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  1. Ofioliti

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    #22 Ofioliti, Mar 14, 2010
    Yep. it's bath day.

    Congrats on the gig!
     
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    #23 mimini1, Mar 14, 2010
    Every time I try to clean my MINI under my shade tree a bird poops on me and MINI. I am glad you have a shade tree big enough to hold a forum under:D
     
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    #24 lotsie, Mar 14, 2010
    I'm not sure which is worse, when a bird poops on your MINI:mad: or when a bird poops on you:incazzato:

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    #25 lotsie, Mar 14, 2010
    Still raining here, bath day will have to wait til tomorrow.

    Mark
     
  5. Nathan

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    #26 Nathan, Mar 14, 2010
    Hence your flurry of activity today...

    Beautiful here. No clouds, upper 60's. Such a shame that a decent driving road is 1/2 hour of urban sprawl to fight through away.

    Good day for cleaning out the garage and potting some plants that will bake in the TX summer.
     
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    #27 Metalman, Mar 14, 2010
    Had a great day today, it stopped raining but was overcast. The great part was I gave Fungo Squiggly a bath. She sure looked nice until I parked her in the garage. I didn't notice all the water marks when she was outside. I really need to do something about my hard water issue.:incazzato: I think I'll have to come up with a dedicated distilled water sprayer as a final misting rinse.:yesnod:
     
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    #28 lotsie, Mar 14, 2010
    Yup.

    Mark
     
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    #29 lotsie, Mar 14, 2010
    Yeah, I still need to give that distilled water sprayer a try. But I have determined that Hydro looks like crap unless you wipe/buff it, so water spots are not a big deal for me, as our water here is not hard.

    Mark
     
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    #30 Ofioliti, Mar 15, 2010
    I got my wash and Hydro done. I had the shiniest ride on the road this morning. :D
     
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    #31 CHKMINI, Mar 16, 2010
    We need a good rain here to wash all the salt and winter grit off the roads. Washed SLVRBAK this weekend, drove about 100 miles yesterday and the tail looks like I ran a Pro-Rally course:arf:
     
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    #32 lotsie, Mar 16, 2010
    A good way to get the winter grudge and salt off the under carriage is to use a lawn sprinkler. Set it up at one end and let it run a few minutes, then drag it a couple of feet, let it run there a couple of minutes, repeat.

    Mark
     
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    #33 lotsie, Mar 20, 2010
    Rain starting here, which could turn to snow overnight:incazzato:

    So a dent removal, window tint, detailing shop opened up in our neighborhood this week. Not sure how good they are with dent removal, or tinting, but I'm going to pass on their $20 hand wash, wax, interior vacuum:rolleyes:

    Mark
     
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    #34 docv, Mar 20, 2010
    Been snowing here all day, have about 8" on ground and still falling...:mad2: So ready for this crap to end.
     
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    #35 lotsie, Mar 20, 2010
    Where are you? Dry as bone here in STL. Keep it where you are.

    Mark
     
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    #36 RonsMinnie, Mar 20, 2010
    Supposed to be the first day of Spring?:confused5:
     
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    #37 docv, Mar 21, 2010
    About 200 miles west of you, sad thing was I had the MINI ninety percent detailed now guess I'll have to start over.
     
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    #38 lotsie, Mar 22, 2010
    When there is not enough time in one day to do a full detail, what I do is complete whole sections. So, wash whole car, rinse, alcohol spray an area, say the roof(to remove old Epic), clay the roof, polish as needed, Amigo, apply Epic. That way the old wax is still on the rest of the car, and the roof is complete.

    Then next session repeat, say the bonnet. Next session one side, etc. When the whole car is complete, I do another coat of Epic on the whole thing.

    I do all the trim first with BW to reduce the need for as much tape.

    Mark
     
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    #39 lotsie, Mar 23, 2010
    Got a fresh supply of cheapo MF towels yesterday. $12 for 24. For the price they are not bad towels. Will be good for wheels, engine bay kind of things.

    Mark
     
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    #40 lotsie, Apr 3, 2010
    Have had to park out in the open the last few days, carport is busy, and found this when I looked outside:rolleyes5:
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    Oh well, time for bath day anyway.

    Mark
     
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    #41 Scot, Apr 3, 2010
    your neighbor has a lot going on in there yard :)
     
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