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This is what I do.... (Picture heavy)

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Never put up any detailing threads or anything up on here as well... I've never thought too :lol:
This is a small detail I did a few weeks ago to my old mans car...
After working nearly every weekend for nearly a year for absolutley peanuts it's finally nice to have a weekend to myself :)
Unfortunatley I have been neglecting the Volvo a little bit where at most the past few months all it's had is a quick wash and a wipedown with Duragloss Aquawax 951.
So heres the Volvo...
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I gave it a light spray with autoglym engine and machine cleaner along with the alloys and arches...


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After 5 mins soaking with a light rinse of a hose you can see how this process really helps with prewashing, although I wouldn't reccomend it if you have lots of protection on the paint :)
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This is the car after rinsing opff the engine and machine cleaner...
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I then mixed up some bilberry at 10:1 with hot water from the kettle, not boiling but warm enough, I'd say 50-60 degrees C roughly...
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As you can see my Glossmax bottle didn't take kindly to it :doublesho
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Anyway wheels were lightly sprayed in Bilberry and rinsed off...
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Then cleaned with bilberry again along with a little bit of elbow grease from an old Duragloss Mit and a cheapy tesco MF wheel brush...
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After...
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I then decided to do a prewash with Bilberry at 10:1...
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The car was then washed with...
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When a little mate turned up... :wall:
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I then worked some SRP into the paint and couldn't belive the glossyness of it :doublesho
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After this I started wiping the car down with this...
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But then the spray head died so I went back to Duragloss 921...
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I then applies some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection and left it half hour, buffed it off and gave the car a wipedown with...
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The car was then waxed with...
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And the black trim wiped down with Fast Glass and dressed with black wow, I also did the glass with fast glass aswell :)
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After....
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Oh Mr Welly... Stop wanking :cheesy:


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Tut tut, I was enjoying that until I got to that bit about our Welly :frown:

So, you wash it with fruit juice? Would cranberry do the same trick?

Btw you got 2 pics the same there :oops:
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Great stuff, I have a little collection of professional stuff including the Bilberry.

Having the right stuff really makes it easy. You kinda cross-used some of the products, I suppose you gain that from experience :)

I think he meant I'd be kinda uplifted by the sight of a T5.......unfortunately it's still huge knockers for me :cheesy:

Mind you, huge knockers AND a T5........mmmmmm :oops:
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How about a T5 with huge knockers? :shock:

Still, I guess there's always T-X <-possibly NSFW
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Very Very Nice !!! 10/10 for the effort you put into that Bailes 8)

I dont have a drive so cant really do that kind of thing to my car , so when its time
i tootal off to my local hand carwash , pay £12 for inside and out and this is the result ...

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Your car shrank in the wash?
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Yes lol !!!!! i've tried to sort it but nothing is happening :(
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lol I might have to join Welly on this one. I love the way Volvo's are going. They look amazing.
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Good job there Bailes! You wouldn't want to park a 406 on that drive though, it's a tad steep!
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lol I noticed that too. My car struggles on the smallest of slopes.

Could be worse, could always snap the handbreak cable, just before your about to get on to a ferry, in a 4x4 lol That was an interesting moment given we were surrounded by rather expensive cars.
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gRoberts wrote:Could be worse, could always snap the handbreak cable, just before your about to get on to a ferry, in a 4x4 lol That was an interesting moment given we were surrounded by rather expensive cars.
Just chuck it in 4x4 and in gear - got to be better than any handbrake hasn't it?
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It was fine in the end, we were paranoid really lol
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Looks great. The only thing that lets my mota down is its alloys. Ive gone through loads of different products but im never 100% happy with the results. Must try some of that stuff.
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