You're not going to trade 'em in for mitts?

 

Nah, I've used one, I'll keep that one to use until my mitts come in, but seriously, you can have the other one. I'm just not sure it would be worth the cost of shipping to send it to you.

 

or you can just cut it in half and use it....

don't those waffle pockets get into the way when drying? meaning
it's all nice when your hands are in there but when you do a quick
wipe doesnt that pocket catch the body panels, wiper blades, etc?

plus, we should not be WIPING but blot drying our MINI's!

going to try out my griot's water hose today. can't wait.
going to motor my G first though.

 

btw, wanted to say THANKS again for all the input on the dyson. it's all
great. so easy to use, so easy to dump the trash, etc. very cool.

and my house is actually cleaner now. everyone's happy.

 

We're off to a MINI club run, then do some stain touch-ups when we get home later. Beautiful day here, so going topless

Mark

 

I'm not happy. Still waiting to win the lottery.

 

Have fun!

I can't make the run, but see you guys at the show tomorrow.

 

lotsie- have fun out there!

this morning i was morning my G and while i was passing some construction
area with concrete mixers dispensing their blobs of concrete into the road
i hear like 30-40 little taping noises all over my car. then i was
like shcit, it better not've been concrete that showered onto my
car?!! and floored to get home to check out the "damage."

well, luckily it was just dirt..maybe 30 little spots all over my car. wheew...
for this i used Slick instead of SpeedShine as i wanted the extra lifting and
lube. man was i relieved.

 

Wow... I'm glad I'm not you...

 

Oy... concrete would have been nasty !

Hey... I stopped by a local auto parts store the other day to get some new clay. They were out of Mother's and Meguiar's, so I tried this brand I never heard of before, called "Clay Magic".

It's really good and stiff and easy to work with. Does a great job, too, because it's nice and fine textured. Only took me 45 minutes to clay an entire MINI this morning.

Off I go to do some taping now. I hate taping.

 

The only thing I've ever had get caught on one of those pickets is the license plate. Everything else on the MINI is either too small to get caught or at a good angle.

Wipe... blot... I use a combo of both. I never get it dry enough by just blotting. Hey, I'm not trying to go five years between polishing with the buffer !

 

Clay Magic = good. First clay I bought for Blimey. Used it for about a year before I finally used it up and broke into the DP clay.

 

Blimey, I've been using the Clay Magic since day 1 so it's the only one I've tried. Is the DP Clay any better?

 

God I hate going to the grocery store on the weekend!!! Just got back so I just wanted to get that out.

 

Geoffrey got a bath today! I love it when BRG paint sparkles under the sun.

 

Dunno, really... haven't used the DP clay enough yet to have a strong opinion. For me, it seems that either clay works well, or it doesn't. So far, both Clay Magic and DP clays seem to work well...

 

Just did my engine bay.

I'm never going to get all the cosmoline out. At this point, I'm convinced that all I can do is keep the cosmoline clean.

 

but you are the Ken of Amigo... no?

yah, some those construction folks are very careless. in not surprised
why they injure themselves.

hummm... yah that's a good point about pulling out the RO on occassion.

 

so this morning my alignment ring for my MOMO steering wheel arrived from
japan, so i installed it with my son. my son helped me by threading these
6 black washers you see in the pict into the 6 screws. not bad
for a 3yr old.



BEFORE:



AFTER:

 

Cleaned my engine bay in the CR Cooper today, too. Simple green and a toothbrush. Looks spiffy.

Also got half of the detailing done. Washed, clayed, taped, and Swirled. Just gotta hit it with the Amigo and then the Epic and all done.

 

What applicators/removers are you guys using?? I'm washing with ICE, I have Griot's Clay, Prima Amigo and Epic, I'm not sure I have the proper Applicators and Removers for Amigo and Epic. Before I start a complete detailing job I want to be sure I have the right stuff.
I may need to make another DP Order before I do a complete detailing job on Molly.

 

I used Griot's Engine Degreaser and an assortment of stiff brushes. I have always been apprehensive to do it but it's no big deal. I used aluminum foil to cover the alternator and the two cowl wells and then used the Mr. Clean Auto Dry on the "mist" setting to dampen everything, sprayed the Engine Degreaser on, let it sit a few minutes, brushed around a little, and rinshed with the Mr. Clean on "mist" again. Then I repeated The whole thing took maybe 20 minutes.

 

It's my understanding that all clay is made by the same company (apparently they have all the patents) and are simply OEM'd to various companies like Mothers, McGuires, etc.

But ... there are some differences between them - that the various mild clays may require more or less effort to achieve the proper result. So, I spent a little more and bought the "professional blue mild" McGuires clay, to reduce the time I spend to get the job done. I've done 2 MINIs already, and we just did my buddies old beater Nissan Altima - wow! You wouldn't believe what came off that car.

 

Well you could pull a "Trenton NJ idiot special". In the parking lot yesterday outside Autozone here, this dude had his hood open and used like 2-3 full cans worth of engine degreaser all over his engine compartment, under the hood and ... all over the front and forward quarter panels! I did the a solid and let him know that it just *might* be a good idea for him to get a carwash post-haste to get that stuff off his paint. Dude was like "wow - that's a great idea - thanks". Sigh.

 

interesting interesting.