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Tim84

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Hey

As a new Grande Punto owner i have noticed that the paintwork is immaculate and has almost a soft-touch to it. The garage told me it's because they used some special shampoo when they gave it a full valet before i collected the car. I want to keep the paintwork looking 'showroom quality' for as long as possible but i know with the winter coming i'm going to have my work cut out, particularly as i use roads that are always grited as a 'precaution' during the winter months.

Can anyone reccomend any shampoo or wax that will keep my Punto "looking newer for longer" i would be particularly interested in knowing about products that will get-rid of the appearence of small chips and scuff marks to the bodywork. If i can buy them locally at Halfords then all the better. I own a black Punto that has metallic in the paintwork.

Thanx
Tim.
 
Tim84 said:
Hey

The garage told me it's because they used some special shampoo when they gave it a full valet before i collected the car.
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Is that the same as the 'special' sponge they tend to use. You know, the ones which have been sitting on the carpark floor for weeks.

You could proabably make the paintwork look twice as good as it does now with a little bit of work on it. Take a look in the car care section, or if you are in the mood for some long reads have a look at www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum
 
Tim84 said:
Hey

As a new Grande Punto owner i have noticed that the paintwork is immaculate and has almost a soft-touch to it. The garage told me it's because they used some special shampoo when they gave it a full valet before i collected the car. I want to keep the paintwork looking 'showroom quality' for as long as possible but i know with the winter coming i'm going to have my work cut out, particularly as i use roads that are always grited as a 'precaution' during the winter months.
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LOL just LOL
 
Tim84 said:
Hey

As a new Grande Punto owner i have noticed that the paintwork is immaculate and has almost a soft-touch to it. The garage told me it's because they used some special shampoo when they gave it a full valet before i collected the car. I want to keep the paintwork looking 'showroom quality' for as long as possible but i know with the winter coming i'm going to have my work cut out, particularly as i use roads that are always grited as a 'precaution' during the winter months.

Can anyone reccomend any shampoo or wax that will keep my Punto "looking newer for longer" i would be particularly interested in knowing about products that will get-rid of the appearence of small chips and scuff marks to the bodywork. If i can buy them locally at Halfords then all the better. I own a black Punto that has metallic in the paintwork.

Thanx
Tim.
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which garage was this?
 
I'm not sure about the Pixies but i got it all sorted. Ended up using Maguire's Scratch X and Auto Glym Super Resin Polish which i purchased from Halford's - Done! ;)
 
Well remember Meguire's Scratch X is a fine abrasive, so only use it when polish has failed to remove the mark & make sure you put a couple of coats of polish on after to re-seal the surface after using it.


Tim84 said:
I'm not sure about the Pixies but i got it all sorted. Ended up using Maguire's Scratch X and Auto Glym Super Resin Polish which i purchased from Halford's - Done! ;)
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the best way to keep paint clean is to work at it clean buff and wax it and iff it starts to look a little faded give abit of t-cut ago.
no magic secrets just hard work
 
If your polishing your car often enough it shouldn't fade! Personally I wouldn't use T-cut too abrasive! I bought Farecla G3 and G10 for use on my mini when I repainted it. I recently had to use the G10 on my Stilo to lift millions of paint dots from where a thick neighbough sprayed his fence on a windy day.

I'm currently using Meguiars NXT generation spray wax. Its £8.99 from Halfords of all places. Bargain price, goes on easily, buffs up beautifully and its so easy to both apply and buff you'll wonder why you don't always wax your car. :D

I also use Turtle Wax Nanotech alloy wheel polish.... always thought alloy wheel polish was pointless until I tried it! My newly refurbished wheels will be polished this way forever as it makes lifting brake dust a doddle and the wheels look fantastic!

I used to always shammy my car too, but more recently i've been using a large turtle Wax silicone blade to get the water off the car, seems to work a treat and it certainly never scratched the car.


Final tip... have plenty of decent polishing cloths. personally I buy the massive 60 pack of cotton terry clothes you get in places like Costco and use them. That way if you drop one while polishing you just get another out the pack.... I also boil wash the clothes after use!

I use 1 cloth to apply polish to bodywork.
1 or 2 to buff paint.
1 for black bumper trim/mirrors etc.
1 to apply wax to wheels
1 to polish wheels.

So potentially 6 polishing cloths if I don't drop any... always pays to have too many rather than too few.
 
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Silicone blade?! Just no. They are much wore than leathering the car. You want to use a drying towel.

Using a decent wax means you only have to put wax on once every few months. It shouldnt need doing every few weeks and get a load of microfibre towels to polish and buff off.
 
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