Pulled up at the jet wash this afternoon, the guy in front was busy giving his Honda CRX a good vigorous rub-down with Cif, that non-abrasive, gentle-on-the-paintwork car wax. Said he´d been using it for 3 years - by the look of the paint, I could believe it.
You couldn´t make it up.
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b,
April Fools' Day was yesterday - you are kidding aren't you???
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Phil
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Nope. I mentioned to the guy in a kind of `Woah! What are you doing!!` way that perhaps Cif wasn´t the best product to get a silky, shiny finish on his paintwork, and he got a wee bit offended.
The world´s gone mad.
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Brillo pads for metal surfaces.
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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Reminds me of my brother's enterprising business set up at his school where they washed teachers cars for 50p during "activities" period on a Friday afternoon .
All went well for several weeks and as the business grew, he sub-contracted to a lad who was thicker than he looked. The lad used brillo pad for some of those hard to clean areas leaving severe damage to the unfortunate teacher's car...........................
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Anyone else use Amazon's DVD rental service? Reckon they've got a whole department whose job is to give the discs a thorough cleaning with Brillo pads. I nearly fainted when the copy of Walk the Line they sent me played faultlessly from start to finish.
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Good film that. How Joaquin Pheonix didn´t win the Oscar was beyond me, the best film acting I´ve seen for ages.
Now, back to Cif on paintwork - compare and contrast with my elderly Astra, which after a bit of work with the clay bar, then polishing out Mrs B´s parking incident, a quick go with the tyre spray stuff and a good hoover, is now back to its glorious* best. I got the aircon re-gassed today and it´s blowing icy cold now, which as spring has sprung in Frankfurt was well worth doing.
*inasmuch as a ´99 astra estate will ever look glorious
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Can you use clay on metallic?
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Eh? On metallic paint, or bodywork worn down to the metal by zealous application of Cif?
The Astra is a delightful metallic sicky green, and the claybar works fine, leaves the paint glassy smooth.
Dunno how it would work on a Ciffed CRX, don´t think the guy would appreciate me asking either.
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"claybar works fine"
A whetstone would be quicker, followed by Ajax liquid to buff it.
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Phil
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In our local Tesco there has sprung up a couple of "car hand washers" from £5.00. The pair operate from what appears to be a converted trolley. No water supply apart from a redundant kitchen spray container.
They seem to be doing a flourishing business, but I certainly wouldn't let them near my car. They spray a section of the car and sponge it down.
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"car hand washers" from £5.00
Everything except the kitchen sink...
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