Daveskater
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...so I got come jolly good chaps to clean my car whilst I watched.
It's been a very hot day down this way today, the highest reading on the car's meter was 25C and I now have a burned face and arms  I'm going to let the pics do most of the talking as it's taken me ages to go through all 246 of them and pick the good ones, plus the man himself will be along shortly to give us his version of events.
Excuse the odd wheel, Lepsons said they'd get my last wheel back for Friday but failed to do so, so now it's Tuesday 
In the beginning:
The first of our many admirers:
Who needed a warm greeting 
 
Our second guest - the neighbourhood cat:
Any entomologists in the house?
A quick visit from the postlady...
Waxy wax:
Dusty door shuts 
ACTION SHOTS
The finished article:
And of course a couple of the Aladdin's cave
Complete with arch gaps even I can be proud of
[Edited on 23-05-2010 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Ben G
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 what a difference! mine's like the before shots of yours terrible swirls but not going to bother sorting it out properly.
postlady - DO NOT WANT!
nice work rich, and nice photo's dave.
does that 2nd bug only have 2 legs? spaz bug?
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Chris x
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Looks great!
Really should get my car done!
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am4nf
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Looks ace dave, I see you sent the wheel back
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Daveskater
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Cheers Ben, Rich got some pics too so I should think they'll be up when he's back online. Nah it has a load of legs but random massive spike things sticking out its rear
Chris and Adam  Yeah I did. I told him on the phone I need to have a full set at the weekend but I rang Friday to see what time they were going to be dropping it off and he said it was being painted then so won't be dropped off until Tuesday 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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ar corsagsi
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Looks awsome mate, look forward to seeing you soon
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RS6
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Looks amazing! good to see the difference after its polished, all the swirls go
very hot temps today, roll on aug when rich is doing my 2 
[Edited on 22-05-2010 by RS6]
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Daveskater
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Cheers Alan, and thanks again for the wheels I can bring them back next week or weekend if you like?
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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ar corsagsi
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Yeah no problem mate your more than welcome, drop them of when ever your free
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Daveskater
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Nice one, I'll text you in the week
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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ar corsagsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Nice one, I'll text you in the week
Ok text katie's phone, Accidently dropped my phone and cracked the screen so wont beable to read it
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Andrew
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That's boss, done the car proud.
My black car looks like it has been wasked with a brilo pad 
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Rob B
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http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4706/dsc1684c.jpg
Is that not some serious micro marring there?
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4706/dsc1684c.jpg
Is that not some serious micro marring there?
No! Just the way the Photo is. There's plenty of deeper swirling remaining but no micro marring. This was an enhancement detail not a full on correction detail - wouldn't be possible in a day.
Been out this eve so not even taken the photos off my camera yet. Not got many to add to the above tbh!!!
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Cole
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i want to be able to do that lol
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by ar corsagsi
quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Nice one, I'll text you in the week
Ok text katie's phone, Accidently dropped my phone and cracked the screen so wont beable to read it
No probs
Cheers for the other replies - no that's not micro marring, it's just deeper swirls as Rich said. There is still some deep swirling as you can see in that pic but it's a million times better than it was before, as seen in the 50:50 shots. It's got a full on mirror finish now
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Jambo
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Rich at work again
Cat
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Nic Barnes
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fully respect the work rich h does. always looks amazing.
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andys sxi
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looking at your makes me relise how much my car needs detailing properly im going to get it done soon
looks good anyway
April 08 feature car
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Rich H
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Right, tbh Daves pics put mine to shame and most of them are repeats anyway so only got a couple to post. Won't bore you with a write up either as Dave's pics tell the story well enough! Loving the van pics too - don't diss the arch gap either sonny - that's already lowered with a water based system
Dave approves!
Long old day (6.15am on the road lol) but good to see Dave again and get his new beasty back up standard - despite the ridiculous temperatures!
As always if you like my work and are a Facebook user, it'd be much appreciated if you joined my fanpage to spread the word
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Adam C
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Crikey, that looks damn clean wheels look ace aswell dave
Mine really needs a proper going over like this
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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Daveskater
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Cheers for all the replies, and to Rich for the pics. Not so keen on my weedy little arm though
Cheers Green Thing, just got to get the other one back then I'll have a full set back on Will need to get proper pics when they're all on as well as there wasn't much room on the driver's side yesterday afternoon.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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sri_baby
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u tuk 246 pics of ur car bein cleaned ????
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Daveskater
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Yep
That's mainly because I took a few in quick succession for quite a few shots, so there are bunches of 4 or 5 pics that are pretty similar.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Chris F
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Ur a whore mate!
You can tackle mine one day maybe!
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