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    Quote Originally Posted by Envy View Post
    Its a wind up isn't it HG.

    It better be ..........
    You know how much I love my car and would do nothing to hurt her ..... But as said she is looking dirty which I hate.
    Was just trying for a quick fix.
    Don't worry I will just live with it for now, but not liking it!

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    take it down local garage and 5 mins with the jet wash,sorted

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    I have been tempted!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Girl View Post
    You know how much I love my car and would do nothing to hurt her ..... But as said she is looking dirty which I hate.
    Was just trying for a quick fix.
    Don't worry I will just live with it for now, but not liking it!
    Please dont take my comments badly I would just hate to see you scratch you car up.

    Mines been swirl central for months, hidden with black hole but its been bugging me badly

    Have the whole Saturday to fix it with the DA. Been waiting a long time to correct it so I know how you feel.

    Is there a jet wash near you ?. If so two buckets, two mitts and a 5 litre bottle with warm water from home would do nicely.

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    Been using blackfire waterless wash now for around 2 weeks, simple mist and plush towel off ive yet to see a bad side effect especially on the black paintwork tobh if the car was overly dirty then id use the waterless as a pre soak before the Main wash.
    Yesterday i tried the rinceless from same range,different story,went on fine but wiping down it was very grabby with a huge amount of streaking in which i spent the best part of an hour carefully buffing off with numerous towels.
    Went back over with the waterless which i will use again and most probably this will replace my method of qding the car.
    Ive tried onr and optimum, personally pay the piper get a better brand product thats more high in lubricant,use it properly with a very good quality deep pile towel and i dont see any reason at all how this method would be more damaging than a normal wash routine.

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    Dnt be put off... used correctly and it should do what's intended for, if your thinking of spending on it then go for either blackfire waterless, wolfgang or detailers pro, steer clear of the others especially one's with added wax, couple that with a few autobrite blue bear microfibres and I can bet you'll be back here posting great review's.
    If your not 100% I can certainly post a few sun gun panels up before and afters.

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    HG just go to your local car wash and use the jet wash only, not the brush, that will get rid of the worst.

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    Quote Originally Posted by k9vnd View Post
    Dnt be put off... used correctly and it should do what's intended for, if your thinking of spending on it then go for either blackfire waterless, wolfgang or detailers pro, steer clear of the others especially one's with added wax, couple that with a few autobrite blue bear microfibres and I can bet you'll be back here posting great review's.
    If your not 100% I can certainly post a few sun gun panels up before and afters.
    Thank you for your input. Your car always looks amazing.
    Will look into it.
    Not sure what one I have got as it is in the boot. Got it on an impulse buy just to remove the bugs I collected driving to Birmingham and back last week. (no hose at home)
    So I just used it on the wing mirrors bonnet and front bumper........ Then it rained a bit last week after I used it. More dust .... I have not touched it since. Black car in the sun....
    Looks ok from a distance.....

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    The secret to waterless washes is the higher lubed the better, if you find the product streaking or has a grabby application then it would be best to put thr product to full use as a pre wash soak for safe bug removal before washing. As there still building houses round us my car always inherits the dust,sand and cement residue on which i much preffer now to waterless wash it rather than qd it.

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    I finally tried some today as I was bored and ........
    When I started doing some I felt a bit bad, But then thought what the hell, I am sure I will be able to fix it next time I actually wash it...
    Well I hope I can.....
    It was only some cheap Triplewax from Asda, I know not recommend but what was in the boot!! Looks ok from a distance.....

    It did note that the car might need washing first!! Hmmm...




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