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About bagration
- Birthday 08/26/1967
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Cars, wargaming, Geelong Football Club
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Canberra
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Location
Canberra
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Interests
Cars, Wargaming, Geelong Football Club
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Vehicle Year
2017
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Ford Mustang
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GT
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Paul
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Just want to say a big thankyou to the Australian Adam's supplier team. I had a minor problem with my order (a product of equal value had made it's way into my order instead of the hose sliders). So at 10 pm on a monday night last week I wrote an e-mail outlining the problem. At 1015 pm I got a reply from the Adams Team (asking me for a copy of my invoive). I supplied it...and then went to bed...but they didn't because in the morning when I checked my e-mail the good folks of Adams had replied at 1110 pm saying that the sliders would be in the post on the tuesday. And I had them on the wednesday. So publicly I say thankyou for marvellous customer Support from Amy at the Adams Premium Car Care Australia. Legend. Paul
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Revive Hand Polish and Polishing Machines
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
I'll give that a go this weekend - I'm working on my mum's 2003 Ford Focus -
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Revive Hand Polish and Polishing Machines
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
Right no problem, was just wondering. -
Revive Hand Polish and Polishing Machines
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Brains Trust Can I use Adams Revive Hand Polish with my swirl killer/ swirl killer mini. I am assuming that I would use it with the finishing pad? Cheers Paul -
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new car - what can I do when?
bagration replied to Greg from GA's question in General Detailing Discussion and Questions
The advice I got from the forum was that ensuring the car was contaminant free on delivery or before you did anything to it was crucial. In my case it got foamed, washed, clayed, sealed and waxed. If in the outdoors this would be the kind of minimum that I'd be looking at. I know very very little about ceramic coatings so I'll leave that to the experts but at a minimum I think sealing the paint is very important. -
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Thanks mate and thanks to all. They seem like too good a product just to sit on the shelf.
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Hi folks So I have two packets of the waterless wash towels that I received in two Australian mystery boxes. Great towels but I am wondering what other uses besides the waterless wash process that these would be good for as I am very much in the two bucket wash camp.
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Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
Thanks folks glad you like. Lot of work first time out and lots of lessons learnt. And yes really very happy with the colour. -
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Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
So bath day has occurred for the pony car. A bigger job than I anticipated. I had asked the dealership not to detail the car and true to their word they didn't. Because this was bath number one I was pretty conservative. So I snow foamed the car using the Adams car shampoo - did a great job and I did that twice. Followed by a two bucket wash - twice. The car was very very dirty and the rinse water was an ugly shade of grey by the end of the wash cycle. The lesson here is that the two bucket method works as does the grit guard system. I love the Adams wash mits. Then followed drying and the start of the claying....which went most of the rest of day one. Exterior detailer is your (my) friend here. Again did a great job lubricating and there was enough rail dust and contaminant pulled out of the paint to kill two clay bars. But again this could be more to do with my technique. The other annoying contaminant was the plastic sealant film that was used to transport from the USA (Michigan) to Canberra Australia. It was applied everywhere and in some spots was very challenging to remove. Day two was the sealing and waxing. Paint sealant and buttery wax are my friends. I did this by hand this first time with the handy Adam's colour coded hex grip pads - very nice indeed to use. I thought about using my polisher but I wasn't that brave the first time out. So a learnt that Adam's products work (love the wheel cleaner by the way), the video tutorials are great for newbies like me and I also learnt don't have enough micro fibre towels (seriously went through about 20...) and that patients is key. Cheers Paul -
Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
Sunday is bath and polish day so I'll be sure to post some pics -
Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
Ok folks So I picked up my GT Mustang on Monday (Australian time). Vibrant triple yellow. I've done an inspection on the car (LED torch over the surface) and can report that there is very very little in the way of scratches. There are no swirl marks that I can see and paint coverage looks to be the goods (so no paint runs or spots where you can see undercoat etc). But the car is pretty grubby because I asked for it not be detailed - and true to their word they didn't. There are still elements of the silicone spray on the car that were not removed. But as was noted by a couple of people there is rail dust embedded in the paintwork (not universally) and some general contamination. So my broad question here is whether this is just a case of washing and claying the car followed by sealant and waxing. Should I first lightly run over the top of the car with a finishing polish before sealing to eliminate the silicone residue or will the clay bar be sufficient. Oh and for those who want to know - the car is just awesome - thankyou Ford from the bottom of my heart. -
Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
Yes indeed - not going to touch the pony car - I would think that for at least the first twelve months the most I will do is seal and wax the car on a regular basis (by hand). Even after that (because it won't be a high mileage car) I would be thinking finishing polish only....fingers crossed -
Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
So my swirl killer arrived yesterday and practise starts this weekend on our blue 2003 ford focus. I'll let people know how I go. -
Really like the finished product - similar yellow to my in transit Mustang. Gives me something to aim for. Hope the hand heals well. I'm a powerlifter and that is the kind of injury I dread. And +1 for the extra bucket.
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Ford Paint - soft, hard or medium
bagration replied to bagration's question in Paint Correction & Polishing
Love the Focus - when I was looking at a high performance Ford here in Australia it was a toss up between the RS Focus and the GT Mustang. The Mustang is going to be a garage queen/non daily driver so unless something out of the ordinary happens the most it will need the finishing polish/white pad combo. In fact it's more likely just to need sealing and waxing (fingers crossed). Watching some of the tutorial video's it seems to me that US detailers have a lot more to contend with - no salt or other compounds get put down on our roads and our winter is nowhere near as harsh as the US.