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Old 17 April 2006, 10:01 PM
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Just watched 5th Gear

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Paul Dalton Worlds Best Car Cleaner and a £6000 pot of Wax

He charges upto £5k to wash a car !!!!!


Did he use 2 buckets NO

Did he use a Sponge YES
Old 17 April 2006, 10:06 PM
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I've been told a good decorators soft sponge can work well?
Old 17 April 2006, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
Just watched 5th Gear

Featuring

Paul Dalton Worlds Best Car Cleaner and a £6000 pot of Wax

He charges upto £5k to wash a car !!!!!


Did he use 2 buckets NO

Did he use a Sponge YES
funny enough that was what I was thinking - there was no lambs wool wash mit in sight!!
Old 17 April 2006, 10:31 PM
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Applied the wax with his HANDS !!!!

and used £16 towels
Old 17 April 2006, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Nevetas
I've been told a good decorators soft sponge can work well?
Have you booked him yet ?
Old 17 April 2006, 11:03 PM
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6 bloody grand for wax - you could buy your own set of bees from flea bay and make your own for less then that, what was the polish he used to get out the swirls?
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
Have you booked him yet ?
Thursday afternoon
Old 17 April 2006, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Nevetas
Thursday afternoon
Bull he is round mine thursday
Old 17 April 2006, 11:49 PM
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Lol, had a few folk off detailing world on the blower tonight... "Rich, quit packing orders and check this out, Paul's using a single bucket!". To be honest I'm shocked... his work is top class, but a sponge and a single bucket? That said, context is everything. If I wash again after claying then I only use a single bucket. So, was he washing properly, or just doing a quick wash mid way through a detail (I didn't see the programme)?
Old 18 April 2006, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
Bull he is round mine thursday
You must have booked the other bigmick from ESC
Old 18 April 2006, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Polished Bliss
Lol, had a few folk off detailing world on the blower tonight... "Rich, quit packing orders and check this out, Paul's using a single bucket!". To be honest I'm shocked... his work is top class, but a sponge and a single bucket? That said, context is everything. If I wash again after claying then I only use a single bucket. So, was he washing properly, or just doing a quick wash mid way through a detail (I didn't see the programme)?
Nope the bucket wash appeared to be straight after the jet wash...its repeated tonight at around midnight...
Old 18 April 2006, 09:18 AM
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will have to watch that!!
Old 18 April 2006, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Jamesemt
Nope the bucket wash appeared to be straight after the jet wash...its repeated tonight at around midnight...
Its was hardly dirty in the 1st place !!
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being discussed in DETAIL

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/show...?t=4422&page=1
Old 18 April 2006, 10:25 AM
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Good Thread that
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'Tis indeed - working from the bottom up too! Going to have to watch the rerun now...
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be honest??? is it really such a bad thing if the car is being buffed afterwards??

think about it?
Old 21 April 2006, 09:53 AM
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True, but why chance making swirls or scrathes in the first place? Less effort required when buffing then.

For someone charging that much for a wash you would have thought he could afford a second bucket!
Old 21 April 2006, 09:56 AM
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Nearly There
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Originally Posted by NPeckt
Nearly There
Oh Yes... Second Corner . Two in two days. I'm on a roll........
Old 21 April 2006, 09:58 AM
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Corner.......

Sorry for the post whoring... won't happen again...........

Last edited by NPeckt; 21 April 2006 at 10:00 AM. Reason: Post whoring
Old 22 April 2006, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
be honest??? is it really such a bad thing if the car is being buffed afterwards??

think about it?
Yes! It might not just be a minor swirl he puts in it - if it's a deeper scratch from a piece of grit then more paint removal will be required, and on sports cars with soft, thin, expensive paint finishes this is far from ideal (particularly given that the owners like 100% correction in many cases).
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the bucket was a sonax one which has a grille in it to keep the dirt below the level where your mitt is.
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I'd personally still use two buckets, even when using a grit guard.
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