My first Polish on the Rover

[carlpenn]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Carl - you're welcome to pop over and use mine to try it out before you buy if you want.

Thank you

I have to get my car spick and span before May as it is being used as a Wedding Car for my Wifes friends ........... Hopefully will have the Wing sorted long before then and a couple of stone chips on the Bonnet to get done.

Is it just the Steering wheel, seats, Gear Lever cover and Gear Knob cover that are leather or is there more leather on the car?

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by carlpenn

Is it just the Steering wheel, seats, Gear Lever cover and Gear Knob cover that are leather or is there more leather on the car?

That's all I ever do with Gliptone Carl. In fact I don't use any on the steering wheel.

[carlpenn]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

That's all I ever do with Gliptone Carl. In fact I don't use any on the steering wheel.

ok

So the rest is just using a vinyl cleaner and the steering wheel rim a damp cloth or something?

Never had Leather trim before so want to make sure its well looked after

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by carlpenn

ok

So the rest is just using a vinyl cleaner and the steering wheel rim a damp cloth or something?

Never had Leather trim before so want to make sure its well looked after

Didn't intend to put you off cleaning the steering wheel Carl. It's just that I personally don't like putting anything on it which might make it slippery. Gliptone probably won't make it slippery, it's just one of my idiosyncrasies.

[ragitty]

Originally Posted by Tatts

Lee - I have one you can have. Comes with some polishing & buffing bonnets. It's a mains powered one - Halfrauds own brand.

It's redundant now I have the Meguires machine.

Thanks Paul, I will accept your offer and pay you of course, I will sort it with you at the next meet thank you

[Tatts]

Originally Posted by ragitty

Thanks Paul, I will accept your offer and pay you of course, I will sort it with you at the next meet thank you

Lee, I said you can have it. That means foc - in my book anyway! It's just sat in the garage collecting dust. This is the one, 'cept in a different colour.

Originally Posted by nairda

May I ask how you got on with the Megs machine Tatts? (Welcome back by the way!)

I've been reading about the Porter Cable vs Ultimate Detailing Machine vs the Megs one and until the UDM is available with UK voltage, the Megs one is the only one that's plug 'n' play out of the box.

Sorry, missed your question! In reply - I don't know! Not had chance to use it yet. It's been raining on all my days off since xmas. Not impressed!

Like you say though, the Megs is plug & play. No messing with transformers etc. From what I've gathered so far is the Megs machine is best for the novice/amature, as the action is random, as opposed to a straight circular action. Less chance of burning through the paintwork!

[nairda]

Originally Posted by Tatts

Sorry, missed your question! In reply - I don't know! Not had chance to use it yet. It's been raining on all my days off since xmas. Not impressed!

Like you say though, the Megs is plug & play. No messing with transformers etc. From what I've gathered so far is the Megs machine is best for the novice/amature, as the action is random, as opposed to a straight circular action. Less chance of burning through the paintwork!

I'll be interested to hear how you get on then. Having not used a machine before, the more info I can get before shelling out the better!

[Tatts]

Originally Posted by nairda

I'll be interested to hear how you get on then. Having not used a machine before, the more info I can get before shelling out the better!

When I get chance, I'll do a write up & photos, as I've also just bought a snow-foam attachment for the Karcher & 5 litres of snow foam. Had a quick play with it last Friday, the foam was like shaving foam covering the car, great fun!

[Simon W]

Originally Posted by carlpenn

This is the one I have: HERE

£7.49 seems very cheap - is that the correct price?

Does it gobble up the polishing pads?

[GERFIX]

Originally Posted by carlpenn

This is the one I have: HERE

A bargain in my opinion..........I spent longer waiting for the Polish to dry off than I actually spent putting the polish on and more importantly you save a lot of Polish as it spreads the polish on evenly rather than you putting it on a cloth and only getting 8 - 10 Inches square.



I will have a look for Gliptone next week when I am shopping

MrBitsy - Oddly enough, The car care kit doesnt have any Wax in there ?? But will invest in some

Carl, I have a similar buffer to yours and it does indeed make the job much easier and almost pleasurable. I have only used the buffer to apply polish and a cloth to polish up though and unfortunately haven't had a chance to use it on the ZT yet. Sometime soon though....