Who says you can't polish a turd......

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Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26132
OK, so I meant, its often said that you cant really polish much shine into light colours, such as silver

Well today...I did ;)










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Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26134
Looking good, I've just descovered clay and my car ZS is strating to shine, not sure if the F or the ZR will be next.


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Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26135
That was

Generic car shampoo
Meguiars Clay bar and quick detail
Meguiars Deep Crystal polish
Meguiars Deep Crystal Carnuba Wax
2.5 litres of Elbow grease
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Replied by Leigh Ping on topic Re: Who says you can't polish a turd......

Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26136

broon wrote: That was

2.5 litres of Elbow grease

Well worth the effort. Nice job. :broon:

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Replied by Rich in Vancouver on topic Re: Who says you can't polish a turd......

Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26137
That;s the shiniest turd I have seen in ages.
And frankly, "turd" seems a funny name for a car.
I call mine "Andy"!
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Replied by rog1963 on topic Re: Who says you can't polish a turd......

Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26139
Beautiful broon. Patience of a saint to use clay. I gave up after one panel
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Replied by David Aiketgate on topic Re: Who says you can't polish a turd......

Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26147
Excellent work, Iain. :thumbsup:




By the way, anyone who says 'You can't polish a turd' has, obviously, never been to Dubai. :evil:

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Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26149
haha, true. Ive also seen the Mythbusters episode where they did indeed polish a turd!
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Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26150

rog1963 wrote: Beautiful broon. Patience of a saint to use clay. I gave up after one panel


It is hard...you think you've finisihed then realise you've only done the front wing.

I changed tactic and did one panel, then polished, then waxed and saw the results and it spurred me on to do the other panels ;)
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Replied by talkingcars on topic Re: Who says you can't polish a turd......

Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26157
I am finding the clay really easy to use, I'm doing a panel from quick wash, dry, lub, clay, dry, polish, buff in less than 20 minutes.


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Replied by Leigh Ping on topic Re: Who says you can't polish a turd......

Posted 13 years 4 months ago #26160

talkingcars wrote: I am finding the clay really easy to use, I'm doing a panel from quick wash, dry, lub, clay, dry, polish, buff in less than 20 minutes.

Clay and polishing certainly brings out brilliant results. Sounds like a real mission though.

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