I'm being terribly lazy

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Post by John_C » Sat Nov 21, 2015 3:55 pm

I know I should do it myself... but..... :lol:

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Reckon it's going to look pretty marvellous after a day's work at the valeters, just as well because someone is coming to view it tomorrow :cry:
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Post by ali » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:27 pm

Sometimes it is better just to give the pros a few ££ and let them do it
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Post by PeterN » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:40 pm

Saw some 'after' photos on the detailers FB page.

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Post by John_C » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:11 pm

I don't! It looked jaw-dropping when I picked it up.

Even this morning covered in dew and in dull November morning light it looks brilliant on the drive.

I'll take some pics later on when the sun has hopefully got through the cloud cover. The facebook ones are a bit low-rez to do it any justice.
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Post by MCB » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:03 pm

Detailing cars myself is one of the things that gives me the most pleasure. At the end I can stand back and think "I did that" 8)
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Post by John_C » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:57 pm

I could honestly never understand the idea of washing a car as being a pleasurable experience until I had this car. Now I quite enjoy it.

That said for a full detail and getting some stonechips sorted I'd rather give it to the professionals than spend a day on it myself and probably not do as good a job. :)
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Post by John_C » Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:16 pm

Polishes up pretty well 8)

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Post by WINNE1 » Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:46 pm

Black always looks good when cleaned and polished but I find it also seems to show the dirt very quick as well :crazy:
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Post by Metrics » Sun Nov 22, 2015 7:47 pm

Looks lovely John, I'm sure the new keeper is over the moon.

If you don't mind me asking, how much does a detail like this cost?
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Post by John_C » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:27 pm

Depends on the size of car, but it's not cheap. The idea was to give it a finish to see it through the winter months but it happened to coincide with when I was selling the car.

http://www.detailmycar.co.uk/winterdetailing.html
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Post by Metrics » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:49 pm

Cheers!
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