Frankly, Peter, I think you need a little more practice.
Henrietta now has 2,000 miles of road grime on her, so I'm prepared to allow you to hone your skills on her.
Cheers !
Jeremy,
Let me tell you how to make your car look as shiny as Tarka... Happy to come over and mentor your modern car cleaning skills...
1. Muckoff Bike Cleaning Spray. It is pink...but that can be overlooked as it works so well. Spray it on the wheels, wash off as instructed on the bottle. Then spray it on all the forward facing surfaces that are covered in road gunge and dead insects.
2. Bucket of warm water and your choice of car shampoo. I use Autoglym because the bottle isn't empty. When it is I'll try Maguires.
Shampoo the car down: I use a microfibre mitten, not a sponge.
3. Dry the car with a Microfibre towel of your choice. I use B&Q's big yellow ones.
4. With Maguires "Ultimate Wash and Wax Anywhere" dry wash go over the car, as instructed. You will be amazed how much muck comes off:Water washing is only to remove obvious grime.
5. With Maguires Ultimate Quick Detail spray, go over the car as instructed. This lifts even more muck, which surprises me every time.
6. Polish the car with a new, clean microfibre cloth.
6A if you really want to you can polish the car with Maguires Ultimate liquid wax, I didn't as the sun was starting to come onto the car. This last step adds about 1 hour but the result is stunning. I'll so it this week.
7. Admire.
8. Now clean and treat the leather. I use the stuff that came as part of the MB Star Guard car care kit, because I think it works very well and doesn't leave the leather slippery.
9. You will have a big collection of used microfibre towels and cloths. When the boss isn't looking put them in the washing machine with a good quality detergent on a warm wash, and wash. Then tumble dry and fold, ready for the next time.
All this took me about 1.5 hours on Sunday morning.
Now the car is clean and polished I'll only use the Wash and Wax spray and the Quick Detailer for the next few months, probably do a full wash and wax mid summer and then in the autumn.
