is a good cheap alternative however wont remove scratches or swirls as well as using a mop.
For a corsa, just on the amount of time it would take, normally places will charge between £80 - £150.
This wouldnt make silver *shine* any more. Best way to make silver pop would be to use decent polish and wet look wax. This will give it a much better reflective sheen.
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Minty_Fresh
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i only use turtle wax at the mo, but after i get it mopped im going to invest in some decent products..
anyone recommend a good polish and wax for silver cars 
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Neo
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Autoglym SRP is great
Dodo Juice Wax's
Poorboys Polishes are good too. I would also invest in good applicators just after its been mopped so you dont add shit loads of scratches due to poor products.
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wilson_sri
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£80 - £150 to mop a corsa? Big bit of money that for not a lot of work.
£50 is a good price for a corsa.
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Butler
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I have patches on my paintwork where the paint has gone matt, also one of my arches is faded to a sort of orangey pink shade. Would mopping bring this paintwork back up to its original colour or will it really need a respray to get it back up to colour? Ive tried tcutting them to no avail...
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Torsa g
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quote:
Originally posted by wilson_sri
£80 - £150 to mop a corsa? Big bit of money that for not a lot of work.
£50 is a good price for a corsa.
i some one does it properly it coul easily cost this much, it all depends how far you wana go and how good the person is at doin it, with mopping u get wat u pay for
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sand-eel
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why do detailing people usually take about 2 days to do this then surely it should be more than £50 odd for a decent job?
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Stokie Dave
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I had mine done for 50, wish I hadn't.. when I let it go pink again (lol) I could see nasty buffer marks where they must have burnt the paint, gutted.. needs doing again really.
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Mobby
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quote:
Originally posted by Stokie Dave
I had mine done for 50, wish I hadn't.. when I let it go pink again (lol) I could see nasty buffer marks where they must have burnt the paint, gutted.. needs doing again really.
dont scare me lol
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