Lurch,
Man, you got that Clubman looking Clean........

Looks Great,

Larry

 

I'm finding myself becoming obsessed with keeping my Clubby clean where I'm washing it every weekend. My last vehicle was a truck and I think I washed it 3 times in 3 years. I'm I Crazy??

 

Is that a trick question?

 

Lookin good....

I use Klasse, but thats completely off topic....

 

and today ... heading out to the Concourse D'elegance in Greenwich, CT ... zee car is already dirty.

will slum it ... what else can I do in the company of million dollar machines?

 

I've seen Zymol in parts stores, but where do you get this other, high zoot shiny stuff?

 

exactly a month later, there is no trace of the shine left ... and have not washed it since. the weather in NY has been very erratic, almost tropical, with t-storms almost everyday ... have yet to catch a nice 5 day stretch of sunshine to make it all worthwile again.

anyone else perform a thorough first detail since?

 

Lookin' good Lurch! Chocolate is SO sweet!

I'm thinking about trying the Prima stuff myself, but those pics make a good argument for Zaino...

 

Yes, ours got it's first bath last week...spent three days on it but no wax yet. It has rained in KC like every other day for a month and we've had the car for 3 weeks. Very complicated machine, lot's of details to wash up. And I Windexed the windows which came out looking like crap...back to Stoner's or Bon Ami I go. But it looks good and was a big hit at it's first car show last weekend. the ONLY Clubman there.

 

Okay, so shoot me for resurrecting an old thread, but I've been taking your collective names in vain today.

Inspired by this thread, even before the Clubman was in production, I scrounged up some Dawn (no Palmolive for this task), summoned up the clay skills I honed on SWMBO's Prius a few weeks ago, and detailed the poor bugger within an inch of its life. I did commit the heresy of not using Zymol or Prima, so shoot me.

The wife walked in the garage and said "you almost can't see the car for the shine!"

Mission accomplished. Ya ba****ds.

 

I detailed the hell out of LadyG a few weeks ago.

Dawn, clay bar, polish, wax. I went with Meguiars, and for the final wax I used their NXT Tech Wax 2.0 . Took about 4 hours total, but man was it worth it!! She still looks great!

 

LOL @ Dawn ... you guys just reminded me do my dishes.

and don't forget NOT to use it again ... unless you WANT to strip off old wax at some point ... possibly the next time you clay bar.

oh yeah ... I've been in a Sparkling Silver S Coupe loaner for over a week now (and looks like another week) ... would it be straight-jacket time if I decided to detail it?

 

Only if you'd do the same if the loaner was a Toyota Echo.

 

Repeat after me, "I will not detail my loaner! I will not detail my loaner!" ad infinitum!

 

 

Hey - here's an idea: come on out to my house and detail mine!

 

we should have a detailing party pre-Sunrise Run ... especially since we will be the only 2 Clubmans representing.

i'll bring the pierogies!

 

Not a bad idea. You want to meet here at say, 2am?

 

mmmmmm pierogies.......

 

Hey, the more the merrier - LadyG would look superb with the Brooklyn Bridge behind her - if you come on the Sunrise Run!

 

Oh, if only I lived closer! *sigh*

 

no problem ... i probably won't sleep anyway. with family in town that likes to party 24/7 when they are on vacation in NY... heck might as well pull an allnighter

should I bring a flashlight?

 

I need my beauty rest!

 

Yes, it's for real, and yes, you need it for all new cars. Put your hand inside of a plastic ziplock type bag, run it across your cars WET paint. If you feel anything not smooth, you need to clay.