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[Walder]

It's one of the reasons I love washing my car.

It is stinking then with a bit of time and effort you get a good result. My wife thinks I'm a bit special when I get a hard on with the water beading on my car or when I see it on another car either polished up or same again beading.

 

[Marc C]

Getting sneakier with the Haribo placement, ordered this back on Black Friday and only getting round to opening the cloths now - thought you’d just forgot

 

[Petem86]

@Big Pimp have you anything that would remove paint from bricks? Previous owner painted rugby posts on the side of the garage.

 

[mark19]

I love cleanse

Heed to try ultra gloss

Also realised i was low on hyrbid. Heartbroken!!!

 

[crx]

@Big Pimp would sell anything to remove a stain from polished porcelain tiles, a bag of potatoes was set on the kitchen floor and must have been wet and dye has stained the tiles.

 

[svensktoppen]

Glazed tiles, or natural stone?

 

[Eddies]

@svensktoppen

Disclaimer no idea if it will work or not.

 

[crx]

Glazed tiles, or natural stone?

Glazed.

 

[svensktoppen]

In that cases there might be a chance it's just sitting on the surface of the glaze rather than gone into the stone itself. Is it ink from the bag that has transferred?

If it's soaked into the stone then it's harder.

 

[Michael M]

My blue drying towel could do with a wash. What do I do with it? I read somewhere a non bio wash is best?

 

[Paddy_R]

My blue drying towel could do with a wash. What do I do with it? I read somewhere a non bio wash is best?

Liquid cleaners rather than powder too. The powder gets caught in the microfiber and can increase the swirl marks.

There are specific microfiber cleaners available.... Though really do try to avoid washing it if possible, will a good sinse under some warm water not help?

 

[Michael M]

I’ll try that thanks. Maybe a bit of Lazer too lol

 

[svensktoppen]

I wash mine as normal, they do get greasy.

Or hand wash in warm water and plain soap if you prefer, that won't harm anything. Keeps them nice and clean, and shouldn't lose any of the "fluffiness". Just rince well in warm water.

 

[Petem86]

they also say tumble drying them helps lift the pile in them again

 

[gary1365]

I normally do mine on a quick wash on the hottest setting then tumble. They always come out dead on. Non bio gel.

 

[Big Pimp]

Yep, non bio tablets and absolutely no softeners

 

[Alastair_S]

@Big Pimp Thanks for coming all the way out to Bangor yesterday to deliver the DI vessel! Gutted that i missed you, was stuck in work

Are you or @Davey@Procar going to keep stock of the resin at all?

 

[Davey@Procar]

alastair yes we will be keeping resin in stock, we intend to keep a few bags in stock at a time.

 

[NickR]

@Big Pimp Thanks for coming all the way out to Bangor yesterday to deliver the DI vessel! Gutted that i missed you, was stuck in work

Are you or @Davey@Procar going to keep stock of the resin at all?

How's the GTI going buddy?

 

[Jamie-g]

Order through tonight half pished. Forgot the discount code. Do us a solid @Big Pimp

 

[Alastair_S]

How's the GTI going buddy?

Fantastic Nick! Done about 4500 miles so far and it just does everything so well, not a single complaint. Yourself and the previous owner definitely took good care of it. Havent done anything to it yet, just dailying and trying to keep it clean as best I can. But planning on getting Michelin PS4 or Goodyear F1 tyres before it's first MOT in March and maybe a fresh set of discs and pads. Picked up a voucher for PMG on black friday so hopefully get it ceramic coated before the summer and then future plans would be a Rieger front splitter and possibly an R600 intake with Revo stage 1 if i'm craving a bit of extra power, although it's already got more than enough for the daily commute so will see how i get on in a year or two.

 

[NickR]

Excellent, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I looked at a good few before I went for that one.

 

[Jamie-g]

Fantastic Nick! Done about 4500 miles so far and it just does everything so well, not a single complaint. Yourself and the previous owner definitely took good care of it. Havent done anything to it yet, just dailying and trying to keep it clean as best I can. But planning on getting Michelin PS4 or Goodyear F1 tyres before it's first MOT in March and maybe a fresh set of discs and pads. Picked up a voucher for PMG on black friday so hopefully get it ceramic coated before the summer and then future plans would be a Rieger front splitter and possibly an R600 intake with Revo stage 1 if i'm craving a bit of extra power, although it's already got more than enough for the daily commute so will see how i get on in a year or two.

If you care, my old neighbour had this car for a while in England. He was a sales exec and I got a run in it. Weird when it appeared on RMS

 

[Alastair_S]

If you care, my old neighbour had this car for a while in England. He was a sales exec and I got a run in it. Weird when it appeared on RMS

Yeah i remember seeing your comment in Nick's old thread, small world It's nice knowing the history of the car, where it's been, and who's looked after it. Hopefully it will stay on RMS whenever it's time for me to sell

 

[Gareth]

Gave Cleanse a go today. Went 50:50 ratio with it. My wheels/tyres are usually quite clean. Even at that ratio, it was able to pull out the dirt in the tyres and wheels.

Sprayed on, covered the car in Ultrafoam, left to dwel for an minute or 2, agitated with Vikan wheel brushes, hosed of and air dried. I was impressed by what dirt was removed from a lightly soiled rim,

Before,

During,

Agitated, (notice the dirt and grime on the ground)

After,