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mav
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20th Apr 06 at 16:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Going to get quotes to put car in for full valet and paint restoration...well mopped..

then get new lights etc fitted...still to buy indicators been bit busy...


Thinking about £100 to get mopped..that about right....
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Mate, get yourself onto www.deatilingworld.com , the guys on there will sort you out about paint restoration and are better than the bodyshops etc.
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between 60 and 100 apparently
c4r5aj4m1e
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sorry its www.detailingworld.com
mav
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20th Apr 06 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate i'll go on and have a look
mav
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thats a forum, thought it was just a company to get in touch with..??

hows it work?
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20th Apr 06 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get a portercable polisher for £200+ and do it yourself, thats what their telling everyone to do on that forum
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20th Apr 06 at 16:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to get a car mopped and a full wax, which includes a full polish in 1500 polish (or a G4 cutting compound depending on how bad the car is) which is a light cutting compound then a full wax which is cabuna(sp) wax which is very good and costs quite a bit the stuff we use is around £90 to the public!

Shouldnt pay more than £100
mav
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20th Apr 06 at 16:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers.. I'll make a few enquires...

whole point is I want it done professionally as I do not have the time at the moment what with moving house and kid and loads to do etc..
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yea mate it is a forum, if you look there is a scottish region. A guy from that site can do your car for you providing he is in the same area. i am getting mine done on sunday, take a look at the 'show it off' section to see the results.
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I'll have a look through the scottish section cheers...take it i have to register and that....

I'll look at the pics too
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yea you have to register, its an awsome site. i have learend a lot from it
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20th Apr 06 at 18:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what does mopping do? does it get rid of all the scratches has ne 1 done this to a black car if ya have do u have nepics thanks

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mav
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21st Apr 06 at 12:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
aye should get rid of swirl marks etc...
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quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
what does mopping do? does it get rid of all the scratches has ne 1 done this to a black car if ya have do u have nepics thanks






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21st Apr 06 at 13:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^^



did you do it yourself?

[Edited on 21-04-2006 by abdus]
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i was told by my bodyshop that mopping isnt good for swirl marks, and that my swirl marks that i had were probably caused by a mop in the first place due to the perfect roundness of them.

They advised i use a high polymer wax which has worked a treat





[Edited on 21-04-2006 by Steve]
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What wax did you use?
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zymol detailer
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Good shop Steve.
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21st Apr 06 at 14:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what are you talking about?
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Your boyfriend
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swirl marks are caused by mops but depending what you use and then u can get rid of them, we use a woolen head with a light cutting compound and it gets rid of them!
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The main cause of swiral marks are ordinary sponges used to wash the car, the grit particles get trapped between the sponge and the paintwork and they get dragged across the paint. With a porter cable polisher it would cause swirl marks but you can do a lot of damage with the rotarty polisher if not in the right hands
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thats why I don't want to do it myself

Want somebody with experience with them to do it...

 
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