The sun is shining...time to clean and polish! Share your pics!!

I'm sure it's not just me?! All I want to do in this weather is clean them!
I'm using CODE - from Steve, ever since he washed and polished robs 850 I've been itching to use it- and it's amazing! Seriously good stuff. Also not that you can see it with my wheels but the wheel cleaner is a Ph neutral cleaner so you literally see all the dirt coming off.

Then I cleaned mine



Nice and clean!
Shining in the sun....
It's not a volvo but I love it too!

And I know what your all thinking and no I'm not a bad girlfriend.......rob took his to work
And he defo knows I would have cleaned his if it was here....
The father in laws was here tho (Shhh!) bad daughter in law I know.... :/ but I'll save the volvos for later when they're all here

Await more pics

Anyway!
Share your picture! And let us know what products your using!


Kim

i'm afraid i cheated & used the local Kosowash

    
Look lovely and clean tho

Kim wrote:    
Look lovely and clean tho

the camera lies, it does need alot of bodywork doing. So much i'm thinking of another colour while i do it

Like I said... I'm not a bad girlfriend rob left his at home today so I was a good wifey and cleaned it....
Some pics for you all:)

WOW, no one touches my cars except the Kosovans when it comes to washing. The last women who tried cleaning my car ripped off the wipers & tried cleaning the windscreen with a brillo pad (& it didn't do it much good lol)

Rob said if you get the right woman they make a good job of cleaning it and they do it topples     

Kim wrote:Rob said if you get the right woman they make a good job of cleaning it and they do it topples     

i'm skint as it is, let alone funding a women as well lol

p fandango wrote:

Kim wrote:Rob said if you get the right woman they make a good job of cleaning it and they do it topples     

i'm skint as it is, let alone funding a women as well lol

A good woman will let you pay her in kind

How awesome is the wheel cleaner?!
Looks like their bleeding! It's a bit dramatic on white wheels!

Kim wrote:How awesome is the wheel cleaner?!
Looks like their bleeding! It's a bit dramatic on white wheels!

i must admit, i thought it was the "before" pic of the wheels & wondered what the hell he'd been upto lol

Haha
Noo they weren't quite that bad   
That's the "code" Ph neutral wheel cleaner!
It's brilliant!

Yup it is that time of year.. or maybe once every two years

That is the right hand drive 1997 A4 52k miles, normally lives in UK




Our Left Hand Drive 850 T-5R 260,000km normally lives in Spain

The black bonnet, nicely shiny


The wheels, not bad for 19 years old


I guess the inside has to have some attention as well


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Method:

Jet wash with just water.

Snowfoam

Two bucket wash, on the Audi using Zaino Shampoo, on the Volvo, fairy liquid.

Rinse and dry with waffle micro-fibre

Claybar entire car, using zaino, meguiars or autoglim clay and autoglim rapid detailer for lubrication. Mequires swirl free micro fibre to wipe.

Yellow Hexlogic pad on an orbital polisher using meguiars mirror glaze 105 polish.
White Hexlogic pad meguiars mirror glaze 205 polish.

Clean with Rapid detailer.

Apply and polish off by hand Zaino AOI to seal the surface.

Apply appropriate Zaino Polish (Audi has clear coat, Volvo either does not have it or has been resprayed, so Z2 Pro for the Volvo), rest for an hour at least, unless using accelerator, then polish off with Zaino Blond pure cotton towels at all times, THEN polish car with Zaino Gloss enhancer.

Repeat until you cant be bothered any more, I managed three coats before I lost the will to live.

Protect your paint

Always use foam and two bucket wash and top quality washing mitt, rinse car with soft water (i.e. in Kent buy a filter for the hose, works out about £3 a wash) dry car with electric leaf blower. Always use Zaino blond towels, and scratch free applicator pads, worth every penny.

Then get on to the wheels .... and windows, and the friggin interior, I hate cleaning the insides of cars etc.

Good luck x

Brilliant write up! And awesome pictures they are both gleaming!
Had never thought of buying a filter for the hose to be honest but might give this a go, I LOVE cleaning mine and robs cars (it's like a work out with the amount of them ) such satisfaction when finished!
Going to spend a day on them soon and focus a lot more on the interior I'm guilty of spending a day on the outside and forgetting interior


Good work, seriously they look amazing!
Mirror like!!