Autobrite

[Carlhaha]

Just came off the phone to autobrite getting a quote on some products. Great and helpful people, this is what I'm going to purchase I think it should be ok for starting off?

Lance and magifoam
Banana gloss shampoo
Cherry glaze polish
Very cherry alloy cleaner
Black magic wax
Project 32
Lamb wool mitt
Drying towel

How often would people recommend waxing their car and/or polishing?

Cheers I just can't wait to start I feel addicted before I've started haha

[WTF]

Clive P is the man to answer this!

[Jimbob]

About every 5 minutes

JB

[Carlhaha]

Clive P is the man to answer this!

Hopefully he will reply

[Joeauger]

Cheers I just can't wait to start I feel addicted before I've started haha

Said you will become addicted

[Carlhaha]

Said you will become addicted

I can tell I will be spending a small fortune on cleaning products!

[CliveP]

Just came off the phone to autobrite getting a quote on some products. Great and helpful people, this is what I'm going to purchase I think it should be ok for starting off?

Lance and magifoam
Banana gloss shampoo
Cherry glaze polish
Very cherry alloy cleaner
Black magic wax
Project 32
Lamb wool mitt
Drying towel

How often would people recommend waxing their car and/or polishing?

Cheers I just can't wait to start I feel addicted before I've started haha

Hi Carl,

Mark, the owner of AB is a good personal friend of mine and I also instruct on their 'Back to Basics' 'valeting/detailing' course (September course is already full!) so I know my way around their products, and I'm a nutty detailer like a couple of others on here....take a look at the AB facebook pages if you want to see their products 'working' so to speak, you'll also see posts there on the back to basics course and I post as AB signing the posts as Clive.

OK, in terms of 'how often?' that's partly down to yourself.

Firstly it worth noting the difference between polishing and waxing - polishing 'changes' the surface, you are literally making the surface smoother and changing it to make it glossier, albeit by hand you won't overly see the change, but it will improve it. Waxing is a layer of protection you put on your paintwork to protect it from the elements and make the gloss look deeper.

In essence you need to 'completely' strip the car of all its contaminents and embedded nasties at certain intervals - there's no precise answer but some may say do this complete stripping back two to four times a year. In essence I do it when I feel like it.

From the list of products you presently have, I'd use the lance/snowfoam/wool mitt/BG/VG/drying towel on each wash.....
Blackmagic Wax can be done say monthly but it will last much longer than that. If you're going to wax I'd suggest you use Cherry Glaze before the wax. Cherry Glaze is a very good product and is a combination product with some polishing properties and also offering some wax like protection. That said, adding a wax after it, will add to how long it lasts and produce an ever better result.

After each wash and dry (your normal weekly routine) you can use Project 32 like a quick detailer, this means you spray on a small amount immediately after drying after your wash, and buff off to reveal the intensity of the original wax.

There's other things you can choose to do, like using a product to dissolve built in iron build ups and bonded contaminents, in the AB range this is called Purple Rain and Clay - similar products are available from other retailers (see, political correctness, lol!)... then there's machining,, and the list and addiction goes on and on...

By all means drop me a note if you'd like to know about the back to basics course. I also do details but I'm completely booked up as it is not what I do for a living, but it's hard resisting polishing a nice Aston Martin or an aged car to make it look like new

Hope that helps,
Regards,
Clive.

ps my detailing kit runs well into four digits, still loads cheaper than my other hobby! You've only just begun! lol

[WTF]

Yesssssss!!!

Clive P to the detailing rescue! <3

[Carlhaha]

Hi Carl,

Mark, the owner of AB is a good personal friend of mine and I also instruct on their 'Back to Basics' 'valeting/detailing' course (September course is already full!) so I know my way around their products, and I'm a nutty detailer like a couple of others on here....take a look at the AB facebook pages if you want to see their products 'working' so to speak, you'll also see posts there on the back to basics course and I post as AB signing the posts as Clive.

OK, in terms of 'how often?' that's partly down to yourself.

Firstly it worth noting the difference between polishing and waxing - polishing 'changes' the surface, you are literally making the surface smoother and changing it to make it glossier, albeit by hand you won't overly see the change, but it will improve it. Waxing is a layer of protection you put on your paintwork to protect it from the elements and make the gloss look deeper.

In essence you need to 'completely' strip the car of all its contaminents and embedded nasties at certain intervals - there's no precise answer but some may say do this complete stripping back two to four times a year. In essence I do it when I feel like it.

From the list of products you presently have, I'd use the lance/snowfoam/wool mitt/BG/VG/drying towel on each wash.....
Blackmagic Wax can be done say monthly but it will last much longer than that. If you're going to wax I'd suggest you use Cherry Glaze before the wax. Cherry Glaze is a very good product and is a combination product with some polishing properties and also offering some wax like protection. That said, adding a wax after it, will add to how long it lasts and produce an ever better result.

After each wash and dry (your normal weekly routine) you can use Project 32 like a quick detailer, this means you spray on a small amount immediately after drying after your wash, and buff off to reveal the intensity of the original wax.

There's other things you can choose to do, like using a product to dissolve built in iron build ups and bonded contaminents, in the AB range this is called Purple Rain and Clay - similar products are available from other retailers (see, political correctness, lol!)... then there's machining,, and the list and addiction goes on and on...

By all means drop me a note if you'd like to know about the back to basics course. I also do details but I'm completely booked up as it is not what I do for a living, but it's hard resisting polishing a nice Aston Martin or an aged car to make it look like new

Hope that helps,
Regards,
Clive.

ps my detailing kit runs well into four digits, still loads cheaper than my other hobby! You've only just begun! lol

Thanks mate much appreciated, I think I live a bit far away for the course though!

[CliveP]

Hi Carl,

We've had people from the south coast to the North of Scotland on the course, no one from outside the UK yet!

Re your PM on what to use to apply - for Cherry Glaze suggest you use a foam applicator, work in reasonably well, do the whole car, buff off with a plush microfibre.

For Black Magic, very similar, use a foam applicator. Do a panel or so at a time. Apply the wax very, very sparingly making sure you don't miss any of the paintwork - for a 200 gram pot I'd expect to be able to do 60 applications of an entire car - any more is simply a waste and runs the risk of it being hard to remove! As the wax is dark it's reasonably easy to see where you've covered, but keep it thin, thin, thin!

Regards,
Clive.

[Carlhaha]

Hi Carl,

We've had people from the south coast to the North of Scotland on the course, no one from outside the UK yet!

Re your PM on what to use to apply - for Cherry Glaze suggest you use a foam applicator, work in reasonably well, do the whole car, buff off with a plush microfibre.

For Black Magic, very similar, use a foam applicator. Do a panel or so at a time. Apply the wax very, very sparingly making sure you don't miss any of the paintwork - for a 200 gram pot I'd expect to be able to do 60 applications of an entire car - any more is simply a waste and runs the risk of it being hard to remove! As the wax is dark it's reasonably easy to see where you've covered, but keep it thin, thin, thin!

Regards,
Clive.

Thanks mate ill be sure to add them to my list I'm still waiting for my quote back from autobrite

[Carlhaha]

Just gave it a quick wash, polish and wax, if photo will work mind



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