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Sorry if this has already been covered. Any tips on how to keep window seals / tracks clean? I drive with the window down most of the time, and find that I have to keep cleaning the side tracks, almost every month, or else the electric motor struggles to wind the window up.
Have tried spraying the side seals with WD40, Silicone spray, PTFE....works great for a few weeks but they don't last very long.
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Honda have a "special lube" for window rubbers that works a treat, can't remember what its called but if you can find a dealer with older spare parts people they should be able to help. The product was a big seller when the S2000 and MX5 were newish as both had issues with sticky window burning out motors and switches. . Silicon tends to "build up " and eventually causes more issues, lanolin would be better if you can't get the Honda stuff. Terry aka Tbro |
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Ford also had a window lube around BA days. It came in a tin and I think it was expensive as the foreman would guard it with his life.
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Interesting that Final Inspection just detailed a "brand New" XR6Sprint
https://www.facebook.com/FinalInspec...58375353450547 I think this one is going to bed for the next 20 years or so.
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Yeah nice. Does anyone know where to buy those lights? |
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https://youtu.be/yAk46bq-k5Q
Interesting review series coming up on several brands of sealants and a ceramic coating
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Looks like a great job !
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Definitely the ceramic coating, but that’s probably obvious.
My guess is bead machine and nova jet will be up there together. I don’t think turtle, mothers, meguiars will be up there
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It wasn’t actually brand new. It was sold in 2016. But it looks like it was sold unregistered so it may have been undriven. |
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Kitten, number 1 or 2 cut, cheap and good , as long as you use it as designed, it's to polish ya car, it's not a burnishing cream?
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I feel sorry for your car
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Something I’ve learnt over the last couple of years is that the act of polishing a car only cleans the paint work. It doesn’t add much if any protection.
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Doesn't polishing actually take layers off the clear coat? So every time you polish, you are removing what protects the paint?
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Normal polish not really
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A Cutting Compound is generally the most aggressive form of polish. It's job is to remove heavy paint defects. "It acts like sandpaper to gradually remove surface layers and eliminate scratches". This would be an example of a Cutting Compound - https://www.detailstore.com.au/colle...a-cut-compound A Finishing Compound is a finer grade of polish that is used for light paint defects. Finishing Compounds are also used to clean up any hazing left by a Cutting Compound. "Polish acts like finer grit sandpaper than compound. Polishing a vehicle can reduce the appearance of scratches and get rid of remaining contaminants, oxidation, and other minor imperfections that compounding did not remove". An example of a Finishing Polish - https://www.waxit.com.au/collections...-reflect-250ml There are also All-In-One type polishes that polish and leave a protectant behind. These remove very little in the way of defects, but rather use the protectant that is left behind to "fill" and mask defects. These two for example - https://www.waxit.com.au/collections...polish-sealant https://www.waxit.com.au/collections...r-resin-polish In terms of degrading the clear coat, keep in mind we are talking in microns here. A polish once every 1 - 2 years for example is not going to burn through your clear coat. This video here shows how abusive you have to be to actually burn through a clear coat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyz6P9XeYrw
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I let my dad borrow my s20 black to polish out swirl marks on his BF. Still didn’t get rid of it. Obviously needs a heavier cut. Thinking of getting him some s3 gold to try. Waxit mentions it’s better for harder euro paints, and not softer jap paint. Is it still suitable for our local cars? Are they considered hard or soft paint?
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You will be surprised just what sulphur dioxide ( air pollution ) does to your paintwork, then wash it with plain water and a chamois a week later! the water will run off the polished half even after washing, you will notice the difference, anything is better than nothing, do you see all the older cars drive around with white patches of clear coat hanging off?... Well it stops that, even Kitten number 1, I spent before Christmas fixing my old neighbours car, Hyundai Accent, Cherry Red, I did it in my driveway, with Supercheap $12.99 Acrylic colour and $12.99 Acrylic Clear Coat, these are spray cans, took 4 colour and 6 clear cans, I put 3 clear coats on it, and used her expensive headlight restorer ( rip off ) on one head light, and I sanded and power cut the other and 2 clearcoats of acrylic! The professional $39.00 kit from U S of A lasted 5 months, my Supercheap Acrylic Laquer headlight is still as new! The old way was lasting too long, and when you want to buy cheap guess where the saving comes from?..yes the quality of its materials, they get a undercoat, base coat (colour) and one coat of acrylic! If I read the ingredients on my tin of KITTEN ULTRA number 1 wax, it is the same as the expensive ones, main ingredient is "Carnuba Wax" that's it folks same as all the others! Chilly Beers ![]() |
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If you look back in this thread you will see the products applied to my car and the protection it has. Significantly better than polish alone and has reduced the need for back breaking polishing on a semi-regular basis.
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You could step up the cut of s20 Black with a more aggressive pad, perhaps microfibre, otherwise step up S3 Gold. S20 is considered an "intermediate" compound by Waxit.
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I found S20 didn’t really cut swirl marks out very well. I used S3 which worked well and then finished with S30.
I used these on my SZII Territory and brand new Mustang. |
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Probably a bit heavy to use it often, but once off to try to get rid of the deeper swirls on the bonnet and bootlid should be fine. |
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![]() This is an extremely underated comment. I polished / waxed my car in August 2020 and since then ive just been periodically using a combination of Bowdens Own Fully Slick and Happy Ending. Polishing is Hard Work!! Especially as i have compressed nerves in my spine so afterwards i cant feel my second and last fingers for a dew days afterwards. With these products, i havent even though about polishing my car yet, and the water just beads off still.
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