MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: Leonpettit on May 13, 2013, 09:20:40 am
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Can anyone recommend any cleaning products for a reflex silver gti? My GTI is due on Friday and I want to order a few things before it turns up!
I was looking at clearkote's vanilla moose and opti-seal from reviews, but can anyone recommend/post pictures of what they've used?
Cheers :happy2:
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I use Super Resin Polish, white diamond glaze, jetseal 109, collinite 476.
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Nice one Joe.
just looked through your build thread....looking good!
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Cheers
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credit where credits due :drinking:
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I'm total newb to "detailing", but I was pretty impressed by the results I got on my silver Jetta with AutoGlym SRP, followed by the Chemical Guys XXX wax.
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Hi,
If you do not have access to a polishing machine and your applying by hand AG SRP is excellent and very underrated. It needs to worked though.
On silver, finished with Chemical Guys Black light would give amazing results.
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This might help if you haven't already spent your dosh:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,34382.msg419434.html#msg419434
I washed my car today - longest i've ever gone between washes since owning her, about 5 months i reckon whereas before i'd wash her every 3 weeks or less... :ashamed: anyhow she cleaned up nicely with 2 washes using the Megs mirror glaze shampoo and i've now started using Megs Ultimate quick wax as i don't have the time for using the Dodo Juice. Megs goes on easy as a spray, wipe down with microfibre and then buff with a buffing cloth. I'll post up some results.
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Results (not the best shots as taken with iphone but you get the idea that they are quality products - beading shots to follow when it rains :wink:) :
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http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/werkstat-acrylic-kit-cat1.html
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No such thing as a wonder product.
It's all in the technique... once you get past a point of cheap turtle-wax styley product you can use pretty much anything and it will look the same..
Decontaminate the paint, clay, polish/enhance, whatever, and seal.
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I use poorboys white diamond. .and poorboys white natty paste wax ..
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Usually clay first ...like blit hamper clay ..also mop using sonex pads and menzerna compounds
sent using my own fingers
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With my old wash routine with wash in wax (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fag38%2Fstanipkiss%2F6ecd55d8-b4c8-4b50-b57d-15c42f0e5e09_zpsee4d9a5a.jpg&hash=ebfd010968ccd4d34167a3ba658cea8fd3e4e258) I got this result.
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And this reflection
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Not bad guys!
Just getting used to it as my last car was dark, so this is completely new to me!
Hopefully I'll gut it and do a full detail with the rotary in the next few months.
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Anything Zaino, it will blow anything else out of the water .
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^^^ correct :happy2:
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All you'll ever need Z7 shampoo , either Z3 pro, or Z5 pro for polish. A bottle of Z8 ,and a spritz of Z6 and sit back and admire :laugh:
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I love my z5 pro, and so,easy too apply :laugh:
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Another vote for Autoglym SRP !
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Did this today ..blit hampler clay ..menzerna fast gloss ..poorboys white diamond and poorboys white natty paste wax
sent using my own fingers
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All you'll ever need Z7 shampoo , either Z3 pro, or Z5 pro for polish. A bottle of Z8 ,and a spritz of Z6 and sit back and admire :laugh:
Do you happen to sell Zaino by any chance?
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All you'll ever need Z7 shampoo , either Z3 pro, or Z5 pro for polish. A bottle of Z8 ,and a spritz of Z6 and sit back and admire :laugh:
Do you happen to sell Zaino by any chance?
No :innocent:
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This is the beading result from using the Megs quick wax:
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Not as tight a beading pattern as i get with the dodo juice diamond white but with the dodo juice being a solid wax it takes about an hour to properly wax the whole of the car, using the Megs (liquid) quick wax it only took 25 mins - sometimes you want to just wax and go :laugh:
PS these beading shots are taken 10 days after application (1 coat) - its rained probably on 4 of the 10 days possibly 5. Ideally i would have done a second run but i was starving and wanted to spend time with my son so i never made it back out for a 2nd coat. A 2nd coat could offer a tighter beading pattern and probably would increase durability. Still should last for another week or three. :happy2:
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Anything Zaino, it will blow anything else out of the water .
Such a Zaino Fanboi now! :grin:
On silver or whites it has to be Werkstatt Acrylic Kit from Polishedbliss, applied right it's stunning..
