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excludes blackvue
It’s not listed as an exclusion but is hey 😞
"excludes. Oil over 60 litres"
Damn, was going to buy a decades worth
.
Optimus Prime won’t be happy
On the bright side - Energon isn’t on the exclusion list.
You'd be super pissed when you learned it expires in less than 5 years
God damn it, legit put in an order at 4pm today before this started.
Return it. Pretty sure repco don’t have restock fees.
Email them and ask if they can do a refund for the price difference, I have done that twice before and both times they refunded me.
Although if they are slow to reply and say no it might be too late to return and rebuy at the discount price.
Is Turtle better than Meguiar?
There's a war in heaven over that question, but in general, yeah.
It's sold out half the time I'm in shops. Works a treat on my car, 3x neighbours use it too. I actually fell off the car the first time I clayed and waxed it, it was so slick.
@[Deactivated]: Which claybar do you use?
(and which soap with the claybar?)
then, do you do any colour correction after claybar?
@whyisave: Clay Bars are dead, long live the claybar. These are the hot new thing. https://www.repco.com.au/en/car-care-panel/car-care/clay-bar…
Last much longer, can blast them clean with a hose as often as you want.
You can either use this if you really want to decon the paint (melts iron deposits into purple fluid,wash away, acts as a clay lube) but be warned, it absolutely stinks (did an incredible job on a 15 year old cars roof that had never been done before). Make sure you flush it out of everywhere, including inside door sills and such where it might pool, and your driveway. https://www.repco.com.au/en/car-care-panel/car-care/polish-r…
Or you can just use a lower dilution of a good car wash, like their Nanolicious (just a 3/4 cap of this is insanely sudsy, didn't believe it would be enough at first, or you can use it at lower dilution as a clay bar lube too) https://www.repco.com.au/en/car-care-panel/car-care/car-wash…
Those two got it back to mirror finish, years of water/mineral deposits and debris just gone. Clay pad went from barely moving to gliding like glass.
This is also insane. Huge and just sucks up water. https://www.repco.com.au/en/car-care-panel/car-care-accessor…
Did my whole car down one half in like, 2 passes. Flip, other side, laughing.
I did a pretty serious regimen for the first proper treatment on this car recently, thanks to the sales.
1) Spray down
2) Full wash
3) Spray down and towel dry
4) 3-ways decontamination, panel by panel, slowly. Rinsing off clay pad often.
4) Spray down
5) Full wash again
6) Spray down
7) Full dry
Now you can go into the world of machines and orbital cut/polishing here, if you want. Several more steps. I didn't.
Then wash/spray again.
8) Turtle wax application, rub, buff. When it says 1 or 2 sprays per panel, believe it. It stretches like crazy.
Leave 24hrs
Clean and dry again if you couldn't.
2nd coat of turtle wax.
Haven't washed the car for a week, drive it regularly every day, and it's still "fall off" slick, shiny as.
The awesome thing about these new hybrid sprays is they go on so fast, last for ages. But also safe on rubber, glass, etc. The beading is insane.
Sounds like a lot, smashed it out in 2 hours with a hose and the 2 bucket method. All the products will last a ton of washes and 3 or 4 proper reapplication sessions. Which I'm told isnt' needed until 3-6 months.
@[Deactivated]: @Obsidiate beautiful post.
Is there a place I can get cheaper iron decon? I do a few cars and the dam thing is so expensive.
I've used BO and Auto Glynn (AG being the cheaper of the two per 100 ml).
They don't seem to have a 5L tub.
@lordra: I haven't seen one that's an "all in one" as a lube, so you can combine steps so to speak. Hence the advantage of the bowden
You don't have to do it very often. Not if you put on the wax coats properly etc. Strip it back fully once every, I don't know, 6 months?
Mostly used on the rims for brake dust etc, but I turtle wax hybrid ceramic'd those too and they look mint a week later, it's nuts.
@[Deactivated]: I just use diluted dish soap or wax free wash when I'm doing mine every 6 months. This is cos I'm stripping it bare, ready for the new layer.
I suppose for a once a year thing, $30 ain't so bad.
@[Deactivated]: I had an instinctual feeling, I was directing the right question, to the right person.
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So, clay bar with the 3-way spray (or lower-diluted Nanolicious ),..
…but you don't bother with the "colour correction" ?
I have not done this myself, but I researched about it,
and wanted to know, before I actually attempt the claybar technique,
as it's been a while, since I did a proper clean.
Usually, I'm just washing with snow cannon,
rinse, then hand-wash, rinse… microfibre dry,
and then liquid ceramic polish.
@whyisave: I didn't bother, but only because I don't own an orbital buffer thing, or the cut/polish compound, or have any idea what I'm doing there yet. One day, one day. I'm told it's definitely a worthy step. But the results so far I've gotten have been great.
I'll throw this one in. Awesome stuff:
https://www.repco.com.au/en/car-care-panel/car-care/wax/megu…
You need an incredibly prepared clear coat before you apply this stuff otherwise you are just wasting your time and money.
Clay, compound, polish, IPA wipedown, then this product.
My personal experience the turtle wax seal and shine lasted longer than the ceramic spray on my car.
Was easy to apply to wet panels too
i’ve had good results with turtle wax, very basic but the science of a wax and adhesion to a surface is well established. adding ceramics to things ….they have been adding it to teflon in pans for a long time …by product is reduced non stick …….hard to differentiate science from snake oil but if you like your car then i guess cleaning rituals are also fun and therapeutic. if car manufacturers could add something special to paint to give them a better or longer lasting finish or seal better they would ….. as the bmw dealer told me when i asked about cleaning routine when my car was new and if i should get it sealed ….. they said just wash and wax ……with all of these abrasives surprised they don’t just quote the grit so people can make a decision on how aggressive a product they want, but once you buy products based on grit and a carrier compound it’s hard to sell mysticism.
@garage sale: I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on paintwork and I always ask about protecting the paint. I get the same answer every time - wash and wax. Maybe they want me to keep coming back for paint though…
@garage sale: Car manufacturers build to a budget, and some are notorious for thin paint. Zero come with paint protection film stock, and thats a proven, reliable technology. Its the same deal with a proper ceramic coat.
Plenty come from the showroom floor with an average final polish and need a day 1 correction, to great effect.
If i ever got a brand new car, itd be off for s proper ceramic coat and full car protective film wrap immediately.
Seems to exlude GME Radio's.
Can this be stacked with the standard 5% auto club card discount?
Sale has started online already