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Been a little while since I posted a detailing write up, those who know me will know I've been working silly hours on my PhD of late so it was nice to relax and enjoy a detail again :) And for this detail, we have a very tidy Astra MkIII GSi, a phase 2 version with the Ecotec engine so...

I've long been a fan of Astras, my first car was an Lreg Mk3 1.4 LSi (C14SE engine) in Cosmos blues - many fond memories of that old car! Now I drive a Volvo S60, great for long haul :) However, I've been meaning to get myself an old car, for as cheap as possible, to use for detailing...

Disclaimer: the results in the thread represent the opinions and thoughts of those attending this wax test. They are not designed to be hard fact, but rather opinions shared by like minded enthusiasts based on the preparation and the thoughts of folks on the day. Please take these results...

Okay folks, the looks results really are down to what people who were there on the day and saw the cars in the flesh thought as you cannot really capture any differences (arguably there weren't any!) in a picture... However, beading and sheeting you can so its here I would like people to vote...

Just a quick thread folks to put up the results on the looks - full pictures and videos will come later once they have been uploaded (expect threads to be posted over the next two days )... These are the accurate scores: 1st: Swissvax Best of Show = 61pts 2nd: Collinite 915 = 56pts...

A test of different waxes is taking place in Slough, nr. London tomorrow - can a wax costing £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ outshine a tin of Collinite? Tomorrow will tell when folk come to look at the cars. But for now, I thought I'd create this thread outlining in pictures to work and effort put into...

Its becoming a regular thing in the UK for folk to meet up and chat about detailing, have demos of products and machines, asnd technqiues and a good bit of banter along the way too... And I frequently travel all over the UK for them from my home up in Dundee, and today was no different as I did...

After a fairly rainy few days, it cheered up this evening and made for some nice sky and photograph opportunities... or I thought so at least, so I thought I'd share a few of my efforts: Carse of Gowrie: Riverside: Dundee...

The past two days have been spent by Bryan and I working on a Mercedes R Class, in black, which was looking a little more grey at the front than black... Big car this, definitely needed the two days as I did the exterior paint while Bryan worked on the interior on this one. Beginning with...

Critical to ensuring you have the best possible finish when rotary polishing is assessing that the finish is hologram free - however, this is not always easy as many will know especially for light holorgrams... So I have compiled a few little tips and videos for how to make the best of your...

... As it nearly ended in disaster for me today. Working away with the PC on speed 6, I noticed what looked like little yellow bits of foam being left by the machine, like a pad disintergrating... As always when machine polishing, I'm watching the paint like a hawk, and whenever you see...

Not a full detail today, but rather a few hours of one to one (or rather two to one, as Gav had to put up with both me and Bryan!! :lol::lol:) rotary tuitiontoday for GavB on the forum, on his really rather nice BMW M3 'vert. Lovely colour too, dont see many around in a metallic, amost British...

Snapped a few pictures from a friend's back garden yesterday night, passing shower clouds around dusk made for some pretty cool pics, so I thought I'd share... :) And a flower of some sort in the pond... Enjoy :)

... No. Well, thats my conclusion from this testing anyway. :) On with the show... Kicked off on one of my favourite test panels, this dark red metallic bonnet. Not sure what car its from but its a nice colour. Popped some swirls in with some wire wool... Being a metallic paint...

Its been an interesting few months of late for me, trialling different LSP systems and bringing in more and more sealents into my armoury... This I have to say is in a complete turnaround to my previous opinions on sealents, where the claimed plasticky and cold looks always put me off, along...

Yes - more pictures from me! :lol::lol: Really enjoying my camera right now! Was on my way back from Bryan's from the Nissan Micra detail, and the sky looked good so swung up to the top of the Law in Dundee for some shots... Enjoy: Tay estuary Michelin factory River Tay...

Not a full write up here of the detail process, as this car like my one has little in the way of defect correction to be carried out, just tidying up really, and a chance to show some results with Vintage and share my thoughts about it... As Bryan happened to come across some ***** Vintage...

A change from all the big fancy cars you typically see being detailed... A Nissan Micra! :) This car is owned by a colleague's girlfriend, its her first car and after it being parked in a train station car park, it picked up quite a few deep scratches, we think from people resting bags on it...

Well, this evening a colleague and I decided to take a short drive to the Lomond Hills in Fife (near Glenrothes, about 30 mins north of Edinburgh) for a spot of hill walking... I dont pretend to be any good at hill walking, that is very much Diane's skill. Diane is currently on a 50-day...

I have to admit, in the UK at least, with new waxes coming out right left and centre at various prices all offering the be the next miracle in car care, I confess myself to be a bit.. fed up! I am firmly of the belief that a wax, no matter how expensive, will only ever add a subtle nuance to...