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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 263 Thanks: 13 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Now I remember why I don't wash my car The GP got it's annual wash today and yes it looks good but I've uncovered more work that has to be done :rolleyes2: Which means I have a couple of questions for you lot 1) There are stone chips in the paintwork that have to be dealt with so what is the best way of repairing them? 2) Thanks to Aberdeenshire councils pathetic way of fixing the roads I have bits of tar stuck to the paint work. How do I remove this without causing more damage?
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 263 Thanks: 13 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Forgot I took pictures (it's been a long day) A comparison picture taken with the crappy camera phone ![]() The rear wipe blade came off when I was washing the back window so I popped down to the folks to see how they're meant to be fixed on and at the same time borrowed their camera. David Bailey has nothing to fear from me :lol: ![]() ![]()
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Posts: 3,047 Thanks: 128 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | chip stick if the paint is fresh not perfect but unless you spray the entire panel with the chips on its never going to be. tar wise. t-cut, petrol anything with thinners in tbh but be carefull if you rub too hard for too long the paint will go too. but its not THAT dangerous lol.
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 263 Thanks: 13 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Thanks Steve, more questions ahead from the clueless one. How does Chip stick work? Is it a simple colour filler?
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Posts: 1,654 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 | That's a fair difference during the wash! Looks good after you've finished ![]() Tar wise, Carlisle council have been doing the same. I use 250ml bottle of Autobrite Targo, which seems to be rebranded as tar glue remover and only comes in 1l or 5l. It sprays on after the wash, dissolves the tar then wipe off. Another product that is highly recommended on DW is autosmart tardis, it's used in the same way as the targo. However like me, you won't want be buying a 5l bottle, here is a 250ml bottle, ooh dear I think a bit of ebaying later could be in order :lol: I'll try find some pictures of tardis working later and post them up
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 263 Thanks: 13 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Thanks for those recommendations Rich, spray on wipe off is about my level of effort.
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Posts: 799 Thanks: 9 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Tar n Glue (or bug n tar I think asda bill it as) will do the trick. Just as above, be careful and it'll be fine!
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Posts: 8,120 Thanks: 308 Trader Rating: 3 ![]() | Get some Tar remover, then that way you know is 100% safe for the paintwork. Seeing the car get an annual wash, i'd just leave the stone chip ![]() Ming
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,654 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 | ![]() Thanks for those recommendations Rich, spray on wipe off is about my level of effort. ![]() Get some Tar remover, then that way you know is 100% safe for the paintwork. Seeing the car get an annual wash, i'd just leave the stone chip ![]() Ming
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 263 Thanks: 13 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Oh ffs, all that effort yesterday and tonight a flyer is shoved through the letterbox advertising a mini valet (wash exterior, hoover interior) for £10. It took me an hour yesterday just to wash the GP - I'd have gladly paid the tenner :lol:
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 8,120 Thanks: 308 Trader Rating: 3 ![]() | see i believe minor stone chip could be removed with a machine polisher! Speak to them peeps am sure they could sort it out for ya ![]()
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Posts: 397 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 | ![]() Oh ffs, all that effort yesterday and tonight a flyer is shoved through the letterbox advertising a mini valet (wash exterior, hoover interior) for £10. It took me an hour yesterday just to wash the GP - I'd have gladly paid the tenner :lol:
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Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | One recommendation for tar removing i use on the GP and dad uses on the audi is a spray can called Liquid buffer. This stuff is very easy to use, just spray on, leave for 20seconds and then wipe the melted tar off. so easy and doesnt murder the paintwork
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 263 Thanks: 13 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | ![]() :no: Eastern Europeans with BrilloPads, I don't think so............:lol: ![]()
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Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Posts: 807 Thanks: 37 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | From the pics, the GP looks rather decent - like the style of the later ones before the Evo came in ![]() I've got a tonne of stone chips and tar on the Stilo as well. Was going to get a front end respray, but if I were doing that, the whole car probably needs it done :/ I hear your pain on the whole tar removal as well, plenty of that on mine too. That and brake dust are my main annoyances when washing the car, though there's always going to be plenty of products to sort them that'll fill my increasingly cramped cupboard space :laugh:
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