Ken, the trick here is having everything else done, so you can enjoy the beverage

Mark

 

aha... kinda like imagox watching TV while detailing.

 

I'm having new stripes put on at AMVIV. Before then I will need to remove the old ones and then polish. Probably won't wax until after the stripes are on. Mike put my first set of stripes on at MITM 1 and I had Zaino on, he just used alcohol to remove it, but I would feel better to have the MINI just polished and not waxed to avoid any adhesion issues. It will be funny to see the MINI without stripes. Like the first set of photos after bringing her home from the dealer.
Any tips or trick to getting the old stripes off? Planned on using a hair dryer and a slow pull, but they have been on for almost two years now.

 

i used a IR heat lamp to get my outmotoring stripes off. worked like a charm.
just dont get it too hot cause it will stretch more than come off.

i think im going to go without stripes on my car from now on.
every time i go in my garage, i like the simple smooth look of my car.

 

Your my kind of guy Ken Well as far as bonnet stripes go that is

Mark

 

^^

 

If somehow a bunch of us here from this forum get together for a weekend of detailing, I'm not sure much detailing would get done, as rolling on the floor laughing may break out every time we say/do anything

Mark

 

yah, we'll make fun of each of our own moves.

wats with the toung, OG?

ken, wats with the winking at the car all the time? im not winking. my eyes are just dry.

sure... sure.... you're just winking at your reflection waaat?

 

Youse guys need to get a room.

 

apparently blimey is jealous.

 

Aha! When I first saw this old MINI commercial I had no idea what that guy was up to. Now I know! Thanks, Lotsie !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axg9IFIBuSw

 

Kenchan, I was up in your area of woods last weekend. The wind chill was like minus 20; what heck was that about???!!

There were only two types of rides I saw: very dirty and very clean. It was obvious who the detailing nuts were.

 

yah, last weekend was very cold...

actually yesterday was colder but we got so use to it -8F ambient
-30F wasn't as cold as it use to be.

 

*tiptoeing* shhhhhh! Hi guys!

 

HEY WANNAMINI!

 

Ok guys. Tomorrows forcast here is for 50 degrees which is about 30 degrees walmer than the last 6 weekends. The buckets are coming out of retirement. Let the Hydroing begin.

 

Both MINIs are clean still from their last bath, but now I'm going to QD them just to spiff them up a bit

Mark

 

I was think more along the lines of a heated garage

Mark

 

yah, we dont want blimey cozing up to us too much...

 

sounds good! im jealous, i suppose i could do the same inside the garage
when temps get above freezing...

hey moocher- so how did the detailing sesson go today?

 

I'm glad you asked.....

 

lookin' good!

why is it that when R53 wears the crown spokes it looks so good? anyway, car looks nice, moocher!

 

Good job Moocher It is alway a good feeling when you can get that done

Mark

 

So I'm taking advantage of 50f, QDing both MINIs, and they both had white dust on them, well on their boots, no where else. I'm thinking it was salt dust, not from us out motoring, but from the street at the end of the driveway. We do live at a fairly busy intersection. So I washed the boots off, then DQed the rest of them.

They spread salt here about 5 days ago, for what amounted to no snow, and some very light drizzlemad:

Mark

 

No, not what I was thinking at all, the more the merrier in our detailing clubhouse

I know don't read the threads from the bottom, but hey I'm in charge, so report me to me

Mark