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv108%2Fax_vts_dom%2FDSC04337.jpg&hash=a00eabbd04127a3d52a8dadbcb04b8d8ebad7f29)
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Such a Zaino Fanboi now! :grin:
On silver or whites it has to be Werkstatt Acrylic Kit from Polishedbliss, applied right it's stunning..
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv108%2Fax_vts_dom%2FDSC03849.jpg&hash=51ffac91951adcdeadd2f99affb323f50f27d179)
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That's a cracking picture :drool:
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Z2 Pro for Silver :laugh:
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Z2 Pro for Silver :laugh:
I know you like Zaino but it is getting a bit boring now you whoring their products aaaalll the time.
Not denying they are not good products, what I have used was good as I said before (not OMG amazing but good) - but there is such a wide range of products out there.. maybe try some?
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Z2 Pro for Silver :laugh:
I know you like Zaino but it is getting a bit boring now you whoring their products aaaalll the time.
Not denying they are not good products, what I have used was good as I said before (not OMG amazing but good) - but there is such a wide range of products out there.. maybe try some?
Lighten up bud, Steve can't help he's the Zaino, R-Tech fanboi whore... It's nice to see he's using quality stuff on his motor! Suggest you're a bit more selective which posts you read...
Could be worse he could still be blowing Superchips' trumpet... Lol
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Steve is on commission for zaino :signLOL:
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That Werkstat looks pretty awesome!
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Z2 Pro for Silver :laugh:
I know you like Zaino but it is getting a bit boring now you whoring their products aaaalll the time.
Not denying they are not good products, what I have used was good as I said before (not OMG amazing but good) - but there is such a wide range of products out there.. maybe try some?
Note the laughing symbol after I posted it. :stupid:
Just for your information, I've tried more products then I care to remember, and have been so for many years on here, even before when I was a moderator on GolfGTi.co.uk
I'm not on commission , just had lots of tuition from people that are evolved in the detailing game, and I'm very good friends with someone that runs WWW.Detailingworld.co.(if you've heard of it?? :chicken:) .When I get told about products and what's best and better then others, I tend to listen and learn from his experiences...
This is a public forum, I can post what I like . Im not gonna change my honest thoughts and experiences like I will on this forum, people know me for giving my honest thoughts on.
Yes I will honour and promote when a decent product or service has been given to me, whether it would be remapping or detailing :grin:, and when I choose to write my thoughts on here to help others perhaps decide, then I will.
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It was a joke on my behalf Steve :laugh:
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It was a joke on my behalf Steve :laugh:
That's fine buddy , :drinking: :wink:
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Just out of interest where u located Steve?
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Southampton , Hants :happy2:
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Ahh no worries, reason I asked I am going too an open day tomorow at shinerama :happy2:
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Ahh no worries, reason I asked I am going too an open day tomorow at shinerama :happy2:
I'm off to Supercar breakfast club at Goodwood in the morning :party:
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:jumpmove: :P
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I'm not on commission , just had lots of tuition from people that are evolved in the detailing game, and I'm very good friends with someone that runs WWW.Detailingworld.co.(if you've heard of it?? :chicken:) .When I get told about products and what's best and better then others, I tend to listen and learn from his experiences...
No, what's detailing world? :stupid:
I'm just saying that from my POV every time anyone posts anything car-cleaning related you just go on about Zaino - when personally I was not that impressed and certain products are genuinely not as good as some others. But from the impression you give it's like they are the be all and end all.
There is, from what I have found, no single range of products that do EVERYTHING well. To get the absolute best you have to mix and match products from various manufacturers/brands.
Reason I say this is because I was like you, just with the Auto Finesse brand, everything they did was amazing, I wanted their babies, etc, until I snapped out of it one day.
You are entitled to your opinion, just like bum-holes everyone has one (including me :confused:)
At the end of the day use what you like, it is no bother to me.
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I'm not on commission , just had lots of tuition from people that are evolved in the detailing game, and I'm very good friends with someone that runs WWW.Detailingworld.co.(if you've heard of it?? :chicken:) .When I get told about products and what's best and better then others, I tend to listen and learn from his experiences...
No, what's detailing world? :stupid:
I'm just saying that from my POV every time anyone posts anything car-cleaning related you just go on about Zaino - when personally I was not that impressed and certain products are genuinely not as good as some others. But from the impression you give it's like they are the be all and end all.
There is, from what I have found, no single range of products that do EVERYTHING well. To get the absolute best you have to mix and match products from various manufacturers/brands.
