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    Quote Originally Posted by ScienceVR6 View Post
    so, my mission tommorow is to get the golf looking hot for no outlay.

    my plan of attack is thus.
    • Wash. In the backyard with my kenco noodle and bug spunge and eagle 1 professional car wash. (can only be bought in a 20L drum!)
    • chammous. Gotta dry it. gotta do all the gaps too.
    • polish. I think i have some kitten number 1 somwhere, i will see if i can find it.......
    • steel wool the exhaust tips. Get the chrome blingin' again!
    • Paint the inner gaurds. A can of $2 paint from supercrap does the trick, get it all looking tidy.
    • tyre shine. All the tyres, the bumpers, the skirts, the lips, the moulds, the flairs, the side repeater lenses, the spoiler, EVERYTHING!
    • outside glass. Can't be bothered polishing the glass, so i will juust get the windex out and some paper towell.
    • Vachume the carpets, the door pockets, the center consol. God knows it needs it. Damn country towns and there dirt roads.
    • i still need somthing to do the leather with. Normally i just use Kitten interier cleaner. but i have none left.
    • Same problem with the dash and door cards. I have nothing left! I will chamouse them though, nothing lifts dust like a damp chamois.
    • i need an inside window cleaner. They tell me you cant use windex on tinted windows.
    Does anyone know what i can clean the roof lining with?
    Ive heard of steel wool on metals but im scared it will scatch it?

    I use Mr Sheen on my glass as it has no omonia in it.

    Another trick i use on my beetle and its to get rid of rust off the chrome is viniger and foil. It gets rid of any rust spots on chrome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-1.8T View Post
    Ive heard of steel wool on metals but im scared it will scatch it?

    I use Mr Sheen on my glass as it has no omonia in it.

    Another trick i use on my beetle and its to get rid of rust off the chrome is viniger and foil. It gets rid of any rust spots on chrome!
    So long as it's lubericated (i.e. Soapy water) you will be fine.

    Explain the viniger and foil technic.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ScienceVR6 View Post
    So long as it's lubericated (i.e. Soapy water) you will be fine.

    Explain the viniger and foil technic.
    Get a bowl of vinigar.

    Scrunch up some foil and rub where there is rust on metal bits and watch the rust go away as the vinigar has a chemical reaction to the foil and rust it gets rid of it.

    Amazing stuff!

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    Aluminium is very reactive, I'm guessing the vinegar (acetic acid) takes off a few electrons from the aluminuim (al) which then allows the rust (Fe) then reacts and then attach to the aluminium. I'm guessing you all already know that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Golf Houso View Post
    Aluminium is very reactive, I'm guessing the vinegar (acetic acid) takes off a few electrons from the aluminuim (al) which then allows the rust (Fe) then reacts and then attach to the aluminium. I'm guessing you all already know that
    wow. Maybe we should be calling you Science!


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    Lol couldn't help myself. I'm no science person, I didn't even do all that well in chemistry anyway, but yeah thats the chemical reaction for that, i'll post the equation later lol... when I've got time, bloody employment, I want to be a uni bum again ...

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    1. use alcohol in spray bottle on windows, seems to work well
    2. shoe polish. works great in winter.
    3. Clay bar. blue tack with water. . my greatest discovery. lol. seems to work very well too. Just not too much water. blue tack tends to melt on your hands but not on the car.

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