DIY - Car Care & Detailing thread

@sungoa - it is always good to use dedicated and separate washing cloths. If I may, can I suggest you alter them as one cloth for body wash, one for wheels and one for glass? There are lot of chances for the cloth which cleans wheels to pick up break dust and other grime which can cause streaking of painted surface if not cleaned properly.

 

Thanks. I use the cloth for tyre , only lower portion below the door and for all door gaps, where there is lot of mud. First I wash with water, make sure that no dust particles are there, then wipe with running water and then wipe to dry. Tyre and wheel cup washing is the last stage. immedietly soak all three cloths in ariel for 30 mints and wash it. So cloths are ready for next use. It is painful job, but the satisfaction that you get after looking at the shining punto will justify it.

 

That is a nice way of doing it, @sungoa. It is better if you wash the wheel and wheel caps first because when you wash them last, there are chances of break dust to deposit on the paint surface. Minute deposits may not be visible to human eye easily. These deposits are not good for paint.

So, may be you can change the washing procedure like - wash first the door jambs and lower portion below the door, followed by wheel and wheel caps. Once you are done with it, wash the car from top to bottom.

Do use good quality wax once in a while to keep the car shining always.

 

Hey guys, just polished my Punto using "Poorboys" "black hole" polish, and am very happy with the results. Attatched are some pics including a couple showing "resin encapsulated" italian flag decal on the B pillars. Both the polish and the flags are sourced from the uk. Labour=Me


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nobrakes: Poorboys makes excellent products. Good choice.

The blackhole is a glaze - it is meant to be applied at the last stage after proper washing, pre wax cleaning and polishing. Hope you did a through job before you applied the glaze.
Now, follow this up by a good wax.

 

@Gurjinder paaji - Itallia-Linea have give you the tips. Just to add on it - if it is light swirls, hand polishing will do. If it is heavy, you have to go for machine polishing.

Both mothers and Meguairs have good products which are easily available here - pick wither of them and you will not go wrong.

Btw - can you post a good closeup of the bullet tank, taken in bright light? Just want to see the swirl marks.

I assume this is the original factory paint or after market paint with clearcoat, not a single coat after market paint.