Reason I say this is because I was like you, just with the Auto Finesse brand, everything they did was amazing, I wanted their babies, etc, until I snapped out of it one day.
You are entitled to your opinion, just like bum-holes everyone has one (including me :confused:)
At the end of the day use what you like, it is no bother to me.
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so why post if it doesn't bother you? :confused:
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A detailer who has had lots of tuition, and is friends of Detailing World owner once said to me:
"This is a public forum, I can post what I like"
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:rolleye: Steve how did the meet go this morning? Any pics?
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:rolleye: Steve how did the meet go this morning? Any pics?
Have a look on what have you done to your mk5 today thread :happy2:
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A detailer who has had lots of tuition, and is friends of Detailing World owner once said to me:
"This is a public forum, I can post what I like"
:signLOL:
I'm glad you have a personality after all, as I said at the start , my laughing smiley when I said Zaino :signLOL:
I'm just an enthusiast :wink: , its not as if its a sh*t product either!! :grin:
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Dw is an awesome site, some great advice. I tend too find they go from week to week biging up a product. Be prepared for an empty wallet :signLOL:
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Dw is an awesome site, some great advice. I tend too find they go from week to week biging up a product. Be prepared for an empty wallet :signLOL:
If your wallets not emptied in the modifications game, it will in the detailing game :signLOL: :signLOL:
One way or another, forums gonna get ya :signLOL:
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Dw is an awesome site, some great advice. I tend too find they go from week to week biging up a product. Be prepared for an empty wallet :signLOL:
If your wallets not emptied in the modifications game, it will in the detailing game :signLOL: :signLOL:
One way or another, forums gonna get ya :signLOL:
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And you don't help Steve, ordered placed... Happy to get first hand comparison to Werkstatt...
When's your username changing from SaintSteve to ZainoSteve? ;-)
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Dw is an awesome site, some great advice. I tend too find they go from week to week biging up a product. Be prepared for an empty wallet :signLOL:
If your wallets not emptied in the modifications game, it will in the detailing game :signLOL: :signLOL:
One way or another, forums gonna get ya :signLOL:
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And you don't help Steve, ordered placed... Happy to get first hand comparison to Werkstatt...
When's your username changing from SaintSteve to ZainoSteve? ;-)
Ive been called worse lol
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One way to settle this...
FIGHT! :)
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:signLOL:
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Anything Zaino, it will blow anything else out of the water .
Well after the past few days I've been putting Zaino Pro2 and the gloss enhancer to the test, have washed and detailed three cars, 2 in Zaino, my brothers silver 335i and my reflex silver Edition 30, and my mums silver Merc CLK320 cabriolet in Werkstatt acrylic kit...
All three were washed, tardis'd, clayed, enhancement polished with a DA and merzerna polish and pads, then wiped down and sealed with each product... Each product applied with a finishing(soft) pad with the DA on 2- slow speed...
I found the Zaino very thin, which made it hard to see where it's been laid, but this of course makes it easier to remove as its a thin coat, once removed the gloss enhancer quick detailed was very watery/thin which I found hard to spread polish off... The results were ok but after finishing the merc with the Werkstatt which I find an easier system to use, even the older paint came up glorious with the Werkstatt... And kinda left me wishing I used it on the other two...
Will see what the next wash is like for a gauge of longevity, and might give the edition another coat of the Zaino to give it a fair crack, but I would still say Werkstatt is my preference and gives me better results... It is amazing stuff...
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I've been using zaino for a while on my dimond black ed30. For ease of use i think it's awesome. But after testing meg's new dark wax on my wing and comparing it to the zaino finish for me the wax was better. The zaino finish adds a glassy , mirror finish, but the meg's added more depth and gloss and one hell of a shine.
As for a reflex silver finish there are so many products available , people will say this is better or thats better, but at the end of the day , for me it's trial and error.
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Which it was for me... But will revert back to my tried and tested Werkstatt Acrylic Kit
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Which it was for me... But will revert back to my tried and tested Werkstatt Acrylic Kit
Same here Dom. My cars due a full machine polish in the next couple of weeks. Ill be finishing with a wax for sure 8)
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Just a photo of mine this morning ..just to show the beading using poorboys white natty paste wax and then a coat of dodo juice hard candy wax paste
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sent using my own fingers
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just ordered the werkstat acrylic kit :happy2: